Franz Nicolay
@franznicolay.bsky.social
Music, writing, teaching: http://linktr.ee/franznicolay ||| PianoFighter.substack.com ||| To us, the beautiful!
What a wild interpretation!
November 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
What a wild interpretation!
What a treat to get to make music with these people again
October 28, 2025 at 3:12 AM
What a treat to get to make music with these people again
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every sports team is a Ship of Theseus
October 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
every sports team is a Ship of Theseus
Low-key casting coup in the Springsteen movie is Yeah Yeah Yeahs drummer Brian Chase as a more convincing young Max Weinberg than Max’s actual drummer son would have been
October 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Low-key casting coup in the Springsteen movie is Yeah Yeah Yeahs drummer Brian Chase as a more convincing young Max Weinberg than Max’s actual drummer son would have been
FWIW the weed store by me if absolutely dominated by the camo crowd
BREAKING: The Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns.
Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke pot can legally own guns
The Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke marijuana can legally own guns, the latest firearm case to come before the court since its 2022 decision expanding gun rights.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:43 PM
FWIW the weed store by me if absolutely dominated by the camo crowd
Are we making a distinction between “dog-walking” and “boat-racing”?
October 20, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Are we making a distinction between “dog-walking” and “boat-racing”?
Anyone goofing on kids for the six-seven thing should look deep in their soul and ask whether they ever thought or said quietly to themselves "nice" after seeing the numbers six-nine
October 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Anyone goofing on kids for the six-seven thing should look deep in their soul and ask whether they ever thought or said quietly to themselves "nice" after seeing the numbers six-nine
The loneliest path
October 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The loneliest path
The other example of this that comes to mind americanmusicclub1.bandcamp.com/album/love-s...
October 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The other example of this that comes to mind americanmusicclub1.bandcamp.com/album/love-s...
Extraordinary when a great band who had gone away after a couple impeccable albums returns as if no time had passed at all wearegoodluck.bandcamp.com/album/big-dr...
Big Dreams, Mister, by Good Luck
10 track album
wearegoodluck.bandcamp.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Extraordinary when a great band who had gone away after a couple impeccable albums returns as if no time had passed at all wearegoodluck.bandcamp.com/album/big-dr...
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these colors don't run 🫡
October 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
these colors don't run 🫡
Remarkable to have a playoffs where it does seem like the better team won in each round
October 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Remarkable to have a playoffs where it does seem like the better team won in each round
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It's the Fall Books double-issue at the WSJ and it's terrific. Moira Hodgson on Susan Orlean, Hugh Eakin on Douglas Cooper, Franz Nicolay on Talking Heads, Anna Mundow on John Banville, Kyle Smith on Marty McFly, Gioia Diliberto on Jane Birkin, Thomas Mallon on Updike! www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
‘Selected Letters of John Updike’ Review: Restless Correspondent
John Updike worried that success would make him lazy. But his literary output—and his letters—kept up the pace.
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October 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
It's the Fall Books double-issue at the WSJ and it's terrific. Moira Hodgson on Susan Orlean, Hugh Eakin on Douglas Cooper, Franz Nicolay on Talking Heads, Anna Mundow on John Banville, Kyle Smith on Marty McFly, Gioia Diliberto on Jane Birkin, Thomas Mallon on Updike! www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
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This book is terrific; if you haven’t already read it, here’s your chance to listen to it:
“Band People” audiobook is out today (weirdly, with a stock-image cover, but whatever) wherever you get your listening!
October 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This book is terrific; if you haven’t already read it, here’s your chance to listen to it:
“Band People” audiobook is out today (weirdly, with a stock-image cover, but whatever) wherever you get your listening!
October 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
“Band People” audiobook is out today (weirdly, with a stock-image cover, but whatever) wherever you get your listening!
Wear earplugs
Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?
October 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Wear earplugs
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This is such fun, thanks @franznicolay.bsky.social
Everyone else, tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday, go get it
Everyone else, tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday, go get it
October 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This is such fun, thanks @franznicolay.bsky.social
Everyone else, tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday, go get it
Everyone else, tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday, go get it
The conspiracy theory I kind of believe is from the cabdriver who told me these things were mechanical Turks being driven by kids with joysticks in Indonesia.
Waymos are already taking over American cities. Every new and safe rollout of these driverless cars “is one step toward a future in which the company is embedded in American life,” Saahil Desai writes.
Move Fast and Break Nothing
Waymo’s robotaxis are probably safer than ChatGPT.
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October 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The conspiracy theory I kind of believe is from the cabdriver who told me these things were mechanical Turks being driven by kids with joysticks in Indonesia.
I had a discussion with Shahzad Ismaily in advance of his upcoming concert at the Walker Center:
walkerart.org/magazine/sha...
walkerart.org/magazine/sha...
walkerart.org
October 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I had a discussion with Shahzad Ismaily in advance of his upcoming concert at the Walker Center:
walkerart.org/magazine/sha...
walkerart.org/magazine/sha...
Mookie come to the Teragram this weekend
Mookie Betts, out of context on the SportsNet LA: "If you can play the guitar and just speak, you sound good."
September 27, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Mookie come to the Teragram this weekend
@mattsargent.bsky.social thinking of making a coffee but figured I should check with you
September 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
@mattsargent.bsky.social thinking of making a coffee but figured I should check with you