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Andrew L. Malone
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Classical music critic in my spare time, father, husband, Silver Springer
@rideonmct.bsky.social please clean or replace this sign and reattach it to its post
January 5, 2026 at 1:04 PM
2019 Washington Nationals World Champion Baby Shark and good dude
January 1, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Overtightened a toilet tank bolt and cracked the tank, just like every video and article about tightening toilet tank bolts tells you not to do
I don’t give a shit about your accomplishments this year. What’s the dumbest shit you did the past 12 months? The truly stupidest decision you made in 2025?
December 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A must watch for Caps fans to see the Penguins’ mascot getting wrecked
30 years ago today SUDDEN DEATH was released in theaters. It quickly became my favorite film from Van Damme as well as director Peter Hyams and it’s “Die Hard at a Hockey Game” hook is one of the most underrated variations of the John McClane blueprint.
December 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Reposted by Andrew L. Malone
You might be thinking, "CPSC, does a dry Christmas tree really burn that much faster than a well-watered tree?"

Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.
December 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Still one more performance of Wash Natl Opera’s The Little Prince! washingtonclassicalreview.com/2025/12/13/w...
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December 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Mine is Liszt symphonic poems
I think it’s very important that everyone have at least one tacky thing they love unabashedly
December 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra is such a banger
December 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Joe Burrow doesn’t want to put in the work to taste the sweetness (of Maryland crab meat)
Joe Burrow asking Melissa Stark what the crab is 😂
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I am thankful for Silver Spring because it rules
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Asked ChatGPT for the sheet music to “Jingle Bells.” Okay
November 23, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Silver Spring is the best
November 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Hot in Herre has, among its many charms, a little slow introduction that makes it feel like a Haydn symphony (complimentary)
My personal favorites are Country Grammar Shake Ya Tailfeather and Ride Wit Me but when I hear the opening bars of Hot in Herre it activates a tiny part of my brain that instantly transports me to off campus basement parties circa 2003 and that’s real power
November 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Two:

Invisible Man. Taught me a lot, not least about how to write and read.

Infinite Jest. I had not known that a book could be so fun that it actually repaid close study.
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!

tell me about a book that changed you

for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Seems like today would be a good day to read my review of the Chiarina Chamber Players’ superb performance of Appalachian Spring, the best of American cultural achievement: washingtonclassicalreview.com/2025/11/10/a...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Yesterday at Vocal Arts DC, Jasmine Arielle Barnes' American Lament got its world premiere, from Sasha Cooke and Myra Huang, and I can't stop thinking about it. A real winner of a piece, delightful and thought-provoking: washingtonclassicalreview.com/2025/11/05/c...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Happy Halloween! Celebrate by reading my review of Carole Cerasi’s concert of Bach harpsichord music: washingtonclassicalreview.com/2025/10/31/d...
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October 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
In honor of impending Hallowe’en, I post this Liszt transcription of Saint-Saens that goes incredibly hard youtu.be/sSIyW9MfD60?...
Saint-Saëns / Liszt: Danse Macabre, Op.40/S.555 (Cohen)
YouTube video by Ashish Xiangyi Kumar
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October 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
@sheaserrano.bsky.social thank you, sir!
October 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Classical music expresses that which is otherwise inexpressible
October 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Anne Sofie von Otter and Kristian Bezuidenhout were at Wolf Trap last night to perform Schubert, and I was there to write down various thoughts about it: washingtonclassicalreview.com/2025/10/10/v...
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October 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Professional hitter
October 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
New Purcell just dropped (for real this time)
October 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Reposted by Andrew L. Malone
Everyone In Symphony Audience Has Finger Cocked Under Beer Can Tab For First Sign of Crescendo
October 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM