Max Grafe
@amagicreflexham.bsky.social
Composer • Teacher • Racing • NJ • Anti-anti-modernist • he/him
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Max Grafe
@amagicreflexham.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Important things about me: I'm a composer and music prof living in central NJ (yes it exists and it's called pork roll don't @ me) and I love racing, cooking, and cats. Let's hang
See you'd think this would work except their idea of an "unsafe" city is "I have to look at a homeless and/or nonwhite person"
The way we need to market this shit is to do what conservatives did for the past 30 years and write books like “The ten forbidden truths you’re not allowed to say on politically correct tv” and then it’s just cities are mostly fine and it’s good to get a flu shot
A remarkable trend that will come as a shock to you if your only info about NYC is from this Fox News.
Homicides in NYC...
1990: 2,262
1993: 1,927
1998: 629
2001: 649
2013: 335
2019: 320
2021: 488
2024: 382
2025 (as of 12/28): 302
Homicides in NYC...
1990: 2,262
1993: 1,927
1998: 629
2001: 649
2013: 335
2019: 320
2021: 488
2024: 382
2025 (as of 12/28): 302
January 1, 2026 at 2:51 PM
See you'd think this would work except their idea of an "unsafe" city is "I have to look at a homeless and/or nonwhite person"
Leaving Barney Greengrass after lunch, opened the door and there's Richard Kind staring me in the face. We kinda nodded at each other and went our separate ways. It's the most NYC thing that happened to me in 9 years of living there
Please quote this from the time you didn't interact with someone famous.
I was visiting with family in New Bedford, Massachusetts, at the same time that Mother Theresa was there visiting her Missionaries of Charity. The bishop held a Mass for her at the church where I was baptized. I didn't go.
I was visiting with family in New Bedford, Massachusetts, at the same time that Mother Theresa was there visiting her Missionaries of Charity. The bishop held a Mass for her at the church where I was baptized. I didn't go.
Catching a train from Bristol Temple Meads, but they shifted the service along the platform because a scene from THE OUTLAWS was being shot where it would usually come in. The scene featured Christopher Walken and Stephen Merchant, but my train came before they shot it so I didn't see either of 'em.
December 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Leaving Barney Greengrass after lunch, opened the door and there's Richard Kind staring me in the face. We kinda nodded at each other and went our separate ways. It's the most NYC thing that happened to me in 9 years of living there
Yeah we know, it's called "autism"
December 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Yeah we know, it's called "autism"
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Famously Sauron is known for never allowing his home to he penetrated by intruders.
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Famously Sauron is known for never allowing his home to he penetrated by intruders.
I for one can't wait to recreate the experience of heightened, inscrutable classical dramaturgy by only being able to understand 20% of the dialogue because the sound mixing is complete dogshit
I'm pretty much on board with Nolan doing the Odyssey. How good does it really have to be? The important thing is that it costs $250 million to make
December 29, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I for one can't wait to recreate the experience of heightened, inscrutable classical dramaturgy by only being able to understand 20% of the dialogue because the sound mixing is complete dogshit
Not for nothing but one of the reasons I'm glad I left Twitter is I kept getting in fights with someone I can only describe as the Will Stancil of contemporary concert music
December 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Not for nothing but one of the reasons I'm glad I left Twitter is I kept getting in fights with someone I can only describe as the Will Stancil of contemporary concert music
Zoot is clearly an accomplished musician, so him playing the "wrong" note at the end of the Muppet Show theme should be read as an inspired creative choice rather than an error, in this essay I will
December 26, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Zoot is clearly an accomplished musician, so him playing the "wrong" note at the end of the Muppet Show theme should be read as an inspired creative choice rather than an error, in this essay I will
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the Tim. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, beat on, boat against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, reckoned he got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she’s going to adopt him and sivilize him and he can’t stand it. He been there before.
December 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the Tim. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.
My hottest take is that society was doomed the moment we started using the word "winningest"
December 24, 2025 at 4:36 AM
My hottest take is that society was doomed the moment we started using the word "winningest"
Okay #tarkovsky let's make this happen
please tell me that posts about this game on this website are collectively known as Tarkovsky
December 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Okay #tarkovsky let's make this happen
Do you hate yourself and enjoy suffering, ask your doctor if Escape from Tarkov is right for you
December 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Do you hate yourself and enjoy suffering, ask your doctor if Escape from Tarkov is right for you
One of the most essential qualities of an artist is an ability to imagine a world different from the one that exists, something of which an LLM is structurally incapable. An LLM can never create, only compile, and to even do that it has to gorge itself on the blood, sweat & tears of actual creators
December 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
One of the most essential qualities of an artist is an ability to imagine a world different from the one that exists, something of which an LLM is structurally incapable. An LLM can never create, only compile, and to even do that it has to gorge itself on the blood, sweat & tears of actual creators
Regietheater distant future production of Fiddler in which Lazar Wolf is an actual wolf made of lasers
December 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Regietheater distant future production of Fiddler in which Lazar Wolf is an actual wolf made of lasers
So like, we know the tariffs are also part of the fascism right? One of the highest priorities of a fascist movement is to achieve a monopoly on culture, and how better to do that than make everything from other countries prohibitively expensive
December 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
So like, we know the tariffs are also part of the fascism right? One of the highest priorities of a fascist movement is to achieve a monopoly on culture, and how better to do that than make everything from other countries prohibitively expensive
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My response to anything over the next two weeks
December 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My response to anything over the next two weeks
In case you'd gotten to thinking she wasn't still the absolute worst for some reason
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s sweeping anti-trans care bill passes House
It most likely will not become law, but it will still have consequences for transgender youth, advocates say.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:41 AM
In case you'd gotten to thinking she wasn't still the absolute worst for some reason
When I told my wife my train was almost in Metuchen just now she replied "Metuchen deez nuts," in case anybody was wondering why I married the shit out of her
December 18, 2025 at 2:24 AM
When I told my wife my train was almost in Metuchen just now she replied "Metuchen deez nuts," in case anybody was wondering why I married the shit out of her
It's the most wonderful time of the year, that's right it's time for mandatory workplace training courses that consist entirely of common sense if you're not a terrible person
December 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It's the most wonderful time of the year, that's right it's time for mandatory workplace training courses that consist entirely of common sense if you're not a terrible person
Today in AI Ruins Literally Everything, PC gaming!
Nvidia plans heavy cuts to GPU supply in early 2026 - OC3D
Nvidia reportedly plans to axe as much as 40% of its GeForce RTX 50 series GPU production in early 2026. Why? Memory costs...
overclock3d.net
December 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Today in AI Ruins Literally Everything, PC gaming!
Basically, don't trust anybody who thinks there's a redeemable subatomic particle in this man's body. Christ on a bike
December 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Basically, don't trust anybody who thinks there's a redeemable subatomic particle in this man's body. Christ on a bike
Millennials search your hearts and realize that 6-7 is no less dumb than schfifty-five
December 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Millennials search your hearts and realize that 6-7 is no less dumb than schfifty-five
1812 overture but with Vine booms is this anything
December 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
1812 overture but with Vine booms is this anything
You're telling me this unsaturated fat is poly?
You’re telling me this fat is trans?
December 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
You're telling me this unsaturated fat is poly?
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I think about this tweet every day
December 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I think about this tweet every day