Mr. Completely

And to be clear I'm going full Yes, And here. Both sides are totally right. All sides are. All these definitions are valid.

Well, they're *chronological* and based on gaps without shows, which, yes, is certainly valid. But a lot of fans conflate the two meanings and the stylistic eras are maybe more interesting to most? David's point that 2000 and 2003 are more similar than 2000 and, say, 1995, is insightful

Which is funny because under this guidance, telling other people their carefully constructed systems are wrong is actually the most wrong thing you can do

So it goes. Life is wild that way

But he doesn't have to let other people's models impinge on his so it all works out

Which is to say any approach you can rigorously construct and explain is likely to be valid but they all will be non exclusive models - the validity of one model says nothing about the validity of another.

Heh. I discussed this topic with a bunch of professional archivists and musicologists at the GD Studies Association conference last week. The consensus is that eras in artistic evolution can be constructed in many valid ways by interpreters and there are no specific best practices

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Live at Westbeth, by Emergency Group 3 track album

Hey it's @dmandl.bsky.social and the Emergency Group with another set of absolutely fantastic improv and groove

Another real nice mix on this one too. I'm on the shit speakers and it sounds clear

I'm really a big fan of this group, they crush it.

emergencygroup.bandcamp.com/album/live-a...

5, by Trummors 10 track album

Your monthly Bandcamp Friday reminder

A little bit yeah

All I can say is I agree and you're doing the right thing and it does matter just as much as you think it does. It's worth it. In the long run, man, I swear it's worth it

You said it right there

Damn if that ain't true

And yes this one gets very stuck in my head, to circle back on topic. Really that melodic line more than the words

The time of reckoning is upon us

Joni Mitchell - Help Me (Demo) (Official Audio) YouTube video by Joni Mitchell

The court and spark demos have some amazing shit - check out the piano suite of Down To You, Court And Spark, Car on a Hill -

But the Help Me vocal demo is my favorite vocal performance I've ever heard

The way she soars through the second line in each verse

youtu.be/Jx1UBDNzyLw?...

Also the greatest photo ever taken of any human being

The archives don't have a full show from 74, presumably because this album exists.

The one I'm thinking of is from Carnegie Hall in 72 and it's on archives vol 3. There is another Carnegie show on vol 2 though. This one she has to chide the audience at the start and it kinda comes together over a verse or two until it's this incredible moment

They used a clip of a movie about American morons who don't know the war they're in is real? Well played i guess

I’ve started sayin “He’s wearing a wire!” when I see these glasses.

One man overheard and pulled them off. 😭😭😭

Wait. @themountaingoats.bsky.social and Mary Chapin Carpenter covering World Party? Are there still good things in this world?

Have you heard the live take of Joni leading the whole Carnegie Hall (i think it is) audience in Circle Game sing along? It's transcendent but you might never get it out of your head

I have only just recently started digging into data centres and water, and the way companies are hiding vital information is beyond belief. It is so, so dodgy.

The entire project to widely popularise the idea these concerns are "fake" makes so much sense in this context

Antoine Dougbé et L'Orchestre Poly-Rythmo De Cotonou 1977 - 1982 (Analog Africa No.44), by Analog Africa 12 track album

New Orchestre Poly-Rythmo!

Fela will always be the king, and it's a matter of taste, but when it comes to African music (any region) from the 70s and early 80s imo the second name to know is the mighty Tout Puissant Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou

analogafrica.bandcamp.com/album/antoin...

Thought there was an actual setlist gambling app now

I'd have to look at the first night, I think there's a decent one now for that

Oh I mean Roanoke 2 in particular

Yeah it's all ruined for me now, I won't touch any of it. At the time it was a fun little pocket change thing

Star Trek The Next Generation scene. Pictured is "After hours Geordi La Forge." He's wearing a velvety cushy soft looking future space guy sweater and he's ready to chillax to the max. Also and always wearing his banana clip looking eye visor. Closed caption reads, "Maybe a little soft jazz."

There are a few good FOBs out there now, I certainly prefer them to the ultra tape

I'm literally obsessed with these shows and the recordings lol

We had the best time at those. I have as many stories from this two days as the rest of summer tour, seems like. Just the apex fun wise

It was literally 2 dollars or 1 good dose or small nugget to play and usually 5-12 people per show so very low stakes - but enough for gas maybe, or a meal, and a buzz. Just good clean silly fun

Oh at the time it was very harmless. Now it's gotten a bit silly, since online gambling ruins everything. My friends and I on tour would pick ten songs and you got a point for each they played that night. You could note them as set openers and closers and if you got those right it was a tiebreaker.