Music Nerding
This is probably my favorite piece ever – she rushes through the solo part at the end, but still a bravura performance:
In which the famed conductor puts down his baton:
This has been a pretty shitty week for those of us who were horrified by the debt ceiling drama, and who think about things like the future of the country.
And then we have freak shows like this revival in Houston…
…or repulsive levels of child poverty in America.
But then I read something that just made my fucking day, and so I want to share it with my fellow Stinquers. The source? None other than Dolly Parton, but it doesn’t involve lesbians at the amusement park.
Jonathan Ross does a great job, as usual – and she looked great without the pouffed-up hair:
Pretty much played ‘a tempo’ … this is close to ideal:
Probably my favorite Papa Haydn 4th Movement:
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NOJO • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 @ManchuCandidate: Summer definitely disappeared.
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