
He's a jazz critic and journalist, reviews editor at @downbeatmag, jazz columnist at @wcp, contributor elsewhere. Unabashed prescriptivist. Tweets are my own.
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I am pleased and proud to announce that today is my first day as the new reviews editor for @DownBeatMag.
I truly hope that this, a thread, is the last thing I ever post on this godforsaken site.
In the summer of 1995 I snuck out of my parents’ house for the first time.
I was 16. It was after midnight. I had no actual place to go or anyone to see at that time; I just wanted to see if I could.
So as quietly as possible, I went out and opened the car door (it was parked right under my parents’ bedroom window) and put it in neutral.
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NEW AD: Her name was Amber Nicole Thurman.
And she lost her life because Donald Trump ended Roe v. Wade.
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Big news Hollywood here I come !! I’ve been hired to score my first film !! Feeling Super excited, Blessed and grateful . Wish me luck !
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A sweet and smart Benny Golson appreciation from @themikewest washingtonpost.com/entertain…
An undecided voter called Howard Stern today and insisted “undecided voters aren’t stupid,” then went out of her way to prove how stupid she was.
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This is the future Donald Trump and JD Vance want in all 50 states
"In Texas, a woman whose water broke at 18 weeks—far too early for her baby to survive outside the womb—was unable to get an abortion until she became septic. She spent three days in the ICU, and one of her fallopian tubes permanently closed from scarring. In Tennessee, a woman lost four pints of blood delivering her dead fetus in a hospital’s holding area. In Oklahoma, a bleeding woman with a nonviable pregnancy was turned away from three separate hospitals. One said she could wait in the parking lot until her condition became life-threatening." theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
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This man is a dangerous, degenerate influence within the American state. This is only a half step away from incitement to murder. Eventually the US will have take the necessary steps to expropriate with fair market compensation the national security assets Musk has acquired through government contracts and subsidies, or exercise oversight necessary to safeguard American national security. Too many examples of his using those assets to provide aid to adversary states.












