Andy Skaggs
@andyskaggs.bsky.social
Composer, Conductor, Trombonist, Teacher. Altruist, Atheist, Optimist. I love scary movies, baseball, good Scotch and Bourbon. Married to the love of my life and lucky to work with some amazing friends and fellow musicians.
www.andyskaggsmusic.com
www.andyskaggsmusic.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Every so often a film comes along that surprises me or strikes me as brilliant, original, or just plain masterful in one way or another. I just saw one: “The Coffee Table” by Caye Casas. Be careful, it’s a punch in the gut - horrifying, hilarious, and harrowing.
March 14, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Every so often a film comes along that surprises me or strikes me as brilliant, original, or just plain masterful in one way or another. I just saw one: “The Coffee Table” by Caye Casas. Be careful, it’s a punch in the gut - horrifying, hilarious, and harrowing.
Congratulations to all the Oscar winners, and a special shout out to the incredible Colman Domingo, an artist of the highest caliber. If you were any more real, baby, you’d be fiction.
March 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Congratulations to all the Oscar winners, and a special shout out to the incredible Colman Domingo, an artist of the highest caliber. If you were any more real, baby, you’d be fiction.
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Vance attempts to lecture Europe on how to properly run an authoritarian government. Fails miserably.
Vance uses half-truths to lecture a European audience well aware of the threat of authoritarian rule | CNN
It felt like a speech, if delivered on X.com, laden surely with community notes.
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February 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Vance attempts to lecture Europe on how to properly run an authoritarian government. Fails miserably.
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⚡️'No point trying to negotiate' with Putin, Yulia Navalnaya says.
"Even if you decided to negotiate with Putin, just remember he will lie," Navalnaya, widow of late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, said at the Munich Security Conference two days before the anniversary of her husband's death.
"Even if you decided to negotiate with Putin, just remember he will lie," Navalnaya, widow of late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, said at the Munich Security Conference two days before the anniversary of her husband's death.
'No point trying to negotiate' with Putin, Yulia Navalnaya says
"Even if you decided to negotiate with Putin, just remember he will lie," Yulia Navalnaya, widow of the late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, said at the Munich Security Conference two days before th...
kyivindependent.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:44 AM
⚡️'No point trying to negotiate' with Putin, Yulia Navalnaya says.
"Even if you decided to negotiate with Putin, just remember he will lie," Navalnaya, widow of late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, said at the Munich Security Conference two days before the anniversary of her husband's death.
"Even if you decided to negotiate with Putin, just remember he will lie," Navalnaya, widow of late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, said at the Munich Security Conference two days before the anniversary of her husband's death.
This song matches my mood today. But tomorrow I’ll be alright. I have no intention of letting these people steal my joy. Goodnight, friends - nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
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Rufus Wainwright - Going To A Town (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by RufusWainwrightVEVO
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January 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM
This song matches my mood today. But tomorrow I’ll be alright. I have no intention of letting these people steal my joy. Goodnight, friends - nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
youtu.be/CtVyl402W5s?...
youtu.be/CtVyl402W5s?...
Great advice from a great organization I’m proud to support
These next four years are gonna be tough:
🌈 Pace Yourself
🌈 Protect Yourself
🌈 Take it One Day at a Time
🌈 Connect & Care For Your Community
Pass it on
Thanks @hrc.org for the reminders
🌈 Pace Yourself
🌈 Protect Yourself
🌈 Take it One Day at a Time
🌈 Connect & Care For Your Community
Pass it on
Thanks @hrc.org for the reminders
January 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Great advice from a great organization I’m proud to support
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"Even as I have witnessed the poltroonish capitulation of our political leaders, our robber barons, our media figureheads, even our Snoop Doggs, I have faith that we will somehow find a better way, that we will repulse this ugly MAGA incursion."
Sunday Pages: The Age of Unreality
This is not a movie.
gregolear.substack.com
January 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
"Even as I have witnessed the poltroonish capitulation of our political leaders, our robber barons, our media figureheads, even our Snoop Doggs, I have faith that we will somehow find a better way, that we will repulse this ugly MAGA incursion."
This is Yuriy Kerpatenko - he was a conductor who led the Kherson Philharmonic Orchestra. He was murdered by Russian soldiers for refusing to participate in a “victory” concert when his city was invaded and occupied. When I despair about the next 4 years, his courage lends me strength. Arts matter.
January 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This is Yuriy Kerpatenko - he was a conductor who led the Kherson Philharmonic Orchestra. He was murdered by Russian soldiers for refusing to participate in a “victory” concert when his city was invaded and occupied. When I despair about the next 4 years, his courage lends me strength. Arts matter.
Midnight O-one on January 20. Thank the gods I have been spared taking part in this travesty on account of the weather. Today I highlight the work of a truly amazing artist. This is a piece of work that earns the status of masterpiece in my book. Check it out.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=5V7j...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=5V7j...
PASSING STRANGE OFFICIAL TRAILER
YouTube video by IFCFirstTake
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January 20, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Midnight O-one on January 20. Thank the gods I have been spared taking part in this travesty on account of the weather. Today I highlight the work of a truly amazing artist. This is a piece of work that earns the status of masterpiece in my book. Check it out.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=5V7j...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=5V7j...
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We need positive forms of political opposition in the United States. The People's Cabinet would offer new ideas, new voices, and new forms of action.
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The People's Cabinet
Naming a Positive Form of Opposition
snyder.substack.com
January 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
We need positive forms of political opposition in the United States. The People's Cabinet would offer new ideas, new voices, and new forms of action.
snyder.substack.com/p/an-alterna...
snyder.substack.com/p/an-alterna...
Hello, new here. It’s heartening to see so many advocates, allies, and activists on this site. Like many, I was shaken by the results of the election, but I’m ready to get back in it. I figure I can bemoan the circumstances, or be grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. Count me in.
December 2, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Hello, new here. It’s heartening to see so many advocates, allies, and activists on this site. Like many, I was shaken by the results of the election, but I’m ready to get back in it. I figure I can bemoan the circumstances, or be grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. Count me in.