Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 28/07/2026first Phish show also in Fall ‘96 — underrated tour w/ many gems! 11/2/96 Coral Sky, FL in the awesome wake of Remain in Light Halloween show, featuring a massive Crosseyed + Painless-> Antelope, of course, but also a perfect 1st set 7/29/26 pick 5: Brother Mango Song YEM Cars Trucks Busses ADITL 130
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 06/07/20262 very different records picked together at a random drop-in to a cool shop in New Haven, CT (Wadada) Leo Smith - Rastafari majestic, sweeping, lyrical and bold, in the AACM style James ‘Blood’ Ulmer - Are You Glad to be in America (good Q; RIP Blood) harmolodic jazz-punk-funk mayhem #vinyl 160
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Steve Lehman Trio + Mark Turner: the Music of Anthony Braxton. Lively, fun, & appropriately knotty, plus a couple Lehman originals Composition 40b sounding very Masada-esque, more so than the Braxton original pic from Long Play 5/3/26 Brooklyn 5/3/26 (amazing drums & hilarious Lehman stage banter) 010
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Dither (+9 friends) performing Steve Reich’s Electric Counterpoint at Long Play Festival, BAM Fisher 5/3/26 010
Reposted by Ari S.kleinstadt.bsky.social @kleinstadt.bsky.social · 26/04/2026🔴🎼🎶🎵 #kleineNachtmusik Sun, Apr 26th, 26 #JazzSky #Jazz #Blues #MusicSky #jazzmusic ..:: D O N A L D B Y R D ::.. Donald Byrd & Fonce Mizell - tp Allan Barnes & Nathan Davis - s Kevin Toney - p Larry Mizell - sth Barney Perry - g Henry Franklin - b Keith Killgo - dr Ray Armando - percyoutube.comDonald Byrd - You've Got It Bad Girl (Live at Montreux July 5, 1973)YouTube video by Blue Note Records 0144
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 20/04/2026still the TUFFEST absolute thrill to see Winston Rodney, the Burning Spear, now 81 years old and full of life and energy live at Brooklyn Bowl, a set of the deepest roots and wisdom, 4/18/26 041
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 09/04/2026really nice piece & agree Dropper is a definite peak in the MMW discography great excuse to pull out Electric Tonic CD (July 4, 98) “100% improvised music” nice notes from John Zorn on the sorely missed scene and of course the band “playing their unique blend of groove, noise and improvisation” 351
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 28/03/2026heard the blistering organ/drums duet (from side B) on the radio on sunday, saw this at the record store on wednesday. Dream team duo of Joe Chambers (piano and drums) + Larry Young (organ), reissue originally out on Muse in 1978. totally wonderful and unexpected record!! 130
Reposted by Ari S.WFMU @wfmu.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Today! Yo La Tengo plays cover song requests in exchange for pledges live on Todd-o-Phonic Todd's show (3–6 p.m. ET), w/co-host Gaylord! Pledge $100 and have your request ready! Or use this link to submit your request in advance. (Write your request in the comments.) pledge.wfmu.org/donate?progr... 06333
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 20/02/2026feel like ppl who would care about this would already know— but mind blown realizing that this wild Velvet Underground set (disc 1 of Quine Tapes, w/ a 24 min Sister Ray) happened the same night (11/8/69) & in same city (San Francisco) as this amazing Grateful Dead show released as Dick’s Picks 16 150
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 16/02/2026diving in NOW JAZZ NOW a holy trinity: Graves, Sanders, Sharrock -Incredible cover painting by Roscoe Mitchell on the Lester Bowie LP -From Thurston Moore’s Ali/Lowe Duo Exchange write-up: “Valerie Wilmer photograph cover… is alive with the rapport these two Fire Music players must have felt.” 010
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 07/02/2026saturday afternoon listening very groovy and funk-filled soundtrack to a 1969 biker flick, Hell’s Belles, from Les Baxter (!) fuzz guitar, horns, fat bass, and breaks galore. dig!!! 081
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Weir’s wistful and beautiful latter-day cowboy/Americana masterpiece Oh night the daylight stealing all your gold from the sky you’re a poor thief you’re leaving all your diamonds behind -from Cottonwood Lullaby (in collaboration with Josh Kaufman and Josh Ritter) RIP Bob Weir ⚡️❤️⚡️ 010
Reposted by Ari S.jeff @jazyjef.bsky.social · 10/01/2026William Parker was born in The Bronx on this day in 1952. He turns 74 today. 📸 Jeff Caltabiano, NYC, 6.12.21 37815
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 28/12/2025I own Thelonious - and Nellie’s - copy of Misterioso (recorded on tour) 020
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 24/12/2025spending the afternoon with Peter Gordon and “Blue” Gene Tyranny — experimental/new music meets rock-pop in 1977. totally charming jacket design on both by Ariel Peeri BGT is the reissue on Unseen Worlds PG is the original on Lovely Music 050
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 19/12/2025celebrating the master, Wadada Leo Smith who had his 84th birthday yesterday 020
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Caetano Veloso reflecting on first meeting Gilberto Gil “… when he met me he felt as though he were leaving behind a great loneliness: when he saw me he was sure that he had found a true companion.” a beautiful expression of friendship ♥️ 🙏 😊 From Veloso’s Tropical Truth 040
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 25/11/2025take: Jerry Garcia Band version of They Love Each Other is better than the Grateful Dead’s from 6/10/89 Set 1 Electric on the Eel 030
