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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Slow Saturday morning listening: John Abercrombie and Ralph Towner “Sargasso Sea” (ECM/Polydor), 1976. Two of my favorite jazz guitarists in one place. One of two U.S. copies I own of this (the other is a Warner Bros. pressing). Placid. #jazzsky

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Just finished: Dino Buzzati “The Bewitched Bourgeois” (NYRB). 50 stories from the Italian author of “The Singularity” and “The Stronghold.” Great slipstream-y speculative fiction. RIYL Borges and Calvino. #Booksky

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Vinyl reckoning: Dome “3” (Editions Mego), 1981/2011. Reissue of the austere-but-funky third album from Bruce Gilbert and Graham Lewis’ post-Wire duo. Reminds me more of Throbbing Gristle and This Heat than anything Wire did.

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Michael Daly @michaeldaly64.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

1977, Huntley Street Squatter's Festival, Bloomsbury, London. Crass play their first gig. Steve Ignorant (vocals), Penny Rimbaud (drums), Pete Wright (bass), Andy "N.A." Palmer (guitar) & soon to depart guitarist Steve Herman (beard & glasses)

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Vinyl reckoning: Wire “Not About to Die: Studio Demos 1977 - 1978” (Pink Flag), 2022. “I thought I was in / but now I’m trying to get out / I’m learning to twist / but nowhere to shout.”

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Vinyl reckoning: Wire “Not About to Die: Studio Demos 1977 - 1978” (Pink Flag), 2022. “I thought I was in / but now I’m trying to get out / I’m learning to twist / but nowhere to shout.”

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Vinyl reckoning: Hedvig Mollestad & Trondheim Jazz Orchestra “Maternity Beat” (Rune Grammofon), 2022. Just catching up on this one, which is quite different than her other records. The combo of guitar and violin—not to mention vocals and orchestra—reminds me of Mahavishnu’s “Apocalypse.” #JazzSky

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It was a beautiful day. bsky.app/profile/fuga...

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Vinyl reckoning: June of 44 “Engine Takes to the Water” (Quarterstick), 1995. Saw these gents at Black Cat when this was released. Not quite as good as the time I saw Rodan, but that’s a mighty high bar. #NowPlaying

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A week of vinyl reckoning. Notes in Alt text. Guess I was in a 1980 - 1982 mood. #NowPlaying

Killing Joke “Revelations” (Malicious Damage/Polydor), 1982

DNA “A Taste of DNA” (American Clave), 1981.

Creation Rebel “Independent Man” / “Creation Rebel” (On-U Sound), 1982

Art Ensemble of Chicago “Full Force” (ECM), 1980

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A week of vinyl reckoning. Notes in Alt text. Guess I was in a 1980 - 1982 mood. #NowPlaying

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Just finished - Annie Dillard “Holy the Firm” (Harper & Row), 1977. Like a letter from an old friend who moved from Roanoke to Puget Sound, where she’s still playing the same tune, but in a different key. #BookSky

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Vinyl reckoning: Wire “154” (WB), 1979. I first heard Wire in 1987. At the time, it seemed to me that “154” must’ve come out 100 years ago. So much had happened, culturally, in those 8 years. “Two People in a Room” might be my favorite Wire song. Unrelentingly modern. #NowPlaying

The front cover of the U.S. vinyl original

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Oh, this makes me so sad. One of my all-time favorite writers.

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

#NowPlaying: Discordance Axis “The Inalienable Dreamless” (Hydra Head), 2000. Got the CD in the mail 25 years ago, on July 28th, 2000. This is the 2011 vinyl version. Peak grindcore. And one of my favorite albums of all time. Never saw them, but i caught Gridlink at MD Deathfest. #DiscordanceAxis

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Just finished: Alisdair Gray’s “Lanark” (Canongate), 1981. This cult Scottish novel was a heavy, but ultimately worthwhile, lift. Reminded me of Delany’s “Dhalgren” and Iain Banks’ “The Bridge.” But, really, nothing is like its shaggy dog sprawl. #Booksky

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Vinyl reckoning: New Age Steppers s/t (On-U Sound). Dub and post-punk fusion from 1980. Ari Up. Mark Stewart. Viv Albertine. Plus the usual Adrian Sherwood dub suspects. On-U LP 1.

Cover of the vinyl original, featuring a man with a Jeep for a face, hula-hooping with a tire, and a baby playing soccer.

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Vinyl reckoning: New Age Steppers s/t (On-U Sound). Dub and post-punk fusion from 1980. Ari Up. Mark Stewart. Viv Albertine. Plus the usual Adrian Sherwood dub suspects. On-U LP 1.

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

#Nowplaying : Tommy Flanagan - “Thelonica” (Enja, Japan), 1983. I saw Flanagan, famous for playing on Coltrane’s “Giant Steps,” solo in, I think, 1993. This is a Monk-themed trio record with George Mraz on bass and Art Taylor on drums. An elegant interpretation from an unsung master. #Jazzsky

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Some @frozenreeds.com insect music for a rainy day. This circa-1990 Derek Bailey and Paul Motian set, “Duo in Concert” (2023), is one of those rare improv records that’s as good as you hope it will be. #jazzsky

Cover of the Derek Bailey / Paul Motian album.

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Vinyl reckoning: Savage Republic “Jamahiriya” (Fundamental), 1988. Viva la post punk (and Greek folk-rock and other ethnic forgeries). “Winds of change destroy our homes.”

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

“The past is indestructible; sooner or later all things will return, including the plan to abolish the past.” - Jorge Luis Borges, March 1949 #BookSky

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Vinyl reckoning: National Health s/t (Visa), 1978. A late prog peak, recorded just a few months before “Never Mind the Bollocks” was released. One of my favorite Saturday afternoon albums. Right up there with the first Hatfield record. #Canterbury

The cover of National Health, depicting the band in a hospital room.

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Vinyl reckoning: Keith Jarrett “Facing You” (ECM), 1972. First heard Jarrett in Roeg’s “Bad Timing.” Solo piano. Picked this up at Joe’s Record Paradise in Rockville when they had a lot of German ECMs for around $5 a record #JazzSky

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A new Henry Threadgill Zooid record in 2026 is a real blessing. #JazzSly

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Vinyl reckoning - Slapp Happy “Sort Of” (Recommended), 1980. UK reissue of Slapp Happy’s 1972 Polydor debut. I always manage to forget this is basically a Faust album. (And a good one.)

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

I've read a few recent articles celebrating the 100th anniversary of Morton Feldman's birth. But none of them mention this incredible @anothertimbre.bsky.social box set, which came out in January. Essential. anothertimbre.bandcamp.com/album/trios-...

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Trios 6-disc box set, by Morton Feldman

9 track album

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Vinyl reckoning: Savage Republic “Jamahiriya” (Fundamental), 1988. Viva la post punk (and Greek folk-rock and other ethnic forgeries). “Winds of change destroy our homes.”

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

John Crowley, R.I.P. One of my all-time favorite novelists. In case you missed it, here's the article he wrote for Harper's, in 2022, about his cognitive issues. harpers.org/archive/2022...

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The Old Imperium, by John Crowley

Learning to live with my aging mind

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Just finished: Michel Faber “Under the Skin” (2000). Almost as mesmerizing as Fowles’ “The Magus,” its allegorical qualities are reminiscent of LeGuin. The Scottish setting evoked a bit of Banks’ “The Bridge.” Ultimately I would say this is a book about meat. #Booksky

Cover of DC Public Library’s well-worn paperback copy of “Under the Skin.”

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Vinyl reckoning: Jawbox “Novelty” (Dischord), 1992. That thick Iain Burgess production. #Nowplaying

Cover of the original vinyl of “Novelty.” Picture of a baby smiling.

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Vinyl reckoning: Terje Rypdal “Odyssey” (ECM), 1975. Top tier post-Miles jazz rock. Maybe my fave by guitarist Rypdal. I KNOW this is a studio record, but the pictures of Rypdal with the van—not to mention the double LP length—always makes me think this is a live record. #JazzSky

The front cover of Rypdal’s “Odyssey,” featuring Rypdal sitting on the back fender of a tour van.

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Vinyl reckoning: Ultralyd - “Inertiadome” (Rune Grammofon), 2010. Somehow scratches an itch for instrumental jazz and Jesus Lizard-style post-punk all at once. #JazzSky

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Just finished: Julien Gracq’s “The Castle of Argol” (Lapis Press), 1938/1991. I really enjoyed the slipstream qualities of Gracq’s fifties novels “The Opposing Shore” and “Balcony in the Forest.” “Castle,” by contrast, is very goth and surrealist—a mere hint of the French novelist’s future. #Booksky

Cover of the 1991 edition of “The Castle of Argol.”

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

In my DC neighborhood, the sky is full of haze and the air smells brown.

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Vinyl Reckoning: Savage Republic “Tragic Figures” (Independent Project Records), 1982. “The crisis of our country / is not caused by external forces / the danger lies within.”

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Vinyl Reckoning: Savage Republic “Tragic Figures” (Independent Project Records), 1982. “The crisis of our country / is not caused by external forces / the danger lies within.”

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

R.I.P. Sam Neill, who made two of my favorite movies: 1981's "Possession" (dir: Zulawski) and 1997's "Event Horizon" (dir: Anderson).

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

This is a must-read. @joegross.bsky.social, I'm looking at you. bsky.app/profile/anam...

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Vinyl reckoning: Loop “Collision” (Chapter 22), 1988. Possibly my favorite record from this psych outfit with a perfect name. Lots of white light and white heat. Plenty of shake appeal.

The cover of the “Collision” 12.” A distorted, orange-tinted picture of the band.

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Vinyl reckoning: Loop “Collision” (Chapter 22), 1988. Possibly my favorite record from this psych outfit with a perfect name. Lots of white light and white heat. Plenty of shake appeal.

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Just finished: M. John Harrison “The End of Everything” (Serpent’s Tail), 2026. An invasion of sorts follows on the heels of a financial crisis. The novel, which puts an AI metaphor front and center, disrupts what longtime readers might expect from MJH. #Booksky

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Tortoise - 9:30 Club, DC, June 28, 2026 #Tortoise

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B. Burton @trumpetdust.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Tortoise - 9:30 Club, DC, June 28, 2026 #Tortoise

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