Ethan Hein
@ethanhein.bsky.social
I teach music and write about it http://www.ethanhein.com/
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Harder Better Faster Stronger Remixes, by Ethan Hein
8 track album
ethanhein.bandcamp.com
My Advanced Pop Transcription class at NYU is creating new instrumental backing for the acapella to "Harder Better Faster Stronger" by Daft Punk. To inspire them, I thought I would make a version or two myself. But once I got started, I couldn't stop. ethanhein.bandcamp.com/album/harder...
First encounter with "figgy pudding" on the radio
November 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
First encounter with "figgy pudding" on the radio
When students email me because they saw/heard/read something that pertains to class? The BEST
November 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
When students email me because they saw/heard/read something that pertains to class? The BEST
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SCROOGE (Walton Goggins) (VO): It had been seven years Old Marley had been dead. Unless this is known, nothing fantastic can be understood
MARLEY (Danny McBride) flings open BEDROOM DOOR: Hey Scrooge what's up you sassy son of a bitch. Who decorated this place Jack the Ripper
MARLEY (Danny McBride) flings open BEDROOM DOOR: Hey Scrooge what's up you sassy son of a bitch. Who decorated this place Jack the Ripper
December 16, 2024 at 10:20 PM
SCROOGE (Walton Goggins) (VO): It had been seven years Old Marley had been dead. Unless this is known, nothing fantastic can be understood
MARLEY (Danny McBride) flings open BEDROOM DOOR: Hey Scrooge what's up you sassy son of a bitch. Who decorated this place Jack the Ripper
MARLEY (Danny McBride) flings open BEDROOM DOOR: Hey Scrooge what's up you sassy son of a bitch. Who decorated this place Jack the Ripper
After multiple rereads of Anne of Green Gables with 9yo, we decided to take a chance on Anne of Avonlea and I don't know why we hesitated, it slaps as hard as the original
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
After multiple rereads of Anne of Green Gables with 9yo, we decided to take a chance on Anne of Avonlea and I don't know why we hesitated, it slaps as hard as the original
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Here’s hoping Madeleine L’Engle has a “Running Up That Hill” moment from Stranger Things this season she rules
November 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Here’s hoping Madeleine L’Engle has a “Running Up That Hill” moment from Stranger Things this season she rules
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This is just gutter racism and it’s a standard that would never be applied to say, the descendants of Italian immigrants who fled the lawlessness of Southern italy post unification and now staff this fascist administration bsky.app/profile/publ...
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is just gutter racism and it’s a standard that would never be applied to say, the descendants of Italian immigrants who fled the lawlessness of Southern italy post unification and now staff this fascist administration bsky.app/profile/publ...
My favorite unhinged music theory explanation of the blues is that IV7 is a German augmented sixth chord
November 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
My favorite unhinged music theory explanation of the blues is that IV7 is a German augmented sixth chord
Usually I teach a particular demographic of Americans, namely NYU students and sometimes students from other NYC-area schools. They vary widely in their interests and identities, but there's a baseline progressive, anti-authoritarian outlook.
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Usually I teach a particular demographic of Americans, namely NYU students and sometimes students from other NYC-area schools. They vary widely in their interests and identities, but there's a baseline progressive, anti-authoritarian outlook.
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I mean, let’s face it, AI is politics
which topic is worse for the thanksgiving table this year: politics or AI
November 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I mean, let’s face it, AI is politics
We'll always have Andor
idk if i’ll ever be at peace with how the skywalker saga ended
November 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
We'll always have Andor
I have been buying refurbished only for many years now and the idea of putting an iPhone in a landfill is so repulsive to me that I'm amazed that anyone is open to the idea at all. There is enough stuff in the world. If the economy can't function without monstrous amounts of waste...
If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.
November 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I have been buying refurbished only for many years now and the idea of putting an iPhone in a landfill is so repulsive to me that I'm amazed that anyone is open to the idea at all. There is enough stuff in the world. If the economy can't function without monstrous amounts of waste...
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[Sigh]
These clowns always think they're proposing something utterly groundbreaking, and then they proceed to post the most hackneyed derivative-ass "solutions" you could possibly imagine
This could have been in a letter to the editor from anytime in the past thirty years
These clowns always think they're proposing something utterly groundbreaking, and then they proceed to post the most hackneyed derivative-ass "solutions" you could possibly imagine
This could have been in a letter to the editor from anytime in the past thirty years
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
[Sigh]
These clowns always think they're proposing something utterly groundbreaking, and then they proceed to post the most hackneyed derivative-ass "solutions" you could possibly imagine
This could have been in a letter to the editor from anytime in the past thirty years
These clowns always think they're proposing something utterly groundbreaking, and then they proceed to post the most hackneyed derivative-ass "solutions" you could possibly imagine
This could have been in a letter to the editor from anytime in the past thirty years
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November 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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New idea: musicians and other artists should talk more about where the money comes from, and *everyone else should talk less about it.*
November 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
New idea: musicians and other artists should talk more about where the money comes from, and *everyone else should talk less about it.*
Watching of Game of Thrones has mostly been about twiddling my thumbs waiting for Peter Dinklage to get back onto the screen. He seems like he's in a different show from everyone else, a much better one.
November 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Watching of Game of Thrones has mostly been about twiddling my thumbs waiting for Peter Dinklage to get back onto the screen. He seems like he's in a different show from everyone else, a much better one.
My man
NYC Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing to tackle global warming.
“Climate risk is financial risk"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
“Climate risk is financial risk"
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
My man
I started subtitling the last paragraph of everything I write "Why Should You Care." I don't always leave that in, but it's good to make myself answer that question
November 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I started subtitling the last paragraph of everything I write "Why Should You Care." I don't always leave that in, but it's good to make myself answer that question
If you want people to have a lot of opinions about things you didn't say may I recommend starting a podcast
November 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
If you want people to have a lot of opinions about things you didn't say may I recommend starting a podcast
Same goes for musicians. I understand how it seems embarrassing to admit you have a job or rich parents or a gainfully employed spouse but the kids coming up need a sense of reality about how things work.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Same goes for musicians. I understand how it seems embarrassing to admit you have a job or rich parents or a gainfully employed spouse but the kids coming up need a sense of reality about how things work.
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The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
September 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
I went to look up "Rock and Roll" by the Boswell Sisters to hear how it sounds without @andrewhickey.500songs.com on top of it and the YouTube comments are killing me www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b5o...
Rock and Roll - the Boswell Sisters
YouTube video by Cure Shroomy
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November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I went to look up "Rock and Roll" by the Boswell Sisters to hear how it sounds without @andrewhickey.500songs.com on top of it and the YouTube comments are killing me www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b5o...
"Choosing" my "career" "path" makes a lot of assumptions
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"Choosing" my "career" "path" makes a lot of assumptions
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Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
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My friend just fuckin showed up with a corncob pipe & that’s when it hit me that we are all in our 40s which means we get one new accessory slot
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My friend just fuckin showed up with a corncob pipe & that’s when it hit me that we are all in our 40s which means we get one new accessory slot
My niece is having a karaoke party for her bday and all these white and Latinx fifth graders are rapping in Korean, it's very cyberpunk
November 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
My niece is having a karaoke party for her bday and all these white and Latinx fifth graders are rapping in Korean, it's very cyberpunk