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🎃 jan o'lantern 🎃
@sarrusophones.bsky.social
always trying to build community
with/for/about music.

also public radio, carhenge, etc etc

views are my own, sorry
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My response to anything over the next two weeks
December 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
the angrier people get about applause between movements, the more I love applause between movements. let people have fun!!
December 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
they finally let me record some messages to air on the radio!! hope u like my voice, chicago metropolitan area!!
December 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
a stranger came up to me after last night's SML XL show and told me that he saw me nod or make a face at every tasty bass moment, I really am a bass player now
December 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
fall 2025 gave me my first patch of grey hair, proud and also horrified rn
December 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Featuring:

– An Alma Mahler Labubu
– The Britten Seaside Trauma snow globe
– “Fratres” for Cats
– The “Anna Netrebko Accountability” Advent Calendar
– Lush’s “Shostakovich Panic Attack” bath bomb
The Ultimate Classical Music Gift Guide for the Terminally Online and Historically-Burdened
Because we've all read too much music theory to be merry.
www.criticaldrift.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
one thing about me is that I always pull the tower during tarot readings without fail
November 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
new haley heynderickx / max garcia conover album is so stunning and doesn't pull any punches, wow
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
monsters inc but instead of screaming children it's purring cats
November 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
new sylvan esso, hell yeah
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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wishing a very get narsty to all who observe
November 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
sad about the world? give your cat a middle part!
November 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
pet snake turns 18 next year, can't believe he'll be old enough to get drafted
November 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
at 31 years old, I experienced my first mosh pit last night?? I don't think I've ever flown across a room like that omg
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
a family of mourning doves have joined the cardinals. the birds demand that I feel my feelings
grieving while living right by a tree full of cardinals is a real trip
November 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
grieving while living right by a tree full of cardinals is a real trip
November 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Happy Halloween 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
17 pound cat is trying to become a lap cat but these toothpick legs of his do NOT distribute weight well
October 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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“Once my colleague pulled out his camera, the agent put away the gun," Huynh told the Sun-Times Tuesday night. "[But] if they can do this in broad daylight to an elected official, and point a gun at someone, imagine what’s happening behind closed doors.”
October 22, 2025 at 1:36 AM
ai summary above a search told me that October starts with "N" today ☹️
October 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
many years ago, a work enemy tried to set me up to be reprimanded but it ultimately backfired and led to them being fired instead 😊
Enough about Work Husbands and Work Wives.

You ever had a legitimate Work Enemy? Because I’ve had several. I never start with these people and I always warn them. But they never listen. 🫠
October 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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When you are pure of heart no amount of earnestness is Cringe. When you are a malevolent little freak no amount of sarcasm is enough to make you cool
Vibe shift in the culture towards earnestness
October 19, 2025 at 6:22 PM
sally is so good at jumping onto my lap right as a record ends, she can sense it
October 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
hung out with philip glass' cousin yesterday
October 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
view from the brown line at sunset is such a treat, chicago rules
October 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM