Chris Dahlen

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Writer, editor, coder.

Portsmouth, NH
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  1. 24 Dec 2020

    Very sad news this is ending - the show was one of my favorite escapes over a couple of tough years. The archives is still up, and this show (from John Adams to Steve Vai) is one I come back to again and again:

    My radio show from last week, being the final episode of , is here, where it shall dwell among its 24 siblings. What joy to play weirdo songs for you all. Bookmark this page and drink deep and often from its delirious "music jug".
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    23 Dec 2020

    I googled “never ship on Friday” and learned about the HMS Friday

    Sometime in the 19th century, the Royal Navy attempted to finally dispel the old superstition among sailors that beginning a voyage on a Friday was certain to bring bad luck. To demonstrate the falseness of this belief, they decided to commission a ship named HMS Friday. Her keel was laid on a Friday, she was launched on a Friday, and she set sail on her maiden voyage on Friday the 13th, under the command of a Captain James Friday. She was never seen or heard from again.
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    28 Sep 2020

    The performance on October 15 with Tim Berne, Ches Smith, and Bill Frisell with be streamed on Instagram live! 2 shows! 6:30pm and 8:30pm ET. Donations will be accepted! Venmo 100% of donations will go to the aritsts. Tune in to @live_on_25 on instagram to watch!

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    6 Aug 2020

    Unfortunately after quarantine that would be me.

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    What’s the capital of Thighland?
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  5. 24 Jul 2020

    Profit (1996)

    If you’ve had a tough week watch this baby playing fetch with his pups. Dogs, bruh...
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    4 Jun 2020

    As dusk blanketed Portsmouth's downtown, nearly 1,200 protesters knelt for eight minutes 46 seconds during protest in honor of George Floyd.

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    31 May 2020

    Upset about the protests? Here's what you can push for to *actually* reduce the problem.

    *Activists and Legislators:* Here’s a thread of MEANINGFUL legislation that has been proposed and, in some cases, passed in cities and states to address police violence. Consider passing legislation like this in your community, too. (1/x)
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  8. 1 May 2020

    ... and this was underpublicized maybe?, but this document of Tyshawn Sorey's sextet is ferocious - time has no meaning yet how do they keep this up? (Pairs well with Pillars, which I can't seem to find on here anymore)

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  9. 1 May 2020

    The full four-night run at the Jazz Standard with Dave Douglas' Brazen Heart quintet - an amazing group of newer players - has also spent many hours with me and kept me good company:

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  10. 1 May 2020

    A lot of my favorite new jazz goes straight to Bandcamp and skips Spotify. One rec: Matt Mitchell's Forage (ft. the music of Tim Berne) is one of my all-time favorite solo piano recordings, I still play it weekly and find new things to love:

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    10 Apr 2020

    My 1 minute 13 second concert for the day

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    18 Mar 2020

    <cue Neil Young guitar lick>

    DeWine on Ohio National Guard: "When the National Guard is going to do something, you will know about it." "The way the national guard is usually used in the state of Ohio is to help us, assist us" DeWine says Ohio National Guard will help hospitals put up tents for isolation
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    15 Mar 2020

    Due to coronavirus precaution, Bob Shellard isn't allowed to visit his wife in her Connecticut nursing home. So he stood outside her window and held up a sign that said "I've loved you 67 years and still do. Happy Anniversary."

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    19 Nov 2019

    BOSTON / CAMBRIDGE: Dec 4 -- I'll be Trio-ing with & @tyshawnsorey !!!!!!!!!!!

    Award-winning and celebrated composer-pianist Vijay Iyer brings his trio to OBERON for an evening of jazz. Join us DEC 4!!! 🎶🎼
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  15. 7 Nov 2019

    Portsmouth, NH in the movies

    Jack Nicholson is at his very best in Hal Ashby's acclaimed 1973 tragicomedy, playing hard-boiled Navy officer detailed to escort a young sailor from Virginia to a New Hampshire naval prison to serve an eight-year sentence for a trivial offense.
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  16. 16 Jul 2019

    Folks who enjoyed the Ringer article about Sufjan Stevens not finishing the "50 States" project may also enjoy the strange Sufjan/Rosie Thomas pregnancy hoax from 2006:

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  17. 26 Jun 2019

    This debate reminds me of all those John Zorn albums my roommates begged me not to listen to.

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  18. 20 Jun 2019

    Also obsessed with Matt Mitchell's Phalanx Ambassadors, a dense, intriguing, and sometimes face-melting collection of tunes played by a limber hornless quintet:

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  19. 20 Jun 2019

    Can't stop listening to Linda May Han Oh's new Aventurine - original compositions that were workshopped for years, exquisite arrangements between a string quartet and a more frictitious jazz combo, just a delightful record: (Also on Spotify)

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    30 May 2019

    I love that Cedar Walton and Clifford Jordan put out an album called "The Pentagon" in 1976 and someone decided that the cover should be 5 pastel colored eggs depicting the musicians.

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