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John Turner

@jauntyinnyc.bsky.social

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A human on planet earth.
Former buyer for Indie Bookstores.
Current starving-ish artist.
New video every day:
m.youtube.com/channel/UClqhI-LN_5gx76M_b_LTREA

Audio archive of Trumpet / DJ improv shows:
www.mixcloud.com/johntrumpetnyc/


John Turner's avatar John Turner @jauntyinnyc.bsky.social
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It’s OK. Take good care of yourself. You are more important than the work.

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Always a bit of a self-kerfuffle whenever I need to describe my original music. I’d really like to include Electronic/Folk/Rock/Ambient/Classical also, as I’ll scratch all of those niches today.
My 200th Livestream is happening at 4:30 PM ET. Come on over!
m.mixcloud.com/live/johntru...

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My 200th Livestream is tomorrow, Wednesday June 12 at 4:30PM ET.
To celebrate, I’ll be playing 100% original music - much of it unreleased. 🎧
The more the merrier! Let’s do this!
m.mixcloud.com/live/johntru...

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Don’t worry about it too much. & be good to yourself. Thanks for all that you do!

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I’d be willing to bet he eats dog shit also, or any handy shit that has an interesting smell tbh. These are things that dogs do.

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100% correct. Hair is basically just dead protein. Nothing to base your identity on. I’ve been balding (& beyond) for decades now … & I’m still very effing sexy, thanks mucho!

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Here is 55 (pic taken today.)

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978_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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🎧 I had a very good show yesterday. Audio replay is here:
tinyurl.com/johnTmixclou...

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My last few streams have been quite good! Today, I will be coming to you live from Queens (after a last minute trip to a guitar store to replace a broken XLR adapter)
Be there or be magenta - no rehearsal / no net!
Wednesday May 22 at 4:30PM ET. 🎧
m.mixcloud.com/live/johntru...

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This week’s livestream starts at 4:30 PM NYC time. For my second show back from surgery, I’ll be featuring tunes I discovered during my convalescence. 🎧
m.mixcloud.com/live/johntru...

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New York! There is no official way to vote ‘uncommitted’ in the current Democratic Presidential Primary. However, blank ballots are counted. When you scan your ballot, the machine will warn you, but you can choose to submit it anyway.
leaveitblankny.com

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I haven’t played this beauty since Jan. 10. Today marks 6 weeks since my surgery. Shall we make a start? Baby steps, carefully, it’s going to be a project.

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Congrats to Tom Kelley, winner of ASCAP’s 2024 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards.
m.youtube.com/watch?featur...

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Still a few weeks to go before I can play trumpet again (& probably a few weeks more to get in shape.) In the meantime, here's my Mixcloud Livestream #94 - February 16, 2022 - Throwdown in Honor of Betty Davis (Don't Call Her No Tramp!) for you to enjoy. 🎧
tinyurl.com/johnTmixclou...

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Your regular reminder that, unlike many things in our dumb system of government, there is actually nothing in the Constitution that says the Supreme Court has the power to act as a council of super-legislators striking down and rewriting laws at their whim. They just made it up!

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Link is coconut-pilled. 🥥 🌴 's avatar Link is coconut-pilled. 🥥 🌴 @knilirabaj.bsky.social
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Rest in Power Brother Malcolm. Assassinated on February 21, 1965.

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I witnessed this firsthand when NYU outsourced their long-standing self-operated bookstore to the Follett Corporation. Despicable abuse of temporary/part time labor to cut costs - even as Follett wasted massive amounts of money in other areas.
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/19/o...

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Nerds are the ones who warned you about cryptocurrency, and NFTs, and the internet of things. Nerds are the ones trying to explain to you that "AI" is just overhyped pattern recognition which we already had for years. Techbros are not nerds. They're predators.

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I’ve always thought it should be made into an opera.

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I do not care how old Biden is, I just want people to be able to get abortions.

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Yes! This task has become one of the things I do when I’m on a plane. Just seems like a good use of the time.

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Elvis the Pelvis is SO well known, but who was the first artist to record 'Hound Dog?' My song of the day provides the free answer below. (Taken from my Mixcloud Livestream #78 - October 27, 2021 - Many Blessings - Live in Harlem) 🎧
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzTg...

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It was a sad day when NYPL canceled Kanopy.

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Here is today's song (taken from my old Mixcloud Livestream #77 - Oct. 20, 2021.) I like the part around 2:30 - & also that I resisted the urge to use heavy effects on it. Just a little light reverb. 🎧
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU3u...

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Is there any equivalent to Winter Institute for publishers, where they can get education on best practices and how to make their industry better? Or would they never admit to any mistakes and also never share their own tips with other houses.

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X is allowing US-designated terrorist groups and leaders to buy check marks, a possible sanctions violation. Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, has one and is listed by X as having his ID verified, meaning he provided a government-issued ID to the company.

www.nytimes.com/2024/02/14/t...

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Ahahaha just saw someone review a work of mine complaining that an otherwise fine story was ruined by my use of singular they why did writers have to make things political this person would never buy another thing by me again go woke go broke and I can't stop laughing.

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Gift link: how to get free Paxlovid in the US as many times as you need: wapo.st/49z3ocf

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So, here's a thing: when I first arrived as a novelist, people were wondering if I would be "The Next Heinlein," and it eventually became clear that no, I was going to be the first me. It's going to be just fine if Bluesky is not the next Twitter and is instead the first Bluesky.

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Hope to hear you brighten our Wednesdays again soon!

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Yes! I’m already gathering ideas for my return.

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Between May 6, 2020 & Jan 10, 2024, I created 192 trumpet improv/ DJ shows - mostly done live, no rehearsal / no net. I featured 4213 songs & only repeated one (accidentally.) I’m on hiatus now recovering from a surgery. The audio archive is here if you are curious:
www.mixcloud.com/johntrumpetn...

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I love this dystopian world! 😍💙📚

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Some nice stuff on longreads.com right now. Good piece on moving the ‘into the wild’ bus (from Outside Magazine.)
Very interesting piece on the real cause of the global Sriracha shortage (from Fortune Magazine - paywall defeatable via wayback machine.)

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Reminds me of a gorgeous Loon encounter I had on a gently drifting kayak last summer … & the Loons’ reaction when some power boats came through. Do you sell this image on T-shirts etc? I know some people who would adore it.

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Thanks for this. I was in the ‘All Neil’ state of being as well & almost gave up on BlueSky. I’ve been tweaking it last night & today & it’s getting pretty good!

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