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Michael Schell @CribbageForum

Composer/intermedia artist, host for KBCS-FM, contributor to Sequenza 21, cribbage player. Views expressed are solely my own. linktr.ee/MichaelSchell

Joined January 2012
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“Someday, and that day may never come, I’ll call upon you to do a service for me.”
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Jun 11
Edward Snowden has officially started producing propaganda for the Kremlin.
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Jun 12
Igor Levit hat nach dem 7. Oktober 90 Prozent seiner (linken) Freunde/sozialen Kontakte verloren. That tells a lot
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John Aziz
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Jun 11
It's "vote blue no matter who" when Platner is on the ballot, but most of the DSA left never showed up for Hillary, Kamala, or for people like Fetterman.
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Jamie Metzl
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Jun 10
I have been a lifelong Democrat. I am remaining a Democrat because I refuse to surrender our party to bigots who hate America. Having said that, we seem to have an increasing number of bigots who hate America in our party.
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Happy Podcast Monday: -Gems by @Zappa, Braxton/Teitelbaum, Haden/Cherry & The Residents turn 50 -John Luther Adams finds a new home and a new string orchestra piece in Australia -New albums by Donnacha Dennehy @DwarfsEAgouza @John_Hollenbeck @Raven_Chacon mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice…

Flotation Device 2026-06-07 - I can't get no…

Our "50 years ago in the avant-garde" feature summons the zeitgeist of June 1976 with the duos of Anthony Braxton & Richard Teitelbaum, and Don Cherry & Charlie Haden, while The Residents cover the...

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Tonight on Flotation Device: -John Luther Adams finds a new home and a new piece in Australia -Gems by @Zappa, Braxton/Teitelbaum, Haden/Cherry & The Residents turn 50 -New albums by Dennehy @DwarfsEAgouza @John_Hollenbeck @Raven_Chacon Sun 10pm PDT 91.3fm kbcs.fm
Photo credits: Frank Zappa by Sam Emerson, eyeball by The Residents, George (Chiquita Magic, John Hollenbeck, Sarah Rossy, Anna Webber) by TJ Huff, John Luther Adams by Madeline Cass, Zhang Meng via Neo-Tradition, Endlings (John Dieterich, Raven Chacon) via the artists, Frederic Rzewski and daughter by Françoise Walot, Don Cherry and Charlie Haden at Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 1989, Anthony Braxton and Richard Teitelbaum by Peter Gannushkin, Dwarfs of East Agouza (Alan Bishop, Maurice Louca, Sam Shalabi) by Hans Van Der Linden, Donnacha Dennehy by Hugh O’Conor, Joseph Branciforte by Taylor Deupree. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice

ALT Photo credits: Frank Zappa by Sam Emerson, eyeball by The Residents, George (Chiquita Magic, John Hollenbeck, Sarah Rossy, Anna Webber) by TJ Huff, John Luther Adams by Madeline Cass, Zhang Meng via Neo-Tradition, Endlings (John Dieterich, Raven Chacon) via the artists, Frederic Rzewski and daughter by Françoise Walot, Don Cherry and Charlie Haden at Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 1989, Anthony Braxton and Richard Teitelbaum by Peter Gannushkin, Dwarfs of East Agouza (Alan Bishop, Maurice Louca, Sam Shalabi) by Hans Van Der Linden, Donnacha Dennehy by Hugh O’Conor, Joseph Branciforte by Taylor Deupree. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice
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Happy birthday to Louis Andriessen (1939–2021), the greatest Dutch composer since Sweelinck! In this podcast we revisit his piece Workers Union, a great landmark of European minimalism whose notation specifies rhythm and contour but not exact pitch. mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice…

Flotation Device 2025-09-21 - Zappa, Spiegel, Andriessen

Flotation Device celebrates the 80th birthday of computer music pioneer Laurie Spiegel, the 70th birthday of Chinese cross-culturalist Ye Xiaogang, and the 50th anniversaries of Frank Zappa's...

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Born on this date in 1945 was Anthony Braxton, arguably the most important contemporary bridge figure between the worlds of experimental composed and improvised music. Get your two-hour Braxton fix in this interview and retrospective podcast mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice… @TriCentricFdn

Flotation Device 2025-06-08 - Braxton at 80

Flotation Device celebrates the 80th birthday of Anthony Braxton with an exclusive interview and a two-hour retrospective that ranges from his landmark 1969 solo album For Alto to the just-released...

