Chrysanthe Tan
@chrysanthetan.bsky.social
(they/them)
🎻 Composer, violinist, writer.
🎙 Host of @starwarsmusmin.bsky.social
✍🏼 Rubin Institute for Music Criticism Fellow.
🇰🇭 Cambodian, Greek, autistic, rollercoaster enthusiast, etc.
🎻 Composer, violinist, writer.
🎙 Host of @starwarsmusmin.bsky.social
✍🏼 Rubin Institute for Music Criticism Fellow.
🇰🇭 Cambodian, Greek, autistic, rollercoaster enthusiast, etc.
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HELLO FOLLOWERS! for those who don't know, i post live during The Grammys every year so if you want to know what's happening & want A+ musicological & pop cultural content/context, then check out my profile at 8pm EST. it will be snarky & it will be fun so come join me & my friends as we post!
February 1, 2026 at 11:22 PM
HELLO FOLLOWERS! for those who don't know, i post live during The Grammys every year so if you want to know what's happening & want A+ musicological & pop cultural content/context, then check out my profile at 8pm EST. it will be snarky & it will be fun so come join me & my friends as we post!
I listened to 70 Grammy-nominated albums this year. Here are my predictions! www.patreon.com/posts/2026-g...
2026 Grammys Predictions | Chrysanthe Tan
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February 1, 2026 at 11:45 PM
I listened to 70 Grammy-nominated albums this year. Here are my predictions! www.patreon.com/posts/2026-g...
Does anyone know where I can buy official Disney pin backs? I have a corkboard full of Disney pins that are missing the backs, and I'd like to remove them to store elsewhere.
December 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Does anyone know where I can buy official Disney pin backs? I have a corkboard full of Disney pins that are missing the backs, and I'd like to remove them to store elsewhere.
It's finally happening—I have to pack my own suit for a gig that I'm flying cross country for. 😬 How do I avoid arriving with crinkled clothes? I have no idea how to use to use this upper compartment of my suitcase.
December 8, 2025 at 5:23 AM
It's finally happening—I have to pack my own suit for a gig that I'm flying cross country for. 😬 How do I avoid arriving with crinkled clothes? I have no idea how to use to use this upper compartment of my suitcase.
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not Aussie but just here hoping someone says Naomi Watts
December 4, 2025 at 4:51 AM
not Aussie but just here hoping someone says Naomi Watts
Aussies, which major Australian actors tend to garner the most national pride? Nicole Kidman? Hugh Jackman? Who else?
December 4, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Aussies, which major Australian actors tend to garner the most national pride? Nicole Kidman? Hugh Jackman? Who else?
Holy Dies Irae! #Zootopia2 @celexo.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Holy Dies Irae! #Zootopia2 @celexo.bsky.social
Does anyone else consistently fail CAPTCHA checks? I feel like I need some pointers:
1. For those "select all squares with images of trees" types, should you select the squares with even tiny slivers of trees?
2. Are the character identification ones case-sensitive?
1. For those "select all squares with images of trees" types, should you select the squares with even tiny slivers of trees?
2. Are the character identification ones case-sensitive?
July 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Does anyone else consistently fail CAPTCHA checks? I feel like I need some pointers:
1. For those "select all squares with images of trees" types, should you select the squares with even tiny slivers of trees?
2. Are the character identification ones case-sensitive?
1. For those "select all squares with images of trees" types, should you select the squares with even tiny slivers of trees?
2. Are the character identification ones case-sensitive?
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The book is out in the wild…guess I’ll have to add the superlative “cute lil’ death book” to my CV. Thanks @chrysanthetan.bsky.social !!
June 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The book is out in the wild…guess I’ll have to add the superlative “cute lil’ death book” to my CV. Thanks @chrysanthetan.bsky.social !!
See you tonight at MYNOCKS FROM SPACE: A Live Staged Reading of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK!
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Livestream tickets still available: swliveread.com
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@jameswaterman.bsky.social @aurekfonts.bsky.social @patrickcotnoir.bsky.social @petetheretailer.bsky.social @alexrobinson.bsky.social
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Livestream tickets still available: swliveread.com
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@jameswaterman.bsky.social @aurekfonts.bsky.social @patrickcotnoir.bsky.social @petetheretailer.bsky.social @alexrobinson.bsky.social
May 31, 2025 at 5:57 PM
See you tonight at MYNOCKS FROM SPACE: A Live Staged Reading of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK!
