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Good Morning, Los Angeles: Life with an AI DJ

Every morning, Benedict Weatherstone—an AI-powered NPR-style radio host—kicks off the day with a bespoke news report for an audience of two.

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Bookmarked samhenri.gold Mar 13, 2026
“This Is Not The Computer For You”

“This Is Not The Computer For You”

This review hit me right in the feels. “There is a certain kind of computer review that is really a permission slip. It tells you what you’re allowed to want. It locates you in a taxonomy — student, creative, professional, power user — and assigns you a product. It is helpful. It is responsible. It has very little interest in what you might become.”

Bookmarked jazzandcoffee.substack.com Mar 12, 2026
AI Curates the Past. Great Artists Sabotage the Present.

AI Curates the Past. Great Artists Sabotage the Present.

"Suno and other generative AI music platforms treat outliers as noise to be filtered. Miles Davis heard them as curiosity doors to be unlocked. Suno iterates cheaply and randomly. Steely Dan iterated expensively and deliberately. Suno defines success as meeting a statistical average. Both the Dan and the Quintet defined success as defying the average to find the immortal."

Bookmarked theverge.com Mar 12, 2026
Supernatural was a breakout VR fitness sensation — meet the women furious with Mark Zuckerberg for killing it

Supernatural was a breakout VR fitness sensation — meet the women furious with Mark Zuckerberg for killing it

“I’m torn because I don’t want to give Meta another penny. They don’t deserve it,” says Boyer, who invested in three Meta Quest headsets, along with several straps and accessories. “The corporation as a whole does not care about the people who use it. That’s the message I got from them and as a result, I will never buy those glasses, their watch, or any of the other things they’re trying to develop.”

Recent Vinyl Acquisition Mar 10, 2026
In The Wee Small Hours by Frank Sinatra

In The Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra • 2025 • Capitol Records

Blue Note’s Tone Poet edition of Sinatra’s In The Wee Small Hours arrived November 14, 2025 for the album’s 70th anniversary – mastered by Kevin Gray from original analog tapes, pressed on 180g mono vinyl at RTI in a deluxe gatefold jacket.

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Recent Vinyl Acquisition Dec 13, 2025
Blues In The Night by New York Trio

Blues In The Night

New York Trio • 2021 • Venus Records

Bill Charlap’s trio – billed as New York Trio – plays hushed Songbook ballads on Blues in the Night. The 2021 Venus Records reissue is a limited 180g Japanese pressing via their Hyper Magnum Sound series.

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Recent Vinyl Acquisition Dec 13, 2025
What A Wonderful World by Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio

What A Wonderful World

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio • 2024 • Venus Records

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto’s trio plays warm, single-take standards – “Caravan,” “Speak Low,” “Tea for Two” – recorded in Tokyo in 2013. Venus Records’ 180g Japanese pressing, mastered via Hyper Magnum Sound.

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Recent Vinyl Acquisition Dec 13, 2025
Misty - Live At Jazz Is by Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio

Misty - Live At Jazz Is

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio • 2024 • Venus Records

Tsuyoshi Yamamoto’s trio plays relaxed live standards – “Satin Doll,” “Misty,” “Nature Boy,” “Caravan” – captured at Yokohama’s Jazz Is club in 2019. Venus Records’ 2LP, 180g Japanese pressing, mastered via Hyper Magnum Sound.

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Recent Vinyl Acquisition Nov 28, 2025
Haunted Heart: The Legendary Riverside Studio Recordings by The Bill Evans Trio

Haunted Heart: The Legendary Riverside Studio Recordings

The Bill Evans Trio • 2025 • Craft Recordings

Bill Evans, Scott LaFaro, and Paul Motian’s complete Riverside studio output – Portrait in Jazz, Explorations, plus 26 alternates (17 unreleased) – in one Craft Recordings 5-LP, 180g box. Remastered by Paul Blakemore, lacquers cut by Kevin Gray.

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Recent Vinyl Acquisition Nov 28, 2025
The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions by Ike Quebec

The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions

Ike Quebec • 2025 • Blue Note

Ike Quebec’s warm, blues-drenched tenor across four 1959–62 jukebox sessions for Blue Note – ballads to boogies – on a Tone Poet 3-LP set. All-analog from Van Gelder’s original tapes, cut by Kevin Gray, 180g, pressed at RTI.

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