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Caolan
@CaolanReports
Jun 3
I asked a local councillor if the russian refinery here in Ireland should be sanctioned. He said yes, if it was supplying Israel. But Russia? No. This is Ireland’s sanctions hypocrisy in 90 seconds.
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This week we honor the late @SonnyRollins & @GunterHampel with a mini-retrospective. Plus @WayneHorvitz plays @TheRoyalRoom, @SeanStShibe plays @Thomas_Ades, @BangOnACan plays Andriessen, @PatKopViolin plays Illés & @TStefanovich @SCO_Obrero play Hillborg. mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice…

Flotation Device 2026-05-31 - Sonny Rollins (1930–2026)

Flotation Device bids farewell to Sonny Rollins (1930–2026) and Gunter Hampel (1937–2026), two tremendous improvisors whose discographies include collaborations with Max Roach, Jeanne Lee, Don...

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Tonight we bid farewell to @SonnyRollins & @GunterHampel who we'll honor with their most exploratory work. Plus @WayneHorvitz plays @TheRoyalRoom, @SeanStShibe plays @Thomas_Ades, @BangOnACan plays Andriessen & @PatKopViolin plays Illés Sun 10pm PDT 91.3fm kbcs.fm
Photo credits: Sonny Rollins by John Abbott, Gunter Hampel and Jeanne Jee, Powai 1968 (Jehangir Dalal, Sonny Rollins, Niranjan Jhaveri), Natascha Ungeheuer and Hans Werner Henze, Human Rites Trio (Ken Filiano, Jason Kao Hwang, Andrew Drury) by R.I. Sutherland-Cohen, Wayne Horvitz by Daniel Sheehan, Christian Karlsen and Anders Hillborg by Karl Gabor, Márton Illés and Patricia Kopatchinskaja by Marco Borggreve, Denis Dufour by Hamish Hossain, Ensemble Polysono (Kiril Fasla Prolat, Ruth Ten, René Wohlhauser, Christine Simolka, Cássio Braga da Costa, Clara Giner Franco) by Martin Spiess, Louis Andriessen by Jeffrey Herman. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice

ALT Photo credits: Sonny Rollins by John Abbott, Gunter Hampel and Jeanne Jee, Powai 1968 (Jehangir Dalal, Sonny Rollins, Niranjan Jhaveri), Natascha Ungeheuer and Hans Werner Henze, Human Rites Trio (Ken Filiano, Jason Kao Hwang, Andrew Drury) by R.I. Sutherland-Cohen, Wayne Horvitz by Daniel Sheehan, Christian Karlsen and Anders Hillborg by Karl Gabor, Márton Illés and Patricia Kopatchinskaja by Marco Borggreve, Denis Dufour by Hamish Hossain, Ensemble Polysono (Kiril Fasla Prolat, Ruth Ten, René Wohlhauser, Christine Simolka, Cássio Braga da Costa, Clara Giner Franco) by Martin Spiess, Louis Andriessen by Jeffrey Herman. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice
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Josh Barro
@jbarro
May 27
I obviously don't share Jeff's ultimate analysis of this race but I do think it would behoove Dems, when choosing candidates, to realize progressive Christian moralism is just as annoying as conservative Christian moralism to people who don't share the politics being moralized.
Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON*
@EsotericCD
May 27
Feels like a good time to repost a relevant piece. If you think Ken Paxton's odiousness makes James Talarico any better as a choice, then you don't understand why - as a Christian - I consider Talarico to be morally worse: a false counselor hiding behind claimed Christian virtue to lie lead his flock astray. I *hate* him in ways I will never quite loathe the familiar corruption of Paxton. Do not pretend to me that he is a hero - he is malevolence in a pleasing disguise. nationalreview.com/2026/03/j…
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Sonny Rollins@sonnyrollins
May 26
It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2 conta.cc/4wFIDrM
Sonny Rollins in 2009. Photo by John Abbot.

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Flotation Device salutes @MilesDavis for his 100th BD with some of his most unusual, forward-looking recordings. @KeithJarrettOrg @HerbieHancock @MarcusMiller959 and @RonCarterBass help us out. Plus new music by @Thomas_Ades, Simon Hanes & @KrisDavisMusic. mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice…

Flotation Device 2026-05-24 - Miles Davis at 100

Flotation Device salutes Miles Davis for his 100th birthday with several of his most unusual and forward-looking (but not always most popular) recordings. We marvel at the range of his half-century...

