Observations of Deviance
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"Observations of Deviance has become a Wire deadline weekend staple." The Wire (UK)
David Mittleman
DJ @wfmu.bsky.social
Vinyl collector
Writing @ We Jazz Magazine
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David Mittleman
DJ @wfmu.bsky.social
Vinyl collector
Writing @ We Jazz Magazine
https://wfmu.org/playlists/OV
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New Music, New Reissues & Rare Vintage #Vinyl
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New Music, New Reissues & Rare Vintage #Vinyl
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Just Landed #vinyl @wewantsounds.bsky.social always fascinating, unique, interesting and well worth your time.
*Yusuf Mumin
*Akiko Yano
*Hitomi 'Penny' Tohyama
*Yusuf Mumin
*Akiko Yano
*Hitomi 'Penny' Tohyama
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Just Landed #vinyl @wewantsounds.bsky.social always fascinating, unique, interesting and well worth your time.
*Yusuf Mumin
*Akiko Yano
*Hitomi 'Penny' Tohyama
*Yusuf Mumin
*Akiko Yano
*Hitomi 'Penny' Tohyama
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New one coming February 2026:
Tomeka Reid Quartet: "dance! skip! hop!"
Tomeka Reid - cello
Jason Roebke - bass, cassette
Mary Halvorson - guitar
Tomas Fujiwara - drums
outofyourheadrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dance-...
Tomeka Reid Quartet: "dance! skip! hop!"
Tomeka Reid - cello
Jason Roebke - bass, cassette
Mary Halvorson - guitar
Tomas Fujiwara - drums
outofyourheadrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dance-...
dance! skip! hop!, by Tomeka Reid
6 track album
outofyourheadrecords.bandcamp.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
New one coming February 2026:
Tomeka Reid Quartet: "dance! skip! hop!"
Tomeka Reid - cello
Jason Roebke - bass, cassette
Mary Halvorson - guitar
Tomas Fujiwara - drums
outofyourheadrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dance-...
Tomeka Reid Quartet: "dance! skip! hop!"
Tomeka Reid - cello
Jason Roebke - bass, cassette
Mary Halvorson - guitar
Tomas Fujiwara - drums
outofyourheadrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dance-...
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François Tusques quintet "les amis d'afrique"
YouTube video by MrFanby
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Now archived @wfmu.bsky.social
New Music, New Reissues & Rare Vintage #Vinyl
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New Music, New Reissues & Rare Vintage #Vinyl
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November 23, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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New Music, New Reissues & Rare Vintage #Vinyl
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Always nice to find an OG Ogun in the wild. A hidden gem in the vocal jazz section at Newcastle’s Beatdown. Jaimie Cullum it ain’t!
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Always nice to find an OG Ogun in the wild. A hidden gem in the vocal jazz section at Newcastle’s Beatdown. Jaimie Cullum it ain’t!
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H. Rap Brown, Pt. 4 & Pt. 5 / Um, Um, Um
YouTube video by Jamil Al-Amin - Topic
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Åke Hodell / Spirit of Ecstasy (Racing Car Opera)
[Caprice Records 1980 Sweden]
youtu.be/4rQwJKW2uQM?...
[Caprice Records 1980 Sweden]
youtu.be/4rQwJKW2uQM?...
Spirit of Ecstasy (Racing Car Opera)
YouTube video by Åke Hodell - Topic
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Åke Hodell / Spirit of Ecstasy (Racing Car Opera)
[Caprice Records 1980 Sweden]
youtu.be/4rQwJKW2uQM?...
[Caprice Records 1980 Sweden]
youtu.be/4rQwJKW2uQM?...
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Adrian Sherwood, African Head Charge, & Speakers Corner Quartet
Barbican Heights EP
On-U Sound 2025
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Barbican Heights EP
On-U Sound 2025
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November 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Adrian Sherwood, African Head Charge, & Speakers Corner Quartet
Barbican Heights EP
On-U Sound 2025
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Barbican Heights EP
On-U Sound 2025
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Hip-hop godfathers the Last Poets: ‘In times of great chaos, there’s opportunity’
Members of the groundbreaking, politically revolutionary group talk about the state of hip-hop and the US government’s attacks on people of color.
#MusiC #MusicSky #HipHop 🔥🔥🔥
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Members of the groundbreaking, politically revolutionary group talk about the state of hip-hop and the US government’s attacks on people of color.
