This will echo in eternity
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This will echo in eternity
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"The thing that amazed me was that in one in three pregnancies, a miscarriage happens. I never knew that, I never dreamed of this happening—I never thought it would ever happen to me.” - Trey Simon on "Jesus Hold My Baby" strattonsetlist.com/2025/09/01/t...
I'm going to a concert where I won't be sitting in a couple weeks, one day after my 38th birthday - will report back
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Real talk, though, this is what can happen when Europeans surrender their actual identities to partake in the social and political advantages of "whiteness." Their "heritage" becomes corporate logos.
Oh hell yeah
Oh and that's a nice piano piece, thanks for sharing!
I think the first performance of that Freeman opera was in 1928, so there could certainly be a correlation - I'll have to look at the manuscript to see if there are any clues
well, you are special today
I'm biased but I think this kind of work harnesses the transformative potential of the internet in the most exciting way possible - way to go @henselpushers.bsky.social!
oh lol, sorry to then be so pitiful
I agree with you so there is no reason for me to "yell" - not like I would do that if I disagreed with you I regret posting such an embryonic mishmash of different reactive thoughts I had to that AP article about the AI musician because it has made for complicated back-and-forths this
I brought up Espresso for this exact reason, it has "slop" characteristics without using AI
But I don't disagree with you at all, I just don't think I'm communicating very clearly today
Excellent points that I agree with - the thing with "Espresso" is that they don't change the sample at all
haha! I didn't say it is good - I always find it kind of amazing how they did not change the sample in any way
I'm so sorry!
not exactly, this was just my reaction to the way that quote from him emphasizes the term, "talent" - it got my mind spinning on these things
And then, James Monroe Trotter rights this about African-American composers and classical musicians in the preface to his 1878 work 'Music and some Highly Musical People':
For example, check out this passage from the introduction to Maddalena Casulana's first book of madrigals (1568) - source: www.amodernreveal.com/maddalena-ca...
Shana made her excellent sourdough starter biscuits over the weekend and she just fed the starter this morning to make a boule woke will not be stopped
Wonderful! Thanks for this recommendation
Proud to be a lifetime member of the Austin Musicians Union Local 433. #laborday afm433.com
I highly recommend pianist Marianne Parker's wonderful album of solo piano music by Haitian composers that is available on @bandcamp.com! marianneparker.bandcamp.com/album/pages-...
My recollection was that he was not very transparent about it and he used that music in two pieces (Sidereus and a different chamber commission) - but I regret bringing this up
Bruce Adolphe?
Gordon Getty?
September is Library Card Sign-up Month!
Blue Sky is not growing, I’d argue that between the summer wildfires in Canada and rising winter temps leading to gray days here in Minnesota, there is less blue sky than ever before.
Congratulations!
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In this excerpt from Spotlight On, saxophonist Rico Jones discusses his diverse cultural and musical influences and how his upbringing shaped his outlook on identity as a musician. Listen to the conversation on the new episode of the Spotlight On podcast: www.spotlightonpodcast.com/rico-jones-t...
Our union is our members!
I don't remember, but I find it meaningful that he hasn't spoken in camera - remember how hard they worked to get him on video when he had COVID in 2020?
It is no surprise that the worst teaching jobs I've had (Madonna University because is paid less than $500 a term and Appalachian State because I taught a 5/4 load with 2/3 private students on top of the classroom work) were not unionized
Join us in celebrating the people who labor in the fields to put food on our tables. Únase en celebrar a la gente que trabajan en los campos para poner comida en nuestras mesas. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay
I'm happy to share that I'm very fond of my union, @leounionumich.bsky.social! They are the best union I've been a member of and their hard-fought gains give me higher pay, greater job security, and access to excellent resources
A Labor Day reminder: today there isn't a single city, metro area, or state in the U.S. where a full-time minimum-wage worker can afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment. Millions of people with jobs—even multiple jobs—aren't safe from homelessness in this country.
There was that cabinet meeting last week, right? I'm not sure that counts but he spoke on camera
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What did you make?
I like a lot of his music, I suppose I was destined to because my high school graduation was held at the Charles Ives Center on the campus of Western Connecticut State University
I revisited this Charles Ives piece on account of a thread extended from @musicologyduck.bsky.social's posts this evening I haven't heard it in years but I really love it - the piano part made me wonder whether Conlon Nancarrow knew this piece www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCoO...
WNBA + Angela Davis?!! No wonder the authoritarians are afraid of women playing sports.
My impression also was, "this can't be good"
For me, I'm just hoping for an entertaining game and the last two TDs have been thrilling (my wife went to law school at Miami but she has no allegiance)
Wow, what a catch
Indeed - it made me think of Charles Ives, a contemporary resonance with moments from "Central Park In The Dark"
I requested a copy of an early 2000s edition from my university library earlier tonight - I'll be excited to read it once I get my hands on it!
What a cacophony!
