So the Feds have found 'money' that presumably they did not have before, to poach 'top talent' from US universities. Please note thought that most of the actual work of teaching your kids is done not by 'top talent' but by us chickenshit leftovers.
December 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
So the Feds have found 'money' that presumably they did not have before, to poach 'top talent' from US universities. Please note thought that most of the actual work of teaching your kids is done not by 'top talent' but by us chickenshit leftovers.
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Poets aren’t bad at self-promotion because we’re inherently humble, but because the habits that sustain poetry have very little to do with the habits required to promote it. Promotion can feel like an assault on the inner world by the outer one.
Poets, We Need to Talk About Self-Promotion
Why asking for support feels harder than writing the book
substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Poets aren’t bad at self-promotion because we’re inherently humble, but because the habits that sustain poetry have very little to do with the habits required to promote it. Promotion can feel like an assault on the inner world by the outer one.
I see the word 'cult' used a great deal these days and I feel constrained to point out that it not a useful word at least in the academic sense: it embodies a conceptual confusion between its descriptive and normative uses that is hard to untangle.
December 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I see the word 'cult' used a great deal these days and I feel constrained to point out that it not a useful word at least in the academic sense: it embodies a conceptual confusion between its descriptive and normative uses that is hard to untangle.
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Find you someone who reacts to losing you in the produce section like Orfeo losing Euridice*:
tragic devotion, wild-eyed searching, and yes—absolutely delivering the Gluck aria with full drama at full volume, right over there by the on-sale avocados.
#ClassicalMusic
*without the dire consequences
tragic devotion, wild-eyed searching, and yes—absolutely delivering the Gluck aria with full drama at full volume, right over there by the on-sale avocados.
#ClassicalMusic
*without the dire consequences
Jakub Józef Orliński sings "Che farò senza Euridice" (Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Act 3)
YouTube video by Warner Classics
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Find you someone who reacts to losing you in the produce section like Orfeo losing Euridice*:
tragic devotion, wild-eyed searching, and yes—absolutely delivering the Gluck aria with full drama at full volume, right over there by the on-sale avocados.
#ClassicalMusic
*without the dire consequences
tragic devotion, wild-eyed searching, and yes—absolutely delivering the Gluck aria with full drama at full volume, right over there by the on-sale avocados.
#ClassicalMusic
*without the dire consequences
I guess Christofellis is like the Alfred Deller of sopranists. Sounds legit but you have no one to compare him to. A falsetto voice is not really a stand in for a castrato I suppose but nor is a countertenor or a mezzo-soprano or any of the other 'solutions'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW0L...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW0L...
Aris Christofellis, Gluck, La clemenza di Tito, Sesto's aria :Se mai senti spirarti sul volto
YouTube video by baroquevoice
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I guess Christofellis is like the Alfred Deller of sopranists. Sounds legit but you have no one to compare him to. A falsetto voice is not really a stand in for a castrato I suppose but nor is a countertenor or a mezzo-soprano or any of the other 'solutions'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW0L...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW0L...
I'm old enough to have imprinted on pre-period instrument recordings of certain works. Yes, more recent recordings of Gluck are 'better' in every way. Yet they don't quite provide the same frisson.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEYu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEYu...
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice / Act 1: Chiamo il mio ben così ... Amore assisterà
YouTube video by Marilyn Horne - Topic
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I'm old enough to have imprinted on pre-period instrument recordings of certain works. Yes, more recent recordings of Gluck are 'better' in every way. Yet they don't quite provide the same frisson.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEYu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEYu...
I suspect that most casual listeners will be ok with AI generated music...it will be formulaic with no unpleasant surprises. Most people hate most music (or would if they heard it) and AI can curate styles EXACTLY for you like no human can. Then, human music will be for aficionados.
December 2, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I suspect that most casual listeners will be ok with AI generated music...it will be formulaic with no unpleasant surprises. Most people hate most music (or would if they heard it) and AI can curate styles EXACTLY for you like no human can. Then, human music will be for aficionados.
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When a poem becomes a prayer.
Siegfried Sassoon (1934)
Siegfried Sassoon (1934)
December 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
When a poem becomes a prayer.
