The phenomenal UMS performance of all 20 Philip Glass etudes (performed by 10 world-class pianists) that I led the pre-concert discussion for is streaming FREE for a limited time (8 days or so). IN particular, Inon Barnatan and Christian Sands burned it DOWN.
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Hovhanessssssss!
Is there another link, perhaps?
Nyyyyyyyyyyerd!
Photo of middle-aged man in Bela Bartok tee standing next to composers Michael Daugherty and Marc Mellits following the performance of all twenty piano etudes by Philip Glass at UMS…and the final Society of Disobedient Listeners pre-concert conversations for 25/26
Sometimes famous composers let me hang out and ask them my nerd questions…
Carry the two as X approaches zero…what part don’t you understand???
Fantastic news for Chicago…but I’m only in if Aerosmith’s “Love in an Elevator” is the encore
I’ll take “Late to the party NYT” over “Rolling out the red carpet for fascism NYT” but still…
Unsure what this is in reference to but I’m really grateful for games that prioritize things other than wailing on baddies…and yours in particular.
Selfie with writer Forrest Aguirre in front of the Salt Shed stage
Sunn O))) last night @saltshedchicago.bsky.social with the erudite and sharp-eared @forrestaguirre.bsky.social…wearing classical music shirts like a coupla nnnnnyerds
I’ll be rolling into town with Marc Mellits that afternoon—to host the pre-concert conversation UMS’s Glass Etudes concert that evening—if you fancy a late lunch or perusal of the aisles at Vault of Midnight.
Low-hanging fruit, admittedly
You mean doctor’s office, I think
I always wondered if it was because of the sense of “reaching” for something…essentially a mini version of why playing in position is (oddly) considered more difficult.
Also curious that most jazzers don’t seem to mind sharps and flats within the same measure—something that makes me homicidal.
When the lich has a lich in its mouth…you are fuuuuuuuukt
Wait…are you saying it’s <not> a meritocracy??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????💩
“Just wait until I tell you about <electronic mail>”
Wondering why companies don’t court us neurodivergents harder. When we like shit we banner-wave like it’s the battle of Helms friggin’ Deep.
Or semaphore enthusiasts discovering cocaine.
Something.
Not replying to emails within 24hrs frequently costs me gigs…but you can’t put a price on the feeling…of not replaying to emails.
Because “Steve” was already taken.
I’ll see myself out…
I feel like that should have a cigarette butt floating at the bottom of it…à la the mezcal worm.
Currently playing in DCC and OSE campaigns (the latter of which is a tweaked Keep on the Borderlands)
I’m back next week for Sunn O))). Salt Shed really has my number this month…
B&W crowd shot of the audience at Salt Shed
Who else is at HEALTH v Carpenter Brut tonight @saltshedchicago.bsky.social?
I love fantasy art with the burning passion of a thousand suns…and Peter Mullen is a fucking grandmaster.
I am filled with the Holy Spirit
Jesus H Christ
The work you all do at the Reader is the big work. For real.
Needful Things is a Top 5 @stephenking.bsky.social novel for me. Let’s fucking go!!!
Blocked, thanks.