Daniel Gilliam
LightNews LightNews
banner
dgill.bsky.social
Daniel Gilliam
@dgill.bsky.social
200 followers 120 following 200 posts
Composer: fictivemusic.com
Director of Programming at Louisville Public Media & On-air weekdays 9a-12n 90.5 WUOL lpm.org/classical
Dad
Instagram: @fictivemusic
📍Louisville
Posts Replies Media Videos
dgill.bsky.social
Movie thing
a close up of a man 's face in a helmet
Alt: Dave Bowman in 2001 a Space Odyssey
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Reposted by Daniel Gilliam
hourlycosmos.bsky.social
Hubble's Best Image of Alpha Centauri A and B - From Goddard Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/LFyDoD
The closest star system to the Earth is the famous Alpha Centauri group. Located in the constellation of Centaurus (The Centaur), at a distance of 4.3 light-years, this system is made up of the binary formed by the stars Alpha Centauri A and Alpha Centauri B, plus the faint red dwarf Alpha Centauri C, also known as Proxima Centauri. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has given us this stunning view of the bright Alpha Centauri A (on the left) and Alpha Centauri B (on the right), shining like huge cosmic headlamps in the dark. The image was captured by the Wide-Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2). WFPC2 was Hubble’s most used instrument for the first 13 years of the space telescope’s life, being replaced in 2009 by Wide-Field Camera 3 (WFC3) during Servicing Mission 4. This portrait of Alpha Centauri was produced by observations carried out at optical and near-infrared wavelengths. Compared to the sun, Alpha Centauri A is of the same stellar type, G2, and slightly bigger, while Alpha Centauri B, a K1-type star, is slightly smaller. They orbit a common center of gravity once every 80 years, with a minimum distance of about 11 times the distance between Earth and the sun. Because these two stars are, together with their sibling Proxima Centauri, the closest to Earth, they are among the best studied by astronomers. And they are also among the prime targets in the hunt for habitable exoplanets. Using the European Space Organization's HARPS instrument, astronomers already ...
December 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
dgill.bsky.social
Promo code bcfriday25 for 10% anything from me
dgill.bsky.social Daniel Gilliam @dgill.bsky.social · 2d
Bandcamp Friday and putting this out there for your consideration. Digital, vinyl (shipping in early '26), and CD (shipping later this month). Nearly the entire album was made by Kentuckians/Kentucky-adjacent people. fictivemusic.bandcamp.com/album/piano-...
Piano Trio No. 2 "Payne Hollow"/winterloops, by Daniel Gilliam/NouLou Chamber Players
5 track album
fictivemusic.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
dgill.bsky.social
scene from the TV show The Office where Michael Scott, the aloof manager, is awarded a fake gold medal as part of the made up Flunkerton Games. Jim, Michael and Dwight stand next to each other holding their hands over their hearts, presumably during the playing of the national anthem. Michael wears a gold medal made from a yogurt lid and a chain of paper clips
December 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
dgill.bsky.social
Bandcamp Friday and putting this out there for your consideration. Digital, vinyl (shipping in early '26), and CD (shipping later this month). Nearly the entire album was made by Kentuckians/Kentucky-adjacent people. fictivemusic.bandcamp.com/album/piano-...
Piano Trio No. 2 "Payne Hollow"/winterloops, by Daniel Gilliam/NouLou Chamber Players
5 track album
fictivemusic.bandcamp.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Reposted by Daniel Gilliam
fishboneband.bsky.social
It’s another @bandcamp.com Friday… that meaning you want to download any of our music available, we get 100% of the sales… not cuts to anyone… so if you have been streaming any and want to own a high quality digital file… this is the spot to hit it!! Gracias

