Alyssa Barna
abarna.bsky.social
Alyssa Barna
@abarna.bsky.social
Music theorist, ass prof @UMN music. Public music theory, popular music, telling it like it is.
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I miss my friend, Melissa. This is a beautiful piece about her life. 💚 🌳

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
Melissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story
www.rollingstone.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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someone should invent a thing that's like a university but it's goal is to facilitate learning
December 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Why is every goddamn band for pop artists artist all male? You’re telling me you can’t find one lady who plays an instrument?
November 18, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Sorry #amsmt25 folks you missed the Minneapolis northern lights by 2 days
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I miss all my #amsmt25 friends already. Thank you for coming to Minneapolis! The end of the conference is pretty anticlimactic when you live here.
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Hey, I feel like they're not publicizing this much, but SMT is doing free livestreams of selected sessions. Info is gathered here: minneapolis2025.ams-smt.org/smt-hybrid-s... #amsmt25
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
It’s not a day that ends in Y until a tiny hand is dunked inside your first cup of coffee
October 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Does every musician parent think that their slightly musical baby is a genius? Asking for me.
September 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Why Dave Matthews talk like that
September 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I watch this weekly 😭
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkPS...
Come Back, Barack - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
www.youtube.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I beg you: please stop calling them “faculty retreats” when it’s just a mandatory six-hour faculty meeting in the same building you spend all your time in anyway.
August 16, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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vocal fry implies the existence of vocal onion ring and vocal tater tot
July 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Oh my god I hate this goddamn holiday if you wake my baby up I will go outside in my underwear and slap someone
July 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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As a part of Bon Iver's Changemaker partnership with the Minnesota Lynx, donations have been given to 13 Minnesota and Western Wisconsin non-profits. These organizations work to address gender inequities, domestic abuse, and/or gender violence.

Learn more: 2abillion.org
July 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
New England-born mom miraculously wakes to the tornado siren and heads to basement with infant in one arm and senior dog in another
June 29, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Hats off to the dude playing Dona Nobis Pacem on sousaphone in the middle of Summit Ave on a Monday at noon
June 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I knew within 0:03 sec of listening to “Manchild” that it was produced by Jack Antonoff. They way this man has a chokehold on us, please let go!!!
June 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Gift link - "Heather Holcombe, a senior lecturer in the English department, said ...That single executive’s salary could fund the hiring of 11 full-time instructors to run 66 classes"
www.startribune.com/university-o...
University of Minnesota faculty and alumni decry “administrative bloat” despite proposed budget cuts
The U’s Board of Regents will vote on the budget on Wednesday, which includes 7% academic budget cuts and 6.5% tuition increases.
www.startribune.com
June 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Today at the pediatrician I watched a dad completely forget his son’s birth date in real time. Sometimes I can’t believe shit is real.
June 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
My dog is named Leroy, so every day is Leeeeroy Jenkins day in this house
May 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I was living in NY, not MN, and volunteering at a bib pickup for a half marathon. The race director stepped away to cry. Someone’s vowed to run the race in a Prince costume and was immediately given the bib number 1999.
Where were you when you first heard Prince died?
I first heard about it from a colleague (who worked from North Carolina) on Slack.

I wish I’d taken a screenshot. She posted in the water cooler channel something like “there are reports of ambulances in Chanhassen” and tagged me. I replied something like “this state will shut down for a while.”
April 22, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The video for this new Bon Iver song is a mixture of the opening sequence from Love Actually and the entire vibe of How To With John Wilson

youtu.be/yaPX-i1TjCc?...
Bon Iver - Everything Is Peaceful Love (Official Video)
YouTube video by BonIverVEVO
youtu.be
April 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
At a Twins game and we’re sitting next to two boys that are the human versions of Sid from Toy Story
a cartoon character with a skull on his shirt is looking through binoculars .
ALT: a cartoon character with a skull on his shirt is looking through binoculars .
media.tenor.com
April 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
New parenting technique unlocked: entertaining the baby by practicing my yodeling technique
April 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
One of the best feelings in the world is walking or biking faster than gridlocked traffic full of single-occupant cars
April 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM