there are pianists today who are fine writers, but when will we ever again see two giants of the age discussing such granularities of interpretation in a general-audience forum? we must treasure and cherish András Schiff

also an essayist of remarkable erudition and insight. sometimes think about his exchange with Charles Rosen in the NYRB over the direction “poi a poi di nuovo vivente” in Op. 110: www.nybooks.com/articles/199...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=epBQ... pianist here is Veronica Jochum, emerita of NEC, who’s been recording Clara Schumann for decades

also her father was Eugen Jochum and she was married to Willo von Moltke. yes, that Moltke

been listening to this on repeat for the last fifteen minutes. just astounding

from www.esm.rochester.edu/integral/36-...

did I look up how to Bluebook French administrative law decisions to make this dumb joke? that’s for me to know

Bruno Latour would be thrilled

intitulatio, promulgation, narratio (press release), business section, dating clause; it’s all still there

Rheingold à la cabaret…though there’s a sense in which a profoundly unserious Wagner parody gets too close to Herbert Windt for comfort…

again, it isn't neoliberalism to say this process sucks shit. a socialist bureaucracy should be legible and efficient not least because that's how you actually get regulations followed

good to see you here