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David W. Barber

@bachbeethoven.bsky.social

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Internationally bestselling 🇨🇦 author. Journalist/musician/composer. Latest are murder mystery Mugshot (sequel to Hedshot) and Bach, Beethoven and the Grrrls (sequel to Bach, Beethoven and the Boys, etc.). IndentPublishing.com

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David W. Barber @bachbeethoven.bsky.social · 1h

Meanwhile books, pods and social media bombard me with capitalist ways to have (or increase) "passive income" (enriching others if I buy their schtick) -- so I'll hardly have to work at all!

David W. Barber @bachbeethoven.bsky.social · 1h

d otd 1799 – Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian violinist, composer (b. 1739).
The Boaty McBoatface of the classical music world.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 5h

10th boat blown up in the Caribbean.

6 people dead this time.

Not a single arrest made.

Not an ounce recovered.

Not a shred of evidence provided.

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 8h

He basically 9/11-ed the White House.

Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 12h

No words.

shocking aerial view of White House before and after east wing demolition.

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David W. Barber @bachbeethoven.bsky.social · 2h

d 1948 – Franz Lehár, Austrian-Hungarian composer (b. 1870)
d 1992 – Laurie Colwin, American novelist, short story writer (b. 1944)

David W. Barber @bachbeethoven.bsky.social · 2h

Oct. 24 otd
b 1904 – Moss Hart, American director, playwright (d. 1961)
b 1929 – George Crumb, American composer, educator (d. 2022)
d 1799 – Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian violinist, composer (b. 1739)
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FeministSociologistPhD @femsocphd.bsky.social · 7h

#EpsteinBallroom is haunted.💀☠️

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 8h

I hear the Epstein Ballroom will be illuminated solely by gaslighting.

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David W. Barber @bachbeethoven.bsky.social · 19h

He seems to have "accidentally fallen" off his yacht near the Canary Islands and drowned. (Ironically, the yacht's name is Lady Ghislaine.)

David W. Barber @bachbeethoven.bsky.social · 19h

Worth noting also that Robert Maxwell, like Jeffrey Epstein, died under mysterious circumstances. Maxwell was about to default on £50 million in bank loans (in 1991, about £115 today).
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 22h

BREAKING:

Jack Smith is requesting that Congress and the Justice Dept. let him testify in public.

In new letters to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, Smith says he wants to testify "in open hearings" because of "the many mischaracterizations" around his investigations.

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David W. Barber @bachbeethoven.bsky.social · 19h

Well, to be fair, when your tighty-whities are chafing, that can be annoying.

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David W. Barber @bachbeethoven.bsky.social · 19h

Well, to be fair, when your tighty-whities are chafing, that can be annoying.

David W. Barber @bachbeethoven.bsky.social · 23h

Cover reveal! Coming soon from Indent Publishing, with illustrations by David Donald! Bach, Beethoven and the Boys and Grrls combined, with an added new quick-and-easy intro to music history and basic theory -- suitable for YA readers ~8-14 (and beyond!).
@indentpublishing.bsky.social #booksky

David W. Barber @bachbeethoven.bsky.social · 23h

b 1844 – Robert Bridges, English poet, playwright (d. 1930)
b 1942 – Michael Crichton, American author, screenwriter (d. 2008)

David W. Barber @bachbeethoven.bsky.social · 23h

Oct. 23 otd
4004 BC – James Ussher’s purported creation date of the world according to the Bible. Which makes the Earth 6,029 years old. Happy birthday! Doesn’t look a day over 4.54 billion.
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I did NOT vote for the rapist @sarahgies.bsky.social · 1d

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Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D. @drharmony.net · 2d

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 1d

This is very good

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iwanttobecanadian.bsky.social @iwanttobecanadian.bsky.social · 2d

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Astropus @astropus.bsky.social · 3d

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 2d

The government shutdown is especially tough on men, who are losing $1.00 for every 75¢ a woman loses.

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David W. Barber @bachbeethoven.bsky.social · 2d

d 1859 – Louis Spohr, German violinist, composer (b. 1784)
d 1979 – Nadia Boulanger, French composer, educator (b. 1887)

David W. Barber @bachbeethoven.bsky.social · 2d

b 1811 – Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist, composer (d. 1886)
b 1919 – Doris Lessing, British novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
b 1931 – Ann Rule, American police officer, author (d. 2015)
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David W. Barber @bachbeethoven.bsky.social · 2d

Oct. 22 otd
1724 – J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele (Adorn yourself, O dear soul) in Leipzig on the 20th Sunday after Trinity, based on the communion hymn of the same name.
1883 – The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City opens with Gounod’s Faust.
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