Bob K
@capt-philo.bsky.social
Amateur violinist/pianist, yogi, runner, urban explorer, concert, opera, ballet enthusiast, transit/pedestrian advocate, connoisseur of cheap bad wine, married.
F*ck Taco, Leon, Maggots!
NO Illuminati or sexy women looking for "a relationship"!
NYC, NY
F*ck Taco, Leon, Maggots!
NO Illuminati or sexy women looking for "a relationship"!
NYC, NY
November 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The moon over York Harbor, Maine, last night. Not sure if that's a waxing gibbous or waning gibbous. Anyhow, paging Caspar David Friedrich.
October 4, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The moon over York Harbor, Maine, last night. Not sure if that's a waxing gibbous or waning gibbous. Anyhow, paging Caspar David Friedrich.
Just finished Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird" - for the second time. Last read it in high school, 60+/- years ago. I barely remembered a thing. So it was almost like reading it for the first time.
Gregory Peck, in the film version, was/is Atticus Finch, at least for me.
Gregory Peck, in the film version, was/is Atticus Finch, at least for me.
August 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Just finished Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mockingbird" - for the second time. Last read it in high school, 60+/- years ago. I barely remembered a thing. So it was almost like reading it for the first time.
Gregory Peck, in the film version, was/is Atticus Finch, at least for me.
Gregory Peck, in the film version, was/is Atticus Finch, at least for me.
I'm waiting, too. But I'm not holding my breath.
August 1, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I'm waiting, too. But I'm not holding my breath.
Spinning: Haydn, 99-104, Beecham/RPO, great recordings from the late '50s - "Big Band" Haydn if you will, that still sound great today - very "unHIP", just the way I like my "classical"/baroque music played, thank you very much. Only caveat, very few of the repeats are taken, except in the minuets.
July 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Spinning: Haydn, 99-104, Beecham/RPO, great recordings from the late '50s - "Big Band" Haydn if you will, that still sound great today - very "unHIP", just the way I like my "classical"/baroque music played, thank you very much. Only caveat, very few of the repeats are taken, except in the minuets.
Here in NYC - lovely day for a subway ride.
July 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Here in NYC - lovely day for a subway ride.
Spinning, World Premiere recording, 1960, of selected works of Lili Boulanger (1893-1918), dead of TB at just 24.
Got at eBay. For once the seller didn't lie: the outer, inner sleeves, enclosed notes/texts, and most importantly the LP, are all MINT! An original pressing, too, original label. Nice.
Got at eBay. For once the seller didn't lie: the outer, inner sleeves, enclosed notes/texts, and most importantly the LP, are all MINT! An original pressing, too, original label. Nice.
July 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Spinning, World Premiere recording, 1960, of selected works of Lili Boulanger (1893-1918), dead of TB at just 24.
Got at eBay. For once the seller didn't lie: the outer, inner sleeves, enclosed notes/texts, and most importantly the LP, are all MINT! An original pressing, too, original label. Nice.
Got at eBay. For once the seller didn't lie: the outer, inner sleeves, enclosed notes/texts, and most importantly the LP, are all MINT! An original pressing, too, original label. Nice.
Just arrived in the mail, here in NY, from Sweden, Emilie Waldken's "Genom Natten" - "Through the Night" - trad Swedish and newly composed folk tunes. Great stuff. I've become a great fan of this folk music.
As I'm a CD & LP person, glad Waldken finally made a CD. Thanks! 🙏👏
As I'm a CD & LP person, glad Waldken finally made a CD. Thanks! 🙏👏
July 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Just arrived in the mail, here in NY, from Sweden, Emilie Waldken's "Genom Natten" - "Through the Night" - trad Swedish and newly composed folk tunes. Great stuff. I've become a great fan of this folk music.
As I'm a CD & LP person, glad Waldken finally made a CD. Thanks! 🙏👏
As I'm a CD & LP person, glad Waldken finally made a CD. Thanks! 🙏👏
Streamed "An Officer And A Gentleman" last night - Richard Gere, Debra Winger, Louis Gossett Jr. It's one of those films that had fallen through the cracks, for me, for years. (My wife has watched it many times.) Very much surprised - critically acclaimed all 'round. I can see why. Great film.
July 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Streamed "An Officer And A Gentleman" last night - Richard Gere, Debra Winger, Louis Gossett Jr. It's one of those films that had fallen through the cracks, for me, for years. (My wife has watched it many times.) Very much surprised - critically acclaimed all 'round. I can see why. Great film.
Finally made it to the last episode - the grand finale - of HBO's "Six Feet Under" - granted, 20 years after the fact. All I can say is WOW!
Not that my opinion matters much, but I would rate it one of the best TV/Cable series of all time!
Not that my opinion matters much, but I would rate it one of the best TV/Cable series of all time!
