Kevin Laskey
@klaskeymusic.bsky.social
Composer, percussionist, and lover of megamixes. Teaching music theory at NYU Steinhardt.
You will be visited by 3 spirits
December 9, 2025 at 4:29 AM
You will be visited by 3 spirits
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“The Daily Nebraskan found in the leaked spreadsheet that every program eliminated appeared to be profitable…every program that the chancellor proposed eliminating generated more money from tuition dollars than the department costs to run”
December 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“The Daily Nebraskan found in the leaked spreadsheet that every program eliminated appeared to be profitable…every program that the chancellor proposed eliminating generated more money from tuition dollars than the department costs to run”
Greatest fusion album of the 80s?
December 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Greatest fusion album of the 80s?
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Featuring:
– An Alma Mahler Labubu
– The Britten Seaside Trauma snow globe
– “Fratres” for Cats
– The “Anna Netrebko Accountability” Advent Calendar
– Lush’s “Shostakovich Panic Attack” bath bomb
– An Alma Mahler Labubu
– The Britten Seaside Trauma snow globe
– “Fratres” for Cats
– The “Anna Netrebko Accountability” Advent Calendar
– Lush’s “Shostakovich Panic Attack” bath bomb
The Ultimate Classical Music Gift Guide for the Terminally Online and Historically-Burdened
Because we've all read too much music theory to be merry.
www.criticaldrift.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Featuring:
– An Alma Mahler Labubu
– The Britten Seaside Trauma snow globe
– “Fratres” for Cats
– The “Anna Netrebko Accountability” Advent Calendar
– Lush’s “Shostakovich Panic Attack” bath bomb
– An Alma Mahler Labubu
– The Britten Seaside Trauma snow globe
– “Fratres” for Cats
– The “Anna Netrebko Accountability” Advent Calendar
– Lush’s “Shostakovich Panic Attack” bath bomb
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if Mississippi State is gonna have an edge rusher named Sylla they should have a defensive tackle named Charibdys
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
if Mississippi State is gonna have an edge rusher named Sylla they should have a defensive tackle named Charibdys
This is totally self-centered, but one of the reasons I’m loving the new Mountain Goats so much is that the colors and textures sound like my first attempts at serious composing in college. It has that magical, quixotic “let’s put on a show” energy.
November 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
This is totally self-centered, but one of the reasons I’m loving the new Mountain Goats so much is that the colors and textures sound like my first attempts at serious composing in college. It has that magical, quixotic “let’s put on a show” energy.
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Last time I checked, a $140,000 income in the US is 4th quintile, meaning 3/5 of Americans earn below the poverty line by 1960s standard of living. 😰
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Last time I checked, a $140,000 income in the US is 4th quintile, meaning 3/5 of Americans earn below the poverty line by 1960s standard of living. 😰
Bluesky’s official song of the day: youtu.be/DuQMZjjAM1Y?...
The I Like Pie Song
YouTube video by Kate McGarry - Topic
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Bluesky’s official song of the day: youtu.be/DuQMZjjAM1Y?...
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New interview with the Messthetics on the humbling and inspiring experience of covering Sonny Sharrock's 'Ask the Ages' in full, which they'll do again on Friday in D.C., along with James Brandon Lewis: darkforcesswing.substack.com/p/like-tryin...
'Like Trying to Get to Saturn': The Messthetics on Covering Sonny Sharrock's 'Ask the Ages'
Ahead of a full-album cover show with frequent collaborator James Brandon Lewis, the genre-blending trio discusses adapting and inhabiting the 1991 avant-jazz classic
darkforcesswing.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New interview with the Messthetics on the humbling and inspiring experience of covering Sonny Sharrock's 'Ask the Ages' in full, which they'll do again on Friday in D.C., along with James Brandon Lewis: darkforcesswing.substack.com/p/like-tryin...
Pluribus - EP Vince Gilligan - 2025
With a new grant from the National Science Foundation, researchers from University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Princeton University are exploring how to use bacteria to power artificial intelligence: https://bit.ly/47UYCb2
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Pluribus - EP Vince Gilligan - 2025
They also happened to be my 4-month-old’s first live concert!
Banjo, harp and drums meet in the BEATrio, where Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda and Antonio Sánchez explore a sound they never planned to create. Hear how the trio first came together. n.pr/3KfLFj9
Three is not a crowd: Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda and Antonio Sánchez are BEATrio
Banjo, harp and drums meet in the BEATrio, where Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda and Antonio Sánchez explore a sound they never planned to create. Hear how the trio first came together.
n.pr
November 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
They also happened to be my 4-month-old’s first live concert!
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AI is going to use up all of our power and water, and all because tech bros are upset that no matter how much money they have, they will never have artistic talent. Why couldn’t they just invest in a Broadway show like normal rich people
November 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
AI is going to use up all of our power and water, and all because tech bros are upset that no matter how much money they have, they will never have artistic talent. Why couldn’t they just invest in a Broadway show like normal rich people
Upon showing this to my wife, she says: “This is my personality.”
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Upon showing this to my wife, she says: “This is my personality.”
This is a good excuse to mention how I saw a beautiful pit mix in Washington Square and gave him a big grin before almost running into his human, Justin Theroux.
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This is a good excuse to mention how I saw a beautiful pit mix in Washington Square and gave him a big grin before almost running into his human, Justin Theroux.
Wore number 9 on the Mets in 1996 = fan for life (or cursed for life)
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Wore number 9 on the Mets in 1996 = fan for life (or cursed for life)
Gotta say, I made a pretty banger soundtrack for this cover: music.apple.com/us/album/ano...
November 5, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Gotta say, I made a pretty banger soundtrack for this cover: music.apple.com/us/album/ano...
Ok - 2nd and 3rd, and there’s a single. 1st runner scores and 2nd is thrown out so we play more.
November 2, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Ok - 2nd and 3rd, and there’s a single. 1st runner scores and 2nd is thrown out so we play more.
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of all of obits for Jack DeJohnette that I've read, this one might be the most poignant. we already knew he was a once-in-a-lifetime-level musician. sounds like he was also a true mensch
Jazz legend and Woodstock resident Jack DeJohnette dies at 83 - Hudson Valley One
Time signature…
hudsonvalleyone.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
of all of obits for Jack DeJohnette that I've read, this one might be the most poignant. we already knew he was a once-in-a-lifetime-level musician. sounds like he was also a true mensch
Among many other accomplishments, Jack DeJohnette authored my favorite drum fill ever:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iAT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iAT...
Two Folk Songs
YouTube video by Pat Metheny - Topic
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Among many other accomplishments, Jack DeJohnette authored my favorite drum fill ever:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iAT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iAT...
Hey! Thanks for this deep dive on my wife’s and my first dance song!
I happen to work with two of my favorite Thinkers About Music: @annkpowers.bsky.social and @artsorority.bsky.social. Lo and behold, they have a new @npr.org podcast together!
(This episode's free. The rest will be on NPR Music+, which costs a nice cup of tea/month.)
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
(This episode's free. The rest will be on NPR Music+, which costs a nice cup of tea/month.)
www.npr.org/2025/10/23/n...
“I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)” by Stevie Wonder : All Songs Considered
This is the first episode of a new series on All Songs Considered, hosted by NPR Music critic Ann Powers and editor Daoud Tyler-Ameen. Most of what you hear on All Songs is focused on new music, but n...
www.npr.org
October 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Hey! Thanks for this deep dive on my wife’s and my first dance song!
This is the name of a Task/Mare of Easttown satire show
October 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This is the name of a Task/Mare of Easttown satire show
Fuck. I was literally teaching about Voodoo and microtiming last week.
Oh man, not D’Angelo. 💔😔
October 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Fuck. I was literally teaching about Voodoo and microtiming last week.
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The new Springsteen movie but it’s about Ween making “Chocolate and Cheese” and yes Rob and I will be playing Dean and Gene.
October 13, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The new Springsteen movie but it’s about Ween making “Chocolate and Cheese” and yes Rob and I will be playing Dean and Gene.
The Iowa Baseball Confederacy, by WP Kinsella (1986)
It is October 2028. The Seattle Mariners and Detroit Tigers are still playing the divisional round playoff game that began in 2025. The rest of the MLB decided to continue on without them and start a whole new league.
October 11, 2025 at 4:43 AM
The Iowa Baseball Confederacy, by WP Kinsella (1986)