Chris Ten Eyck
@someguymetrowest.bsky.social
classical & jazz enthusiast and committed community orchestra player. Find us at wellesleysymphony.org
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There's more to sleigh bells than you think! Get the inside scoop.
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Let's talk about Sleigh Bells . . .
It's not easy to play the sleigh bells. Take it from percussionist Harry Woodell.SleighBells_v3_titleslides.movSee the results of his dedicated practicing (and the rest of the Wellesley Symphony Orche...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
There's more to sleigh bells than you think! Get the inside scoop.
www.wellesleysymphony.org/post/let-s-t...
www.wellesleysymphony.org/post/let-s-t...
NYT feature (9/4) on Wayne Shorter. Shorter's wife , Carolina, 'said that he often composed with TV news playing in the background. When visiting collaborators would ask if he wouldn’t prefer a more tranquil work environment, he would reply, “No, I need to know what I’m writing the antidote for.”'
September 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
NYT feature (9/4) on Wayne Shorter. Shorter's wife , Carolina, 'said that he often composed with TV news playing in the background. When visiting collaborators would ask if he wouldn’t prefer a more tranquil work environment, he would reply, “No, I need to know what I’m writing the antidote for.”'
As if there weren't enough great reasons to support NPR, here's one more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ynf...
ARTEMIS: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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May 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
As if there weren't enough great reasons to support NPR, here's one more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ynf...
“And these are kids who will never pay taxes, they'll never hold a job,. . ." RFK Jr. is a monster. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
RFK Jr calls autism a tragedy. As an autistic journalist, I have thoughts
ANALYSIS: Health Secretary wilfully misreads data that should be celebrated, not feared, writes Eric Garcia
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April 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“And these are kids who will never pay taxes, they'll never hold a job,. . ." RFK Jr. is a monster. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
recording video in a public space is a constitutional right - for those in Massachusetts, call your reps to oppos H.2057 www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/02/m...
Mass. police say a 25-foot buffer will keep them safe. First Amendment advocates call it ‘dangerous.’ - The Boston Globe
Filming the police in a public space is a constitutional right. Actually doing it in Massachusetts could become harder under a new proposal.
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April 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
recording video in a public space is a constitutional right - for those in Massachusetts, call your reps to oppos H.2057 www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/02/m...
Just finished reading Ricky Riccardi's excellent "What a Wonderful World." Louis Armstrong appeared in the Netherlands village of Blokker, pop. 2,800, for a benefit. 10,000 appeared. 10,000! 1958 - just newspapers, radio, maybe tv if near a big city. Next: Riccardi's latest. "Stomp Off, Let's Go"
February 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Just finished reading Ricky Riccardi's excellent "What a Wonderful World." Louis Armstrong appeared in the Netherlands village of Blokker, pop. 2,800, for a benefit. 10,000 appeared. 10,000! 1958 - just newspapers, radio, maybe tv if near a big city. Next: Riccardi's latest. "Stomp Off, Let's Go"
I've an earworm of this, any ideas what the song is? I'm thinking a novelty number.
February 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I've an earworm of this, any ideas what the song is? I'm thinking a novelty number.
Getting in a little last minute practice during shoveling breaks
February 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Getting in a little last minute practice during shoveling breaks
The idea of legalizing pot as a harmless "chill" isn't working out -- THC is now in convenience store drinks and regulators can't possibly keep up. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/u...
The Race for All-Powerful Pot
Inside the $32 billion industry transforming marijuana, its consumption and beliefs about its ability to heal.
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January 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The idea of legalizing pot as a harmless "chill" isn't working out -- THC is now in convenience store drinks and regulators can't possibly keep up. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/u...
The Wellesley Symphony lost a long time member last week. Listening to Bach's Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben? (lit. 'Dearest God, when will I die?'), BWV 8 reminded me of her. The 4th movement is an aria for flute and bass in a gigue tempo. "In glory unclouded my Lord I will know."
January 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The Wellesley Symphony lost a long time member last week. Listening to Bach's Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben? (lit. 'Dearest God, when will I die?'), BWV 8 reminded me of her. The 4th movement is an aria for flute and bass in a gigue tempo. "In glory unclouded my Lord I will know."
Revisiting Bach seems helpful, so I'm working through my 160 CD collection of his works. BWV 1, "How beautifully the morning star shines" is exquisite.
January 23, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Revisiting Bach seems helpful, so I'm working through my 160 CD collection of his works. BWV 1, "How beautifully the morning star shines" is exquisite.
an excellent tribute to a great, principled, and good man www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... @theatlantic.com
An Unlucky President, and a Lucky Man
In the years I worked for him, Jimmy Carter was always the same: disciplined, funny, enormously intelligent, and deeply spiritual.
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December 30, 2024 at 5:51 PM
an excellent tribute to a great, principled, and good man www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... @theatlantic.com
This interview with Sarah McBride, the first trans Congressperson, is simply amazing www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
"You cannot tell me that the reasons for hopelessness now are greater than the reasons for hopelessness of an enslaved person. . . ."
"You cannot tell me that the reasons for hopelessness now are greater than the reasons for hopelessness of an enslaved person. . . ."
Sarah McBride Wasn’t Looking for a Fight on Trans Rights
The first trans person elected to Congress discusses how to respond to a bathroom bill and transphobic attacks from her new colleagues in the House.
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December 1, 2024 at 11:12 PM
This interview with Sarah McBride, the first trans Congressperson, is simply amazing www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
"You cannot tell me that the reasons for hopelessness now are greater than the reasons for hopelessness of an enslaved person. . . ."
"You cannot tell me that the reasons for hopelessness now are greater than the reasons for hopelessness of an enslaved person. . . ."