Max Wolpert
@maxwolpertmusic.bsky.social
composer, violin/viola/mandolin, D&D, bread • comp faculty at U of Idaho • wife guy to @sprightlysound • he/they • www.maxwolpertmusic.com
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This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.
August 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.
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Guy in front of me at FRANKENSTEIN pulled out his phone to take photos of the entire last scene, and I mean yeah the movie's pretty, but, uh, don't do that.
November 30, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Guy in front of me at FRANKENSTEIN pulled out his phone to take photos of the entire last scene, and I mean yeah the movie's pretty, but, uh, don't do that.
Guy in front of me at FRANKENSTEIN pulled out his phone to take photos of the entire last scene, and I mean yeah the movie's pretty, but, uh, don't do that.
November 30, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Guy in front of me at FRANKENSTEIN pulled out his phone to take photos of the entire last scene, and I mean yeah the movie's pretty, but, uh, don't do that.
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A long weekend with several looming deadlines seems like the perfect time to pick up Blue Prince.
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
A long weekend with several looming deadlines seems like the perfect time to pick up Blue Prince.
A long weekend with several looming deadlines seems like the perfect time to pick up Blue Prince.
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
A long weekend with several looming deadlines seems like the perfect time to pick up Blue Prince.
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Happy holiday shopping season! Consider Woodworking, and consider buying it from an indie bookseller, whether your favorite local store or Bookshop dot org!
If you have a book lover in your life, Woodworking by Emily St. James would make a wonderful holiday gift. The hardcover edition is quite handsome. There are desks on the cover!
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Woodworking
Check out Woodworking - <b>LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 2025<br><br>“Writing a funny book is hard. Writing a convincing takedown of one of America’s most popular...
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November 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Happy holiday shopping season! Consider Woodworking, and consider buying it from an indie bookseller, whether your favorite local store or Bookshop dot org!
Top five film genres:
These absolute numpties have fast & clever dialogue
Charismatic demagogue forms own society
Putting a team together for the ___ of the century
People do their jobs very well
What the hell IS that thing
These absolute numpties have fast & clever dialogue
Charismatic demagogue forms own society
Putting a team together for the ___ of the century
People do their jobs very well
What the hell IS that thing
Top five film genres:
Gloopy melting monster
70s science fiction film about contemporary politics that's a total bummer
It all happened in one crazy night!
Groups of men dancing and singing about their jobs
Children's story written by someone who has never met a child
Gloopy melting monster
70s science fiction film about contemporary politics that's a total bummer
It all happened in one crazy night!
Groups of men dancing and singing about their jobs
Children's story written by someone who has never met a child
top five film genres:
lady journalist in depression era america is going to get to the bottom of this, man or no man
warriors learn magic, defeat master who killed their master
the camera moves!: an experiment
the folks in this building is a reflection of all america
immigration as a vibe
lady journalist in depression era america is going to get to the bottom of this, man or no man
warriors learn magic, defeat master who killed their master
the camera moves!: an experiment
the folks in this building is a reflection of all america
immigration as a vibe
November 17, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Top five film genres:
These absolute numpties have fast & clever dialogue
Charismatic demagogue forms own society
Putting a team together for the ___ of the century
People do their jobs very well
What the hell IS that thing
These absolute numpties have fast & clever dialogue
Charismatic demagogue forms own society
Putting a team together for the ___ of the century
People do their jobs very well
What the hell IS that thing
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The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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I feel like there is an easy fix to make it clear what it's about, here's a quick and dirty edit:
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
I feel like there is an easy fix to make it clear what it's about, here's a quick and dirty edit:
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Florence and the Machine Covir Bandes:
Siena and the Devyce
Milan and the Contraptioun
Orvieto and the Mechanism
Venyce and the Gadget
Gubbio and the Whirligig
Spoleto and the Apparatus
Siena and the Devyce
Milan and the Contraptioun
Orvieto and the Mechanism
Venyce and the Gadget
Gubbio and the Whirligig
Spoleto and the Apparatus
November 8, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Florence and the Machine Covir Bandes:
Siena and the Devyce
Milan and the Contraptioun
Orvieto and the Mechanism
Venyce and the Gadget
Gubbio and the Whirligig
Spoleto and the Apparatus
Siena and the Devyce
Milan and the Contraptioun
Orvieto and the Mechanism
Venyce and the Gadget
Gubbio and the Whirligig
Spoleto and the Apparatus
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In my little town in northern Idaho, the mayoral candidate sponsored by Pete Hegseth's church just lost by 30 points.
NOBODY likes these weirdos.
NOBODY likes these weirdos.
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In my little town in northern Idaho, the mayoral candidate sponsored by Pete Hegseth's church just lost by 30 points.
NOBODY likes these weirdos.
NOBODY likes these weirdos.
In my little town in northern Idaho, the mayoral candidate sponsored by Pete Hegseth's church just lost by 30 points.
NOBODY likes these weirdos.
NOBODY likes these weirdos.
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In my little town in northern Idaho, the mayoral candidate sponsored by Pete Hegseth's church just lost by 30 points.
NOBODY likes these weirdos.
