Jeremy Denk
@jeremydenk.bsky.social
Pianist writer author of “every good boy does fine” nonesuch recording artist lover of many different sorts of music and New Mexican food
Pretentious reading of the day
November 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Pretentious reading of the day
a lesson in overdone music writing
November 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
a lesson in overdone music writing
this is your occasional reminder that every musician and music-lover should own and read eta hoffmann’s life and opinions of the tomcat murr (link in thread)
October 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
this is your occasional reminder that every musician and music-lover should own and read eta hoffmann’s life and opinions of the tomcat murr (link in thread)
After the storm, sf
October 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
After the storm, sf
Walking around gorgeous Portland Maine this afternoon is like ingesting concentrated essence of fall
October 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Walking around gorgeous Portland Maine this afternoon is like ingesting concentrated essence of fall
If you're going to write a bad review, you should do it in grand, slashing style ("Chernow's new biography of Twain is enormous, bland and remote--it squats over Twain's career like a McMansion" wow wow wow).
May 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
If you're going to write a bad review, you should do it in grand, slashing style ("Chernow's new biography of Twain is enormous, bland and remote--it squats over Twain's career like a McMansion" wow wow wow).
Still life: late Beethoven, coffee, sloth, capybara
May 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Still life: late Beethoven, coffee, sloth, capybara
I hate to criticize a great thinker like Edward Said, but what the f@#k is he talking about … ? op 110 is one of the most perfectly paced and designed pieces of the entire western canon
April 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I hate to criticize a great thinker like Edward Said, but what the f@#k is he talking about … ? op 110 is one of the most perfectly paced and designed pieces of the entire western canon
honestly, this is my favorite publicity photo of all time
April 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
honestly, this is my favorite publicity photo of all time
i offer you a somewhat redacted postcard from erik satie
March 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
i offer you a somewhat redacted postcard from erik satie
yet another absurd nytimes headline
March 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
yet another absurd nytimes headline
i came across this obvious error in the wikipedia article on “fugue” is anyone else as outraged as i am?
February 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
i came across this obvious error in the wikipedia article on “fugue” is anyone else as outraged as i am?
does anyone else find Romain Rolland’s description of the Appassionata Sonata a bit homoerotic?
February 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
does anyone else find Romain Rolland’s description of the Appassionata Sonata a bit homoerotic?
Sometimes you really are born to a profession
February 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Sometimes you really are born to a profession
It is hilarious and ludicrous to think that Musk’s pronouncements have any useful relationship to fact checking …
February 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It is hilarious and ludicrous to think that Musk’s pronouncements have any useful relationship to fact checking …
fascinating study findings that show men avoiding certain schools/professions because they find too many women in them
www.avma.org/javma-news/2...
www.avma.org/javma-news/2...
January 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
fascinating study findings that show men avoiding certain schools/professions because they find too many women in them
www.avma.org/javma-news/2...
www.avma.org/javma-news/2...
umm, i can think of more satisfying closures
January 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
umm, i can think of more satisfying closures
It’s been a great week for food like this astonishing pork tamale with the worlds best cascabel chile sauce which I hope makes my Brahms ever so passionate
January 27, 2025 at 10:17 PM
It’s been a great week for food like this astonishing pork tamale with the worlds best cascabel chile sauce which I hope makes my Brahms ever so passionate
On a chilly day what could call to a New Mexico boy’s soul more than a hot bowl of posole
January 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
On a chilly day what could call to a New Mexico boy’s soul more than a hot bowl of posole
yes because we really need more of those
January 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
yes because we really need more of those
