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Reader, I married him.

Re Moby, if you want a really quite genuinely problematic song by the Kinks, look no further than 'Apeman'.

Made all the worse by a very catchy hook.

Has anyone made a study of the Kinks as the sound of Empire? Maybe too obvious...

NEW: We often hear that Scotland’s more progressive income tax is “driving people out the country.”

New HMRC data shows the opposite. Far more taxpayers are moving to Scotland than leaving it.

Let’s look at the data 🧵

Everyone in the arts: stop making art and start answering my emails.

Also, sorry for the delay in getting back to you.

Somewhere is a clip of Xenakis dancing uproariously to Superstition at a wedding.

Three of the most incredible live performances I have ever experienced were Xenakis. To quote Peter Nelson after a full Pléïades* 'Somehow, he is a master'.

*so loud, so amazing

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I can't pretend I am up on my accounting knowledge to fully grasp what is discussed here. But the conclusions are pretty stark.

Cf. young composers on the second point.

Pain Pain Pain

Have a Beckett Christmas 🎄

Though I feel I have to warn students not all players are quite as comfortable with much if this as EI players.

It's incredible, isn't it!

Richard Morrison has reported on the suspension of our Music courses in yesterday’s The Times. Please keep sharing the petition www.change.org/p/stop-the-s.... @thetimes.com @adlington.bsky.social @royalmusical.bsky.social @nottinghampost.co.uk @nottinghamlive.bsky.social

Next time ur in london, by Neil Tòmas Smith 8 track album

Hmmm, maybe a bad time to have released this...

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On the suspension of Music courses at University of Nottingham I’m not in the habit of lengthy posts to LinkedIn, but this week’s events at the University of Nottingham (my former workplace) demand some words. The acute financial crisis facing the HE sector is re...

Some thoughts on the University of Nottingham’s suspension of all courses in the Department of Music (my workplace for over 17 years) www.linkedin.com/pulse/suspen...

Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham In a statement the institution also says it is

This is awful news to come out of Nottingham. MedRen-ers will be aware that Nottingham has hosted three MedRens in 2012, 1985, and the first ever MedRen in 1972.

Do consider signing the petition in the next post.

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Seems pretty optimistic that the purported advantages of AI are going to be spread evenly.

Some sense of the politics of the situation also plays on the 'pessimists' minds I imagine.

Prepping up the first batch of books for Next time ur in london listeners.

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Next time ur in london, by Neil Tòmas Smith 8 track album

OUT TODAY!

New album 'Next time ur in london'

With a BEAUTIFUL accompanying book made with Desmond Clarke and Cassandra Barron.

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Campaign to rename mixed nuts 'stratified nuts'.

Next time ur in london, by Neil Tòmas Smith 8 track album

New tunez out 1 week today! Some available now IF you would like:

- Scotrail announcements + saxophones
- a surreal podcast using AI trained on me doing a middling/poor impression of an American podcaster
- an archived John Maynard Keynes speech

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Great (paid) PhD opportunity. Excellent environment, conditions, and supervisors. And a topic close to my heart. (Selfish reason for promoting this: I fear there won't be enough concerts for retired me to go to. Geen dag zonder Bach.) vacatures.knaw.nl/job/The-Hagu...

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Next time ur in london, by Neil Tòmas Smith 8 track album

Trained a podcasting software on me doing a (middling to poor*) impression of an American podcaster. The results will ASTONISH** you.

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*In my defence, I had to do it for ca 15 mins
**May not astonish you. Potentially will ASTOUND.

Universal Opportunity, by Neil Tòmas Smith from the album Next time ur in london

Arts Council: ORIGINS.

My contribution to the as-yet-non-existent Arts Council Cinematic Universe

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Next time ur in london releases in 1 month!

Thoughts on London's place in British cultural life from someone who has taken many trains to the capital.

Sound art meets contemporary composition meets experimental EP.

3 tracks available for prelistening:
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Did read a very entertaining Da Ponte biog at some point.

Opera glasses with which to impress their friends?