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Ludomusicologist, mom, musician, editor, photographer, baker of goods, eater of foods, pro-bono appliance repair person
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Okay so a couple years ago, someone* said "Twitter, tell me about f*ckbois of the 19th century" and we all went on this journey together *I would credit but they have since nuked their account (I just checked)

submitted 83 days ago • 3 comments

A version of the Orpheus myth where the audience knows that Hades is lying about whether Orpheus can take her back. She was always going to fade into smoke before she crossed the threshold. It is a small comfort, rather than a great tragedy, that Orpheus at least looks back.

submitted 331 days ago • 2 comments

I cannot overstate how important it is to understand that these guys are into AI because they’re in a literal eschatological cult

submitted 332 days ago • 27 comments

Physicists have discovered ethnomusicology

submitted 361 days ago • 3 comments

knowing the 17th edition is my whole personality (professionally speaking, anyway), so I'm NOT PREPARED

submitted 391 days ago • 3 comments

When Dave Ramsey is calling people idiots for spending money on childcare, it's because, in his mind, the right and proper way to get child care is to rely on the unpaid labor of women. The unsaid part of "why are you paying that much for child care" is "there's a woman who should do it for free."

submitted 396 days ago • 12 comments

A real life classical music shitposter 🫡

submitted 404 days ago • 0 comments

Symphonies and operas (and performances of them) were traditionally fully paid for by aristocrats as a way for them to flex their wealth and cultural power—orchestras as we know them were never designed to fund themselves

submitted 404 days ago • 1 comment

"neessuun wooorma"

submitted 407 days ago • 0 comments

Miss Grotke nailed it

submitted 407 days ago • 0 comments

I didn’t know I could love my favorite flour company any more

submitted 409 days ago • 1 comment

The integration of the “Simple Song” melody into the new Bluey episode _Relax_ is a great little detail that I’m using to distract myself from how hard Chili’s depiction in this episode is attacking me

submitted 409 days ago • 1 comment

I think we might see a hire for a one-year position with a 4/4 coaching load (football, tennis, bowling, beach volleyball)

submitted 411 days ago • 1 comment

Having family stay for the holidays is like watching players test the game you designed. They are using the space in such interesting ways. They are getting a mug to drink water from even though we have a cabinet full of glasses. I guess the visual language wasn’t clear enough there and that’s on me

submitted 430 days ago • 8 comments

Our students deserve better. The US leaves public educators and their students on the front lines of gun violence. They don’t want us to teach or learn, they want us to stay afraid. Our students said fuck this, we demand better.

submitted 544 days ago • 0 comments

Medieval manuscript catalogs have their own arcane language & it varies. There are some nice guides to how to read them, but I think my students will also benefit from infographics. So in the lead-up to the semester, here ate a couple I'll share here. Hope people find them useful!

submitted 551 days ago • 4 comments

One of my longest-held, unrealized concepts for a musical work is a 're-make' of "Pagliacci" in which the characters are in a metal band - first, I thought they should play power metal (a fun aesthetic), but now I think they should play Black Metal (allows a corpse paint aria)

submitted 551 days ago • 1 comment