#MusiC #MusicSky #HipHop 🔥🔥🔥
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Hip-hop godfathers the Last Poets: ‘In times of great chaos, there’s opportunity’
Members of the groundbreaking, politically revolutionary group talk about the state of hip-hop and the US government’s attacks on people of color
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Hip-hop godfathers the Last Poets: ‘In times of great chaos, there’s opportunity’
Members of the groundbreaking, politically revolutionary group talk about the state of hip-hop and the US government’s attacks on people of color.
#MusiC #MusicSky #HipHop 🔥🔥🔥
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Members of the groundbreaking, politically revolutionary group talk about the state of hip-hop and the US government’s attacks on people of color.
#MusiC #MusicSky #HipHop 🔥🔥🔥
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
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This works for Spotify, too.
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
This works for Spotify, too.
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“Thomas explores his piano’s full range of sounds. It’s not always successful, but it is interesting to hear him push at the edges,” writes Roz Milner. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/8012140... @rozmilner.bsky.social
Pat Thomas — HIKMAH (Tao Forms)
Pat Thomas - For Caroline L. Karcher
There’s a sense of experimentalism on Pat Thomas’s new LP HIKMAH. It’s a solo piano record where he uses the instrument in unusual ways: strumming and rubbing the....
dustedmagazine.tumblr.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
“Thomas explores his piano’s full range of sounds. It’s not always successful, but it is interesting to hear him push at the edges,” writes Roz Milner. dustedmagazine.tumblr.com/post/8012140... @rozmilner.bsky.social
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This cover photo is incredible. The nightclub of my dreams. #Colombia
vampisoul.bandcamp.com/album/el-bai...
vampisoul.bandcamp.com/album/el-bai...
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
This cover photo is incredible. The nightclub of my dreams. #Colombia
vampisoul.bandcamp.com/album/el-bai...
vampisoul.bandcamp.com/album/el-bai...
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“You don’t want your meds?”
In Pima County jail, a man refusing court-ordered medication was tased, punched and injected anyway. His case is part of a growing reliance on jails to treat mental illness in Arizona: ⬇️
azluminaria.org/2025/11/24/w...
In Pima County jail, a man refusing court-ordered medication was tased, punched and injected anyway. His case is part of a growing reliance on jails to treat mental illness in Arizona: ⬇️
azluminaria.org/2025/11/24/w...
When jail becomes the mental health treatment plan - AZ Luminaria
Arizona’s competency restoration system pushes people with mental illness into jail. Stacey Brooks’ case shows the dangerous consequences.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
“You don’t want your meds?”
In Pima County jail, a man refusing court-ordered medication was tased, punched and injected anyway. His case is part of a growing reliance on jails to treat mental illness in Arizona: ⬇️
azluminaria.org/2025/11/24/w...
In Pima County jail, a man refusing court-ordered medication was tased, punched and injected anyway. His case is part of a growing reliance on jails to treat mental illness in Arizona: ⬇️
azluminaria.org/2025/11/24/w...
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ÅKE HODELL - Lågsniff, January 1965
YouTube video by Aaron Dilloway
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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François Tusques quintet "les amis d'afrique"
YouTube video by MrFanby
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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“Blues for Terry Southern”
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
“Blues for Terry Southern”
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Here's one of my biggest revelations of 2025. I was familiar with some of the musicians involved but not this particular group. They only released one album, and it's a beauty! Includes covers of Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman.
Check out tracks: 8 Limited, Thumbs Up, Babar.
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Check out tracks: 8 Limited, Thumbs Up, Babar.
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Chapter Seven "Thumbs Up" (Caprice 1989/2022 Sweden) #vinyl
RIYL - Bengt Berger, Bitter Funeral Beer Band, Don Cherry
RIYL - Bengt Berger, Bitter Funeral Beer Band, Don Cherry
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Here's one of my biggest revelations of 2025. I was familiar with some of the musicians involved but not this particular group. They only released one album, and it's a beauty! Includes covers of Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman.
Check out tracks: 8 Limited, Thumbs Up, Babar.
bsky.app/profile/obso...
Check out tracks: 8 Limited, Thumbs Up, Babar.
bsky.app/profile/obso...
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Also, been in that Huddersfield today taking advantage of alumni status at the Uni to use their splendid library to save myself a few quid and indulge in a little light reading before Christmas. Derek and Edwin.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Also, been in that Huddersfield today taking advantage of alumni status at the Uni to use their splendid library to save myself a few quid and indulge in a little light reading before Christmas. Derek and Edwin.
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Yesterday I saw opposing counsel at a rather well known practice had added to their email signature "This firm provides legal advice using AI, which may contain inaccuracies" and I honestly wanted to scream
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Yesterday I saw opposing counsel at a rather well known practice had added to their email signature "This firm provides legal advice using AI, which may contain inaccuracies" and I honestly wanted to scream