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Tonight Flotation Device celebrates @MilesDavis for his centenary with a selection highlighting the most exploratory recordings of his long career. Plus new things by @Thomas_Ades @LPOrchestra, Angelika Niescier and @KrisDavisMusic. Sunday 10pm PDT 91.3fm kbcs.fm
Photo credits: Simon Hanes by Jacob Garchik, Miles Davis by Gilles Larrain, Chicago Tapes (Luke Stewart, Angelika Niescher, Nicole Mitchell, Mike Reed) via Intakt Records, Thomas Adès by Marco Borggreve, Zhang Meng via Dusty Ballz, bass line from Bitches Brew, Three Deuces 1947 (Tommy Potter, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Jordan) by William P. Gottlieb, Eddie Jefferson via Prestige Records, Kris Davis by Peter Gannushkin, Miles Davis Quintet (Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams) in Milan 1964, Miles Davis and Teo Macero by Don Hunstein. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice

ALT Photo credits: Simon Hanes by Jacob Garchik, Miles Davis by Gilles Larrain, Chicago Tapes (Luke Stewart, Angelika Niescher, Nicole Mitchell, Mike Reed) via Intakt Records, Thomas Adès by Marco Borggreve, Zhang Meng via Dusty Ballz, bass line from Bitches Brew, Three Deuces 1947 (Tommy Potter, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Duke Jordan) by William P. Gottlieb, Eddie Jefferson via Prestige Records, Kris Davis by Peter Gannushkin, Miles Davis Quintet (Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Ron Carter, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams) in Milan 1964, Miles Davis and Teo Macero by Don Hunstein. Flotation Device features creative and improvised music from the Northwest and around the world with host Michael Schell, Sunday nights 10pm–Midnight Pacific Time on 91.3 KBCS-FM Bellevue/Seattle/Tacoma. Visit us online at https://www.mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice
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Happy 80th birthday to the great Ruth Komanoff Underwood, fondly remembered as the mallet specialist with the legendary early 70s editions of the Mothers of Invention. That's her pictured with @Zappa at the top right. Celebrate with us at Flotation Device. mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice…

Flotation Device 2026-05-10 - Mother's Day extravaganza

Welcome to our 2026 Mother’s Day extravaganza featuring Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention. This year brings four new archival releases featuring the legendary Roxy-era edition of the band...

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Jim Kessler
@ThirdWayKessler
May 22
Unpopular take: Maybe Israel/Gaza wasn't much of a factor for Harris in 2024. Slotkin, Gallego, Rosen, Baldwin, Stein all won in swing states that Harris lost holding positions on Israel similar to the WH. Shapiro has sky high approval in PA. #DNCAutopsy
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Happy arrival day to Sun Ra (1914–1993), heard here at his Arkestra's first European gig (in France in 1970). He anticipated the free improvisational AND spiritual foci of Chicago great AACM lineage. mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice… @SunRaUniverse @StrutRecords @ModernHarmonic @MAEGHTYoyo

Flotation Device 2025-04-13 - Sun Ra meets the French

Sun Ra returns to the spotlight through a new box set documenting his first European performances in August 1970. We revisit the spectacle that enthralled many, befuddled others, and signaled his...

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WKCR-FM NY@WKCRFM
May 19
WKCR is excited to announce a 24-hour broadcast on May 22 celebrating the 112th anniversary of the arrival of Sun Ra! This special broadcast will run from 12am to midnight and will preempt all regularly-scheduled Friday shows. Tune in at 89.9 fm or at wkcr.org!
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A week after our Mother's Day Zappathon we explore post-Zappa themes in this podcast w/contributions by Zorn, Frith, Paxton, @CheerAccident, @Ldn_Sinfonietta & more. Plus Xenakis, Ligeti and Nancarrow gems turn 50 w/help from @AlessioBaxPiano & @PLAimard. mixcloud.com/FlotationDevice…

Flotation Device 2026-05-17 - Post-Zappa

Flotation Device explores post-Zappa music with recent offerings by John Zorn, Fred Frith, Alex Paxton, Gabriel Zucker, Wolfgang Mitterer and Cheer-Accident that display Frank’s characteristic...

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