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Monday, November 17, 2025

Playlist, Week of 2025-11-16

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The new remaster of Sun Ra 's Supersonic Jazz (the "21st Century Expanded Edition") sounds the best it ever has, and Rodger C...

Reading List, Week of 2025-11-16

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Reading List 2025-11-17: *Ellmann, Lucy. Ducks, Newburyport (reread/started) *Herriman, George. Krazy and Ignatz: Howling Among the Halls of...
Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Nicole Mitchell and JoVia Armstrong at Artspace, RVA, 2025-11-10

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       Excellent show last night from Nicole Mitchell and JoVia Armstrong at Artspace in Richmond. Lots of electronics from both players, wi...
Monday, November 10, 2025

Playlist, Week of 2025-11-09

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  Duke Ellington 's 1948 Carnegie Hall concert is a gem... the first documented recording of "Lush Life" (featuring its compos...

Reading List, Week of 2025-11-09

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A wonderful, satisfying (if bittersweet) ending to Pullman's marvelous series... Reading List 2025-11-10: *Leonard, Elmore. The Complete...
Monday, November 3, 2025

Playlist, Week of 2025-11-02

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  In my "Dark Star" listening, I am now up to 1972, the beginning of the golden age of Dark Stars... some intense listening coming...

Reading List, Week of 2025-11-02

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Rereading His Dark Materials and the first two volumes of the Pullman trilogy The Book of Dust in preparation for the brand new third volu...
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