Liner Notes Danny
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This is going to be the account where I talk about music, for everything else follow @comicbooksdanny.bsky.social
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We have a new policy in this household: every time Brianna Wu comes up in discourse, we listen to the Avalanches' "Frontier Psychiatrist" in its entirety
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
We have a new policy in this household: every time Brianna Wu comes up in discourse, we listen to the Avalanches' "Frontier Psychiatrist" in its entirety
At first I was like, this makes it look like he was murdered, and then I was like well I guess he kind of was
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
At first I was like, this makes it look like he was murdered, and then I was like well I guess he kind of was
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Not the Gsus chord?
November 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Not the Gsus chord?
Just finding out that Angélica Negrón and Caroline Shaw also worked on the new Rosalía album, hell yeah
(and congrats to Daníel Bjarnason, whose vast and towering array of accomplishments now includes conducting the orchestra on this absolutely buck wild track)
November 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Just finding out that Angélica Negrón and Caroline Shaw also worked on the new Rosalía album, hell yeah
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JF: so sad to hear of the passing of Hal Sirowitz, the poet Laureate of Queens NY. I had the privilege of recording him years ago and he was a magnificent fellow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pThA...
Hal Sirowitz (Hello CD of the Month Club, September 1996) [full album]
YouTube video by InterLace TP System
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November 7, 2025 at 2:42 PM
JF: so sad to hear of the passing of Hal Sirowitz, the poet Laureate of Queens NY. I had the privilege of recording him years ago and he was a magnificent fellow. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pThA...
listening to this and remembering that time I went through a whole Matthew Dear Phase
Matthew Dear - You Put a Smell on Me
Matthew Dear - You Put a Smell on Me
YouTube video by pelodelperro
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November 6, 2025 at 5:48 PM
listening to this and remembering that time I went through a whole Matthew Dear Phase
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They don't put music theory in fiction these days the way they used to. I hope someone has actually composed "Ecstasy on the Letter Z"
November 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
They don't put music theory in fiction these days the way they used to. I hope someone has actually composed "Ecstasy on the Letter Z"
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just saw Herbie Hancock at the Strathmore. played almost exclusively progressive jazz, went ~1 hour over time, much of the overage stemming from a nearly 40m lecture on evolution, compassion, & futurism done entirely via vocoder, and saved almost all the accessible fusion for post-lecture. the GOAT!
November 2, 2025 at 2:55 AM
just saw Herbie Hancock at the Strathmore. played almost exclusively progressive jazz, went ~1 hour over time, much of the overage stemming from a nearly 40m lecture on evolution, compassion, & futurism done entirely via vocoder, and saved almost all the accessible fusion for post-lecture. the GOAT!
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PBS: Ben Folds on Taking a Stand for Artistic Freedom After Trump’s Kennedy Center Takeover #blogpost
PBS: Ben Folds on Taking a Stand for Artistic Freedom After Trump’s Kennedy Center Takeover
Ben Folds’ piano-powered pop music earned him a cult following and made him one of the most respected songwriters of his generation. He also held an influential role in classical music as artistic advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra. Folds resigned after President Trump’s takeover of the Kennedy Center. Amna Nawaz spoke with him for our series, Art in Action, as part of our CANVAS coverage.
littlegreenfootballs.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM
PBS: Ben Folds on Taking a Stand for Artistic Freedom After Trump’s Kennedy Center Takeover #blogpost
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Since early September, at most, 57 percent of tickets were sold or comped for the typical production ... That compares with 93 percent sold or comped in fall 2024 and 80 percent in fall 2023.
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center ticket sales have plummeted since Trump takeover
Nearly nine months into Trump’s oversight, sales for the three largest performance venues are the worst they’ve been since the pandemic, according to a Washington Post analysis.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Since early September, at most, 57 percent of tickets were sold or comped for the typical production ... That compares with 93 percent sold or comped in fall 2024 and 80 percent in fall 2023.