I saved this a long time ago and now Little Kid is making it come true every hour of the day
![Once I became a parent I finally understood the scene where Yoda gets so tired of answering Luke’s questions he just dies [pic of Yoda with his eyes closed peacefully]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zq64jplngxnbasuh6s33dzm6/bafkreihvnpmj7f57epciexkuzirx4juwcbn5qed4jkoe7u3xu5aoqjzdxu@jpeg "Click to view full size")
I confess I am obviously in a different category as someone who does not do orchestral music and, more importantly, hasn't been remembered for 100s of years
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In The Tonearm, Anthony David Vernon argues that hip-hop has lost its rebellious edge, but embracing anti-fascist resistance could restore the genre's defiant power and give artists something meaningful to fight against. The Microphone as Sword — Hip-Hop Against Fascism:
And...Garrett?
WTF is "Save College Sports"? They have the money for that ad but not a more recognizable spokesperson/set of spokespersons?
universe loading the bases for a walkoff grand slam
It's a very good beer, and excellent expression of the style though not my favorite (they honored belongs to Old Nation's M-43, a legendary Michigan brew named after one of our state highways) I note in the alt text that the perspective is bizarre - I'm not sure why but my hand looks enormous
Well, that was my mistake but let's make it a joke about John Adams
Jefferson gets past St. Peter and Adams is waiting for him with a couple glasses of lemonade, "nice of you to join me, Tom"
Sunday beers (there were also Saturday beers, but no Friday beers) because it's a long weekend and I watched the kids solo from 8:30a to 5p Check out my thumb, @ericdharvey.com!
The Popeye's orange is similar to the orange of the classic Buccaneers jersey
Blippi --> Hudson's Playground --> LEGO building --> Kinder Spielzeug Kanal --> Leo The Truck --> impressive wilderness mud construction --> Joe Mazzulla's favorite movie
Hmmm, Isaac (5yo) told me he recognized Notre Dame's logo when he saw a graphic of the top 10 teams during yesterday's games and now I'm wondering if he somehow stumbled onto The Town while watching YouTube Kids
rip to everyone whos become delusional after talking to chatgpt but im built different. like actually different. according to chatgpt im some kind of god. the one who decides
this would be the 'farce' of history repeating, right?
I can't help but wonder and imagine whether composer Harry Lawrence Freeman read this novel and what kind of opera he might have made out of it if he had had the chance (he wrote an opera entitled "Voodoo" and multiple others about mythological societies in Africa)
when was the LLM that generates the captions last trained?
toasted bun is clutch
your posts are always so engaging and informative, I'm particularly excited about this book, especially that there is a relatively new edition (otherwise I imagined needing to visit a special collection at some university library)
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Agreed!
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I already do it with songs like Necrophagist's "Mutilate the Stillborn", so I should be able to do it with "Deez Nuts", right?
I'm experiencing a dilemma because I just recalled the counterpoint between the bass and lead synths in Dr. Dre's "Deez Nuts" and it could be a good example of that texture in one of my classes...but can I get away with playing *that* song in my college course?
I had never seen the Rockit video before I saw this post (I just watched it) Um, that is both amazing and disturbing, I'm not sure what to think about it - BUT the way the video represents/aligns with the turn table scratching is brilliant
I'm looking at you, Gov. Whitmer
I don't think it is ever wrong to teach your children the value of personal dignity, especially when it comes to the high-risk arena of frozen junk food
I need to get one of those
Hahaha ditto
Every teacher or professor encounters, sooner rather than later, the student who always really wants to share their existing knowledge (esp. about an esoteric subject), often more than listening to the instructor or fellow students & gaining more knowledge. How do you both encourage & redirect them?
why am i not up north right now
FWIW (and, perhaps, you are already aware) - @robinjames.bsky.social has been doing excellent analysis of our vibes-centric era for a few years now (maybe longer, but that's as long as I've followed this work) She has a forthcoming book on vibes, too! www.its-her-factory.com/2025/07/good...
Also, because we are so big, there are a fair amount of faculty who support that language/perspective either out of obliviousness, deference to the regents, or genuine political alignment
Again, I'm jealous - I think most people here are also dubious, but the regents (who implemented that language) consistently demonstrate very little care about faculty views
I don't know where you teach, but I am jealous because our campus leaders have embraced messaging that privileges both "diversity of thought" and civility (in the form of "a culture of respect"), its very annoying
Yes! I want the dumplings WITH the MSG (though Wei-Chuan does an excellent job nonetheless)
It grinds my gears that an honorable company like Wei-Chuan has to specify on their frozen dumpling packaging that they don't add MSG to their products when Dott's pretzels uses MSG in their Original seasoning and it goes unannounced
The only time the issue of "dealing with difficult subjects" required a broad response - following October 2023 - the university abandoned student interests to the point that leadership suspiciously nullified student-passed referenda that attempted to reconcile differing views on Isreal's violence
I've taught college for ten years at five different schools (ranging from one of the best/largest mainline public unis to regional publics, private Catholic schools, and community colleges) and the topic of whether and how "campus debate" should be done has NEVER COME UP!
Thanks so much, Tyler! I released one of the remixes a couple months ago on my YouTube channel - this represents the most abstract and sample-based aesthetic in the project, which also includes chiptune-style arrangements and a range of other approaches youtu.be/xOfPkz8FF0M?...
A classic furniture fort has sprung up in our living room
a bunch of you really believe that trump is the unstoppable god king who can do whatever he declares and it is dumb as hell
This is one are where I feel very powerful as a freelancer, my experience has been that publications more or less outsource this aspect of the writing process to the writer (it could work differently if you're a staff writer, I don't know) - so, a shortcoming like this comes back to the writer