K2S0'Hara, but pumpkin spice flavored
@oharawe.bsky.social
Music theory prof interested in too many things, and too many sports teams. Currently writing about Amy Beach, video game music, and lots of other fun stuff. Swim dad. Happiest in/on water.
My most dad-coded way of coping with this stuff is borrowing the hex wrenches from the band office and fixing wobbly chairs in my lecture hall. I can’t fix most things on campus but I can fix those.
Love when what promised to be a quiet Friday suddenly fills up with an extra department meeting and an emergency “what are you people thinking!?” meeting in the provost’s office
November 21, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My most dad-coded way of coping with this stuff is borrowing the hex wrenches from the band office and fixing wobbly chairs in my lecture hall. I can’t fix most things on campus but I can fix those.
Love when what promised to be a quiet Friday suddenly fills up with an extra department meeting and an emergency “what are you people thinking!?” meeting in the provost’s office
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Love when what promised to be a quiet Friday suddenly fills up with an extra department meeting and an emergency “what are you people thinking!?” meeting in the provost’s office
These Texans uniforms are *heinous*. Just the worst thing I've ever seen on a football field.
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 AM
These Texans uniforms are *heinous*. Just the worst thing I've ever seen on a football field.
This but for research
new goal is to write music quickly enough that I'm not incredibly sick of it by the time I'm done with it
November 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This but for research
The little one knows me too well, and has found a new way to delay bedtime almost indefinitely
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The little one knows me too well, and has found a new way to delay bedtime almost indefinitely
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“MACtion Meat Raffle” is much more appealing than the time a few years back when Miami and Buffalo played on election night and dressed in solid red and solid blue to represent republicans and democrats. It was a good way to spoil that most beautiful thing in sports, the color-on-color game
MACtion Meat Raffle is a phrase I didn’t know I needed until now.
November 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
“MACtion Meat Raffle” is much more appealing than the time a few years back when Miami and Buffalo played on election night and dressed in solid red and solid blue to represent republicans and democrats. It was a good way to spoil that most beautiful thing in sports, the color-on-color game
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Twitter and chat gpt are down. Bad day for people who suck.
November 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Twitter and chat gpt are down. Bad day for people who suck.
Looks like we need a a separate website to know when Down Detector goes down. downdetectordowndetector?
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Looks like we need a a separate website to know when Down Detector goes down. downdetectordowndetector?
honestly, it does my 90s-kid heart good to know that people (or AIs?) *still* can’t write gamers, hackers, or just about anything related to tech in even a vaguely plausible or authentic way
November 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
honestly, it does my 90s-kid heart good to know that people (or AIs?) *still* can’t write gamers, hackers, or just about anything related to tech in even a vaguely plausible or authentic way
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HARVARD SURVIVES 45-43 ON A LAST SECOND FIELD GOAL
November 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
HARVARD SURVIVES 45-43 ON A LAST SECOND FIELD GOAL
Listening to two guys with Car Talk accents call the Harvard-Penn game on the radio is my peak nostalgic Saturday soundtrack. It hits like an iced Dunks nestled in a styrofoam cup* to keep your hands warm on a cold day.
*before Cambridge banned styrofoam of course
*before Cambridge banned styrofoam of course
November 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Listening to two guys with Car Talk accents call the Harvard-Penn game on the radio is my peak nostalgic Saturday soundtrack. It hits like an iced Dunks nestled in a styrofoam cup* to keep your hands warm on a cold day.
*before Cambridge banned styrofoam of course
*before Cambridge banned styrofoam of course
“Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair!” —my six-year-old, probably
November 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
“Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair!” —my six-year-old, probably
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she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
This is going in my short-clips-for-faculty-meetings file right next to “oh no, disaster! What a bad idea!”
What an effort!
What an effort!
OK, bsky needs the Blue Jackets goal cannon video now because it's very close to Luke's
November 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
This is going in my short-clips-for-faculty-meetings file right next to “oh no, disaster! What a bad idea!”
What an effort!
