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wayneandwax.bsky.social
the non-Jamaican Wayne Marshall, musicologist at Berklee and MIT, farmer at Belmont Acres, amateur bassist, erstwhile DJ, reggaetonera hasta la tumba
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submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

did ... did COVID write this policy?

submitted 9 hours ago • 2 comments

unspooled cassette tape litter? not so much anymore. almost felt nostalgic to find this today.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

I mean, it's the Library of *Congress* your honor

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

maybe worst part of this is how much of SoundCloud is DJ mixes (including archival ones by DJs no longer with us) -- that is, lots of music by people who never themselves uploaded it to the platform.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

yesterday a student showed me that he was carrying around a first edition of Ray Brown's Bass Method, a bible for bassists since the 60s and a very special gift from his late grandfather. too cool.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

the inventors of tabouleh were like, parsley doesn't need to be used sparingly, as an "accent," it can be the main event, and I respect that.

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

just read the phrase "warmed with VHS textures" so that's where we are now on the retromania train

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

we used to have infrastructure

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

the big question is what movie should WPBT play next Saturday night

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

the local ice cream truck plays a loop of The Entertainer (which is better than, ahem, Turkey in the Straw), but instead of playing the full ABAC form, it just plays ABAB over and over again, and it is maddening.

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

congrats to my dear, ol' colleague, Alex Ludwig @celexo.bsky.social, on the fruits of years of research, chasing a remarkable earworm into interesting corners and contexts-

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

I keep thinking about Sinners, as one does, and I'm going to say this in a very vague way to attempt not to spoil (and you can stop reading now if you're avoiding "spoilers"), but it seems significant that we don't actually see Sammy put it down.

submitted 21 days ago • 2 comments

RIP Jane Dark

submitted 23 days ago • 3 comments

why did they call it Hurry Up Tomorrow and not Weeknd at Burnie's ?

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

I have a student in the Boston area -- an amazing 75-year-old Dilla convert -- who wants to take DJ lessons this summer. seems like all the options that used to exist are no more. any recommendations / offers?

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

trout lily serving trout and lily at the same dang time, as they do

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

I have too many Mingus recordings to count (he's my favorite bassist and, perhaps, composer of all time), but this is still wonderful and full of revelations. #ListeningNow

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

a colleague did a reply-all woopsie, revealing to the rest of the faculty that they sign their emails "Musically," 😬

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

"The fear of becoming like Cuba might just be canceled out by the fear of becoming like Florida."

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

@imleor.bsky.social saw your like, so I hasten to add: at the bar mitzvah in Chicago!

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

it will not surprise you but confirming that "They Not Like Us" goes OFF at the Bar Mitzvah

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

a good friend has been working as a data scientist for the woman at the top of this article for many years. is it bad when they write an article like this about your boss? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

oh man, Roland Kirk's introduction on this one, and then the rad rendition! youtube.com/watch?v=PGMv...

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

when trump take egg, we make egg. feeling like a billionaire over here now that the girls have ramped into production.

submitted 40 days ago • 1 comment