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:
BURR DEMING • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 Thank you for this, nojo. He was a wonderful talent and, by all accounts, a wonderful human…
NOJO • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 Oh, and there’s a Catholic church across the street. Maybe I can do a little dance for them!
NOJO • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 Now that I’m in NYC, plenty of pigeons to poison in his honor.
NOJO • All the Vice President's Men 2025 update: Nothing happened. And here we are!
MANCHUCANDIDATE • Weeping Angel Imagine going from hope to Fascism in less than two decades enabled by greedy ass (millionaire)…
NOJO • Nightmare at the Museum From the last time he threatened to bomb Iran, 2020. Remember that one? All a misty blur now.
NOJO • TRUMP TARIFFS UNLEASHING FURY OF CANADIANS - AND THEIR LEGENDARY SNIPERS! @ManchuCandidate: I have birthright citizenship in Cascadia, so I think I’m good.
MANCHUCANDIDATE • TRUMP TARIFFS UNLEASHING FURY OF CANADIANS - AND THEIR LEGENDARY SNIPERS! @nojo: Only the sane parts... like the West coast, New England (minus the Bruins and…
NOJO • TRUMP TARIFFS UNLEASHING FURY OF CANADIANS - AND THEIR LEGENDARY SNIPERS! @ManchuCandidate: So, can you guys annex us now?
MANCHUCANDIDATE • TRUMP TARIFFS UNLEASHING FURY OF CANADIANS - AND THEIR LEGENDARY SNIPERS! PP is done. 51st state, my ass.