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On Nina Simone's elegant belligerence

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I’m in a Monk mood, meticulously. Both his son and daughter became musicians, his son even served as the drummer in his father’s band during his final…

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Feb 8

Thelonious Monk and Charlie Parker in church after-hours

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Jan 22

The disturbing flippancy of North West's impersonations of Ye

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On Amiri Baraka's "Dope" and the poetics of the underdog who gets close to God

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Dec 26, 2022

On my taboo fantasy alter-egos in music

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Dec 16, 2022

On a prayer shared between Sun Ra and June Tyson circa 1976

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Dec 5, 2022

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