Efrex
@efrex.bsky.social
Father of 4, Orthodox Jew, Liberal Zionist (probably doesn’t mean what you think it does), ADHD, straight musical theater queen, tired. Posting barbershop quartet content until the timeline improves…
Well, there was the time when The Lovely Wife(tm) assumed that the dial
setting between “high”
and “low” on our new slow cooker was “medium,” and not “off,” resulting in an overnight “stew” that consisted of raw meat fermenting in sauce in a hot kitchen…
setting between “high”
and “low” on our new slow cooker was “medium,” and not “off,” resulting in an overnight “stew” that consisted of raw meat fermenting in sauce in a hot kitchen…
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Well, there was the time when The Lovely Wife(tm) assumed that the dial
setting between “high”
and “low” on our new slow cooker was “medium,” and not “off,” resulting in an overnight “stew” that consisted of raw meat fermenting in sauce in a hot kitchen…
setting between “high”
and “low” on our new slow cooker was “medium,” and not “off,” resulting in an overnight “stew” that consisted of raw meat fermenting in sauce in a hot kitchen…
The external books tell of the Thanksgiving miracle, in which a 12 pound turkey provided 20 pounds of leftovers.
November 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The external books tell of the Thanksgiving miracle, in which a 12 pound turkey provided 20 pounds of leftovers.
What side dishes must one provide, and which can one rely on the relatives?
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
What side dishes must one provide, and which can one rely on the relatives?
“I need an adult. I *am* an adult. I need a *different* adult” has long since entered family lore in these parts…
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 AM
“I need an adult. I *am* an adult. I need a *different* adult” has long since entered family lore in these parts…
The bass of After Hours is also a choral director, so they do some impressively intricate arrangements. The pronoun changes are an unfortunate remnant of the conservative nature of the form. Midtown (2023 champs) changed pronouns for “Still Hurting,” which annoyed us to no end.
November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The bass of After Hours is also a choral director, so they do some impressively intricate arrangements. The pronoun changes are an unfortunate remnant of the conservative nature of the form. Midtown (2023 champs) changed pronouns for “Still Hurting,” which annoyed us to no end.
Zero8 | Les Miserables - Adolf Fredriks kyrka June 2025
YouTube video by Zero8 Chorus
m.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I love that this is, on the one hand, really friggin’ hard, and on the other hand, teachable enough that relative amateurs can do it with enough practice and produce amazing tones…
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I love that this is, on the one hand, really friggin’ hard, and on the other hand, teachable enough that relative amateurs can do it with enough practice and produce amazing tones…
It often goes the other way: people start in choruses and then form quartets. Many, if not most, of the top
quartets also sing with choruses from their region (Newfangled Four with Westminster, Smoke Ring with Gotham). Choruses can also serve as a “farm system” for quartets (Zero8 for Lemon Squeezy)
quartets also sing with choruses from their region (Newfangled Four with Westminster, Smoke Ring with Gotham). Choruses can also serve as a “farm system” for quartets (Zero8 for Lemon Squeezy)
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 AM
It often goes the other way: people start in choruses and then form quartets. Many, if not most, of the top
quartets also sing with choruses from their region (Newfangled Four with Westminster, Smoke Ring with Gotham). Choruses can also serve as a “farm system” for quartets (Zero8 for Lemon Squeezy)
quartets also sing with choruses from their region (Newfangled Four with Westminster, Smoke Ring with Gotham). Choruses can also serve as a “farm system” for quartets (Zero8 for Lemon Squeezy)
Also love that I’m watching enough content that I’m able to recognize performers from their quartets (3/4 of MaxQ and 4/6 of Clutch among others…)
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Also love that I’m watching enough content that I’m able to recognize performers from their quartets (3/4 of MaxQ and 4/6 of Clutch among others…)
It might be “fine” as a justification and be piss-poor strategy for getting your message across, especially when you can’t stop your followers from chanting violent slogans. If you protest a synagogue for hosting any Israeli organization to the right of smol emuni, you’re doing more harm than good.