Siegfried Sassoon (1934)
Siegfried Sassoon (1934)
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The Shuffle Demons busking at Yonge and Bloor, Toronto, 1984
#photography
#filmphotography
#believeinfilm
#filmisnotdead
#photography
#filmphotography
#believeinfilm
#filmisnotdead
December 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The Shuffle Demons busking at Yonge and Bloor, Toronto, 1984
#photography
#filmphotography
#believeinfilm
#filmisnotdead
#photography
#filmphotography
#believeinfilm
#filmisnotdead
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Happy birthday, Wm.
November 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Happy birthday, Wm.
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Solea | Miles Davis
youtu.be/fw46YV9nUps?...
youtu.be/fw46YV9nUps?...
Solea
YouTube video by Miles Davis - Topic
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Solea | Miles Davis
youtu.be/fw46YV9nUps?...
youtu.be/fw46YV9nUps?...
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In stead of sending a link to old threads every time someone uses the term "Dark Ages", I decided to put it all in an article.
Why most historians no longer use the biased misnomer “dark ages”.
Read it here:
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/25/w...
or:
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/why-most-h...
Why most historians no longer use the biased misnomer “dark ages”.
Read it here:
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/25/w...
or:
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/why-most-h...
Why most historians no longer use the biased misnomer “dark ages”
This is not YET another article on why calling the early middle ages the dark ages is iffy, it’s a list of sources & references. These days most historians no longer use the term “D…
fakehistoryhunter.net
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
In stead of sending a link to old threads every time someone uses the term "Dark Ages", I decided to put it all in an article.
Why most historians no longer use the biased misnomer “dark ages”.
Read it here:
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/25/w...
or:
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/why-most-h...
Why most historians no longer use the biased misnomer “dark ages”.
Read it here:
fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/11/25/w...
or:
fakehistoryhunter.substack.com/p/why-most-h...
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"Strange face, with your eyes
So pale and sincere.
Underneath you know well
You have nothing to fear."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4y8...
So pale and sincere.
Underneath you know well
You have nothing to fear."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4y8...
Nick Drake - Cello Song
YouTube video by SaturdaySonLiamStewart
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"Strange face, with your eyes
So pale and sincere.
Underneath you know well
You have nothing to fear."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4y8...
So pale and sincere.
Underneath you know well
You have nothing to fear."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4y8...
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Reposted by Bernard Wills
Today is Holodomor Memorial Day
holodomor mini doc
YouTube video by - hrec
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Today is Holodomor Memorial Day
I would like to give a shoutout to all those charming folk who think they can outfox those smart-ass academics by citing the dictionary! It's that easy people!
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I would like to give a shoutout to all those charming folk who think they can outfox those smart-ass academics by citing the dictionary! It's that easy people!
This is a cool record with maybe a couple weaker tracks but several bangers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf64...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf64...
Nature Boy
YouTube video by Gandalf - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This is a cool record with maybe a couple weaker tracks but several bangers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf64...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf64...
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Known as “Hurrian Hymn No. 6,” this is the oldest complete #song known to humankind.
Discovered in an excavation in northern #Syria in the 1950s & written in #cuneiform in the #Hurrian language, the song is believed to date to at least 1400 B.C.
youtu.be/h8rsnGecwPU?... 🎧
#History #Music
Discovered in an excavation in northern #Syria in the 1950s & written in #cuneiform in the #Hurrian language, the song is believed to date to at least 1400 B.C.
youtu.be/h8rsnGecwPU?... 🎧
#History #Music
The Oldest (Known) Song Ever
YouTube video by Ming
youtu.be
November 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Known as “Hurrian Hymn No. 6,” this is the oldest complete #song known to humankind.
Discovered in an excavation in northern #Syria in the 1950s & written in #cuneiform in the #Hurrian language, the song is believed to date to at least 1400 B.C.
youtu.be/h8rsnGecwPU?... 🎧
#History #Music
Discovered in an excavation in northern #Syria in the 1950s & written in #cuneiform in the #Hurrian language, the song is believed to date to at least 1400 B.C.
youtu.be/h8rsnGecwPU?... 🎧
#History #Music
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A fine poetry starter pack from @tracymar.bsky.social Please follow and repost if you can #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
November 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
A fine poetry starter pack from @tracymar.bsky.social Please follow and repost if you can #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky