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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 19h

I went in here and they had a bunch of bottom of the line bluetooth speakers and plastic all in one stereos that said "Radioshack" on them.

storefront sign that says "Courts Caribbean" and below that, "radioshack"

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 19h

This is basically what seeing a performing artist is - yeah a robot can or soon will be able to do it better, but we still like to hear somebody scratch away at Vivaldi or whatever, in person. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/o...

It’s the same thing as if your child draws you a crayon picture for your birthday, and even if a robot might do something nicer or it might be that you could download a nicer picture from the internet in some objective sense, it still means a lot more to you precisely because the child chose to do it and put effort into it. So that gives the child a reason to put this effort into it. Beyond that, all kinds of spiritual pursuits and a relationship to values.

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Just a couple days ago libertarians were berating Nikole Hannah-Jones for not sending her kid to private school.

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Do you think maybe we can't all make sweeping generalizations based on Nikole Hannah-Jones's article and her daughter's experience?

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Stefan Segi @stefansegi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Jedna chuťovka pro @siderorea.bsky.social. Mary Halvorson opět zasahuje, tentokrát jako space-rockerka. jacobgarchik.bandcamp.com/album/ye-old...

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Ye Olde 2: At the End of Time, by Jacob Garchik

9 track album

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Fugly + expensive house at Cortelyou and E17th, 8470 sq ft lot, used to be zoned R6 until Bloomberg downzoning in 2009 rezoned to R3x, now only this can be there. Somebody flipped it with a millenial grey special. Right next to Q train. www.zillow.com/homedetails/...

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Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Here are a series of essays I wrote about Dolly tied to albums at the beginning, middle and end of her vast, prolific career, if you're looking for a little themed reading. www.dontrocktheinbox.com/on-dolly-par...

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On Dolly Parton, Brilliant In Every Era

Today marks an unfathomable loss: Dolly Parton has died. Brilliant artist, devoted philanthropist, remarkable human; to list her achievements here feels redundant, as the cult of Dolly has long since ...

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Ted Reichman @tedreichman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I'll post more about this tomorrow but yes, I'm very honored that my review of David Toop's excellent analysis of Dr. John's "Gris-Gris" album was posted today at the New York Review of Books.

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Stefan Mueller @eastenders.eurosky.social · 20/08/2026

Nice! Cu there... #Jazzsky

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Cory Barger (she/her) @corybee.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

My friend just told me she asked chatgpt if the Rachmaninov symphonies have contra, it said yes, she HIRED SOMEONE, and there is no contra. Like

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Vienna multifam project where they preserved the facade of an old building and nothing else. Never seen this done on NYC.

Vienna Facade propped up by steel supports.

Rendering of in progress New building incorporating an old facade

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Shirley Chisholm Rec Center JUST opened in February and already pool hours are cut back because of staffing. The pool is closed until 11am every weekday. www.nycgovparks.org/facilities/r...

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Ye Olde plays Jazz Saalfelden in Saalfelden, Austria on August 23 at 4:45pm. This picture is from a while back so I asked AI to make us look older.

Picture of old jazz musicians. Not done by AI.

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

How it started/how it's going. Boy I wish Rita Joseph and other city electeds/agencies were on here instead of X so we could have them address stuff like this. #illegal53NYC

article about trucks on Caton ave from 2007

pic of illegal 53 foot truck on Caton ave, this morning

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

DOT claims church Ave b35 bus improvements could be done by next summer. The most vital thing is eliminating parking between bedford and e18th where congestion is atrocious and double parking rampant. No way they are gonna get businesses to agree to that in a few months. www.nyc.gov/html/brt/htm...

Dot diagram of proposed central brooklyn bus work showing implementation by 2027

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Ethan Iverson @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

My sextet has been having a great time at JazzCultural; the last night is tonight. The hang is also fairly epic. I sent this photo of myself, Ehud Asherie, and Spike Wilner to a friend and he replied, "I've alerted the authorities..."

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

If they move in their family members to live in the apartments, freeing up the family members‘ apartments for someone else, creating more vacancies, as a result of this legislation addressing the housing shortage…that would be good, right?

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Starting tonight, we play at restaurant row's new jazz club, Jazzcultural. Great Taiwanese joint at four four south village right across the street. Should really be a pedestrian mall.

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Ethan Iverson @ethaniversonpiano.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

THIS WEEKEND: The Ethan Iverson Sextet plays three nights at JazzCultural, the new NYC club on 46th street. With Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet), Sam Newsome (soprano sax), Jacob Garchik (trombone), Peter Washington (bass), and Kush Abadey (drums). August 7, 8, 9 — Friday, Saturday, Sunday

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 03/08/2026

President Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v

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Trump Moves to Cut Off Student Loans for Tons of Degrees

Under a new rule, if your degree doesn’t make enough money, you won’t be able to get a student loan.