What an effort!
tag yourself I’m “music is horizontal and vertical inforamtion ? “
"skin as part of brain?"
This is that great intellect people talk about?
November 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
tag yourself I’m “music is horizontal and vertical inforamtion ? “
(It's amazing how many emails you can send when you're typing in 7/8, by the way)
I've spent several hours listening to Rush today (everything from A Farewell to Kings, now up to Moving Pictures). Other than a couple of the catchier & dubiously Ayn Rand-ian tunes, I couldn't tell you a single thing they're singing about. Vocals don't matter at all, just part of the arrangement
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
(It's amazing how many emails you can send when you're typing in 7/8, by the way)
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I like the SMT a lot. It is a good academic society that is pretty consistently led by people who respect and care about their colleagues.
November 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I like the SMT a lot. It is a good academic society that is pretty consistently led by people who respect and care about their colleagues.
Obviously this was an eventful conference, but getting to reunite with Tom and hear him give a talk (at his peak TFK-ness, the man can make a stand-up routine out of Paleo-Frankish notation), along with a bunch of other early music superstars, was the best panel I’ve seen in years
Congratulations to Thomas Forrest Kelly on his new book Melisma @oupacademic.bsky.social !
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Obviously this was an eventful conference, but getting to reunite with Tom and hear him give a talk (at his peak TFK-ness, the man can make a stand-up routine out of Paleo-Frankish notation), along with a bunch of other early music superstars, was the best panel I’ve seen in years
I promise this isn’t just an Eero Saarinen fan account now (though it’s not *not* that either), so just one more.
Look at that light. It’s glorious. After 9 hours in airports and planes I still stood there for several minutes last night.
Look at that light. It’s glorious. After 9 hours in airports and planes I still stood there for several minutes last night.
November 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I promise this isn’t just an Eero Saarinen fan account now (though it’s not *not* that either), so just one more.
Look at that light. It’s glorious. After 9 hours in airports and planes I still stood there for several minutes last night.
Look at that light. It’s glorious. After 9 hours in airports and planes I still stood there for several minutes last night.
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Everybody‘s all “abolish music theory” because we get too excited about making a diagram but we aren’t the ones with big doodoo pants!!
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Everybody‘s all “abolish music theory” because we get too excited about making a diagram but we aren’t the ones with big doodoo pants!!
Still so damn good, even at one in the morning
November 9, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Still so damn good, even at one in the morning
Just want to say, apropos of nothing, that Jennifer Diaz would never, and that she is a freakin legend.
Now for some airplane mode. See you back in data center central sometime after midnight EST
Now for some airplane mode. See you back in data center central sometime after midnight EST
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Just want to say, apropos of nothing, that Jennifer Diaz would never, and that she is a freakin legend.
Now for some airplane mode. See you back in data center central sometime after midnight EST
Now for some airplane mode. See you back in data center central sometime after midnight EST
Landed in Chicago and spent almost an hour on the tarmac due to issues with other planes. Ran to my connection, only to find a mostly empty 737 for the ride back to Dulles.
Others trickling in. We were supposed to take off 11 minutes ago and I’m starting to fear I didn’t download enough Andor.
Others trickling in. We were supposed to take off 11 minutes ago and I’m starting to fear I didn’t download enough Andor.
Almost wheels up to go home. I’ve got six hours of flying/connecting ahead of me, but an iPad full of Andor and a fancy donut some
colleagues told me to buy in the terminal (E gates at MSP!). Great conference, all conferences should be in cities with abundant pubs and good transit 🚃🍻
colleagues told me to buy in the terminal (E gates at MSP!). Great conference, all conferences should be in cities with abundant pubs and good transit 🚃🍻
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Landed in Chicago and spent almost an hour on the tarmac due to issues with other planes. Ran to my connection, only to find a mostly empty 737 for the ride back to Dulles.
Others trickling in. We were supposed to take off 11 minutes ago and I’m starting to fear I didn’t download enough Andor.
Others trickling in. We were supposed to take off 11 minutes ago and I’m starting to fear I didn’t download enough Andor.