Efrex
@efrex.bsky.social
Father of 4, Orthodox Jew, Liberal Zionist (probably doesn’t mean what you think it does), ADHD, straight musical theater queen, tired. Posting barbershop quartet content until the timeline improves…
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Today’s barbershop content: GQ, possibly the most versatile quartet on the planet, doing an impromptu performance for gospel legends the Fairfield Four:
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GQ - Crabbuckit (special impromptu performance for The Fairfield Four) [k-os cover]
YouTube video by Barbershop Harmony Society
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November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Today’s barbershop content: GQ, possibly the most versatile quartet on the planet, doing an impromptu performance for gospel legends the Fairfield Four:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=EZzF...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=EZzF...
Today’s barbershop clip: the Hot Air Buffoons were never a great technical quartet (although their bass was a former champion), but they had fun. The “four clap” gag never fails to crack me up:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Qu...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Qu...
Hot Air Buffoons - Cecilia
YouTube video by Barbershop Harmony Society
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November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Today’s barbershop clip: the Hot Air Buffoons were never a great technical quartet (although their bass was a former champion), but they had fun. The “four clap” gag never fails to crack me up:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Qu...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Qu...
This podcast is so obscenely good, I can’t even begin to find the words. Been slowly working my way through the back catalog, but decided to give the most recent one a listen, and it’s an absolute gem. Hickey’s combination of knowledge, sensitivity, and enthusiasm is unparalleled.
New episode just rolled out!
We’ve covered Tina; now it’s time for the steady, bluesy original. Andrew looks at “Proud Mary” and the brief but productive career of Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Available to listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and via Andrew’s website: 500songs.com/podcast/2714/
We’ve covered Tina; now it’s time for the steady, bluesy original. Andrew looks at “Proud Mary” and the brief but productive career of Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Available to listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and via Andrew’s website: 500songs.com/podcast/2714/
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This podcast is so obscenely good, I can’t even begin to find the words. Been slowly working my way through the back catalog, but decided to give the most recent one a listen, and it’s an absolute gem. Hickey’s combination of knowledge, sensitivity, and enthusiasm is unparalleled.
“Don’t put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That’s why they’re called revolutions.”
— Terry Pratchett, Night Watch
— Terry Pratchett, Night Watch
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
“Don’t put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That’s why they’re called revolutions.”
— Terry Pratchett, Night Watch
— Terry Pratchett, Night Watch
Today’s BHS performance for you. It may not be traditional barbershop, but if you care about that for more than a second, I fear for your soul:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ehXy...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ehXy...
Signature - Midnight Train to Georgia (Gladys Knight & the Pips cover)
YouTube video by Barbershop Harmony Society
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November 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Today’s BHS performance for you. It may not be traditional barbershop, but if you care about that for more than a second, I fear for your soul:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ehXy...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=ehXy...
If your criteria for “who is a ‘good Jew’” include “what political positions do they hold,” or if you believe that victims of antisemitism only deserve sympathy if they share your political viewpoints, then you have made politics your religion.
Don’t do that.
Don’t do that.
October 31, 2025 at 12:57 PM
If your criteria for “who is a ‘good Jew’” include “what political positions do they hold,” or if you believe that victims of antisemitism only deserve sympathy if they share your political viewpoints, then you have made politics your religion.
Don’t do that.
Don’t do that.
Continuing to post barbershop content until I see better stuff in my timeline…
Here’s the “Who’s on First?” of barbershop comedy: FRED’s “I Got Rhythm.” If you’re not laughing, you have no soul:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=2GZU...
Here’s the “Who’s on First?” of barbershop comedy: FRED’s “I Got Rhythm.” If you’re not laughing, you have no soul:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=2GZU...
FRED - I Got Rhythm
YouTube video by Barbershop Harmony Society
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October 31, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Continuing to post barbershop content until I see better stuff in my timeline…
Here’s the “Who’s on First?” of barbershop comedy: FRED’s “I Got Rhythm.” If you’re not laughing, you have no soul:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=2GZU...
Here’s the “Who’s on First?” of barbershop comedy: FRED’s “I Got Rhythm.” If you’re not laughing, you have no soul:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=2GZU...
