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Tom Brakke

@tombrakke.com

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Personal site, with a little bit of a lot of things. And music. For investment industry postings, see @investmentecosystem.com.

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 27/05/2026

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Albumism @albumism.com · 28/02/2026

"Come you masters of war / You that build the big guns / You that build the death planes / You that build the big bombs / You that hide behind walls / You that hide behind desks / I just want you to know / I can see through your masks" - Bob Dylan album.ink/BDylanTFBD

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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 23/02/2026

“Minnesota is so deeply inspiring,” singer Brandi Carlile posted after Saturday’s emotional Target Center concert.

Brandi Carlile raises more than $600k with Minneapolis livestream

“Minnesota is so deeply inspiring,” the singer posted after Saturday’s emotional Target Center concert.

Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 22/02/2026

Amazing that Clifford Brown's obituary never appeared in the @nytimes.com until its "Overlooked" team did so this week. (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...

Overlooked No More: Clifford Brown, Trumpeter Whose Brief Life Left a Lasting Mark

Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 27/01/2026

"People Have The Power" Patti Smith www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPR-...

Patti Smith - People Have The Power (Official Audio)

YouTube video by pattismithVEVO

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 12/12/2025

"Tiger Rag" The Mills Brothers www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcmf...

The Mills Brothers- Tiger Rag

YouTube video by Arbiter's Analogs

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 09/10/2025

Brilliant. HT @alphaville.ft.com joelmorris.substack.com/p/where-nobo...

joelmorris.substack.com

Where nobody knows your name...

Tracing the anonymous faces at the start of Cheers.

Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 26/08/2025

Behold, the live FishCam from the Minnesota State Fair: www.dnr.state.mn.us/statefair/we...

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 06/08/2025

Amazing production of "Cabaret" at @guthrietheater.bsky.social. Wonderful performances, but a heart-wrenching message with lessons for today. www.guthrietheater.org/shows-and-ti...

guthrietheater.org

A provocative musical masterpiece.

Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 03/08/2025

"Vehicle" The Ides of March (1970) www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq95...

YouTube video by The Ides Of March - Topic

Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 22/07/2025

"Across the Great Divide" Nanci Griffith (1993) www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnzl...

Across the Great Divide

YouTube video by Nanci Griffith - Topic

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 19/07/2025

"Step Right Up" Tom Waits (1976) www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTdS...

Tom Waits - "Step Right Up"

YouTube video by Tom Waits

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The Investment Ecosystem @investmentecosystem.com · 04/07/2025

"The Starts and Stripes Forever" John Philip Sousa www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrzB...

Sousa: The Stars And Stripes Forever!

YouTube video by The Great American Main Street Band - Topic

Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 28/06/2025

"Falling Down" Holly Cole (1995) From a great album ("Temptation") of Tom Waits songs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-qS...

YouTube video by Holly Cole - Topic

Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 21/06/2025

"Who Can I Turn To? (When Nobody Needs Me)" Van Morrison, @vanmorrison.bsky.social (1995) www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXNo...

Who Can I Turn To? (When Nobody Needs Me)

YouTube video by Van Morrison - Topic

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 20/06/2025

"Even at a distance, we can sometimes tell if someone is educated, rich, powerful or physically attractive. But that doesn’t always correlate with smart, kind or honest. Strong signals might not be the same as useful ones." - @sethgodin.bsky.social seths.blog/2025/06/conf...

Confused by signals

Even at a distance, we can sometimes tell if someone is educated, rich, powerful or physically attractive. But that doesn’t always correlate with smart, kind or honest. Strong signals might n…

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 11/06/2025

Great @switchedonpop.bsky.social episode on Frank Sinatra, with Seth MacFarlane. switchedonpop.com/episodes/fra...

switchedonpop.com

Frankly, Sinatra still matters (with Seth MacFarlane) — Switched On Pop

Frank Sinatra's influence on modern pop runs deeper than you think, from inventing the concept album to bridging jazz and rock, to leaving behind 1200 boxes of arrangements, the inspiration for Seth M...

Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 11/06/2025

And the great reflection of it in this . . . "Blood Is Thicker Than Water" Wyclef Jean (1999) www.youtube.com/watch?v=reCa...

Blood Is Thicker Than Water

YouTube video by Wyclef Jean - Topic

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 11/06/2025

"Family Affair" Sly & The Family Stone (1971) www.youtube.com/watch?v=xag5...

Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair (Official Audio)

YouTube video by SlyATFamilyStoneVEVO

Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 10/06/2025

The first concert I ever attended was Sly and the Family Stone (Met Center in suburban Minneapolis, 1971). He got his wings today.

Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 22/05/2025

"I've Just Seen A Face" Holly Cole (1997) www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-FV...

I've Just Seen A Face

YouTube video by Holly Cole - Topic

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 18/05/2025

"Hello, It's The Blues" Joe Louis Walker (2023) R.I.P. www.youtube.com/watch?v=19r9...

