Jed
I write about the arts including those LIFE and TIME issues you see at the grocery store (Beach Boys, Madonna, Duran Duran...) and teach rock history at Berklee College of Music.
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- Bots don't have lives.
- A new message board for artificial intelligence agents has prompted some strange conversations, and existential questions about the inner lives of bots. n.pr/3NPmiq1
- Reposted by Jedthey should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit
- Xfinity has just released its Jurassic Park-themed Super Bowl ad that features a digitally de-aged Sam Neil, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum. bit.ly/4rmRhrK
- Talked to the awesome Brendan Boogie ahead of the Tallywacker VOD Release Party w/ Abbie Barrett & Stars Like Ours. www.bostonherald.com/2026/02/01/m...
- Reposted by JedWhether at a silent retreat, the middle of a peaceful forest or at a screening of Melania, I hope everyone gets to take a little bit of time to themselves this weekend.
- A good reminder that there is some resistance in modern music, some sublime resistance, but not nearly enough. #Grammys www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/25/l...
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- Reposted by JedWe are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King. This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
- Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
- Bill Murray has a band. That band covers "Jenny/867-5309." He and his band mates talked about all of that. www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/16/b...
- Reposted by JedIt's big day for offshore wind! Just hours after a judge ruled Empire Wind could resume construction, Vineyard Wind jumped on the lawsuit bandwagon Now, all 5 projects that were halted by the Trump admin in December have pushed back www.wbur.org/news/2026/01... @wbur.org
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- The Other One forever
- A few 2026 arts #Resolutions via @brattletheatre.bsky.social + HarborArts Boston + Harvard Art Museums + more www.bostonherald.com/2026/01/10/m...
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- A few best of 2025 albums from Neko Case + Wednesday + Haim + Durand Jones + Deep Sea Diver www.bostonherald.com/2025/12/28/l...
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- “Lonesome Drifter,” Charlie Crockett On this chugging, twangy-filled tune, great American troubadour Charlie Crockett sings, “Lean on me brother, ’cause I understand/You got that nine-pound hammer, swingin’ in your hand.” Crockett... #BestOf2025 #bestsongs2025 www.bostonherald.com/2025/12/26/c...
- “Audacious,” @franzferdinandhq.bsky.social Let’s swing from anxiety to audacity. When you feel the year, the world, the universe, “the fabric of existence come unspun,” as band leader Alex Kapranos sings in this track, he advises... #BestOf2025 #bestsongs2025 www.bostonherald.com/2025/12/26/c...
- “Anxiety,” @doechii.music-social.com How’s this for a couple of 2025 bars? “Court order from Florider/What’s in that clear blue water?/No limits, no borders/What’s in that new world order?” It’s just one choice rhyme in... #bestof2025 #bestsongs www.bostonherald.com/2025/12/26/c...
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- I wrote about how much I love Carly Rae Jepsen and The Hold Steady and hard bop like any normal person would. www.bostonherald.com/2025/12/19/t...
- Solstice magic www.bostonherald.com/2025/12/13/u...
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- Reposted by JedOne of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
- Reposted by JedThis entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
- Delfeayo Marsalis brings Duke's Nutcracker Suite to Boston for Big Easy holiday show.
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- Favorite band working now. @thebeths.bsky.social! www.bostonherald.com/2025/11/29/b...
- Dear @brattletheatre.bsky.social, Tom Stoppard week in January please! Thank you.
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- There are no words to express how much I love this! @willdailey.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=muC8...
- “There were times, long ago, when I wasn’t reaching my goals, and I thought I would pack it in,” Cliff said. “But then I thought, ‘What else would I do to satisfy my soul?’ So I kept making music.” Highlight of my career to interview #jimmycliff www.bostonherald.com/2012/12/07/c...
- Talked with Penn about Teller, Bob Dylan and epistemology. www.bostonherald.com/2025/11/17/p...
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- Reposted by JedSustainable band lineups include four cool people (Ramones), four dorks (Weezer), or two cool people and two dorks (Cheap Trick). Unsustainable band lineups include one cool person and three dorks (Pixies)
- Matt Worley sang lead vocals on Blind Willie Johnson’s gospel blues “Soul Of a Man.” @robertplant.com sang back up. That was by design. www.bostonherald.com/2025/11/07/r...
- Agreed. He is exhausting.
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- Greatest story you have ever written!
- Aces review!
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- Reposted by JedIf the National Guard is really in D.C. to protect federal property, they should probably have been at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. two days ago
- There is no rule of law. Only what you can and can't get away with. tylersage.substack.com/p/at-some-po...
- A fall playlist from locals for everyone -- with Winterpills, High Tea, Jen Kearney, Kasambwe Brothers and Bermuda Search Party. www.bostonherald.com/2025/10/12/t...
- I spoke with Tweedy. No, not Jeff. Spoke with Spencer and the guy is a thoughtful delight. www.bostonherald.com/2025/10/11/t... #jefftweedy #wilco
- David Byrne spent a little more time with hope and joy than chaos. But at Boch Center Wang, he made space for "Heaven" and "Life During Wartime" with a bright, buoyant, and dramatic set. www.bostonherald.com/2025/10/04/d...
- And that's why you signed that very pro-free speech contract before your million dollar gig.
- I spoke to @jackthewhipper.bsky.social about @dndbeyond.com and circuses and whips. www.bostonherald.com/2025/10/02/j...
- I don't know all that much about this. But my main take has always been, "If you don't like new music, you aren't listening to new music." Plus, the anti-pop stuff from the '80s to today tends to just repeat of the racist/misogynist/xenophobic "Disco sucks!" bullshit.
- Reposted by JedDonald Trump is way less popular than he wants you to believe. And you are significantly more powerful than he wants you to think.
- Want to watch “The Princess Bride” with Westley? As you wish. Next month, you can watch “Clue” with Miss Scarlet, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” with Brad Majors, and more movies with a favorite actor at The Wilbur, Emerson Colonial Theatre, & Boch Center. www.bostonherald.com/2025/09/20/c...
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- Update your calendar with... Ali + Lorde + Ziggy + Cuco + Neko + Herbie + Tom + I'm With Her + Durand Jones & The Indications www.bostonherald.com/2025/09/14/1...
