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Brooklyn Diasporism

Zach Barocas, Diasporist Diarist

I’m Zach Barocas. I’m a drummer (I play Ludwig Drums), sometime poet (though not lately — see below for links), a publisher, a somewhat cranky cinephile, an amateur photographer, and a stationery shop owner in Brooklyn, New York City.

Measure Twice

Kimberley’s and my
stationery shop.

Poetry

The Cultural Society (2001-present)

Among Other Things (2005)

Looking Up (2010)

drumming

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  • New Freedom Sound
  • Jawbox
  • BELLS≥
  • Camorra
  • The Up On In
  • E. Fowlkes Sextet
  • Bright Christ
  • Drew O’Doherty
  • Imaginary Johnny

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Mostly Mornings

A tumblr blog of photographs spanning several years, taken mostly and eventually only in the morning, and eventually mostly from the same position of the same tree. I abandoned the project in 2018.

  • around the web
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  • poetry
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  • record a day 2023
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Tag: new york city

Morton Street

Morton street west village manhattan nyc color photography zacch barocas

Format ImagePosted on May 30, 2023Categories photographsTags 14mm, color, Fujifilm, Fujinon, manhattan, new york city, street photography

Zoh Amba

O Life, O Light Vol. 1

O Life, O Light Vol. 1, 2022.

Posted on May 6, 2023May 6, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags creative music, free jazz, improvisation, listening, music, new york city, record a day 2023, Spiritual jazz

Donald Byrd

I’m Tryin’ to Get Home (Brass With Voices)

I’m Tryin’ to Get Home (Brass With Voices), 1965.

Posted on May 6, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags gospel, jazz, listening, music, new york city, record a day 2023, records, united kingdom

William Basinski

The Deluge

The Deluge, 2015.

Posted on May 6, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags listening, Los Angeles, music, new classical, new york city, record a day 2023, records, william basinski

Glass with Pear

Glass with pear hicks st brooklyn color street photography zach barocas

Or maybe it’s an apple? Either way, it was left on the street in the rain.

Posted on April 27, 2023April 27, 2023Categories photographsTags 35mm, brooklyn, color, Fujifilm, Fujinon, landscape photography, new york city, NYC, street photography

Various Artists

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Nu Yorica Roots! The Rise of Latin Music in New York City in the 1960’s – Mambo, Descarga, Boogaloo, Latin Jazz, 2000.

Posted on April 12, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags inspiring rhythms, listening, music, new york city, nuyorican, NYC, record a day 2023, records, united states

John Coltrane

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“Live” at the Village Vanguard, 1962.

Posted on April 2, 2023April 2, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags jazz, john coltrane, listening, music, new york city, record a day 2023, records, saxophone, Spiritual jazz, united states, village vanguard

Sam Rivers

Sam Rivers Waves

Waves, 1979.

Posted on March 29, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags free jazz, improvisation, listening, music, new york city, record a day 2023, records, sam rivers, united states

Rashied Ali and Frank Lowe

Duo Exchange

Duo Exchange: Complete Sessions, 2019.

Posted on March 26, 2023March 28, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags creative music, frank lowe, free jazz, improvisation, listening, loft jazz, new york city, rashied ali, record a day 2023, records, united states

Anthony Braxton

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Saxophone Improvisations Series F, 1972.

Posted on March 23, 2023Categories art, culture, listening, music, record a day 2023Tags anthony braxton, creative music, free jazz, great black music, improvisation, inspiration, jazz, listening, music, new york city, record a day 2023, records, united states

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