Okay, more barbershop content it is…
Sunday Night Social is very quickly becoming one of my favorite quartets. Love this rendition of a song that I know from Mandy Patinkin’s hyperactive version.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=q30c...
Sunday Night Social is very quickly becoming one of my favorite quartets. Love this rendition of a song that I know from Mandy Patinkin’s hyperactive version.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=q30c...
Sunday Night Social • Coffee In A Cardboard Cup (from 70, Girls, 70) • 2025 Quartet Finals
YouTube video by Barbershop Harmony Society
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October 31, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Okay, more barbershop content it is…
Sunday Night Social is very quickly becoming one of my favorite quartets. Love this rendition of a song that I know from Mandy Patinkin’s hyperactive version.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=q30c...
Sunday Night Social is very quickly becoming one of my favorite quartets. Love this rendition of a song that I know from Mandy Patinkin’s hyperactive version.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=q30c...
Ignoring the journalistic malpractice of the headline, I found this conversation to be quite worthwhile. Don’t have to agree with either side to appreciate the discussion:
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The Israeli Right’s Plan to Carve Up Gaza
Podcast Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 10/28/2025 · 1h 8m
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October 28, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Ignoring the journalistic malpractice of the headline, I found this conversation to be quite worthwhile. Don’t have to agree with either side to appreciate the discussion:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
I warned ya: if you don’t make the news better, Imma keep posting barbershop quartet stuff.
Somehow I missed this when it was performed a few years back. A gorgeous song from a gorgeous score, given a fantastic arrangement & performance by an insanely talented quartet:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Olc...
Somehow I missed this when it was performed a few years back. A gorgeous song from a gorgeous score, given a fantastic arrangement & performance by an insanely talented quartet:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Olc...
First Take - A Bit of Earth [from The Secret Garden]
YouTube video by Barbershop Harmony Society
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October 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I warned ya: if you don’t make the news better, Imma keep posting barbershop quartet stuff.
Somehow I missed this when it was performed a few years back. A gorgeous song from a gorgeous score, given a fantastic arrangement & performance by an insanely talented quartet:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Olc...
Somehow I missed this when it was performed a few years back. A gorgeous song from a gorgeous score, given a fantastic arrangement & performance by an insanely talented quartet:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Olc...
Dave Brubek
Indigo Girls
Tom Lehrer
Abie Rotenberg
Rush
Safam
Naomi Shemer
Stephen Sondheim
Indigo Girls
Tom Lehrer
Abie Rotenberg
Rush
Safam
Naomi Shemer
Stephen Sondheim
Define your music taste in eight artists:
They Might be Giants
Vampire Weekend
Stephen Sondheim
Barenaked Ladies
Guster
Warren Zevon
Daniel Zaitchik
Erasure
They Might be Giants
Vampire Weekend
Stephen Sondheim
Barenaked Ladies
Guster
Warren Zevon
Daniel Zaitchik
Erasure
Define your music taste in eight artists:
The Killers
The Beastie Boys
Paramore
Tyler, The Creator
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
Scene Queen
Chappell Roan
My Chemical Romance
The Killers
The Beastie Boys
Paramore
Tyler, The Creator
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
Scene Queen
Chappell Roan
My Chemical Romance
October 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Dave Brubek
Indigo Girls
Tom Lehrer
Abie Rotenberg
Rush
Safam
Naomi Shemer
Stephen Sondheim
Indigo Girls
Tom Lehrer
Abie Rotenberg
Rush
Safam
Naomi Shemer
Stephen Sondheim
If we could not have any more young people in my life die from cancer, that would be just f*in’ peachy, y’know?
October 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
If we could not have any more young people in my life die from cancer, that would be just f*in’ peachy, y’know?
Is it too much to ask for both?
What I don't have in experience, I make up for in integrity.
And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.
And what Andrew Cuomo lacks in integrity, he could never make up for with experience.
October 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Is it too much to ask for both?
Until my feed gets less depressing, I’m gonna post barbershop quartet videos to cheer me up. Fortunately, the Barbershop Harmony Society had enough to last me for a really long time. Here’s a stupidly funny gag from “high, loud, and buzzing” masters First Take:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=b4eW...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=b4eW...
