Reposted by dr_gilesClaude Monet @monet.bsky.social · 14hValley of the Creuse, Sunset - 1889 botfrens.com/collections/41/content… 0603
dr_giles @drgiles.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I don't know of any other sax player who has such a complete mastery across everything from brain-melting avant-garde to the sweetest romance as Miguel Zenón. Yet another flawless record: miguelzenon.bandcamp.com/album/el-art...miguelzenon.bandcamp.comEl Arte Del Bolero Vol. 3, by Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo8 track album 010
dr_giles @drgiles.bsky.social · 26/06/2026The inviting sense of "you know and love this song, so do I, and it's even better than you think, here let me show you...", coupled with the technique that makes you certain that everything is exactly as she wants it to be, so that risky interpretive choices feel right and totally convincing 001
dr_giles @drgiles.bsky.social · 26/06/2026And the version off the new album, which is on the epic scale of like, a Mahler orchestral song. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYNO...youtube.comCécile McLorin Salvant - Being Alive (Official Video)YouTube video by Cecile McLorin Salvant 100
dr_giles @drgiles.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Comparing "Being Alive" versions by Cecile McLorin Salvant: the iPhone version that sees right into your heart and makes it sound so so easy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WglY...youtube.combeing alive, cecile mclorin salvant & sullivan fortnerYouTube video by Cecile McLorin Salvant 100
dr_giles @drgiles.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Very excited to hear the whole thing. Her cameo on 'Advice' on your last album was perfection. 021
Reposted by dr_gilesFTN @ftnfantasy.com · 11/06/2026The Knicks completed the largest comeback in NBA playoff history 🤯 📽️ @nba.com 47712
Reposted by dr_gilesArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Cast of Laocoön and his Sons (Roman version of a lost Greek original), 100BC-50AD 4886402145
Reposted by dr_gilesJosh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026So many people who can reasonably be described as “that little shit” are in charge of so much of society. 494932875
Reposted by dr_gilesold roadside pics @roadside.xor.blue · 07/05/2026fountain motel, hot springs, arkansas, 1979 119626
dr_giles @drgiles.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Raphael at the Met is so beautiful, especially the incredibly lovely children and mothers! So real and adorable 060
dr_giles @drgiles.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Delightful and fascinating story! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/s...nytimes.comHow Bruce the Parrot Landed Atop the Pecking Order, Without a Beak 110
Reposted by dr_gilesYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Absolutely incredible. NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone. Watch with sound on. 308159424729
dr_giles @drgiles.bsky.social · 13/04/2026SUNN O))) didn't quite manage to shake the Town Hall to the ground last night but it felt like they came close. Intoxicating sonic energy. (also spotted Tim Berne and Bill Frisell in the audience for opener David Torn but I don't think the stayed for the main event) 000
dr_giles @drgiles.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Thank you for the reminder, I've been meaning to get to this - libraries are so important!! Sent to council member @cndelarosa.bsky.social 000
dr_giles @drgiles.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Been listening through all the live electric Miles Davis bootlegs (right now November 2 1973) and astonished at how the band invented this new universe of endless slow jams that are so heavy, so deep in the groove, and with Miles playing so intensely, sad, vulnerable, angry - nothing else like it. 020
Reposted by dr_gilesMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 22/03/2026look at this baby beaver and feel better briefly (@ wildheartrescue on TT) 239129133758
Reposted by dr_gilesCorey S. Powell @coreyspowell.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Two planets recently collided around the star Gaia-GIC-1. Astronomers detected their shattered remains blocking starlight & glowing hot in the infrared. Not only can we detect planets around other stars, we can now watch them forming & falling apart. 🧪🔭 www.washington.edu/news/2026/03... 410729
dr_giles @drgiles.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Been catching up on tons of live Sonny Rollins lately in the wake of reading Aidan Levy's epic bio. With his best lineups he definitely shows off more of his seemingly infinite resources. In this form he could shred anyone into absolutely tiny pieces: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWE8...youtube.comSonny Rollins - Jazz Jamboree 1980YouTube video by Groove Jazz 000
Reposted by dr_gilesBen Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 17/02/2026I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is 303216727672
Reposted by dr_gilesBrutalismbot @brutalismbot.com · 04/02/2026Nakano House in Tokyo, Japan by Suzuko Yamada (2024) r/brutalism 16811