NOBODY likes these weirdos.
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"Bury him face down." This barn burner of an obit might feel hyperbolic to people who entered the world in the wake of 9/11; it's not. Cheney was one of the architects of today's American Christian conservatism. He was directly responsible for millions of deaths. Salt the earth where he's buried.
Dick Cheney departs the world he made: defector.com/dick-cheney-...
Dick Cheney Departs The World He Made | Defector
At its heart, American conservatism is a fantasy. It’s a vision of a world too evil to be saved or cared about, and fearsome enough to justify any and every impulse toward cruelty and violence that a…
defector.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"Bury him face down." This barn burner of an obit might feel hyperbolic to people who entered the world in the wake of 9/11; it's not. Cheney was one of the architects of today's American Christian conservatism. He was directly responsible for millions of deaths. Salt the earth where he's buried.
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Game 7 of the World Series is traditionally a pretty low-stakes affair. TBH I think we can safely ignore the whole thing, frankly it's time to start talking about the 2026 Colorado Rockies.
November 1, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Game 7 of the World Series is traditionally a pretty low-stakes affair. TBH I think we can safely ignore the whole thing, frankly it's time to start talking about the 2026 Colorado Rockies.
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Look sometimes it's easy to lose faith in humanity, but I just saw JAWS in a movie theater and when the shark blew up a little kid in the back yelled "THAT WAS FOR QUINT!!" and the whole house erupted in applause.
October 30, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Look sometimes it's easy to lose faith in humanity, but I just saw JAWS in a movie theater and when the shark blew up a little kid in the back yelled "THAT WAS FOR QUINT!!" and the whole house erupted in applause.
Look sometimes it's easy to lose faith in humanity, but I just saw JAWS in a movie theater and when the shark blew up a little kid in the back yelled "THAT WAS FOR QUINT!!" and the whole house erupted in applause.
October 30, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Look sometimes it's easy to lose faith in humanity, but I just saw JAWS in a movie theater and when the shark blew up a little kid in the back yelled "THAT WAS FOR QUINT!!" and the whole house erupted in applause.
My first thought watching "Absolue Power" (1997) was "wow Clint Eastwood looks so young," only for the movie to open with a barrage of jokes about how decrepit he is.
October 27, 2025 at 12:53 AM
My first thought watching "Absolue Power" (1997) was "wow Clint Eastwood looks so young," only for the movie to open with a barrage of jokes about how decrepit he is.
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Have had Black Messiah in regular rotation the past few weeks and all I can say is RIP to one of the best to ever do it. Didn't leave us much but it was all pure gold, and utterly singular. No doubt he would have come back with a masterpiece if he had the strength. Just a massive loss to the world.
October 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Have had Black Messiah in regular rotation the past few weeks and all I can say is RIP to one of the best to ever do it. Didn't leave us much but it was all pure gold, and utterly singular. No doubt he would have come back with a masterpiece if he had the strength. Just a massive loss to the world.
My school of music is hosting a tailgate party at the university football game, and apparently I have been voted Faculty Member Who Will Have the Least Fun at the Tailgate.
October 8, 2025 at 2:59 AM
My school of music is hosting a tailgate party at the university football game, and apparently I have been voted Faculty Member Who Will Have the Least Fun at the Tailgate.
Daniel Day-Lewis should be forcibly enrolled in clown school by court order. It ought to be against the law to Act that ostentatiously without it being even a LITTLE fun.
October 3, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Daniel Day-Lewis should be forcibly enrolled in clown school by court order. It ought to be against the law to Act that ostentatiously without it being even a LITTLE fun.
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I enjoy a well-thought-out, rule-based magic system in fiction as much as anyone, BUT I also think that we should give more props to what Terry Pratchett did in the Discworld books, where it was less about rules and more about vibes and, more importantly, what fit a given story the best.
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October 1, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I enjoy a well-thought-out, rule-based magic system in fiction as much as anyone, BUT I also think that we should give more props to what Terry Pratchett did in the Discworld books, where it was less about rules and more about vibes and, more importantly, what fit a given story the best.
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THE NINE LIVES OF ADOLPHE SAX gets a consortium premiere this afternoon with Erik Steighner and Oksana Ejokina at PLU! Program also includes Carter Pann's "The White Horse," which is NOT about the chess piece.
September 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
THE NINE LIVES OF ADOLPHE SAX gets a consortium premiere this afternoon with Erik Steighner and Oksana Ejokina at PLU! Program also includes Carter Pann's "The White Horse," which is NOT about the chess piece.
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As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
September 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been...[A]nti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'" -Asimov
a few years ago being a complete moron with dipshit takes and proudly ignorant became a “political opinion”
totally maddening the way the press plays along and dems get scared to offend the morons by calling them morons
totally maddening the way the press plays along and dems get scared to offend the morons by calling them morons
We used to call this stupidity. There were smart people and stupid people and we let the smart people do the things they were good at and the stupid people were taken care of and didn't need to worry about what the smart people were doing. But now we let the stupid people think they're smart.
September 5, 2025 at 2:12 PM
"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been...[A]nti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'" -Asimov