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...
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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
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December 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I miss my friend, Melissa. This is a beautiful piece about her life. 💚 🌳
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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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
someone should invent a thing that's like a university but it's goal is to facilitate learning
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
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?
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
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.
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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
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
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
It’s not a day that ends in Y until a tiny hand is dunked inside your first cup of coffee
Does every musician parent think that their slightly musical baby is a genius? Asking for me.
September 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Does every musician parent think that their slightly musical baby is a genius? Asking for me.
Why Dave Matthews talk like that
September 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Why Dave Matthews talk like that
I watch this weekly 😭
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkPS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkPS...
Come Back, Barack - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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September 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I watch this weekly 😭
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkPS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkPS...
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
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.
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vocal fry implies the existence of vocal onion ring and vocal tater tot
July 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
vocal fry implies the existence of vocal onion ring and vocal tater tot
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
Oh my god I hate this goddamn holiday if you wake my baby up I will go outside in my underwear and slap someone
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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
Learn more: 2abillion.org
July 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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
Learn more: 2abillion.org
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
New England-born mom miraculously wakes to the tornado siren and heads to basement with infant in one arm and senior dog in another
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
Hats off to the dude playing Dona Nobis Pacem on sousaphone in the middle of Summit Ave on a Monday at noon
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
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!!!
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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...
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
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...
www.startribune.com/university-o...
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
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.
My dog is named Leroy, so every day is Leeeeroy Jenkins day in this house
It’s been 20 years since the universe changed… youtu.be/mLyOj_QD4a4?...
Leeroy Jenkins HD 1080p
YouTube video by J Jonah Jameson
youtu.be
May 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
My dog is named Leroy, so every day is Leeeeroy Jenkins day in this house
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.”
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
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.
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?...
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
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?...
youtu.be/yaPX-i1TjCc?...
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 .
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April 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
At a Twins game and we’re sitting next to two boys that are the human versions of Sid from Toy Story
New parenting technique unlocked: entertaining the baby by practicing my yodeling technique
April 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
New parenting technique unlocked: entertaining the baby by practicing my yodeling technique
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
One of the best feelings in the world is walking or biking faster than gridlocked traffic full of single-occupant cars