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Cuomo’s team of $500/hour political consultants hearing slapping fannies and killing grannies drop

Every time I come across or read a work of literary criticism written by a highly acclaimed & accomplished author I wish that this phenomenon happened more often with music as well. It’s probably impossible in practice due to how rabid stan culture is… but one can dream.

I wrote a new piece for my newsletter about Boiler Room and the fact that a lot of underground artists are playing them but never publicizing so on social media. stealthismusictaste.substack.com/p/social-media…

Very, very few people have influenced the course of music to the same degree that Ozzy and Black Sabbath did. A sensational talent and an absolute fucking icon

Tyler making an album inspired by shit like So So Def Bass All Stars and Loose Ends is so fucking delightful

I really need to start reading more Toni Morrison

somebody is randomly djing under the cleft ridge span in prospect park today… i wouldn’t expect anything less

Jim Legxacy is a fucking incredible artist

Cooked country. “As the Senate debated the bill Tuesday, a 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the remote Alaska Peninsula, triggering tsunami warnings on local public broadcasting stations that advised people to get to higher ground.”

the dismantle remix of salute "luv stuck" might be the remix of the year... fucking incredible tune

Israel "deeply regrets" striking the 1,010th religious building in Gaza over the past 21 months — an average of 1.6 religious buildings bombarded every day for nearly two years.

shoutout to all the anticapitalists out there that had to call their workplace a family at some point today

make no mistake i don't like it don't respect it fully fucking hate it, etc. but theoretically there is something admirable about how all those benson boone mustache-looking ass EDM tech house guys will make a terrible remix of any song and be so confident about it

Boiler Room shows are getting the winter 2020 Tulum plague rave treatment on social media by the DJs playing them… how far they’ve fallen.

I won’t be playing my upcoming shows at Boiler Room Ibiza and Boardmasters this year 👇🏾

kerri chandler is one of the best to ever do it

This show lineup is absolutely incredible

The NYT just called a lynching of an American citizen a “clash.”

Who do I need to talk to in order to ensure that Peekaboo’s remix of Control the Media by Anti Up sees the light of day… that track is so lethal

I appreciate these quotes about music journalism. Even more so because they’re coming from artists who salute it.