First Take • A Cup Of Coffee, A Sandwich And You • 2025 Quartet Semifinals
YouTube video by Barbershop Harmony Society
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September 21, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Until my feed gets less depressing, I’m gonna post barbershop quartet videos to cheer me up. Fortunately, the Barbershop Harmony Society had enough to last me for a really long time. Here’s a stupidly funny gag from “high, loud, and buzzing” masters First Take:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=b4eW...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=b4eW...
My current favorite performance. Arranged and performed with deceptive simplicity and brilliance. So damn good:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=oem8...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=oem8...
September 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
My current favorite performance. Arranged and performed with deceptive simplicity and brilliance. So damn good:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=oem8...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=oem8...
Okay, everyone. Stop the doomscrolling, and take three hours to enjoy some obscenely fantastic barbershop singing. After you find your favorite groups, you can go down a rabbit hole of their past performances. It’s better than whatever else you’re looking at, I promise:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=L1aD...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=L1aD...
2025 International Denver Quartet Finals Rebroadcast
YouTube video by Barbershop Harmony Society
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September 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Okay, everyone. Stop the doomscrolling, and take three hours to enjoy some obscenely fantastic barbershop singing. After you find your favorite groups, you can go down a rabbit hole of their past performances. It’s better than whatever else you’re looking at, I promise:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=L1aD...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=L1aD...
First time taking one of @rokhl.bsky.social ‘s classes and enjoyed it greatly. If you’ve got the time and a few bucks to spare, consider learning a bit…
"Rooster in the Cradle" is my new class on the Evil Eye in Ashkenazi (and world) culture. When I ran it the first time in May, I had people saying things like, "My life is being explained by this class!"
I can't explain everything, but I promise there will be at least a few great "a-HA" moments 🧿
I can't explain everything, but I promise there will be at least a few great "a-HA" moments 🧿
August 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
First time taking one of @rokhl.bsky.social ‘s classes and enjoyed it greatly. If you’ve got the time and a few bucks to spare, consider learning a bit…
There are people online who firmly believe that political candidates who share with 80% of their preferences are not worth voting for when running against candidates who share 0% of them, and I really don’t get it…
August 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
There are people online who firmly believe that political candidates who share with 80% of their preferences are not worth voting for when running against candidates who share 0% of them, and I really don’t get it…
May The Good Lord bless the person who decided that the NJ rest stop midway between my home and Lakewood should be the Jon Bon Jovi one, so that each time we pass it, The Lovely Wife(tm) and I can belt out “We’re halfway there” and annoy the snot out of the kids…
August 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
May The Good Lord bless the person who decided that the NJ rest stop midway between my home and Lakewood should be the Jon Bon Jovi one, so that each time we pass it, The Lovely Wife(tm) and I can belt out “We’re halfway there” and annoy the snot out of the kids…
Gave blood yesterday for the first time in a few months. I don’t believe I noticed it last time, but the pre-donation questionnaire has FINALLY been updated to remove any reference to same-sex activity as a risk factor. If you can give blood, please do so…
August 8, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Gave blood yesterday for the first time in a few months. I don’t believe I noticed it last time, but the pre-donation questionnaire has FINALLY been updated to remove any reference to same-sex activity as a risk factor. If you can give blood, please do so…
A diagnostic questionnaire used to evaluate the severity of nasal problems is officially known as the Sino-Nasal Outcome Test or SNOT. Not sure if I should giggle or be disappointed…
July 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
A diagnostic questionnaire used to evaluate the severity of nasal problems is officially known as the Sino-Nasal Outcome Test or SNOT. Not sure if I should giggle or be disappointed…
For those who might not have heard it: here’s a BBC “desert island music” interview with Tom Lehrer from 1980. Not at all surprising that we have a few overlaps:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Tom Lehrer
Podcast Episode · Desert Island Discs · 07/12/1980 · 30m
podcasts.apple.com
July 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
For those who might not have heard it: here’s a BBC “desert island music” interview with Tom Lehrer from 1980. Not at all surprising that we have a few overlaps:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...