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@andrewfromvibes

Autodidact, dilettante, Dominicano, from uptown ☝🏾

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"... my life is completely banal, but through a sort of sanctification of the film geek." - Serge Daney


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Morning, peace to Brother Olinga ✊🏾 youtube.com/watch?v=2W9q9G…


Afternoon listening/reading, from The Wire: a primer on saxophone strongman Sonny Simmons, assembled by Pierre Crépon & Marc Chaloin. The latter is co-author of a forthcoming Simmons memoir on Blank Forms, titled 'Better Do It Now Before You Die Later'... thewire.co.uk/audio/tracks/w…


HBD Ralph Bakshi, creator of arguably the fiercest, funniest satire ever committed to film 🎂

andrewfromvibes's tweet image. HBD Ralph Bakshi, creator of arguably the fiercest, funniest satire ever committed to film 🎂

Evening reading, some wonderfully elliptical cultural criticism from @PatrickPreziosi, who writes about notable mid-century Germans, the legacy of evil and the universal tonic that is jazz, all rather fluidly and insightfully...

I spent the last two months obsessed with the ever-increasing number of parallels between Peter Brötzmann and characters in the novels of Walter Kempowski (as well as Kempowski himself); Duke Ellington and Fassbinder also make appearances—read here: open.substack.com/pub/triplefeat…

PatrickPreziosi's tweet image. I spent the last two months obsessed with the ever-increasing number of parallels between Peter Brötzmann and characters in the novels of Walter Kempowski (as well as Kempowski himself); Duke Ellington and Fassbinder also make appearances—read here:
open.substack.com/pub/triplefeat…
PatrickPreziosi's tweet image. I spent the last two months obsessed with the ever-increasing number of parallels between Peter Brötzmann and characters in the novels of Walter Kempowski (as well as Kempowski himself); Duke Ellington and Fassbinder also make appearances—read here:
open.substack.com/pub/triplefeat…


RIP Jack Dejohnette. From the era of the overstated drummer, he always found just the right sound and spot. A ridiculously versatile percussionist, a fine piano player and a gracious human being, he will be missed terribly 💔 youtube.com/watch?v=gZaMLI…

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I know P.E.A.C.E. and Gab are going back and forth, bouncing off each other in the heavens tonight 🌌 youtube.com/watch?v=hFUEGR…

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New Pat Thomas alert, somehow got past me last month 🌾 nyahhrecords.bandcamp.com/album/pat-thom…

andrewfromvibes's tweet image. New Pat Thomas alert, somehow got past me last month 🌾 nyahhrecords.bandcamp.com/album/pat-thom…

Afternoon reading: Andrew Christopher Green on Charles Burnett's 1973 student film, 'The Horse.' A beautiful text on a beautiful little film, beautifully laid out to boot 🐎 jacqueline23.info/pdf/OnCharlesB…

andrewfromvibes's tweet image. Afternoon reading: Andrew Christopher Green on Charles Burnett's 1973 student film, 'The Horse.' A beautiful text on a beautiful little film, beautifully laid out to boot 🐎 jacqueline23.info/pdf/OnCharlesB…

RIP Jørgen Leth, the modernist Danish filmmaker and one of the authors of 'StopForBud,'a ghostly portrait of Bud Powell that is nearly perfect. Link to watch here: dfi.dk/en/viden-om-fi…

andrewfromvibes's tweet image. RIP Jørgen Leth, the modernist Danish filmmaker and one of the authors of 'StopForBud,'a ghostly portrait of Bud Powell that is nearly perfect. Link to watch here: dfi.dk/en/viden-om-fi…
andrewfromvibes's tweet image. RIP Jørgen Leth, the modernist Danish filmmaker and one of the authors of 'StopForBud,'a ghostly portrait of Bud Powell that is nearly perfect. Link to watch here: dfi.dk/en/viden-om-fi…

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