really wish we'd opted against having the worst people in the world run my country

Maybe I should run for president. I’ve got many superlatives and distinctives: least qualified candidate ever, the biggest loser, the most Scandinavian, the only Orthodox convert, the only cantor, the only Roslindale resident.

I have a family connection to Minnesota that I’m proud of: my great-great-grandfather General Theodore Harvey Barrett, was a respected community leader there in the late 19th c. In 1887, the General gave a speech at the 7th Annual Meeting of the National Farmers’ Alliance. youtu.be/vogNSoA6lRQ?...

If you drive a dead body to the wrong cemetery and have to load it back into the car to take it to the right one, does that make the whole exercise a rehearsal?

ON THEOPHANY And what might one behold upon those banks? Lo, a stranger now appears from Nazareth — A stillness falls on all who wait for cleansing — Voice no pilgrim now will dare to raise. From John, a glance, then joyous recognition; Heaven sent the Christ; at last, our King!

The Queen Of Christmas Alas, O Mother, I have nothing worthy To present to you, fair with your Firstborn. Such gifts so royal, godly, and yet human The wise men from the East have offered duly. Poor am I, and can by no means dignify The Son of God and you, O Queen of Christmas.

Breaking news: the ACA will be replaced with a new plan by a bill called the SOL Act. It relies on a new miracle drug called Hellwithemall.

A fanouropita is a tradition that we must be sure is carried on perpetually. It is a loss tart that must never become a lost art.

It’s still before Vespers somewhere - youtu.be/xN1eUEX-4wQ?...

Χρόνια πολλά to all the Nicholases! I suppose this might be helpful in a couple of weeks if you’re Old Calendar and then a year from yesterday if you’re New Calendar. youtu.be/4mJUzKvceXg?...

Please join me in helping #CappellaRomana reach our year end fundraising goal of $100,000! Today, on #GivingTuesday, you can make your gift of up to $1k go 2x as far — it will be matched by the Maybelle Clark Foundation, up to a total $20k match. www.cappellaromana.org/give

it’s here! I’ve been listening to @johnaugust.bsky.social and @clmazin.bsky.social’s #ScriptNotesPodcast since I started actively seeking out podcasts during the pandemic to stave off boredom while running in the next door schoolyard. I’ve listened to most of the run by now; excited for the book!

And since tomorrow is the first day we sing this for the season, here’s a quick and dirty reference recording in parallage and Greek/English as well: youtu.be/-zHroWmnHB4?...

It’s still before Vespers somewhere… Mode Pl. IV Resurrectional Apolytikion et al. youtu.be/0ORW6-D1I9Y?...

It’s the weekend after Thanksgiving, and we started singing Christmas music in church last Sunday, so I’ll advertise this again. Looking for a new Christmas carol? Give this one a try: www.patreon.com/posts/114090...

Got this one done *before* the Vespers that uses it! Quick and dirty paralagge/melos reference for Grave Mode Resurrectional apolytikion AND 20th century music theory jokes about Schoenberg. Rollicking good time. Made with #audigo youtu.be/l384sADdtYU?...

Χρόνια πολλά! Joyous Feast of the Entrance of the Mother of God in the Temple! Please support my birthday fundraiser, and join me in helping #CappellaRomana reach our year-end fundraising goal of $100,000! Give online at www.cappellaromana.org/give! Made with #audigo youtu.be/vcMlXFhidvI?...

A reference recording (paralaggé and mélos, Greek and English) for Ἀγγελικαὶ δυνάμεις as well as an ongoing reflection on (my) musical origins #ByzantineChant #Anastasima Recorded with #Audigo youtu.be/0oeQ-QzcVSg?...

A reference recording (paralaggé and mélos, Greek and English) for Τον συνάναρχον Λόγον as well as a reflection on (my) musical origins #ByzantineChant #Automela Recorded with #Audigo youtu.be/SIOsCNC1-Rc?...

Hey folks -- For my birthday 2 weeks from today, please join me in helping #CappellaRomana reach our year-end fundraising goal of $100,000! Make your gift here: cappellaromana.my.salesforce-sites.com/donate/?dfId... Thank you! Please like and share! youtu.be/7GTkR9ixjzQ?...

For my birthday, please join me in helping #CappellaRomana reach its end of year fundraising goal of $100,000! Make your gift here: www.cappellaromana.org/support youtu.be/7GTkR9ixjzQ?...

As the right embraces Hitler, some on the left cry foul.

Young Republicans leaders praise Nazis. Here’s why that’s bad news for Zohran Mamdani. by Jonathan Greenblatt

For my birthday, please join me in helping #CappellaRomana reach its end of year fundraising goal of $100,000! Make your gift here: www.cappellaromana.org/support youtu.be/7GTkR9ixjzQ?...

I wrote a novel about gametes. I showed it to a literary agent, who just shrugged and said, “Sure, sex cells, but who’s buying?”

