Franz Nicolay
@franznicolay.bsky.social
Music, writing, teaching: http://linktr.ee/franznicolay ||| PianoFighter.substack.com ||| To us, the beautiful!
When J. Robbins produced one of my records I made him a mood board playlist and said "I've been listening to a lot of Marshall Crenshaw" and he looked at me funny and said "That's the first time anyone's ever said 'Marshall Crenshaw' in this room"
phenomenal nile rodgers interview here, so much going on in this paragraph www.vulture.com/article/nile...
February 17, 2026 at 2:46 PM
When J. Robbins produced one of my records I made him a mood board playlist and said "I've been listening to a lot of Marshall Crenshaw" and he looked at me funny and said "That's the first time anyone's ever said 'Marshall Crenshaw' in this room"
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if the waldron is matt, the knuckler is flat
if the waldron is mal, that's a piano, y'all
if the waldron is mal, that's a piano, y'all
February 16, 2026 at 5:28 PM
if the waldron is matt, the knuckler is flat
if the waldron is mal, that's a piano, y'all
if the waldron is mal, that's a piano, y'all
Very sad to hear of the passing of the songwriter Timothy Bailey. I love this song of his:
timothybaileyandthehumans.bandcamp.com/track/elling...
timothybaileyandthehumans.bandcamp.com/track/elling...
Ellington Bridge, by Timothy Bailey & the Humans
from the album Timothy Bailey & the Humans
timothybaileyandthehumans.bandcamp.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Very sad to hear of the passing of the songwriter Timothy Bailey. I love this song of his:
timothybaileyandthehumans.bandcamp.com/track/elling...
timothybaileyandthehumans.bandcamp.com/track/elling...
I'm playing a PS21 festival afterparty in Chatham NY next Thursday
February 13, 2026 at 3:18 PM
I'm playing a PS21 festival afterparty in Chatham NY next Thursday
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Doesn’t he know you need some time to acetelyne to the day?
February 1, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Doesn’t he know you need some time to acetelyne to the day?
Within thirty seconds of opening my eyes my son asked me if I could buy him a blowtorch
February 1, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Within thirty seconds of opening my eyes my son asked me if I could buy him a blowtorch
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For the current issue of @nybooks.com, I wrote about Igor Levit, classical music, and fascism past and present:
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Liberalism’s Pianist | Nathan Shields
Can Igor Levit restore classical music’s claim to cultural and political authority, or is it irrevocably lost?
www.nybooks.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:07 PM
For the current issue of @nybooks.com, I wrote about Igor Levit, classical music, and fascism past and present:
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
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after exhaustive research I present to you the most Dickensian name on almost every MLB roster (*indicates non-roster)
January 30, 2026 at 9:23 PM
after exhaustive research I present to you the most Dickensian name on almost every MLB roster (*indicates non-roster)
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Yeah I back the BLUE,
Birds Living Under the Expressway
Birds Living Under the Expressway
January 30, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Yeah I back the BLUE,
Birds Living Under the Expressway
Birds Living Under the Expressway
Tailor/seamstress
Other gendered pairs of entirely different words for the same work?
Other gendered pairs of entirely different words for the same work?
January 25, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Tailor/seamstress
Other gendered pairs of entirely different words for the same work?
Other gendered pairs of entirely different words for the same work?
If Christopher Sorrentino’s “Sound On Sound” were back in print I’d put it on my syllabus just saying @dalkeyarchive.bsky.social
January 21, 2026 at 8:38 PM
If Christopher Sorrentino’s “Sound On Sound” were back in print I’d put it on my syllabus just saying @dalkeyarchive.bsky.social
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10 years ago I was voted drummer 91 on Rolling Stones top 100 drummers of all time. People always ask what the perks are so here’s a big one, while I’m folding my kids endless pile of laundry I can think to myself “10 years ago I was voted drummer 91 on Rolling Stones top 100 drummers of all time!”
January 20, 2026 at 12:09 AM
10 years ago I was voted drummer 91 on Rolling Stones top 100 drummers of all time. People always ask what the perks are so here’s a big one, while I’m folding my kids endless pile of laundry I can think to myself “10 years ago I was voted drummer 91 on Rolling Stones top 100 drummers of all time!”
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Imagine thinking bob dylan has your best interests at heart
October 1, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Imagine thinking bob dylan has your best interests at heart
Exercise as a form of socially-sanctioned procrastination
January 13, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Exercise as a form of socially-sanctioned procrastination
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Thank you -- I'm shuffling now.
The mp3 format may be best, but I've also created a YouTube playlist that (I think!) captures at least 98% of what you've compiled. (Reverse alphabetical, because I added them manually while scrolling up in iTunes.) music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
The mp3 format may be best, but I've also created a YouTube playlist that (I think!) captures at least 98% of what you've compiled. (Reverse alphabetical, because I added them manually while scrolling up in iTunes.) music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Franz Nicolay 2025 Yearbook
Listen to Franz Nicolay 2025 Yearbook on YouTube Music - a dedicated music app with official songs, music videos, remixes, covers, and more.
music.youtube.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Thank you -- I'm shuffling now.
The mp3 format may be best, but I've also created a YouTube playlist that (I think!) captures at least 98% of what you've compiled. (Reverse alphabetical, because I added them manually while scrolling up in iTunes.) music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
The mp3 format may be best, but I've also created a YouTube playlist that (I think!) captures at least 98% of what you've compiled. (Reverse alphabetical, because I added them manually while scrolling up in iTunes.) music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Every year I like to compile an audio yearbook of music that, for whatever reason, stuck in my ear. No particular order, best on shuffle!
drive.google.com/file/d/1vXZF...
drive.google.com/file/d/1vXZF...
Audio Yearbook 2025.zip
drive.google.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Every year I like to compile an audio yearbook of music that, for whatever reason, stuck in my ear. No particular order, best on shuffle!
drive.google.com/file/d/1vXZF...
drive.google.com/file/d/1vXZF...
Solo flute // flute ensemble
December 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Solo flute // flute ensemble
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And I'm not willing to cede dominance to guitarists (cf, if I may, Canetti "Crowds and Power": "Ancient memories of what it meant when man first stood upright still play an important part in any representations of power.")
December 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
And I'm not willing to cede dominance to guitarists (cf, if I may, Canetti "Crowds and Power": "Ancient memories of what it meant when man first stood upright still play an important part in any representations of power.")