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Livestream tickets still available: swliveread.com
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@jameswaterman.bsky.social @aurekfonts.bsky.social @patrickcotnoir.bsky.social @petetheretailer.bsky.social @alexrobinson.bsky.social
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Livestream tickets still available: swliveread.com
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@jameswaterman.bsky.social @aurekfonts.bsky.social @patrickcotnoir.bsky.social @petetheretailer.bsky.social @alexrobinson.bsky.social
Oh nooooo. This is such a fear of mine.
Saw my worst nightmare play out on stage at the LA Phil today: concerto soloist’s page-turning pedal didn’t work
May 19, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Oh nooooo. This is such a fear of mine.
I know that sublingual tablets shouldn't be chewed, but are there any medical downsides to taking chewable tablets sublingually? Asking for sensory reasons.
April 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I know that sublingual tablets shouldn't be chewed, but are there any medical downsides to taking chewable tablets sublingually? Asking for sensory reasons.
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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A very happy 97th birthday to the great satirist and songwriter, Tom Lehrer. I was trying to decide what song to post, then remembered that, three years ago, Tom put all of his work in the public domain. Therefore, thanks to his generosity, here's all of them. tomlehrersongs.com/albums/
Albums
An Evening (wasted) With Tom Lehrer:
stream MP3s
download RAR
Revisited:
stream MP3s
download RAR
That Was The Year That Was:
stream MP3s
download RAR
The Remains of Tom Lehrer (disc 1):
stream MP3...
tomlehrersongs.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:41 AM
A very happy 97th birthday to the great satirist and songwriter, Tom Lehrer. I was trying to decide what song to post, then remembered that, three years ago, Tom put all of his work in the public domain. Therefore, thanks to his generosity, here's all of them. tomlehrersongs.com/albums/
Easily one of the coolest things that's ever happened to me!! 😄 💖 🥹
(I'm the butt of the joke in @damnyouwillis.bsky.social's #DumbingOfAge comic on 3/25/25)
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Full strip: www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b...
(I'm the butt of the joke in @damnyouwillis.bsky.social's #DumbingOfAge comic on 3/25/25)
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Full strip: www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b...
March 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Easily one of the coolest things that's ever happened to me!! 😄 💖 🥹
(I'm the butt of the joke in @damnyouwillis.bsky.social's #DumbingOfAge comic on 3/25/25)
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Full strip: www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b...
(I'm the butt of the joke in @damnyouwillis.bsky.social's #DumbingOfAge comic on 3/25/25)
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Full strip: www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b...
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Have you gotten your live stream tickets yet? The show is this Saturday! Look at this fucking cast!
Swliveread.com
Swliveread.com
March 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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TONIGHT!
Some musical stats from the office of @ChrysantheTan.bsky.social:
📈 81 total musical cues
Most used leitmotifs:
📯 Luke's Theme: 12 cues
🎺 Rebel Fanfare: 7
🪈 Leia's Theme: 7
🔇 Imperial March: 0
Deleted Scene Music:
🆕 New Character Themes: 1
Some musical stats from the office of @ChrysantheTan.bsky.social:
📈 81 total musical cues
Most used leitmotifs:
📯 Luke's Theme: 12 cues
🎺 Rebel Fanfare: 7
🪈 Leia's Theme: 7
🔇 Imperial March: 0
Deleted Scene Music:
🆕 New Character Themes: 1
Have you gotten your live stream tickets yet? The show is this Saturday! Look at this fucking cast!
Swliveread.com
Swliveread.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
TONIGHT!
Some musical stats from the office of @ChrysantheTan.bsky.social:
📈 81 total musical cues
Most used leitmotifs:
📯 Luke's Theme: 12 cues
🎺 Rebel Fanfare: 7
🪈 Leia's Theme: 7
🔇 Imperial March: 0
Deleted Scene Music:
🆕 New Character Themes: 1
Some musical stats from the office of @ChrysantheTan.bsky.social:
📈 81 total musical cues
Most used leitmotifs:
📯 Luke's Theme: 12 cues
🎺 Rebel Fanfare: 7
🪈 Leia's Theme: 7
🔇 Imperial March: 0
Deleted Scene Music:
🆕 New Character Themes: 1
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I know a million other bad things happened today but this is truly awful and will make so many people's lives worse.