November 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
It might be “fine” as a justification and be piss-poor strategy for getting your message across, especially when you can’t stop your followers from chanting violent slogans. If you protest a synagogue for hosting any Israeli organization to the right of smol emuni, you’re doing more harm than good.
That only happened once, though…
November 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
That only happened once, though…
I mean, it’s no “never match wits with a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line,” but I guess in this economy we have to make do with what we can…
November 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I mean, it’s no “never match wits with a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line,” but I guess in this economy we have to make do with what we can…
I’m not much of a churchgoer (check the profile), but I can certainly appreciate the effort, love, and pride that goes into something like this.
November 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I’m not much of a churchgoer (check the profile), but I can certainly appreciate the effort, love, and pride that goes into something like this.
Not at all surprising, given the source material and the chorus’s composition. To me, this is cultural exchange at its absolute best: respectfully combining musical & storytelling styles across continents without diluting either.
November 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Not at all surprising, given the source material and the chorus’s composition. To me, this is cultural exchange at its absolute best: respectfully combining musical & storytelling styles across continents without diluting either.
per capita was expected, and if that wasn’t acceptable, decapita could be arranged… (also working from memory; that Terry could write a memorable phrase or two, couldn’t he?)
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 AM
per capita was expected, and if that wasn’t acceptable, decapita could be arranged… (also working from memory; that Terry could write a memorable phrase or two, couldn’t he?)
So many possible things might prevent this technology from being a viable treatment, but the idea that we might even have a theory for one is amazing. So much suffering from this horrible disease…
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
So many possible things might prevent this technology from being a viable treatment, but the idea that we might even have a theory for one is amazing. So much suffering from this horrible disease…
… can still brag over finding AGUEWEED over the board and impressing Joel, so I’ll have that to tell the grandkids…
November 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
… can still brag over finding AGUEWEED over the board and impressing Joel, so I’ll have that to tell the grandkids…
… I had some familiarity with the Scrabble world (I was a Rocky Horror attendee in college and met Sal Piro then), and after bantering with Richie for a few months, dropped by club 56 for a while. Kid #1 being born put the kibosh on that endeavor…
November 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
… I had some familiarity with the Scrabble world (I was a Rocky Horror attendee in college and met Sal Piro then), and after bantering with Richie for a few months, dropped by club 56 for a while. Kid #1 being born put the kibosh on that endeavor…
A friend of mine designed Anil Gupta’s website (in exchange for a tattoo of Seurat’s “Sunday Afternoon” on her arm), and Richie was featured liberally in the gallery section. It remains the mist random connection I’ve ever made with anyone on first meet…
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
A friend of mine designed Anil Gupta’s website (in exchange for a tattoo of Seurat’s “Sunday Afternoon” on her arm), and Richie was featured liberally in the gallery section. It remains the mist random connection I’ve ever made with anyone on first meet…
Dangnabit! Can’t make this one. Any other NYC events?
Speaking of Astoria & Scrabble: Richie Lund was a Con Ed ChemLab colleague of mine Back In the Day (we bonded over my recognizing his tattoo artist’s when we first met, but that’s a story for another time).
Speaking of Astoria & Scrabble: Richie Lund was a Con Ed ChemLab colleague of mine Back In the Day (we bonded over my recognizing his tattoo artist’s when we first met, but that’s a story for another time).
November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Dangnabit! Can’t make this one. Any other NYC events?
Speaking of Astoria & Scrabble: Richie Lund was a Con Ed ChemLab colleague of mine Back In the Day (we bonded over my recognizing his tattoo artist’s when we first met, but that’s a story for another time).
Speaking of Astoria & Scrabble: Richie Lund was a Con Ed ChemLab colleague of mine Back In the Day (we bonded over my recognizing his tattoo artist’s when we first met, but that’s a story for another time).