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abarna.bsky.social
Music theorist, ass prof @UMN music. Public music theory, popular music, telling it like it is. she/her
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Unlike you, I get my news from a reliable source

submitted 14 hours ago • 1 comment

What marketing agency did mitochondria hire to get branded as “the powerhouse of the cell” to every damn middle schooler.

submitted 15 hours ago • 2 comments

Pizza in the morning, pizza in the evening, pizza at supper time When Pizzaballa is a pope, you can have pizza anytime

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

It finally happened: I called the baby by the dog’s name

submitted 15 days ago • 4 comments

Herbie Hancock out here using charts at the #grammys makes me feel better about having a horrible memory

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

It’s a #beansky kinda night

submitted 28 days ago • 0 comments

Me every fall, and there are 90 students

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

If you went to college 1. what was your career goal when you started? 2. your initial major? 3. if you changed majors, what did you change to? 4. what do you do now, professionally? 1. music theorist (I was weird) 2. Music ed 3. Added music theory, bc I am weird 4. Music theory prof (still weird)

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

One of my favorite parts of a Minnesota winter is that tap water is the perfect drinking temperature

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Extremely smart move of past Alyssa and friends to schedule an afternoon at the bathhouse/spa on 1/20 way in October.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Q: Why is Costco closed on New Year's Day? A: January 1 is the traditional day on which Costco employees harvest all of the hot dogs for the year from the vast Costco wiener farms. Hundreds of thousands of wiener shrubs will be stripped bare in this celebration of bounty.

submitted 54 days ago • 29 comments

I now invite you all to (re)watch the episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm where Larry tires quickly of addressing everyone with “Happy New Year!” Let’s agree to stop this by Sunday, ok???

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

Jimmy Carter hosted a concert featuring some of the greatest jazz musicians in June 1978. The list is astonishing.

submitted 55 days ago • 8 comments

While some of us are talking about A Complete Unknown, i recommend reading Merrill Markie’s piece on how Toshi Seeger was minimized in the film. She has barely any lines. open.substack.com/pub/merrillm...

submitted 57 days ago • 4 comments

The Hollywood cadence at the end of Texas Hold ‘Em was a fun choice

submitted 60 days ago • 1 comment

My baby slept for 6 hrs last night, merry goddamn Christmas to me

submitted 62 days ago • 2 comments

The 2024 Headline of the Year Nominees 🧵

submitted 64 days ago • 45 comments