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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ALVIN CURRAN Roman Ruins CD WE INSIST! Records CDWEIN37 Release date: October 21 weinsist.bandcamp.com
Much has been written about improvisation… probably the most
ancient of musical languages that Homo Sapiens has “spoken” in
the last 40-50,000 years, and today collective free improvisation
has become an art and musical field unto itself. But like the grand
gamelan orchestras of Bali and Java, the massive Alpenhorn
orchestras in Switzerland, or our own great symphonic orchestras
and choruses – bringing large numbers of people together to
make music is nothing new, and practiced worldwide based on
proven traditions.

So, to make music based on “nothing” collectively with many
people may appear as an act of futility, even stupidity. Yet,
knowing that anything can happen, even transcendent beauty, is
for me reason enough to continue the pursuit of this evanescent
magic. 

Alvin Curran, Rome, 20.10.2024
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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just Landed #vinyl @wewantsounds.bsky.social DETAILS ➡️ wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/merch
Don Cherry 

Ziad Rahbani
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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wildfinger (dedicated to John Martyn) from On The Road by Danny Thompson's Whatever UK Folk Jazz or Jazz Folk jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com/track/wildfi...
jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com
Wildfinger (dedicated to John Martyn), by Danny Thompson's Whatever
from the album On The Road
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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Essential SUN RA history being explored on this impressive radio show. This is just one of many episodes, check them all out on YT. bsky.app/profile/obso...
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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 13h
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
thetimes.com
Suspect foiled RAF Fairford ‘bomb plot’ by ringing police himself
As counterterrorism officers focus on whether the five men from London were proxies for Iran, they are also investigating the motives of the one who called 999
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Der Herr Warum @adairneto.bsky.social · 19h
From Brent Yorgey's advice to students ozark.hendrix.edu/~yorgey/fore...
Don't believe self-serving lies about technologies being "inevitable" or "here to stay". You don't have to just go along with the dominant narrative. You can make deliberate choices and help others to do the same.
Be intentional about deciding your own moral and ethical boundaries up front. Don't settle for the lie of compromising your principles "just for now" until you can find something better.
Cultivate your ability to think deeply. Do whatever it takes to carve out distraction-free bubbles for yourself in both space and time. This might mean saying no to technologies or patterns of working that others say are critical or inevitable.
Care deeply about your craft. Refactor code until it is clear and elegant. Write good documentation for other humans to read. Have the courage to go slowly, especially when everyone else is telling you that you need to go fast and cut corners.
Care more about people, relationships, and justice than you do about profits, code, or productivity.
Above all, be motivated by love instead of fear.
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ABC15 Arizona @abc15.com · 29/09/2026
Jillian Barfield gave five months of her life to jury duty — and prosecutors secretly ran her through an FBI database because they didn't like her "demeanor."
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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
echoesofzoo.bandcamp.com/track/wolf-p...
echoesofzoo.bandcamp.com
Wolf Pack Telepathy, by Echoes of Zoo
from the album Collective Intelligence
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Malt Lick Nursery @maltlicknursery.bsky.social · 18h
Kou Records at Blank Forms - Fall 2026 Season An inaugural season of programming, featuring Drew McDowall, Oren Ambarchi @orenambarchi.bsky.social Andrew Cyrille, Cyro Baptista, Laetitia Sonami and Eric Wubbels Blank Forms. October 16 - December 5, 2026 www.blankforms.org/events/kou-r...
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Phav Nosnibor @phavnosnibor.bsky.social · 20h
Just thinking the word "portend" earlier today interrupted a perfectly acceptable week of listening to Tim Berne records and finding that every one was the perfect soundtrack to where I was at the time, but the first Painkiller album wasn't exactly a bad interruption. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7kI...
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Pain Killer - Portent
YouTube video by Jerkicus
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jeff @jazyjef.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Good to see Ryley Walker back at it
pitchfork.com
Ryley Walker Signs to AD 93 and Unveils First Song in Five Years
“I was thinking of people in my hometown of Rockford, Illinois. Wearing SpongeBob pajama pants to a funeral-type heads.”
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jeff @jazyjef.bsky.social · 20h
Noah X Petter • Drift [EP] 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 Noah Fürbringer & Petter Eldh, feat. Talib Kweli November 6 • Leiter noahxpetter.bandcamp.com/album/drift
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 20h
🎸 Ryley Walker loves the Internet Archive. 🎶 The singer-songwriter says the Live Music Archive is a “treasure trove that never really stops,” and welcomes tapers documenting his live shows so people can hear how his music changes from night to night. 📚 Learn more👇 blog.archive.org/2026/09/29/e...
Musician Ryley Walker sits on a green velvet couch against a purple wall, wearing an open light-blue striped shirt over a white tee, light-wash jeans, and white high-top sneakers, with one leg crossed. He looks toward the camera. A small audio mixer sits beside him, and an open road case lined with gray foam rests on a wooden table in the foreground.
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Last week the Portland Police made a huge deal about a K9 killed in the line of duty apprehending a dangerous suspect. Turns out that K9 was shot and killed by...the Portland Police www.kgw.com/article/news...
kgw.com
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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
echoesofzoo.bandcamp.com/track/wolf-p...
echoesofzoo.bandcamp.com
Wolf Pack Telepathy, by Echoes of Zoo
from the album Collective Intelligence
