At the Vanguard for only the second time!

My t-shirts are growing increasingly and increasingly niche but I’m proud to report that this one got at least one (1) fist bump in the MSG concourse

PASS THE FUCKIN’ HATCHET

A surprise MLB jam in the midst of Isaiah Collier’s excellent new record!

Seeing the Arkestra truly never gets old. Marshall Allen, channeling the cosmically untethered key tones of Sun Ra himself. Always wonderful.

I’m at the show everyone’s talking about this weekend! That’s right… Charles Lloyd w/ Zakir Hussain at Lincoln Center!!!!

Show Number 9 tonight!! This time featuring some NY Suprema. Been listening to Pipers all day to manifest my fave song - let’s goooo

Paying my respects in Baltimore today

Omw to Baltimore this morning…

Dougie Poole is one of our greatest active songwriters. Been on the train since I heard “Laptop” in 2017 and each record gets sharper, funnier, and packs a deeper punch. Part of the Prine/Snider school of hiding Real Shit in light-hearted packages, with the bleary, world-weary bent of living in 21st century America. Try him out - this song in particular is my favorite of 2023: