Noah Kahrs
@nkahrs.bsky.social
A music theorist studying weird things. he/him
It hadn't yet included "Puff the Magic Dragon" as the only example of iii?
November 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It hadn't yet included "Puff the Magic Dragon" as the only example of iii?
I have. It's expensive and has smallish portions (well, maybe normal by NYC standards) but the food is good and authentic and I say that having been to Georgia.
October 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I have. It's expensive and has smallish portions (well, maybe normal by NYC standards) but the food is good and authentic and I say that having been to Georgia.
The melody could make it any one of the three, excellent bait.
(Most are following the left hand, which is...the correct way.)
(Most are following the left hand, which is...the correct way.)
October 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The melody could make it any one of the three, excellent bait.
(Most are following the left hand, which is...the correct way.)
(Most are following the left hand, which is...the correct way.)
Just plain cream cheese on an untoasted poppy bagel. On principle I like lox but I am too cheap to buy it except on special occasions.
October 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Just plain cream cheese on an untoasted poppy bagel. On principle I like lox but I am too cheap to buy it except on special occasions.
Thanks so much for sharing this. I find it so interesting to think about the significance of Ardrey Auditorium here--I'd been so immersed in East Coast Classical Music circles that I'd basically taken the auditorium for granted when I was living in Flagstaff. And yet it's such a threshold place.
September 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Thanks so much for sharing this. I find it so interesting to think about the significance of Ardrey Auditorium here--I'd been so immersed in East Coast Classical Music circles that I'd basically taken the auditorium for granted when I was living in Flagstaff. And yet it's such a threshold place.
Why did you take the historical rather than "Pythagorean comma math" approach?
September 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Why did you take the historical rather than "Pythagorean comma math" approach?
ngl this is a substantial part of why I switched from composition to music theory
September 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
ngl this is a substantial part of why I switched from composition to music theory
The bathroom music there is really something too
September 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The bathroom music there is really something too
You should've seen the emails I exchanged with some librarians who threw out an entire run of journal back issues—for journals that were entirely special issues! The issues were so thematically coherent they were practically books!
August 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
You should've seen the emails I exchanged with some librarians who threw out an entire run of journal back issues—for journals that were entirely special issues! The issues were so thematically coherent they were practically books!
Good luck not melting in the heat
August 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Good luck not melting in the heat
I don't have a best, but D3 is the worst. Always so buzzy for some reason.
August 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I don't have a best, but D3 is the worst. Always so buzzy for some reason.
Without knowing specifics, I think if you do research on which galleries are Native owned, you can find something. The vendors outside the history museum are usually local and Native.
The whole situation is ethically complicated. Like, the Saïdists are the main source of income for many locals.
The whole situation is ethically complicated. Like, the Saïdists are the main source of income for many locals.
August 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Without knowing specifics, I think if you do research on which galleries are Native owned, you can find something. The vendors outside the history museum are usually local and Native.
The whole situation is ethically complicated. Like, the Saïdists are the main source of income for many locals.
The whole situation is ethically complicated. Like, the Saïdists are the main source of income for many locals.
Honestly by not having been there last weekend you're already halfway woke
More seriously, the IAIA gallery downtown is nice and very respectful.
More seriously, the IAIA gallery downtown is nice and very respectful.
August 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Honestly by not having been there last weekend you're already halfway woke
More seriously, the IAIA gallery downtown is nice and very respectful.
More seriously, the IAIA gallery downtown is nice and very respectful.
Wait a minute, you don't think sampling is an essential practice for hip-hop?
August 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Wait a minute, you don't think sampling is an essential practice for hip-hop?
Sounds like "week 6" of xkcd.com/456/ incarnate
Cautionary
xkcd.com
August 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Sounds like "week 6" of xkcd.com/456/ incarnate
[snarky comment about Detroit Lakes, possibly with misspelled all-caps]
July 31, 2025 at 2:47 AM
[snarky comment about Detroit Lakes, possibly with misspelled all-caps]
Pleiades, especially Metaux
July 1, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Pleiades, especially Metaux
YXX is past its peak now that Scoot collapsed...in its heyday there were cheap nonstops to Hamilton (YHM)!
June 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
YXX is past its peak now that Scoot collapsed...in its heyday there were cheap nonstops to Hamilton (YHM)!
Looking back at the archive of meetings (societymusictheory.org/meetings):
SMT has met in November (occasionally October) forever, just because that's when AMS meets. (Not gonna dig into AMS history.)
Only some programs list location beyond city, but university sites were a thing until the 90s!
SMT has met in November (occasionally October) forever, just because that's when AMS meets. (Not gonna dig into AMS history.)
Only some programs list location beyond city, but university sites were a thing until the 90s!
Annual Meetings of the SMT | SMT
societymusictheory.org
June 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Looking back at the archive of meetings (societymusictheory.org/meetings):
SMT has met in November (occasionally October) forever, just because that's when AMS meets. (Not gonna dig into AMS history.)
Only some programs list location beyond city, but university sites were a thing until the 90s!
SMT has met in November (occasionally October) forever, just because that's when AMS meets. (Not gonna dig into AMS history.)
Only some programs list location beyond city, but university sites were a thing until the 90s!
I mean, diagrams aside I'd probably reject him based on prose quality tbh
June 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I mean, diagrams aside I'd probably reject him based on prose quality tbh
I'd say I'm (1) and maybe (3) but definitely not (2). My own cynicism is that the supplemental materials count more than the abstract, for better or worse, so my skills with vector graphics pay off disproportionately. And this favors analyses over big picture theorizing too.
June 17, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I'd say I'm (1) and maybe (3) but definitely not (2). My own cynicism is that the supplemental materials count more than the abstract, for better or worse, so my skills with vector graphics pay off disproportionately. And this favors analyses over big picture theorizing too.
Basically opposite for me, I have like an 80% SMT accept rate and a 100% AMS reject rate
June 17, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Basically opposite for me, I have like an 80% SMT accept rate and a 100% AMS reject rate
Wait, does it really? I thought Spectrum had a pretty high "reject and submit elsewhere" rate
June 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Wait, does it really? I thought Spectrum had a pretty high "reject and submit elsewhere" rate
Interesting, I don't think of shawarma as Yemeni (compared to stews). And thanks, I'll pass this on!
June 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Interesting, I don't think of shawarma as Yemeni (compared to stews). And thanks, I'll pass this on!
Different than Yemeni, though. And said friend frequently has reasons to head west (unfortunately)
June 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Different than Yemeni, though. And said friend frequently has reasons to head west (unfortunately)