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in the mood for some discomfiting and oddly charming sounds? you can always stream/download/purchase music directly from my site here: faircamp.soundcrack.net

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After twenty years we're maiking a zine? ISSUE ZERO. Do you want to contribute? it will feature some student music reviews as a main feature and the small amount of adveritisng revenue will not go to production costs bUt to paying student writers!? Want to get involved? ratskin.org/issuezero

Local soup joint going all-in on the Brewers

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CA voters: YES on 40 NO on 41 NO on 42 All the billionaires are spending lots of money to convince us otherwise. You can't blame them, they have a billion dollars. That's the problem.

Anyway: www.oaklandreviewofbooks.org/voting-guide...

Angst Hase Pffer Nase blew us all away at Raven Chacon's opening of New Work at SFMOMA tonight SFBAy, don't miss Raven's landscapes which will hang out until Nov 7

Angst Hase Pffer Nase blew us all away at Raven Chacon's opening of New Work at SFMOMA tonight SFBAy, don't miss Raven's landscapes which will hang out until Nov 7

watching this new Carrie TV show and wishing Jerri Blank would walk into this thing and fix shit up

since California ballots are now out: prop 40 is the billionaire tax, and you should vote yes to stick it to them but both props 41 and 42 are designed to retroactively cancel the billionaire tax because they’re afraid they can’t beat it at the ballot box yes on 40, no on 41 and 42

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Playing through the Sunn O))) rig with acoustic guitar. 😮🤯 Huge thanks to the band and their incredible crew for being so generous and welcoming! Make sure to catch one of these shows if you can, a transcendent experience like no other. 🙏♥️ 📸: Stephen O’Malley

open for bizness, apparently

First piece since I got back from vacation and thankfully it's a fun/good one! Congrats to Amma Ateria, Zachary Epcar and Alexa Burrell, can't wait to see what you create in The Lab's expanded space. 💫 www.kqed.org/arts/1399472...

Yay Area!! Dia de Los Muertos con La Santa Cecilia y Ritmos Tropicosmos Sunday Nov 1 Siesta Valley Bowl (ex-CalShakes) www.siestavalleybowl.com/shows-calend...

right on

@synthsky.bsky.social Alex Pelly performed a 90-min Synthesizer SoundBath at the Vintage Synthesizer Museum, using around 30 of the 70–80 synths. Alex spent the week leading up to the Sound Bath in residence at VSM, composing the entire 90-minute piece specifically for this setup and this space.

setting my weekend on fire milfordgraves-blackeditionsarchive.bandcamp.com/album/webo

“When they started, they had this idea that, ‘Okay, if we can get a group of us together, even though we don’t know how to play instruments, we’ll figure it out … we’ll create our own set of rules.’” Tone Glow 243 — The Residents:

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In danger of getting overlooked, what with airing at just after midnight this coming Sunday, an absolutely brilliant Omnibus film from 1988 about Caryl Churchill. I believe the only time anyone's ever attempted to film Fen and those sequences are unforgettable. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Holy shit.

RIP Charles Ellerbe, an essential live wire in Prime Time. Here is a definitive obituary, by Shaun Brady. (I learned a thing or two editing this, and I bet you'll do the same reading it.) 🎸

new band got shirtz

“The whole model depends on parents not finding out," says ifeoma.bsky.social. "Because as soon as parents are aware, they don’t want anything to do with it.” www.coyotemedia.org/sfusd-ai-ami...

Our new EP, 'Horizon,' is out today for pre-release at yamauba.bandcamp.com ! Embracing the serenity of ethereal, dreamlike, and open sounds alongside bass-pumping, dance-worthy tracks, 'Horizon' explores with the deceptively simple act of being. Releases Nov 4 on @ratskinrecords.bsky.social

John Wilson does not disappoint in The History of Concrete Unexpected bonus: Buchla score by Suzanne Ciani

Ratskin Records has the most insanely ambitious and righteous release coming soon the scope of which cannot be contained in a single human brain

Happy Opening Night to the team of How Shakespeare Saved My Life at the Public Theater in NYC! Had a blast helping make this show GO in the Big Apple. Runs through October 25 publictheater.org/productions/...

Mingus Epitaph for #cassunday

After 36 years Central Works has put on its last play. Its core team reflect on the legacy of a company that only ever produced new plays.

Faircamp is a free application to build a website to host your audio releases. stream and/or sell your shit, offer download codes, host a podcast, etc. if you want to peruse an example, you can check out my site: faircamp.soundcrack.net

Hey folks if you've been wanting to try Faircamp, but the command line is not your thing, Faircamp 2 is now out and it has a great new GUI. Give it a whirl! faircamp.org

WKCR is killing it on the final legs of the Coltrane Centennial, finishing up tonight at midnight. www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/john-co...

excellent night of sonics+improv with Mari Rubio C Spencer Yeh & Sally Gates Caroline Davis Greg Fox Trevor Dunn @ Sisters in Brooklyn

William Parker jamming with a bunch of tiny people is definitely what I needed today