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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The thing about capitalism is that every real thing of value gets encircled by a layer of grift and this is regarded as a necessary evil but then people forget how to tell the difference between the grift and the real thing and the grift eats the real thing until there's nothing left
October 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The thing about capitalism is that every real thing of value gets encircled by a layer of grift and this is regarded as a necessary evil but then people forget how to tell the difference between the grift and the real thing and the grift eats the real thing until there's nothing left
I'm not saying EVERYONE that I write liner notes for will go on to collab with Rosalía, Björk, and Yves Tumor. I'm just saying that it has happened in the past, so we can't rule it out. Better hire me just in case
ROSALÍA - Berghain (Official Video) feat. Björk & Yves Tumor
YouTube video by RosaliaVEVO
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October 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I'm not saying EVERYONE that I write liner notes for will go on to collab with Rosalía, Björk, and Yves Tumor. I'm just saying that it has happened in the past, so we can't rule it out. Better hire me just in case
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The key to understanding right-wing politics:
a) they believe in natural, immutable hierarchies
b) they think downtrodden people are naturally inferior and deserve their place in society
c) they believe that some people are inherently criminal
d) they see the law exclusively as a tool of punishment
a) they believe in natural, immutable hierarchies
b) they think downtrodden people are naturally inferior and deserve their place in society
c) they believe that some people are inherently criminal
d) they see the law exclusively as a tool of punishment
"But don't they care how this will affect—"
No, they don't.
No, they don't.
October 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The key to understanding right-wing politics:
a) they believe in natural, immutable hierarchies
b) they think downtrodden people are naturally inferior and deserve their place in society
c) they believe that some people are inherently criminal
d) they see the law exclusively as a tool of punishment
a) they believe in natural, immutable hierarchies
b) they think downtrodden people are naturally inferior and deserve their place in society
c) they believe that some people are inherently criminal
d) they see the law exclusively as a tool of punishment
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People need to stop retconning literally the worst era in American popular music history into something it wasn't, just because there were also some amazing records that like 250 people happened to be hunting down and listening to
October 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
People need to stop retconning literally the worst era in American popular music history into something it wasn't, just because there were also some amazing records that like 250 people happened to be hunting down and listening to
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Cracking me up that Ed Sheeran is more Republican-coded than Kanye West
October 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Cracking me up that Ed Sheeran is more Republican-coded than Kanye West
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Enjoying the moment during our sold-out show at Madison Square Garden (7/12/25)
October 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Enjoying the moment during our sold-out show at Madison Square Garden (7/12/25)
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going to have enough material for a 9-minute disco cut soon
Mike Johnson not knowing any of the details with Yakety Sax
October 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
going to have enough material for a 9-minute disco cut soon
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growing up we were taught to call almost every unrelated woman older than us "auntie," and we had more specific names for relatives. and if i were trying to describe any of them in public to a bunch of white journalists, i might say "aunt" instead of "auntie" or "dad's cousin" or whatever. who cares
October 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
growing up we were taught to call almost every unrelated woman older than us "auntie," and we had more specific names for relatives. and if i were trying to describe any of them in public to a bunch of white journalists, i might say "aunt" instead of "auntie" or "dad's cousin" or whatever. who cares
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FYI if you have a Spotify membership, Indivisible is asking people to cancel until they stop running ICE recruitment ads. Instructions on how to do it here: www.youtube.com/shorts/TKp7c...
Tutorial: How to cancel your Spotify subscription
YouTube video by Indivisible
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October 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
FYI if you have a Spotify membership, Indivisible is asking people to cancel until they stop running ICE recruitment ads. Instructions on how to do it here: www.youtube.com/shorts/TKp7c...
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Spotify is so scummy, man.
October 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Spotify is so scummy, man.
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what about _fragrant_ violations
October 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
what about _fragrant_ violations
Ooh @socialsoprano.bsky.social look who‘s in the Times
A Black Composer Was a Star, Then Faded. Is It Time to Shine Again?
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Ooh @socialsoprano.bsky.social look who‘s in the Times
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Still plenty of things to find in the archives www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Some of the earliest written notes in western musical history discovered in Pennsylvania
Ninth-century manuscript for Easter services remained ‘out of sight’ for years in hands of private collector
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Still plenty of things to find in the archives www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...