Hello, it's the Blues

YouTube video by Joe Louis Walker - Topic

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 16/05/2025

"Baby It's You" Don Preston (1968) www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTpm...

Don Preston,Baby its you

YouTube video by Midnight Rambler

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 10/05/2025

"Sea of Joy" Blind Faith (1969) www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7DV...

YouTube video by Blind Faith - Topic

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 04/05/2025

"Sensation" The Who (1969) www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AlC...

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 30/04/2025

"The Carpet Crawlers" Genesis (1974) www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN1p...

Genesis - Carpet Crawlers (Official Audio)

YouTube video by Genesis

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 22/04/2025

"Blues for Thomas Waller" Teddy Wilson (1974) www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M4R...

Teddy Wilson - Blues for Thomas Waller.- 1974

YouTube video by JazzyBernard

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 17/04/2025

Always good to be in Luverne.

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 12/04/2025

"Back On The Chain Gang" The Pretenders (@thepretenders.com, 1984) "I found a picture of you . . ." www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AuM...

The Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang (1983)

YouTube video by SpecZX

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 07/04/2025

Gutless.

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 07/04/2025

"Crystal Silence" Chick Corea (1972) www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Epv...

Crystal Silence

YouTube video by Chick Corea - Topic

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 04/04/2025

Another great episode from the incomparable @natedimeo.bsky.social. Willie Mays and his teammates. thememorypalace.us/teammates/

thememorypalace.us

Teammates - the memory palace

Order The Memory Palace book now, dear listener. On Bookshop.org, on Amazon.com, on Barnes & Noble, or directly from Random House. Or order the audiobook at places like Libro.fm. During mid-April, 202...

Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 15/03/2025

From "How Many Artists Did The Beatles Kill?" by Chris Dalla Riva www.cantgetmuchhigher.com/p/how-many-a...

Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 10/03/2025

“Free Money” Patti Smith (1975) youtu.be/U-ZJGfA0UxY?...

YouTube video by Patti Smith - Topic

Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 09/03/2025

“Save Me” Aimee Mann (1999) @aimeemann.bsky.social youtu.be/72fDsC2kX7g?...

YouTube video by Aimee Mann - Topic

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 07/03/2025

"Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" The 5th Dimension (1969) www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlrQ...

The 5th Dimension - Aquarius / Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures) (Audio)

YouTube video by FifthDimensionVEVO

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 03/03/2025

"Blood Is Thicker Than Water" Wyclef Jean (1999) www.youtube.com/watch?v=reCa...

Blood Is Thicker Than Water

YouTube video by Wyclef Jean - Topic

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 03/03/2025

"Keep Yourself Alive" Queen (1973) www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPju...

Queen - Keep Yourself Alive (1973) vinyl

YouTube video by Vinyl Great

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 02/03/2025

“Ruby, My Dear” McCoy Tyner (1975) youtu.be/yPRShRZk7nE?...

YouTube video by McCoy Tyner - Topic

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 26/02/2025

"Long May You Run" (1976) Stills-Young Band www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVM8...

Long May You Run (2016 Remaster)

YouTube video by The Stills-Young Band - Topic

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 23/02/2025

Eighty years ago today. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/w...

The Battle of Iwo Jima: A Photo History (Gift Article)

U.S. Marines raised an American flag on the Japanese island’s highest peak exactly 80 years ago. But the fighting, some of the deadliest of World War II, would rage on for a month.

Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 22/02/2025

"Mr. Stern's life was as colorful, confusing, and sometimes chaotic as his art." No kidding. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/a...

Gerd Stern, Beat Era Poet and Multimedia Artist, Dies at 96 (Gift Article)

An Aquarian Age savant, he was a founder of the artists’ collective USCO, which helped define the 1960s with psychedelic, sensory-overloading installations and performances.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 21/02/2025

Doesn't know what AI is, doesn't know what duplicitous means, doesn't know what the CDC does.

Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 17/02/2025

"How My Dad Reconciled His God and His Gay Son" an amazing piece from @timothywhite77.bsky.social, featuring the journals of his father, an evangelical pastor (gift article) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Opinion | My Father Was a Conservative Evangelical Pastor. Then I Came Out. (Gift Article)

How did my dad go from hating homosexuality to imploding his church by embracing me? His journal entries show how he changed his mind.

Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 17/02/2025

"Barbara Ann" The Beach Boys (1966) www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO2B...

YouTube video by The Beach Boys - Topic

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 16/02/2025

"My Man" Lisa Mann (2014) @lisamannmusic.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUGX...

YouTube video by Lisa Mann - Topic

Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 15/02/2025

"Georgia On My Mind" Oscar Peterson Trio (1963) www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqW0...

Georgia On My Mind

YouTube video by Oscar Peterson - Topic

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Tom Brakke @tombrakke.com · 09/02/2025

"Solara March (Dedicated To Pablo Casals And The Sun)" Keith Jarrett (1975) www.youtube.com/watch?v=T72g...

Keith Jarrett - Solara March

YouTube video by Cesar Carmen