Andrew Castillo
@andrewfromvibes
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Autodidact, dilettante, Dominicano, from uptown ☝🏾
Bronx, NY
Joined March 2009
Good news, the first of its sort in a few months: next Friday, December 12, I will present a very special screening of Doug Harris's 'Speaking in Tongues' at @MayslesCinema... https://t.co/anU71g1h6o
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One week until 'Speaking in Tongues' at the @MayslesCinema, with David Murray in person. Join us on Friday, December 12 for Doug Harris's wonderful documentary on the musical meeting of Murray and Milford Graves. Here, an introductory clip narrated by the filmmaker.
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Shot in NYC in the early-80's and predicated on the meeting of saxophone upstart David Murray and master drummer Milford Graves, this terrific, rare film will be followed by a discussion with Murray, moderated by me. Join us for another love-filled evening dedicated to the music.
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Hypothesis: free jazz listeners/ critics who need the music curated for them by Thurston Moore are the kind of listeners and critics that need not be cultivated. The same goes for Henry Rollins.
theguardian.com
Even though he’s partial to hideous noise, free jazz is mostly unknown to the Guardian’s pop critic. A new guidebook from Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore may change his mind
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RIP Jamil Abdullah al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown. I vividly remember seeing a grungy Black teenager with a skateboard reading 'Die Ni**er Die!' on the D train once and thinking, "we're gonna to be alright" 🙏🏾
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A tip for Bronx folks: the @BronxMuseum is giving aways copies of Courtney Thorsson's book 'The Sisterhood' this coming Saturday (11/29), then holding weekly discussion sections - in-person and on Zoom - through the end of the year. Such a simple and dope idea.
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Save the date friends: on Friday, December 12, I'll be back at @MayslesCinema with my first screening in a few months. I hope to see you all uptown 🚇
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If any of you jazzfaces has this DVD, wants to let me hold it, let me know. I'm not after Antoine Prum's feature, which I've seen, but the bonus short included on this release, Théo Robichet's 16-minute 'Archie Shepp à Alger' (also known as 'Alger ’69').
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Afternoon reading, courtesy of @theater_matters: António Reis discussing the mystical 'Jaime' with João César Monteiro, as translated by @theMummyMa. Excellent work all around 👏🏾
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Sights and sounds this morning ⛓️ Text from Huey P. Newton's "revolutionary analysis" of 'Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song.'
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That group's new record is apparently streaming already, I'll have a listen next. The AAM and CT were both cut about 65 years ago, are also available to stream 😉
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Finally sprung for a copy of Ahmed Abdul-Malik's 'East Meets West' this morning while listening to the driving variations of Cecil Taylor's 'Air' outtakes, and it occurred to me that I had unwittingly triangulated the style/oeuvre of the English band أحمد [Ahmed]...
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