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Richard Hayes @rmhayes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My boy Ryley is back at it today ryleywalker.bandcamp.com/album/carrier
ryleywalker.bandcamp.com
Carrier, by Ryley Walker
1 track album
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LEVITATOR @microlevitator.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thank you @maryhalvorson.bsky.social and Sylvie Courvoisier for coming to New Mexico and putting on an INCREDIBLE show last night. It was my daughter’s first music show and wow, what a doozy. She’ll never forget this one. One of those shows I wish I had recorded start to finish.
A stage with two people. One seated with a microphone (Mary) and another at a piano (Sylvie). A young fan sits in the foreground in the audience
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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Don Cherry #vinyl Original vs Reissue @wewantsounds.bsky.social The Third World-Underground by Dollar Brand, Don Cherry, Carlos Ward
Both front Both backReissue1974 Japan original
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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is so good! bsky.app/profile/obso...
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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I cannot impress upon you too much how having an internet radio with 25 or so carefully researched Favourites in your presets means you never have to listen to shit radio ever again unless you choose to.
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Rob Chapman @scribblerrob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One of my favourite internet radio stations. Go seek the ether.
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mjazzg @mjazzg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
New Arthur, with Sunny and Rasul. First listen and this is tremendous. There's a companion volume too 'New Light' #nowplaying #jazzsky #jazzdownload nobusinessrecords.bandcamp.com/album/incant...
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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wildfinger (dedicated to John Martyn) from On The Road by Danny Thompson's Whatever UK Folk Jazz or Jazz Folk jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com/track/wildfi...
jazzinbritain1.bandcamp.com
Wildfinger (dedicated to John Martyn), by Danny Thompson's Whatever
from the album On The Road
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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Essential SUN RA history being explored on this impressive radio show. This is just one of many episodes, check them all out on YT. bsky.app/profile/obso...
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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
SUN RA IS ON THE AIR episode 2.2: MAMBO IS EVERYWHERE (Sonny Blount/Sun Ra as arranger for the Red Saunders Orchestra 1948–1955) youtu.be/3BcUNrFaXwI?...
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MAMBO IS EVERYWHERE episode 2.2 SUN RA IS ON THE AIR on WCBN FM Ann Arbor
YouTube video by Intergalaxtic Music: Sun Ra tapes
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Kool Mo Di @kmck.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
Why does Oren Ambarchi's music just sound so damn good. I like the skittering electric guitar sounds, but the overall groove is what keeps me coming back orenambarchi.bandcamp.com/album/coo…
orenambarchi.bandcamp.com
Cooked, by Oren Ambarchi
2 track album
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Cal Cashin @calcash.in · 26/09/2026
Probably the best Ambarchi album I've heard. Smoky spiritual jazz. When Michiko Ogawa's shō hits 12 mins into the second track, we're cooking orenambarchi.bandcamp.com/album/cooked
orenambarchi.bandcamp.com
Cooked, by Oren Ambarchi
2 track album
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Bill Cooper @hopebillhelps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I had a dream about meeting Oren Ambarchi last night. And today, as if by fate, my review of Cooked on @spectrumculture.bsky.social drops: share.google/lak2RHyCP3pc...
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Oren Ambarchi: Cooked - Spectrum Culture
Experimental artist Oren Ambarchi’s Cooked may be an acquired taste, but inexperienced listeners will still enjoy it if they are willing to give the album the multiple listens it requires.
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Calum Neill @axisofelvis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
AOTY? Quite possibly. orenambarchi.bandcamp.com/album/cooked
orenambarchi.bandcamp.com
Cooked, by Oren Ambarchi
2 track album
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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 29/09/2026
'There’s an enjoyable Whack-A-Mole-ish quality to the arrangements on Cooked, where instruments surface then vanish: fitful double bass takes the place of twelve-string guitar, hushed ambient textures replace jazz skronk.' Oren Ambarchi - Cooked buff.ly/BE4MJUv
Oren Ambarchi - Cooked album cover. Sequin-covered, toy animal head with large round eyes, overlaid by bold white title "COOKED", and artist name at the top.
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ABC15 Arizona @abc15.com · 28/09/2026
Prosecutors in Maricopa County secretly investigated jurors using one of the most powerful tools in law enforcement — and jurors had no idea. For 10 days, we're standing outside the courthouse to tell jurors what the court and prosecutors won't.
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It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine @psychedelicbabymag.com · 29/09/2026
A rare new interview with Ken Weaver of the Fugs, one of his first substantial interviews in over twenty years. Also: Chuck Smith on ‘Fugs Film!’ and Ed Sanders on the beginnings of it all. www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2026/09/the-...
psychedelicbabymag.com
“We Were Comedians, but We Were Serious”: The Fugs and Chuck Smith’s ‘Fugs Film!’ - It's Psychedelic Baby Magazine
Ken Weaver remembers the Fugs’ early shows, Chuck Smith explains how he pieced together ‘Fugs Film!’, and Ed Sanders takes us back to the Lower East Side
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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
ALVIN CURRAN Roman Ruins CD WE INSIST! Records CDWEIN37 Release date: October 21 weinsist.bandcamp.com
Much has been written about improvisation… probably the most
ancient of musical languages that Homo Sapiens has “spoken” in
the last 40-50,000 years, and today collective free improvisation
has become an art and musical field unto itself. But like the grand
gamelan orchestras of Bali and Java, the massive Alpenhorn
orchestras in Switzerland, or our own great symphonic orchestras
and choruses – bringing large numbers of people together to
make music is nothing new, and practiced worldwide based on
proven traditions.

So, to make music based on “nothing” collectively with many
people may appear as an act of futility, even stupidity. Yet,
knowing that anything can happen, even transcendent beauty, is
for me reason enough to continue the pursuit of this evanescent
magic. 

Alvin Curran, Rome, 20.10.2024
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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Following up on this thread - I've just started a YT play list of different versions of VALDEZ IN THE COUNTRY. I'm up to 18 so far. STREAM ▶️ www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... bsky.app/profile/obso...
youtube.com
Valdez In The Country - YouTube
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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Don Cherry #vinyl Original vs Reissue @wewantsounds.bsky.social The Third World-Underground by Dollar Brand, Don Cherry, Carlos Ward
Both front Both backReissue1974 Japan original
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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just Landed #vinyl @wewantsounds.bsky.social DETAILS ➡️ wewantsounds.bandcamp.com/merch
Don Cherry 

Ziad Rahbani
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026
Bar for bar, line for line.
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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 28/09/2026
🇮🇩 Balinese villagers perform 'war of fire' festival The men of the village of Tuban in Bali, Indonesia, hurl burning coconut husks at each other during the annual 'Siat Geni' or 'war of fire' -- a long-standing tradition carried out to dispel spirits believed to bring misfortune.
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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Pay attention Dems. Gov Beshear won twice, in a deep red state, and never threw trans people under the bus. He led with compassion rather than the fear and cowardice we've seen from some of our Ohio candidates and party leadership.
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Marc Hasselbalch @mhasselbalch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
@orenambarchi.bsky.social 's new album, Cooked, is another one for the ages. Comes highly recommended.
orenambarchi.bandcamp.com
Cooked, by Oren Ambarchi
2 track album
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Live Tapes @livetapes.heads.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
Moor Mother Live at Ghost Canyon Fest on 2026-08-29 archive.org/details/moormother2026-…
archive.org
Moor Mother Live at Ghost Canyon Fest on 2026-08-29 : Moor Mother : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Moor Mother8.29.2026Ghost Canyon FestHi-Dive, Denver, COSource: MBHO KA200N's > Active Cables > MBHO MBP 603A > XLR > Lunatec V3 > digi-coax...
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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This guy too bsky.app/profile/obso...
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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
ICYMI bsky.app/profile/obso...
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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Yes, lots of bootlegs on YT these days. I find new stuff there all the time. Is this the Bluesky account? @livetapes.heads.social.ap.brid.gy
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Rev. Deral "FreeLink" Fenderson @fendersonia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Never heard this song? You just don’t like peaches!! (Peaches in a can don’t count—those things are adulterated!)
youtu.be
I Am a Peach Tree
YouTube video by Harry Partch - Topic
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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Most unexpected versions - Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders youtu.be/FUCIBKx7Y-c?...
youtu.be
Valdez In The Country (Live)
YouTube video by Legion of Mary - Topic
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David Dark @daviddark.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The illusion of speed and urgency promulgated by the tech companies is also a ploy to misdirect both policymakers and the public. Unfortunately, it sometimes works." @timnitgebru.blacksky.app & @emilymbender.bsky.social www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...
technologyreview.com
Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype
Breathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny.
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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Following up on this thread - I've just started a YT play list of different versions of VALDEZ IN THE COUNTRY. I'm up to 18 so far. STREAM ▶️ www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... bsky.app/profile/obso...
youtube.com
Valdez In The Country - YouTube
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Observations of Deviance @obsofdeviance.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If memory serves Ornette talks about KC in this film. I can’t remember the exact quote. Something about how KC was a millionaire.
ORNETTE
MADE IN AMERICA
A FILM BY
SHIRLEY CLARKE
PROJECT SHIRLEY, VOLUME THREE
RESTORED BY MILESTONE AND THE UCLA FILM & TELEVISION ARCHIVE
"THE RESTORATION AND REISSUE OF ORNETTE: MADE IN AMERICA... IS CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION -both for its value as a movie and for its exploration of Coleman's art.
RICHARD BRODY, THE NEW YORKER
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