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jondmaas.bsky.social @jondmaas.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

It might be impossible to explain why this store had such an impact on young lives.

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I got second place in the downbeat critics poll!

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

can you do this for the grammys?

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The fun thing is, when you are in a deep housing hole, incremental steps like this not magically solving the crisis means everyone crows that they were right to be nimbys and these should never have been built at all. That‘s never gonna end.

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Trump can’t defeat Iran but he can go after Pete Seeger’s boat.

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Monday at Close Up I’m presenting new music for this group of legends. Music inspired by Sonny Rollins, Leon Parker, and Phillip Glass. Jacob Garchik – trombone, Adam O’Farrill – trumpet, Hannah Marks – bass, Tomas Fujiwara – drums 154 Orchard St.

July 6, 2026
Jacob Garchik Quartet
Jacob Garchik – trombone
Adam O’Farrill – trumpet
Hannah Marks – bass
Tomas Fujiwara – drums
Close Up, 154 Orchard

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Alternate earth: Giuliani accompanies Times Square cleanup with state lifting residential FAR cap & massive manhattan rezoning. Midtown to Wall St has thousands of 60 story Singapore style apartment buildings that are 30%vacant. The skyline has no dip in the middle. brooklyn is a sleepy suburb.

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

haven’t seen it yet but “the invite” is about a married couple & Seth Rogen plays a middle aged Bay Area music conservatory professor with a chic SF apartment. This person does not exist. This conservatory with full time jobs does not exist. This apartment that the person can afford does not exist.

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Peter Hartlaub @peterhartlaub.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

After writing eulogies for so many S.F. icons — from Cliff House to Claude the alligator — how do I feel about @sfchronicle.com leaving 901 Mission St.? Surprisingly OK. My tribute to our century-old "news factory," and how to move on in a changing city. 🗞️ ❤️ www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

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The Chronicle is leaving its home of 102 years. It’s not the tragedy I expected

The San Francisco Chronicle, headquartered at Fifth and Mission streets since Calvin Coolidge was president, is moving. Is it the end of a golden age?

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

What’s remarkable about all this stuff is the stolen valor. You didn’t build shit, you won a birth lottery. You are a podcaster not Emperor Vespasian. bsky.app/profile/just...

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

What's all this about a celebrity wedding at Madison Square Garden?

Al Foster (l) and Miles Davis (r) at Sly Stone's wedding at Madison Square Garden.

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

This is wrong. williams‘s theme does not represent the shark itself, but rather the fear of the shark.

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

This project on Linden and Nostrand has been underway since 2014, and sort of crept along until 2018, then abandoned, resold a year ago, now is finally finished. Not surprisingly, it looks terrible. Tiny windows, PTACs, panels instead of bricks. hey, beats rats and squirrels.

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Saw "Disclosure Day". spoiler alert. It was a hoot. It's not hard sci fi and it's not gonna blow your mind like it's Kubrick. Speilberg didn't really ever present grand sci fi ideas. But great entertainment. Why are his aliens always naked?

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Lindsay Beyerstein @beyerstein.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Compare the violin-in-the-eye pose to these period illustrations from the Bach Museum that show off male calves—a huge sex symbol of the day—in a gloriously gratuitous way that still makes sense.

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 15/05/2024

Statue of Liberty, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi & Gustave Eiffel, dedicated 1886, 📸’s by @natlyphoto, PannaPhoto

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I knew that band looked familiar

Frame from Moebius’s Edena with people in polka dot costumes with long noses

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citytracker.bsky.social @citytracker.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Four architect licenses, four territories: 1. Nikolai Katz 2. Ambrose Aliaga-Kelly 3. Shmuel Wieder 4. John Cetra Link for summary: citytracker.ai/applicants

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Living small is the nytimes's "biweekly column exploring what it takes to lead a simpler, more sustainable or more compact life", this week about a swanky reno on a $1m pied a terre for a 17 old featuring a $6000 coffee table. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/r...

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Hmmm they removed a citibike dock at 7th Ave and 10th st in park slope and it’s bit of a bike share desert right there. Maybe deblasio wanted the parking back.

Map of park slope with big gap in citibike docks

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

NYC cyclists, if you are on a two way street, stopped at a red, and you need to make a left turn, and there's lots of waiting, oncoming traffic, but no cross traffic, would you salmon the last half of the block to make the left easier? and is there a name for this maneuver?

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Why didn't they just ask, like, 4th chair 1st violin or something. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/w...

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Jacob Garchik @jacobgarchik.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Me trying to sell my old bass trombone

Cara Delevingne’s Gramercy Triplex

The actress and model Cara Delevingne has re-listed her Manhattan penthouse for $9.45 million, which was less than she paid for it about four years ago.

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