Happy birthday to guitarist, bandleader, composer and fractals enthusiast Nick Didkovsky of @DoctorNerve and Vomit Fist. In this podcast we hear him playing solo on his Profane Riddles album, dedicated to the late Larry Polansky. https://t.co/jRAEHEGL5q

Mamdani Isn’t the Future of the Democrats. This Guy Is. The party will not return to the White House, nor reclaim Congress, until it learns to embrace centrist politicians like Mr. Shapiro. https://t.co/ZaNnhgcvGR

Now in podcast format: What's Going On returns to the Northwest, celebrating the legacies of @SunRaUniverse @ButchMusic and Henry Threadgill. With @WayneHorvitz, @BRMuse, @DrJPriester and @TheRoyalRoom Collective Music Ensemble. https://t.co/maqg068hWV @HiddenHallSea @SHMProject

Born on this date was Ennio Morricone (1928–2020) best known for his soundtracks to spaghetti westerns, but also possessed with avant-garde chops as evinced by his radical harpsichord composition Mordenti that's featured in this podcast. https://t.co/usRCSopSfL @MEnnioMorricone

A young Muslim socialist mayor of New York City excites the extremes on both sides. But his narrow margin in a deep blue electorate shows he's hardly the model the Democrats need to take on Trumpism next year. For that, look to the moderate winners next door. My Next Move👇

It’s shaping up to be huge night for moderate, white, women Democrats with a background in national security. Spanberger was a CIA officer. Sherrill a Navy chopper pilot. If Democrats want to continue to win statewide and national elections—and get independents and some

The “Democratic moderate” is the only figure in politics right now capable of being in power in a functioning society. Go to either side of them and you’re opening the gates of hell. You may not like them, but they’re all civilized people have.

Happy Podcast Monday. Celebrate Berio & Berberian at 100 and Hosokawa at 70 w/Stuart Dempster @SeattleSymphony @AlarmWillSound @IctusEnsemble, the Arditti 4tet & more. Plus Taborn, @NelsCline @DrummerSlams @PfVibes @StarbuckCello, Gabriella Smith and more. https://t.co/zUXEGOOTXU

Thanks to all who joined us live for our tribute to @DeJohnetteMusic, plus @Meredith_Monk, @ChesSmith1, @AlexPaxtonYeah and @Zappa. If you missed us live, stream the show on demand at @KBCS using this link while you await the podcast version in two weeks. https://t.co/ZUW7XFcTdO

Tonight Flotation Device pays tribute to Jack DeJohnette, perhaps the most versatile drummer ever, w/help from @MilesDavis @_KeithJarrett & Roscoe Mitchell. Plus @Zappa @Meredith_Monk @AlexPaxtonYeah Aquaserge and Cergio Prudencio at 70 Sun 10pm PDT 91.3fm https://t.co/gAei9CnKP8

'If you live outside New York, your biggest worry should be what effect a landslide win might have on the Democratic Party nationally. If Mamdani crushes Cuomo and Sliwa as seems likely, expect a big push from allies like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–N.Y.) to revive the worst

Happy birthday to Mats Gustafsson AKA @MatsOlofGustaf2, born on this date in 1964. We'll revisit his recent Fire! Orchestra album Echoes on @RuneGrammofon: an ambitious, eclectic big band project in the tradition of George Russell and the JCOA. https://t.co/I7B6seSFFj

Born on this date in 1966 was composer Wenchen Qin 秦文琛. In this podcast we enjoy his newly-recorded concerto Poetry Of The Land, for orchestra and two Chinese instrument. And we compare its mix of sonorist textures and angular melodies to Ligeti. https://t.co/JuADpYEqE9

Now in podcast format: Flotation Device celebrates La Monte Young, minimalism's founding father, at 90 with help from Terry Riley, Marian Zazeela, @PanditPranNath & @TheRealJohnCale. Plus Partch, Shardik, @DaiFujikura & @Dobrinka_T, all in new recordings. https://t.co/cvelcX8ac4

Now at YouTube: our interview with @AucoinComposer, who brings his Music for New Bodies to @MeanyCenter on 11/1. We hear highlights from the new work and chat with Matthew about his opera Eurydice, and his collaborations with @Jorie_Graham & Peter Sellars. https://t.co/BflY5sEczS

Thanks to all who joined us live for our interview with @AucoinComposer, our preview of @WayneHorvitz & @KrisDavisMusic at @EarshotJazz, plus the latest from @DaiFujikura, Zeena Parkins & more. Watch the interview on YouTube and stream the whole show here: https://t.co/RllCH2bUZN

Tonight Flotation Device interviews @AucoinComposer about Music for New Bodies (coming to @MeanyCenter on 11/1) and new opera. Plus @WayneHorvitz & @KrisDavisMusic play @EarshotJazz, @DaiFujikura, @MarikaHughes, @CrumbleTomes and more. Sun 10pm PDT 91.3fm https://t.co/gAei9CnKP8

Born on this date was composer George Crumb (1929–2022). We contemplated his complicated legacy in this Flotation Device podcast that features his last canonical work to be recorded (by @BridgeRecords) and (ironically) his only work for percussion alone. https://t.co/IkZW4w5OVk

Born OTD in Soviet Tatarstan was the great Sofia Gubaidulina (1931–2025), known to her friends as Sonya. Her concept of Christianity is closer to Flannery O’Connor than to Joel Osteen, as evinced by her Jubilatio and Canticle of the Sun. https://t.co/sKjVby4hAe @ChandosRecords

Born on this date in 1961 in Brisbane was @BrettDeanMusic, composer of the opera Hamlet, and of a new piano concerto that accompanies and quotes from Beethoven's Emperor Concerto. We check out both in their new recording from Jonathan Biss in this podcast. https://t.co/jPiVkFQjfm