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 21/11/2025prob lowest on my ranking of Donald Byrd x Mizell Bros collabs but that is very relative, since it still a stone jammer (expected from a Mizell/Sky High production), all-time cover art (Hirschfeld portrait), and killer band (alphonse mouzon, patrice rushen, gary batrtz, james jamerson, etc) dig!!! 050
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 14/11/2025digging in the part of my haul from the @wfmu.bsky.social record fair last weekend. 5 gems scooped up for $5 a piece dubby, dank, early ‘80s goodness from WACKIE’s BRONX FINEST #cdfriday 0120
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 13/11/2025one of my favorites pieces of music ephemera, obtained after a show circa 2002 happy birthday and RIP to the king IDRIS MUHAMMAD 👑 060
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 05/11/2025guardian angels coming thru for nycm.youtube.comThe Guardian Angel Is Watching over UsYouTube video by Golden Flamingo Orchestra - Topic 010
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 03/11/2025RIP to the Queen, Donna Jean Godchaux-Mackay “If you don’t ride for Donna, you can’t ride with me.” 010
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 27/10/2025music for a sunday evening Basra, by Pete La Roca w/ Joe Henderson 🔥 Steve Kuhn Steve Swallow next level and very unique mid-‘60s Blue Note record 151
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness. 000
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 16/10/2025absolute gorgeousness. the 6- and 12-string solo guitar playing matches the beautiful cover art (both from Steffen Basho-Junghans) The Dancer on the Hill 020
Reposted by Ari S.Melvin Gibbs @melvingibbs.bsky.social · 14/10/2025my album Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2 is out today! I can't do the false humility/humble brag thing about it... This Record Is Fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥 but hey - you don't need to believe me Go take a listen melvin-gibbs.bandcamp.com/album/amasia...melvin-gibbs.bandcamp.comAmasia: Anamibia Sessions 2, by Melvin Gibbs6 track album 1228
Reposted by Ari S.Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 13/10/2025I would like to praise Donald Trump for bringing back Columbo Day, as he deserves to be celebratedmedia.tenor.coma man talking on a phone with the words " oh there 's just one more thing sir " below himAlt: Columbo saying "Oh there's just one more thing, sir" 46519
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 02/10/2025m.youtube.comAvenu MalkanuYouTube video by Phish - Topic 000
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 30/09/2025was able to bring my young daughter to watch this set. truly an unforgettable performance and day. RIP jaimie branch 020
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 16/09/2025on Jerry Garcia’s “Big Ears,” from Steve Silberman’s totally fantastic book in the April ‘78 box: an eclectic record collection, smoking joints& listening to stockhausen, name checking garcia’s fav guitarists, contemporary songwriters he dug, &a thoughtful reframing of the maligned Disco-Dead sound 020
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 14/09/2025good morning music Jake Xerxes Fussell - What in the Natural World 020
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 10/09/2025tripping through the seasons with Wendy Carlos, proto-new age/ambient Sonic Seasoning, combining nature/field recordings with electronics and synthesizers 010
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 03/09/2025some records (and a tape) from visiting some of the many cool shops in Montreal 020
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 20/08/2025as a sleep scientist and a @wfmu.bsky.social freak this WFMU marathon swag thrills me to no end!! 😴 020
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 20/07/2025pair of amazing finds ($2 each!) from seattle’s easy street records Sonny Sharrock - Ask the Ages: all time classic spiritual/avant/punk-jazz Henry Kaiser covers album including a sidelong 30-min deep dive into Dark Star/Other One with Joey Baron, Hank Roberts, Kermit Driscoll #cassunday 0110
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 19/07/2025irie in a dancehall style Bunny Wailer, Rootsman Skanking 020
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 19/07/2025one of my first tapes and still one of my fav shows. set 2 is perfect!! 020
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 26/06/2025a moving and beautiful performance last night at Union Pool, commemorating a new archival release of a 1977 live set, by William Hooker with Alan Braufman and James Brandon Lewis (filling in the David S Ware tenor spot from the original) williamhooker.bandcamp.com/album/a-time... 0131
Reposted by Ari S.Hausu Mountain @hausumountain.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Happy 90th bday to this very special man who we adore a lot <3 08511
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 21/06/2025yes please! “RIYL: Charles Kynard, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Charles Earland, Leon Spencer Jr.” with some early Steely Dan / 70s AOR and golden era fusion thrown in very unique and highly enjoyable record from Hooteroll? legend Howard Wales 020
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 01/06/2025a good afternoon for Tuareg guitar mastery Group Bombino: Guitars From Agadez, Vol. 2 “dry guitar sound on side one, with side two showcasing the full electric fury…” 041
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 30/05/2025…and the main event Two kings meet Wadada Leo Smith & Milford Graves: Sacred Ceremonies 000
Ari S. @zzz12312.bsky.social · 30/05/2025digging in to an afternoon of Wadada Leo Smith + Drummers 1. w/ Ed Blackwell 2. w/ Sabu Toyozumi 3. w/ Jack Dejohnette 4. w/ Louis Moholo-Moholo #CDFriday 060