Happy National Frappe Day! youtu.be/xNh7kM_LE4o?...

Had the camera going a lot at The Liturgical Arts Academy; I edited together a little thing about the paths folks had taken in Orthodox music ministry & their thoughts on how people might get started in it. Thanks to Chris Kouldukis, Laura Bushelli, & Megan Barrett! Enjoy! youtu.be/-qBcfOGyOEU?...

Testing out some things with #Audigo mics in the lovely and lively acoustics of Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church with Jordan Parro, isokrat youtu.be/TjjK04EO5PE?...

@jamesgunn.bsky.social I have a Question and hope you have an answer

we have gone from a world in which we were told not to cite wikipedia because it was unreliable to a world where wikipedia might be the only reliable source left on the internet and we all owe a lot to the pedantic nerds who got us there

Senators @warren.senate.gov Elizabeth Warren and @markey.senate.gov Ed Markey, please introduce a resolution calling for a national day of remembrance for all children who did not come home to their parents because of a school shooter. Thank you.

On a bit of a fishing expedition — do I know anybody in the art book world? Assouline, Taschen, Thames & Hudson, Phaidon, anything like that?

YEP. Exactly this. From the mid 1960s-80s, there were 3-4 Guggenheim Fellows named from IU *every* year. Until ~2005, there was usually at least one/year. But since the Great Recession, all the non-applied Arts & Sciences have been cut, while Business School (w mainly NTT instructors) has grown.

With God’s help, we’ve reached our $5,000 goal! Thank you to everybody whose generosity helped us get there, including the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church Parish Council, Dormition’s St. Catherine’s Philoptochos, and every single individual donor! gofund.me/70e2c4c5

Hi all — with Dormition’s Parish Council making a generous gift, we’re over halfway to our goal! You’ve helped make this happen for me, Megan Barrett, & a 3rd chorister who stays off social media, & we are all grateful for all your support! www.gofundme.com/f/help-dormi...

With a couple of private gifts that aren’t recorded yet, you’ve helped us get more than halfway to the goal for members of Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church’s choir to participate in The Liturgical Arts Academy — thank you very much! www.gofundme.com/f/help-dormi...

Quick and dirty take of Fr. Seraphim Dedes’ setting of Ps50 after the Gospel. Test run for a bigger deal when we have everybody there. #WhatsOnYourAnalogion #ByzantineMusicIsChoralMusic youtu.be/RMb8wS0sHsQ?... #MadeWithAudigo

Many thanks to all who have supported Dormition’s singers getting to The Liturgical Arts Academy! We’re *almost* halfway there! gofund.me/a918655a

Thank you to all helping to bring Dormition’s singers to The Liturgical Arts Academy! At $1,654, we’re a third of the way there! Many thanks to our newest supporter, St. Catherine’s Philoptochos Society of Dormition! Please consider making a gift online: gofund.me/d70bd8db Please like & share!

Joyous feast on the Ascension of our Lord! Christ is risen! Will you make a tax-deductible gift to help 3 of Dormition Somerville’s choir members get to The Liturgical Arts Academy? gofund.me/ad9bf4ab

For #NationalPoetryMonth, and as a meditation on the Passion Service that will be served tonight, I offer the following. www.patreon.com/posts/114091... In theory, these are singable to the usual Mode IV Beatitudes melody. For one realization (in Byzantine notation): www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/9dews...

Okay, ultra-super-duper-wealthy: time to start endowing colleges, schools, research institutions, arts organizations, libraries, what have you. Whatever you were going to do, do it now. You wanted a university named after you? Write the check. You wanted cancer cured in your name? Write the check.

Hey @blankcheck.bsky.social - discovered your show through your Lynch run and have been binging it. Re: Sherilyn Fenn in TPTR - Joel Bocko of Lost in the Movies seems to think that probably the original Audrey material was what we wound up getting from Sylvia and Johnny Horne. No idea if it’s true.

youtu.be/dXr8oj_ZrV8?... Right choir section of Cherubikón Mode I (Pétros Peloponnésios) at Dormition of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church in Somerville, MA, as found in Gabriel Cremeens’ forthcoming A Sacrifice of Praise, Vol. 1: Mode I, published by Cappella Romana Publishing.

I can imagine it on @nytpitchbot.bsky.social - “Standing up to bullies is part of the American myth - but here’s why it might tank your retirement”

A brief check-in on Cappella Romana Publishing… cappellaromana.org/podcast/

Hey Orthodox musicians - between now and the end of March 13th, buy whatever you want from Cappella Romana Publishing at half off! No strings attached, no catch, no coupon code. Just order your books at www.cappellaromana.org/publishing, and save 50%!

@straczynski.bsky.social FYI - a friend shared this, and I said, “Well, let me tell you about the first season of a show called Babylon 5”.