Brigid Kaelin
@brigidkaelin.bsky.social
I have a lot of weird skills.
Musician. Artist. Author. musicalsaw,accordion.piano.yodeler.🎀survivor.
Musician. Artist. Author. musicalsaw,accordion.piano.yodeler.🎀survivor.
I need a piece of gear I can only get on shelbyville road but uuuuuugh it’s that awful shopping time of the year, so I will get out a hammer and nails or build what I need out of LEGO before I will cross the park to that road
November 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I need a piece of gear I can only get on shelbyville road but uuuuuugh it’s that awful shopping time of the year, so I will get out a hammer and nails or build what I need out of LEGO before I will cross the park to that road
I am enjoying the fact that I have been posting videos about whatever I want to talk about, and it’s been … good for my career! Decades of music folks telling me to “tone it down” and “stop being your quirky self” does a number on the soul. It’s nice to have some wins being myself.
November 26, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I am enjoying the fact that I have been posting videos about whatever I want to talk about, and it’s been … good for my career! Decades of music folks telling me to “tone it down” and “stop being your quirky self” does a number on the soul. It’s nice to have some wins being myself.
My 13-year-old took a sick day today … and by lunchtime he had taught himself the mandolin part of STONEHENGE! (prior to this morning, he did not play the mandolin🤣)
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
My 13-year-old took a sick day today … and by lunchtime he had taught himself the mandolin part of STONEHENGE! (prior to this morning, he did not play the mandolin🤣)
If you’d like to hear two creative people sit down and talk about Shakespeare and Taylor Swift to each other for 90 minutes, voilà!
youtu.be/LGJjvMU8S-w
youtu.be/LGJjvMU8S-w
A Shakespeare Dramaturg Talks Ophelia to a Taylor Swift Music Theorist
YouTube video by Brigid Kaelin
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November 23, 2025 at 1:37 PM
If you’d like to hear two creative people sit down and talk about Shakespeare and Taylor Swift to each other for 90 minutes, voilà!
youtu.be/LGJjvMU8S-w
youtu.be/LGJjvMU8S-w
Also, hi bluesky, are you there 🤣 I’ve been posting elsewhere bc no one ever sees my posts over here
November 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Also, hi bluesky, are you there 🤣 I’ve been posting elsewhere bc no one ever sees my posts over here
I haven’t had a nighttime weekend gig in a month, and it is AMAZING to have a weekend! I don’t think I’ve … ever had regular weekends.. like, ever???
November 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I haven’t had a nighttime weekend gig in a month, and it is AMAZING to have a weekend! I don’t think I’ve … ever had regular weekends.. like, ever???
Ah the typical debate whether to treat my symptoms or suffer until I can get an actual doctor appointment to prove to them that the symptoms exist
November 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Ah the typical debate whether to treat my symptoms or suffer until I can get an actual doctor appointment to prove to them that the symptoms exist
The One Where I Force an Unassuming Friend to Talk About Taylor Swift With Me:
youtu.be/jh8PqORImkA?...
youtu.be/jh8PqORImkA?...
Taylor Swift x Shakespeare: Dramaturg Reveals the Secrets in “The Fate of Ophelia”
YouTube video by Brigid Kaelin
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The One Where I Force an Unassuming Friend to Talk About Taylor Swift With Me:
youtu.be/jh8PqORImkA?...
youtu.be/jh8PqORImkA?...
I have never understood why health care costs haven’t sparked the revolution in this country. But my family’s premiums alone next year will be almost $30k and the deductible another $10k. I do not know how we will do anything except pay for health care and work.
November 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I have never understood why health care costs haven’t sparked the revolution in this country. But my family’s premiums alone next year will be almost $30k and the deductible another $10k. I do not know how we will do anything except pay for health care and work.
Played a super fun gig last night with Dan Bern, but played through an arthritis flare-up in my finger joints and have been paying for it all day today 😭😭😭
November 14, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Played a super fun gig last night with Dan Bern, but played through an arthritis flare-up in my finger joints and have been paying for it all day today 😭😭😭
Good news, neighbors! Graham plays the bagpipes, and he has to practice outside. Sorrynotsorry.
November 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Good news, neighbors! Graham plays the bagpipes, and he has to practice outside. Sorrynotsorry.
Haha i just googled "who is the best musical saw player in the world" and i'm feeling pretty chuffed about the results
November 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Haha i just googled "who is the best musical saw player in the world" and i'm feeling pretty chuffed about the results
Goodnight until spring. I shall be under a weighted blanket.
November 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Goodnight until spring. I shall be under a weighted blanket.
Anyway… fun to see some good folks at the Kentucky Book Festival today. Met many other authors; only spent $65 on books. Talked about my book. Fun day… but I am super peopled out and crawling in bed now goodnight! 🙃
November 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Anyway… fun to see some good folks at the Kentucky Book Festival today. Met many other authors; only spent $65 on books. Talked about my book. Fun day… but I am super peopled out and crawling in bed now goodnight! 🙃
Still don’t understand Bluesky
November 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Still don’t understand Bluesky
My GenX eldest daughter energy got nerdy about the piano part in this song;) This video is going nuts on TikTok right now, but only has double-digit views on YouTube. The internet is so weird!
youtu.be/f9mU2eHwqLY?...
youtu.be/f9mU2eHwqLY?...
