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All posts by Phil Freeman, co-founder/co-owner (and author of IN THE BREWING LUMINOUS: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF CECIL TAYLOR). When in doubt, assume I'm kidding. I'll have forgotten whatever we were arguing about by tomorrow.
It's the part about liking the taste that throws me. I eat Wendy's, White Castle, Five Guys, Roy Rogers, even Dairy Queen, and they're all varying degrees of bad, but the last time I ate McDonald's (30 years ago, admittedly) it was one of the worst things I've ever put in my mouth.
November 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
It's the part about liking the taste that throws me. I eat Wendy's, White Castle, Five Guys, Roy Rogers, even Dairy Queen, and they're all varying degrees of bad, but the last time I ate McDonald's (30 years ago, admittedly) it was one of the worst things I've ever put in my mouth.
Yeah, it's that last line that's a real fork in the nuts.
November 16, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Yeah, it's that last line that's a real fork in the nuts.
"Some days you get up and put the horn to your chops and it sounds pretty good and you win. Some days you try and nothing works and the horn wins. This goes on and on and then you die and the horn wins." — Dizzy Gillespie
November 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"Some days you get up and put the horn to your chops and it sounds pretty good and you win. Some days you try and nothing works and the horn wins. This goes on and on and then you die and the horn wins." — Dizzy Gillespie
Tidal > Spotify, but Qobuz > Tidal to a degree that has shocked me. I played the same album on both and it was like hearing it on a living room stereo vs a car radio.
November 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Tidal > Spotify, but Qobuz > Tidal to a degree that has shocked me. I played the same album on both and it was like hearing it on a living room stereo vs a car radio.
Because I am a GFN (Giant Fucking Nerd), the thing that annoys me the most about TD season 1 is that they use a Melvins song from 2006 on the soundtrack during a scene supposedly set in the mid 90s.
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Because I am a GFN (Giant Fucking Nerd), the thing that annoys me the most about TD season 1 is that they use a Melvins song from 2006 on the soundtrack during a scene supposedly set in the mid 90s.