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John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 14h

More geek than hot....

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 14h

The Atlantic’s journalists will not sign the Pentagon’s press policy. Statement here from editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg:

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John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 15h

I can still remember my parents (now non-existent) landline…

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 16h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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CYM Library @cymlibrary.bsky.social · 18h

Here is a Spotify playlist of music by Black British composers: open.spotify.com/playlist/4BE...

It has 25 tracks and was created by Harrison Knights, Assistant Director of Music at St James Piccadilly (London) for #BlackHistoryMonth. Read more here: www.sjp.org.uk/black-britis...

Black British Composers

open.spotify.com

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John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 18h

Have said this many time but I first encountered this music playing in brass bands, as had generations before me, when those groups were unquestionably working class.

John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 18h

Always remember, Columbus thought he'd found China...

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John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 22h

Have just been asked if I’m a tour guide. Oh the temptation…….

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John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 1d

I always write the notes and plan for articles with a fountain pen, even if the laptop takes over (with Co-Pilot turned off) for the writing stage.

(I also mark my scores with (very expensicve) coloured pencils.)

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John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 1d

Handel became a British subject in 1727; just in time to write the Coronation Anthems for George II…

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John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 1d

“Buttery notes”

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John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 1d

Awful news - if anyone can help Sascha:

Bouba's Delivery Service @fernmonkey.bsky.social · 2d

My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.

Lost viola bow on the way from Honor Oak Station to Heathrow Terminal 2. The bow slid from its bow case somewhere along the way, possibly on the train. TFL contacted already.
It weighs 68.2 grams and has got a stamped DODD next to the frog. If any info on this, please pm me.

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John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 1d

I almost preferred it when they were exiled for marrying a divorcee....

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email

Royal sent email after Virginia Giuffre photo emerged but later claimed he had ceased contact with Epstein in 2010 Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein in an email “we are in this together” after a picture of the British royal with his arm around a teenage Virginia Giuffre was first published in 2011. The email will pile further pressure on Duke of York and the royal family as he previously told the BBC he had ceased contact with the paedophile financier by that point. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 1d

Robert Graves' 'Greek Myths' suggests that prior to the rise of the religions we know now, there was a process whereby goddess/fertility-worshipping cults were replaced by ones worshipping male deities: preserved in the folk memory as defeat of Medusa, etc. Not sure how seriously this is taken now.

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John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 1d

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David Nice @davidnice.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent article. Shameful that it's 'either football or opera'. observer.co.uk/news/columni...

It’s not opera that’s elitist but the idea that art is to...

The myth that culture has not been for the masses is debunked in a new book

observer.co.uk

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Alex Andreou's Podyssey @alexpodyssey.bsky.social · 1d

Second opportunity for ko-fi supporters to chat on zoom this afternoon, get an exclusive preview of Season 2, and contribute ideas for topics.

If you haven't received the email invite and you think you should have, give me a nudge. A x

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John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine the discussions in cabinet…

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John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 2d

Absouitley this. I genuinely miss what Twitter *was* and really enjoyed some pretty full and frank exchanges of views. But it's not there, and I don't really accept that I have a duty to it.

Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 2d

This is an exact encapsulation of why I moved to Bluesky.

No amount of handwringing in the Atlantic about how I owe some eternal Promethean suffering to the discourse is going to make me stay on a site I hate, that stopped doing anything for me professionally years ago.

Well – no. Bluesky may or may not be, as one centre-right friend who felt unwelcome put it, “self-righteous island”. But the idea that’s why we went is nonsense. That I’ve largely stopped posting on a site that’s done more to shape my career and social circle than the rest of the internet combined is less about avoiding rival opinions (I love arguing with people who are wrong!) than with the fact the site simply became unusable. It stopped generating the things (good jokes, interesting debate, clicks) I wanted; it became extremely good at generating the things (racists, pornbots, racist pornbots) I did not.

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John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 2d

Precisely this. And the old site was fantastic at sharing good news among my professional (and personal) circle. The downgrading of links and anything happy has rendered it useless for all the things that made it worthwhile. And now I just have to argue with right wing friends in person...

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John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 3d

Sisters…..

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John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 2d

A friend of mine was taken by school to the 6pm organ recitals at the Royal Festival Hall. The house lights were down and the recital underway when the harpist for the 7.30 performance bustled in and (assuming in the dark that the organist was merely warming up) proceeded to tune for 25 minutes!

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John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 2d

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Jeremy Millar @jeremymillar.bsky.social · 2d

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Diane Keaton, sometime in the 70s, squatting down and holding an SLR

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John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 2d

Book (@stephmerritt.bsky.social), cat, wine; perfection.

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John Andrews @jkaconductor.bsky.social · 2d

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Luca Migo ❌👑 @victinibcn.bsky.social · 2d

Unbearably violent images from Downtown Chicago where a classical music concert was played on the Chicago River. This is too elegant and magical to be seen.

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