dr_giles @drgiles.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Been listening to this record since the early days of my jazz obsession (probably 25 years almost?) and it's still a revelation every time youtu.be/HlWCUN2EdNc?...youtu.beEric Dolphy - At The Five Spot, Vol. 1 (1961) (Full Album)YouTube video by 400 Películas 011
dr_giles @drgiles.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Remember when Judith Collins quit politics in 2014 after massive conflicts of interest and coordinated leaks to right wing bloggers came to light? Oh sorry forgot we're in the timeline where Sir John Key forgave everything and would have voted for Trump 33513
dr_giles @drgiles.bsky.social · 15/01/2026I made this the other day for the 3 year old. Shout out to the Australian Women's Weekly birthday cake book: thespinoff.co.nz/kai/21-06-20... 060
Reposted by dr_gilesDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 07/12/2025Absolutely buzzing over this new video of a rarely seen giant squid 531884526
Reposted by dr_gilesAir-rum @aarum.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Basically what Mom & Dad said 👇🏾 231175364
Reposted by dr_gilesbryan! @bryguy.bsky.social · 21/11/2025This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year 241149432321
Reposted by dr_gilesNikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist? Mamdani: I've spoken about -- Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining. 1132542579
Reposted by dr_gilesAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/11/2025Mamdani: "I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life but let tonight be the final time I utter his name." 400288914277
Reposted by dr_gilesAditya Mukerjee 🦦 🏳️🌈 @chimeracoder.bsky.social · 31/10/2025so my friend asked me to help him get to the Halloween parade 15989142
dr_giles @drgiles.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Finally have a free evening to settle in with the new Necks album. Formative group for my listening tastes 25 years or so ago when I first heard them and still doing it like nobody else. thenecksau.bandcamp.com/album/disquietthenecksau.bandcamp.comDisquiet, by The Necks4 track album 021
Reposted by dr_gilesrenee 🪩 @reverenddollars.blacksky.app · 14/10/2025Sadly I never got to see D’Angelo in person but my favorite live D’Angelo moment was when he sang “How Does It Feel” for the first time in a decade in Paris (after leaving it out of early shows on that tour) and they went nuts just from the first chord then went on to sing that chorus pitch perfect:m.youtube.comD'Angelo - Untitled (How Does It Feel) (Live @ Zénith Paris) [2012-01-29]YouTube video by foxysoul94 35921
Reposted by dr_gilesArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Broken Eggs, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, 1756 252927435
dr_giles @drgiles.bsky.social · 16/07/2025I vote good, but on the other hand I don't have many examples that easily come to mind. Abide With Me on Monk's Music is great though. 000
Reposted by dr_gilesbeck eleven @beckeleven.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Here a wee thread for Ōtautahi people or people who grew up here before the quakes. It’s from an exhibition of miniature buildings by an artist called Ghostcat and it was held in the quakestruck Christ Church Cathedral and I was literally moved to tears. This is the old police kiosk in the Square. 3224569
Reposted by dr_gilesdepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 10/03/2025my friend kevin just made this game where real-time wikipedia edits are astroids that you have to shoot!!!! when someone creates a new article you get an extra life, and a big astroid mean it was a big wikipedia edit (like that "kids bop 3" one) asteroids.wiki 11613101
Reposted by dr_gilesNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 06/03/2025I'm working on a theory that all contemporary American politics can be summarized by individual @zachweinersmith.bsky.social comic panels. 613828
Reposted by dr_gilesRobert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Incredibles 2 scoring session in LA with trumpeter Wayne Bergeron leading the brass section 48010
dr_giles @drgiles.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Saw her live a few times and she came across as a very humble, extremely dedicated, and totally original musician filled with creativity and able to summon up all manner of never before heard magic. RIP 040
dr_giles @drgiles.bsky.social · 04/01/2025Spectacular album, astonishing range and unstoppable technique. weirdofmouth.bandcamp.com/album/weird-...weirdofmouth.bandcamp.comWeird Of Mouth, by Weird of Mouth7 track album 030
Reposted by dr_gilese.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 04/01/2025elon's doppelganger is getting mugged by zoomers on a fortnite stream www.twitch.tv/connoreatspa...twitch.tvConnorEatsPants - Twitch🚨 Fortnite Friday w/ Adrian Dittmann (Elon Musk?) | !sub 1193241687
Reposted by dr_gilesArt Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 21/12/2024An owl came down a family's chimney in Virginia and found the perfect spot on top of their Christmas tree. Animal control came and released the wild barred owl outside. 💕 50187551681