July 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Finally made it to the last episode - the grand finale - of HBO's "Six Feet Under" - granted, 20 years after the fact. All I can say is WOW!
Not that my opinion matters much, but I would rate it one of the best TV/Cable series of all time!
Not that my opinion matters much, but I would rate it one of the best TV/Cable series of all time!
Spinning, the Emerson Quartet playing DSCH quartets, specifically his last two, nos 14 & 15. Grim, sombre stuff - about how I'm often feeling these days.
Nice having all the DSCH quartets in one handy, dandy little box, with paper sleeves, none of those f*cking jewel boxes, thank you very much.
Nice having all the DSCH quartets in one handy, dandy little box, with paper sleeves, none of those f*cking jewel boxes, thank you very much.
July 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Spinning, the Emerson Quartet playing DSCH quartets, specifically his last two, nos 14 & 15. Grim, sombre stuff - about how I'm often feeling these days.
Nice having all the DSCH quartets in one handy, dandy little box, with paper sleeves, none of those f*cking jewel boxes, thank you very much.
Nice having all the DSCH quartets in one handy, dandy little box, with paper sleeves, none of those f*cking jewel boxes, thank you very much.
Spinning for lunch, Classic Railroad Songs - a compilation from Smithsonian Folkways. Maybe not everyone's cuppa tea, (Hey, I'm a train guy!) but this is certainly a who's who of folk / blues singers / groups from the 1930s to 1960s.
July 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Spinning for lunch, Classic Railroad Songs - a compilation from Smithsonian Folkways. Maybe not everyone's cuppa tea, (Hey, I'm a train guy!) but this is certainly a who's who of folk / blues singers / groups from the 1930s to 1960s.
I'll need to check that one out. I was listening to this Emilia Amper CD earlier:
July 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I'll need to check that one out. I was listening to this Emilia Amper CD earlier:
Because this picture doesn't really exist, do NOT share it! 😜
July 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Because this picture doesn't really exist, do NOT share it! 😜
Yeah, as Americans, we'll just have to sit this out. There's the midterms in '26, and there's a damned good chance the Dems will take back The House, maybe even The Senate. Also, we can hope that nature does her work. I doubt if The Orange Turd is in the best of health. This too shall pass...
July 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Yeah, as Americans, we'll just have to sit this out. There's the midterms in '26, and there's a damned good chance the Dems will take back The House, maybe even The Senate. Also, we can hope that nature does her work. I doubt if The Orange Turd is in the best of health. This too shall pass...
Not part of my Met subscription. So I just bought myself a separate ticket for Tristan & Isolde, in the coming '25-'26 season. I actually was able to get my regular subscription seat: Balcony, Row A, on an aisle. How cool is that.
Looking forward to seeing Lise Davidsen as the new Isolde.
Looking forward to seeing Lise Davidsen as the new Isolde.
July 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Not part of my Met subscription. So I just bought myself a separate ticket for Tristan & Isolde, in the coming '25-'26 season. I actually was able to get my regular subscription seat: Balcony, Row A, on an aisle. How cool is that.
Looking forward to seeing Lise Davidsen as the new Isolde.
Looking forward to seeing Lise Davidsen as the new Isolde.
At the Music Box, saw Sarah Snook (Shiv of Succession fame) in the consistently Sold-Out tour-de-force one woman show of Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray". Wonderfully well done mixed media sort of thing, with Snook interacting with numerous videos of herself. Brava! Catch it if you can.
June 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
At the Music Box, saw Sarah Snook (Shiv of Succession fame) in the consistently Sold-Out tour-de-force one woman show of Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray". Wonderfully well done mixed media sort of thing, with Snook interacting with numerous videos of herself. Brava! Catch it if you can.
Spinning today: Tchaikovsky 4-5-6, Klemperer. Hadn't listened to these for years. Didn't like Klemp here. But he's grown on me. T6, particularly, is monumentally harrowing.
Still have the original vinyl - on Angel here in the US - nice 3LP box, with the red naugahyde spine indicating stereo. HA!
Still have the original vinyl - on Angel here in the US - nice 3LP box, with the red naugahyde spine indicating stereo. HA!
June 7, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Spinning today: Tchaikovsky 4-5-6, Klemperer. Hadn't listened to these for years. Didn't like Klemp here. But he's grown on me. T6, particularly, is monumentally harrowing.
Still have the original vinyl - on Angel here in the US - nice 3LP box, with the red naugahyde spine indicating stereo. HA!
Still have the original vinyl - on Angel here in the US - nice 3LP box, with the red naugahyde spine indicating stereo. HA!
In 'Murica, this Memorial Day, aka Decoration Day:
May 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
In 'Murica, this Memorial Day, aka Decoration Day: