Jason Bivins

RIP.

Best be ready, friends. It's only June. I guess tax cuts and fear of brown people was worth a police state?

Sorry to hear that awful news, John.

Happy B-Day, Chuck!

Bumping this because I finally got around to watching the documentary on Amazon Prime. Very good, although it just reminds me of what a huge loss this remains.

Looking forward to that next volume, Cliff. I'm a 70s Rivers junkie myself (not at the expense of the 60s, of course), went on a major vinyl binge a couple decades back.

Wow, RIP.

What Rooster_Ties said, every last letter of it. Meanwhile, from the Netherlands comes a bit of good news: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-04/scientists-create-antibody-that-defeats-coronavirus-in-lab?srnd=premium

Alexander Hawkins and Tomeka Reid's brilliant new duo album on Intakt!

Been a while since I spun this one. Holds up terrifically well!

RIP, sir.

RIP, sir.

RIP.

RIP.

Damn, RIP.

I haven't noticed any tracks not playing, Kevin, but some of these discs are way more skippy/glitchy than typical commercial product.

I see things the same way David does re. the timeline. I'm also really hopeful that some of the treatment therapies folks are grinding on might prove successful. That could be a game-changer too. But so far, swing and a miss. My wife and I are both used to working from home, and we're homebodies, so the transition hasn't been too bad. But yeah, teaching college via Zoom isn't exactly a thrill a minute.

RIP.

No March Madness either, David. I gotta figure out how to teach online sometime between now and the week after next.

All my spring talks have been postponed until next academic year. 5 more cases in Wake County in the last day or so, and I fully expecting the NC system to go online teaching for the rest of the semester. Rooster_Ties, I share your concern. We've known about this since January and this is where the testing stands: We're about to be massively overburdened, I suspect. Is anyone surprised, given the anti-science yahoos in charge?

Staggering loss. My life changed when I was 17 and heard "Afro-Blue" for the first time. Mr. Tyner, thank you for your humanity and your artistry. RIP.

RIP.

RIP.

Very sad news, indeed. Amazing musician. RIP, sir.

RIP.