fishbone.bandcamp.com/music
December 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
dgill.bsky.social
Lim’s concerto seems to find every possible sound the cello (and orchestra) can make: lyrical, crunchy, percussive and resonant. It’s well-balanced with moments that pull you to the edge of your seat and others that feel like a meditation.
December 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
dgill.bsky.social
my latest with the 2026 Grawemeyer Award winner in Music Composition Liza Lim www.lpm.org/news/2025-12...
Australian cello composer wins 2026 Grawemeyer Award for Music
Premiered in 2024, the winning work is the 38th winner of the award, a top prize in the field of music composition.
www.lpm.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:34 PM
dgill.bsky.social
Netflix servers
a man in a star trek uniform says it won t hold for long
Alt: a man in a star trek uniform says it won t hold for long
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
dgill.bsky.social
Black Friday is just a whole 6 weeks now…kinda like non-liturgical Xmas
November 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Reposted by Daniel Gilliam
hourlycosmos.bsky.social
Gene Cernan - Apollo 17 - From Kevin M. Gill (kevinmgill.bsky.social) - https://flic.kr/p/23UPsxX
Source raw image: flic.kr/p/z29Try
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
dgill.bsky.social
someone one tell him the flash light on his phone is on. it'll drain the battery if you're not careful
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
dgill.bsky.social
“Hubba bubba” is a joke now, right?
November 15, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Reposted by Daniel Gilliam
esa.int
⚡️Solar storm incoming! We are actively monitoring severe space weather events, occurring on 11-12 November. Severely disturbed geomagnetic conditions are expected to persist for at least 24 to 48 hours.

🔗 www.esa.int/Space_Safety...

@operations.esa.int @science.esa.int
November 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Reposted by Daniel Gilliam
henrimatisse.bsky.social
Interior With Harmonium, 1900
https://botfrens.com/collections/48/contents/14992
Interior With Harmonium
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
dgill.bsky.social
Post you from a different era

Notice the lack of computer in room. Different era indeed.
Me playing a fender squire through a peavey amp looking super cool wearing corduroy and flannel circa 1995
November 7, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Reposted by Daniel Gilliam
salvador-dali.bsky.social
The Swallow's Tail
https://botfrens.com/collections/63/contents/21432
The Swallow's Tail
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
dgill.bsky.social
We should abolish time
November 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
dgill.bsky.social
one of the best Hermann scores youtu.be/Tno2S1D1rSo?...
Vertigo | Soundtrack Suite (Bernard Herrmann)
YouTube video by Soundtrack Fred
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
dgill.bsky.social
📻soundtrack for your Halloween night: Requiem for a Scream at 10pm on lpm.org/classical
Film scores from Us, Halloween, Psycho
Classical music from Chopin, Liszt, Bartok (that music from The Shining)
a black and white photo of a woman in a shower with the words psycho behind her
Alt: a black and white photo of a woman in a shower with the words psycho behind her
media.tenor.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Reposted by Daniel Gilliam
ryanvanvelzer.bsky.social
Kentucky Public Radio analyzed quotes from the state’s health insurance marketplace and found premium increases ranging from 60% to 600% compared to 2025. www.lpm.org/news/2025-10...
Many Kentuckians to pay hundreds or even thousands more for health insurance next year
Kentucky Public Radio analyzed quotes from the state’s health marketplace and found premium increases ranging from 60% to 600% compared to 2025.
www.lpm.org
October 30, 2025 at 12:50 PM
dgill.bsky.social
Let’s go dodgers?

(Hat from Barrio Drive)
Me wearing a Barrio Drive hat that says “chinga la migra,” with the “la” stylized like the Dodgers logo
October 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
dgill.bsky.social
happy birthday George Crumb
we had dinner at a Thai place in Birmingham Alabama once
First page of George Crumb's Starchild (A Parable) from 1977. The top of the page shows music for percussion and low strings, the middle part shows a solo trombone part, and the bottom part shows string music written in a circular shape
October 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
dgill.bsky.social
my latest interview with Lisa Bielawa and Tessa Lark www.lpm.org/classical/20...
A "homecoming" for a composer with a new concerto
The Louisville Orchestra and Tessa Lark premiere Lisa Bielawa's new violin concerto this weekend
www.lpm.org
October 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM