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Michaelangelo Matos Author, historian, critic, journalist St. Paul he/him The Underground Is Massive (Dey Street, 2015); Can't Slow Down (Hachette, 2020) I edit books - inquire within Beat Connection: DJ mixes newsletter - http://michaelangelo.substack.com

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matoswk.bsky.social @matoswk.bsky.social · 1d

Five breakbeat-oriented-loosely-defined mixes from turn-of-the-millennium Peel shows. Plus, some thoughts on Emily White‘s recent college-radio study and the normalization of DJing.
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BC141 - Five Mixes: Peel Session DJ Sets—Breakbeats, 1998-2000

Plus, how the college-radio revival and the normalization of DJ culture dovetail

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matoswk.bsky.social @matoswk.bsky.social · 2h

STOP SMILING: What are your feelings now about Don’t Look Back?
D. A. PENNEBAKER: It long ago stopped being a work of mine. It’s not even Dylan’s. I don’t know what it is. But it’s what the documentary film can be ideally, if everything works in its favor.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h

Old enough to remember when kids being anti-semitic was the basis for a federal government assault on higher education

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matoswk.bsky.social @matoswk.bsky.social · 4h

"What’s happening here . . . is a religious crusade . . . When right-wingers took the same approach to the media, they were quite successful. Speaking as a journalist, doctors should be very concerned." (Gift link.)
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What I Saw at This Weekend’s Minnesota MAHA Fest Scared the Hell out of Me - Racket

Over 1,000 Christian opponents of modern medicine descended on Alexandria, MN, to testify that drugs, doctors, and Satan were making us all sick at the 7th annual Freedom Summit.

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 6h

These Claremont, ‘national conservative,’ anti-intellectual motherf––ers fantasize that they’re saving “the West,” “Western civilization” or “our values” when they’re just 21st-c. barbarian pillagers.

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 9h

lol Claremont is mad at the pope

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Christianity and the West, Part III

Pope Leo XIV needs to shun humanitarian progressivism in favor of the moral and political realism of a decidedly Augustinian character.

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matoswk.bsky.social @matoswk.bsky.social · 6h

See also this great recent study about the explosion of interest in college radio. The same terms are showing up everywhere.
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Gen Z's College Radio Revival

Reports say Gen Z isn't discovering new artists. But college radio stations are overflowing with new DJs. As young listeners reject algorithms for analog—the industry should pay attention.

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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 7h

"One of the most striking examples of news media solidarity we've seen this year." — @brianstelter.bsky.social

I'd say THE most striking. It's not only the solidarity among those who have covered the Pentagon, but their vow to continue the work amid a mood of despair.
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Journalists turn in press passes as Pentagon clamps down on access in ‘unprecedented’ move | CNN Business

A flyer with the words “journalism is not a crime” appeared Tuesday on the wall outside the “Correspondents’ Corridor” where journalists operate at the Pentagon.

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matoswk.bsky.social @matoswk.bsky.social · 19h

I'm so glad I gave my sister a copy of Voodoo for Christmas.

matoswk.bsky.social @matoswk.bsky.social · 19h

I say this somewhat waggishly but with real awe and respect: I was hoping for at least two more albums from him. Maybe we'll hear the outtakes. But three perfect albums? That's humbling work. Rest in peace. 2/2

matoswk.bsky.social @matoswk.bsky.social · 19h

D'Angelo at the Seattle Pier in summer of 2000 is one of the dozen greatest performances I've ever witnessed, easy. What a showman, what a singer, what a conceptualist. 1/2

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Bowiesongs (C. O'Leary) @bowiesongs.bsky.social · 1d

the books outlast the tyrants, always will. Milton lives, the Stuarts are gone. Lorca lives, Franco is gone. Isaac Babel lives, Stalin is gone. Bolano lives, Pinochet is gone. & onward

John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 1d

Tell me your most life-affirming literary opinion.

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matoswk.bsky.social @matoswk.bsky.social · 1d

BC141 - Five Mixes: Peel Session DJ Sets—Breakbeats, 1998-2000

Plus, how the college-radio revival and the normalization of DJ culture dovetail

michaelangelo.substack.com

matoswk.bsky.social @matoswk.bsky.social · 1d

Here is my talk with Greil Marcus at Magers & Quinn last week!
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Greil Marcus presents Mystery Train in conversation with Michaelangelo Matos

YouTube video by Magers & Quinn Booksellers

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Isa / EvilCleverDog @evilcleverdog.bsky.social · Aug 23

Using ChatGPT

Edith @edithcharles.bsky.social · Aug 23

What's something that isn't considered embarrassing but you think it should be?

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matoswk.bsky.social @matoswk.bsky.social · 2d

Corrections are always helpful in journalism!

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ashley scarebanks 💀🕯️ @ziibiing.com · 2d

lol “find your own instead of stealing” in defense of columbus day

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Find your own holiday instead of stealing. Today is Columbus Day as designated by the federal government
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 2d

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

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CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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Nate Patrin @natepatrin.bsky.social · 2d

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 2d

name an italian more worthy of an american holiday than columbus

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 2d

This is such a thorough take down of Bari Weiss and the vapid shill she is for oligarch billionaires. He especially shreds the Free Press over it's coverage of trans issues and the so called whistleblower Jamie Reed.

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Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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matoswk.bsky.social @matoswk.bsky.social · 2d

By @dadadrummer.bsky.social, intro to new book, amazing story of one specific guitar, the pleasure of working in live music, appetite whetted for whole book.

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matoswk.bsky.social @matoswk.bsky.social · 2d

"We all heard recorded music throughout, as much as we wanted. Yet according to streaming stats, during lockdown people spent less time with music than usual, not more. We weren’t able to share sounds together in a physical space, and it seems we need to."
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Load-In

An excerpt from Why Sound Matters

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 2d

"As Bill Flanagan wrote in a 1984 issue of Musician magazine, 'The last time Top 40 radio sounded this good, the Beatles were still together.' And the Twin Cities airwaves reflected it."

Is 1984 the Biggest Pop Culture Year in Minnesota History?:

Is 1984 the Biggest Pop Culture Year in Minnesota History?

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called 1984.

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Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com · 3d

this was before my time but Slate once did a whole tribute week to Stevie Wonder with delightful entries from @aishaharris.bsky.social, @matoswk.bsky.social, @samadams.bsky.social, @thehighsign.bsky.social, and @sethstevenson.bsky.social among many others slate.com/culture/wond...

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matoswk.bsky.social @matoswk.bsky.social · 3d

And made, thanks. (Correction deleted.)

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 4d

Nixon’s crimes look like harmless high school pranks compared to the now-daily unprecedented illegal & unconstitutional crimes being committed daily by this president & his staff

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 4d

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · 4d

“Icon” is overused, but … Icon.

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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