The NEA will no longer fund arts programs that promote DEI or "gender ideology." The federal agency has cancelled grants that have funded programs for underserved communities for more than 20 years.
'Chilling effect': Arts organizations react to end of DEI initiatives from fed agency
The NEA will no longer fund arts programs that promote DEI or "gender ideology." The federal agency has cancelled grants that have funded programs for underserved communities for more than 20 years.
www.npr.org
February 12, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I know a million other bad things happened today but this is truly awful and will make so many people's lives worse.
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Piecing together reporting and research about the Kennedy Center purge, because if we rely on outlets like the Times to tell us what it means and what might happen and what can be done we're all gonna die waiting
songofthelarkblog.com/2025/02/10/d...
songofthelarkblog.com/2025/02/10/d...
Donald Trump, the Kennedy Center Purge, And You
The President of the United States is taking over the Kennedy Center, and you’re probably going to feel the consequences.
songofthelarkblog.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Piecing together reporting and research about the Kennedy Center purge, because if we rely on outlets like the Times to tell us what it means and what might happen and what can be done we're all gonna die waiting
songofthelarkblog.com/2025/02/10/d...
songofthelarkblog.com/2025/02/10/d...
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Thanks to this thread, I discovered that the Long Beach Opera is dedicating an entire year to Pauline Oliveros and that one of their shows is coming up this weekend. I emailed them to thank them for this and then woke up the next morning like "Oh hey! I can write about this!" So I did!
February 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Thanks to this thread, I discovered that the Long Beach Opera is dedicating an entire year to Pauline Oliveros and that one of their shows is coming up this weekend. I emailed them to thank them for this and then woke up the next morning like "Oh hey! I can write about this!" So I did!
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TROS 29: Rise of Skywalker Music and Sound Crew (Season Finale)
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Xanthe goes thru all the music/sound credits and explains what each person does. We also compare the transitions to credits in episodes I-IX!
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YouTube: youtu.be/uH4O3nfQb88
Show Notes: www.starwarsmusicminute.com/podcast/tros...
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Xanthe goes thru all the music/sound credits and explains what each person does. We also compare the transitions to credits in episodes I-IX!
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YouTube: youtu.be/uH4O3nfQb88
Show Notes: www.starwarsmusicminute.com/podcast/tros...
February 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
TROS 29: Rise of Skywalker Music and Sound Crew (Season Finale)
🎬
Xanthe goes thru all the music/sound credits and explains what each person does. We also compare the transitions to credits in episodes I-IX!
🎥
YouTube: youtu.be/uH4O3nfQb88
Show Notes: www.starwarsmusicminute.com/podcast/tros...
🎬
Xanthe goes thru all the music/sound credits and explains what each person does. We also compare the transitions to credits in episodes I-IX!
🎥
YouTube: youtu.be/uH4O3nfQb88
Show Notes: www.starwarsmusicminute.com/podcast/tros...
My first score video!
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"On the Other Hand" for solo violin
Composed by Chrysanthe Tan
Performed by Lorenz Gamma
youtu.be/y4cZ07bqGiM
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"On the Other Hand" for solo violin
Composed by Chrysanthe Tan
Performed by Lorenz Gamma
youtu.be/y4cZ07bqGiM
"On the Other Hand" (2022) - Chrysanthe Tan - Score Video
YouTube video by Chrysanthe Tan
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January 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
My first score video!
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"On the Other Hand" for solo violin
Composed by Chrysanthe Tan
Performed by Lorenz Gamma
youtu.be/y4cZ07bqGiM
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"On the Other Hand" for solo violin
Composed by Chrysanthe Tan
Performed by Lorenz Gamma
youtu.be/y4cZ07bqGiM
So I watched EMILIA PÉREZ. 😐 letterboxd.com/xanthesaurus...
A ★½ review of Emilia Pérez (2024)
This movie started out relatively strong and got progressively more incoherent til the end. We never got to know Rita in any meaningful way. I guess she was just kinda...there...to support Emilia? Sp...
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January 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
So I watched EMILIA PÉREZ. 😐 letterboxd.com/xanthesaurus...