Eldest Daughter: The Hidden Chord That Makes You Feel Everything
YouTube video by Brigid Kaelin
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 1:11 AM
My GenX eldest daughter energy got nerdy about the piano part in this song;) This video is going nuts on TikTok right now, but only has double-digit views on YouTube. The internet is so weird!
youtu.be/f9mU2eHwqLY?...
youtu.be/f9mU2eHwqLY?...
A few years ago I used to trick Steve Cooley into coming over to make musical saw and banjo videos - he is such a good sport :) Musical Saw & Banjo "Time After Time"
youtu.be/aT37lIaHi-s
youtu.be/aT37lIaHi-s
Musical Saw & Banjo "Time After Time" cover by Brigid Kaelin & Steve Cooley
YouTube video by Brigid Kaelin
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
A few years ago I used to trick Steve Cooley into coming over to make musical saw and banjo videos - he is such a good sport :) Musical Saw & Banjo "Time After Time"
youtu.be/aT37lIaHi-s
youtu.be/aT37lIaHi-s
Reposted by Brigid Kaelin
"By remodeling the White House, the president is declaring, both literally and symbolically, that what was once the people’s house now belongs to him and his MAGA movement. And it’s becoming increasingly clear that he has no intention of ever leaving it." @salon.com www.salon.com/2025/10/28/t...
Trump's bulldozer is aimed at more than the White House
The president has a third term — and American democracy — in his sights
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October 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"By remodeling the White House, the president is declaring, both literally and symbolically, that what was once the people’s house now belongs to him and his MAGA movement. And it’s becoming increasingly clear that he has no intention of ever leaving it." @salon.com www.salon.com/2025/10/28/t...
This video has had me in stitches for days 😂
I was playing the musical saw on TT, when someone decided to comment on my unshaven armpits ... so I turned it into an art tutorial with a dose of feminism.
I was playing the musical saw on TT, when someone decided to comment on my unshaven armpits ... so I turned it into an art tutorial with a dose of feminism.
Armpit ART Tutorial: making positive out of negative space (a real art lesson with a message!)
YouTube video by Brigid Kaelin
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This video has had me in stitches for days 😂
I was playing the musical saw on TT, when someone decided to comment on my unshaven armpits ... so I turned it into an art tutorial with a dose of feminism.
I was playing the musical saw on TT, when someone decided to comment on my unshaven armpits ... so I turned it into an art tutorial with a dose of feminism.
just having fun nerding out on music theory over on the youtubes
Do I Really Need to Learn Scales? (Musician Explains Why It Actually Matters)
YouTube video by Brigid Kaelin
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
just having fun nerding out on music theory over on the youtubes
Also, Hi. I gave up on BlueSky because no one ever saw my posts here. But the same posts would literally do 1 million views on the other apps... but also those other apps are whack. So hi? Again? For now? Fool me once...
October 20, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Also, Hi. I gave up on BlueSky because no one ever saw my posts here. But the same posts would literally do 1 million views on the other apps... but also those other apps are whack. So hi? Again? For now? Fool me once...
Got into lots of public discussions about chord theory in pop music over the past 2 weeks, and i have loved most of it. The biggest question i got was 'what do musicians mean when they say things like, "go to the 4"' ... so i made a long-form youtube explaining it: youtu.be/9qpuMAjwMl0?...
What Musicians Mean by 1-5-6-4 (& Other Number Progressions) | Understanding Nashville Number System
YouTube video by Brigid Kaelin
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October 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Got into lots of public discussions about chord theory in pop music over the past 2 weeks, and i have loved most of it. The biggest question i got was 'what do musicians mean when they say things like, "go to the 4"' ... so i made a long-form youtube explaining it: youtu.be/9qpuMAjwMl0?...
Do people watch youtubes from this here bluesky? posting this for a test ... youtube.com/shorts/LA2fk...
I like to play piano upside down bc I am super normal, nothing to see here, move along now…🙃🤣🌈😜
YouTube video by Brigid Kaelin
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October 20, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Do people watch youtubes from this here bluesky? posting this for a test ... youtube.com/shorts/LA2fk...
Perhaps you needed to hear some Jesus Christ Superstar performed on the musical saw today? I dunno, maybe not...
“I Don’t Know How to Love Him” Jesus Christ Superstar by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber on the Musical saw
YouTube video by Brigid Kaelin
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August 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Perhaps you needed to hear some Jesus Christ Superstar performed on the musical saw today? I dunno, maybe not...
Reposted by Brigid Kaelin
Being potentially barred from voting in the future wasn't among the many reasons why I easily dismissed the idea of changing my last name to my husband's, but here we are. www.salon.com/2025/02/21/a...
"Another barrier": GOP "voter fraud" proposal could make it harder for married women to vote
Critics say the SAVE Act could make it hard for women who have changed their name to prove they are eligible voters
www.salon.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Being potentially barred from voting in the future wasn't among the many reasons why I easily dismissed the idea of changing my last name to my husband's, but here we are. www.salon.com/2025/02/21/a...