Jason Guthartz
@restructures.bsky.social
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#FreePalestine #DismantleWhiteness abolition, reparations, archives, music, film, art, Chicago Letterboxd: boxd.it/1kmY3 discographies: shorturl.at/qDFiQ
![On stage at the UChicago Logan Center:
Taylor Ho Bynum — cornet
Jeb Bishop — trombone
Anna Webber — tenor saxophone/flute
Jason Kao Hwang – viola
Tomeka Reid – cello
Jason Roebke – bass
Mikel Patrick Avery — drums
[offstage: Laura Ann Singh – vocals]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bxifsm4xz6ynacq5p5ypwrna/bafkreihdosyxojkfdykjxdw3j6u6qmxpyzzzkj2phubi3bmd3fum32kae4)
![Despite a large body of writing about why civilian oversight is needed and how it should be implemented, there is no evidence that it works. San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón recently told me that he has a room full of reports on civilian oversight of police and they all say the same thing: [in italics:] It doesn’t make policing better.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bxifsm4xz6ynacq5p5ypwrna/bafkreihohrcd6cbsooaggr6ot45ivqnlzm7qnaxs43dik5oqzikttvewgm)
![Title credits [white text on black background]:
What Kind of 'Tet?
on Anthony Braxton's
Ghost Trance Trajectories](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bxifsm4xz6ynacq5p5ypwrna/bafkreibx6xuhacysinqw7dctp2yrrxksb3idinfr3okwz7vhj7kkuos6vm)
![JIM HALL: Did I tell you about Lorraine Gordon [owner of The Village Vanguard] and Henry Kissinger? Jed told me that Havel was there, and a few minutes into the set Henry Kissinger came down the stairs and Lorraine wouldn’t let him in! She said, “You can’t come in; the set’s already started.”
. . . He says, “Perhaps you don’t know who I am.” She said, ”Oh, I know all about you; that’s part of the problem.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bxifsm4xz6ynacq5p5ypwrna/bafkreiepdcdawzkc3bjbn2xtz2w3ozec24vw5k42hg4hqbtn2pvxaje3ha)
![Front LP cover of Cecil Taylor, CONQUISTADOR! (Blue Note, rec. 1966, rel. 1968) [1982 Pathé Marconi EMI reissue]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bxifsm4xz6ynacq5p5ypwrna/bafkreigoqud4ouqamnigij5qf5ugxod6eatfgqrivfk6r4qz3ghy6ugljm)
![“[O]n the physical universe level, we can view Dr. King as a great orator whose message functioned as a force to bring about social change for all of humanity, and the work of John Coltrane would employ the same message vibrationally: having to do with creativity as a vehicle to bring about expanded consciousness (and this consciousness would, of course, bring a better understanding of Dr. King’s mission). In other words, there is a natural complementary factor between alternative functionalisms, as this consideration relates to the dictates of its 'given vibrational route assignment'—and the realness of this phenomenon is not one-dimensional, because the reality position of alternative functionalism is not dependent on the order of a given sequence."
excerpt from TRI-AXIUM WRITINGS 2 (1985/2024) by Anthony Braxton (written in the late 1970s)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bxifsm4xz6ynacq5p5ypwrna/bafkreidhxmt3wi25rus4j4e62qavl233o2eyjvcylx2b6jrvfgidnu7pgy)
![“What is the reality of women in creative music (?)—or at least, what observations can be made with regard to the participation of women in creative music? Based on my experiences, the present planet situation is designed to make it practically impossible for a woman to pursue creativity for a life’s commitment—or at least in the same context as men. It is almost impossible for a woman to secure a strong enough position in society to make a living from her work—this is true even though, in spite of the odds, there are many women who have succeeded in making their activity known and “ised.” Still, the situation women are faced with in this and previous time zones cannot be looked at as fair in comparison to the composite culture—by any means. To understand the collective factors that have produced this reality posture is to gain insight into what is really happening with the male creative community, as well as the sophistication of the controlling forces surrounding the music. This is so because the defining and controlling community that determines and regulates perception dynamics (and interpretations and/or focuses) has always dealt with women unfairly. To[…]”
excerpt from TRI-AXIUM WRITINGS 3 by Anthony Braxton](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bxifsm4xz6ynacq5p5ypwrna/bafkreie4rg5zpzj7cinxiy7wuwwl4b25wo7n37jaw4xqlbmofg3m3gwx4i)
