If he had been able to stay healthy, would have been in the HoF. Controlled an at bat like few others ever could. Was one of the few bright spots on the Nationals for a couple seasons.

Five authors, at least five books: Colson Whitehead Charles Dickens George Pelecanos Elmore Leonard Zadie Smith

@wmata.com why no email or Bluesky notice of signal problems on Red Line

The Fandango quintet is a banger, and lots of his other works are worth a listen. Happy birthday, Boccherini

For no reason, here’s a list of some of my favorite current Washington Post writers. I am sure I will forget some Candace Buckner Carolyn Hax Barry Svrluga Chuck Culpepper Dana Hedgpeth Geoff Edgers Chris Richards Jada Yuan Martin Weil Travis Andrews Chris Klimek Faiz Siddiqui Jesse Dougherty

@wmata.com just had a Blue Line train to Franconia roll through Smithsonian without stopping

Thanks to Andrew Lindemann Malone for reviewing the concert by Davóne Tines and Ruckus last night, an alternative take on America's 250th anniversary, presented by Washington Performing Arts at Sixth and I washingtonclassicalreview.com/2026/01/29/t...

Davóne Tines and Ruckus brought outstanding musicianship and imaginative programming to "What is Your Hand in This?", a new program to celebrate America's 250th: dmvclassical.wordpress.com/2026/01/29/h... #washingtonclassicalreview

Update: Urgent Essential-Water-Use-Only Request Continues for All WSSC Water Customers Due to Significant Increase in Water Main Breaks and Leaks Read more: wsscwater.com/news/2026/janu

Commas eatery Tato’s expands to Bethesda; Claude Have Mercy’s giant fish sandwich goes viral; and Winter Restaurant Week is extended with local dining deals.

Claire de Goon

@rideonmct.bsky.social I would still prefer not to see this when awaiting my morning bus

Looks like I reviewed the last Vocal Arts DC concert at the Kennedy Center - Sasha Cooke and Myra Huang giving an exceptional performance, including rich thematic resonances with present events washingtonclassicalreview.com/2025/11/05/c...

@rideonmct.bsky.social please clean or replace this sign and reattach it to its post

2019 Washington Nationals World Champion Baby Shark and good dude

Overtightened a toilet tank bolt and cracked the tank, just like every video and article about tightening toilet tank bolts tells you not to do

A must watch for Caps fans to see the Penguins’ mascot getting wrecked

You might be thinking, "CPSC, does a dry Christmas tree really burn that much faster than a well-watered tree?" Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.

Still one more performance of Wash Natl Opera’s The Little Prince! washingtonclassicalreview.com/2025/12/13/w...

Mine is Liszt symphonic poems

Bartok Concerto for Orchestra is such a banger

Joe Burrow doesn’t want to put in the work to taste the sweetness (of Maryland crab meat)

I am thankful for Silver Spring because it rules

Asked ChatGPT for the sheet music to “Jingle Bells.” Okay

Silver Spring is the best

Hot in Herre has, among its many charms, a little slow introduction that makes it feel like a Haydn symphony (complimentary)

Two: Invisible Man. Taught me a lot, not least about how to write and read. Infinite Jest. I had not known that a book could be so fun that it actually repaid close study.

Seems like today would be a good day to read my review of the Chiarina Chamber Players’ superb performance of Appalachian Spring, the best of American cultural achievement: washingtonclassicalreview.com/2025/11/10/a...

Yesterday at Vocal Arts DC, Jasmine Arielle Barnes' American Lament got its world premiere, from Sasha Cooke and Myra Huang, and I can't stop thinking about it. A real winner of a piece, delightful and thought-provoking: washingtonclassicalreview.com/2025/11/05/c...

Happy Halloween! Celebrate by reading my review of Carole Cerasi’s concert of Bach harpsichord music: washingtonclassicalreview.com/2025/10/31/d...

In honor of impending Hallowe’en, I post this Liszt transcription of Saint-Saens that goes incredibly hard youtu.be/sSIyW9MfD60?...

@sheaserrano.bsky.social thank you, sir!

Classical music expresses that which is otherwise inexpressible

Anne Sofie von Otter and Kristian Bezuidenhout were at Wolf Trap last night to perform Schubert, and I was there to write down various thoughts about it: washingtonclassicalreview.com/2025/10/10/v...

Professional hitter

New Purcell just dropped (for real this time)

Everyone In Symphony Audience Has Finger Cocked Under Beer Can Tab For First Sign of Crescendo

Thanks, Pandora

I’m from the DC area and this song get my adrenaline going like no other youtu.be/3AsjpzZDg18?...

@rideonmct.bsky.social On the 19 trip at 4:50 today, the driver went up Colesville to Sligo Creek Parkway rather than turning right on Spring and going to Wayne. My son and I had to walk a third of a mile back to our house in this heat. Please make sure drivers are aware of current detours

When the fugue subject harmonizes perfectly with the principal theme When the flashy cadenza ends on a meditative trill When a singer nails to the high note with seemingly no effort and makes it mean something When V finally goes to I

“For me, after all these years, baseball is about generations. We don’t play the game. We replay the memories — together.” Read longtime Post columnist Thomas Boswell’s full Hall of Fame acceptance speech:

Trick Shot Rick

Always thought his last name sounded like a terrible gastrointestinal disease

The author of the only no-hitter I’ve attended in person. A beast in DC; elsewhere, not so much

MVP, Cy Young, World Series Champion

Look, classical music getting mainstream attention

Leah Hawkins is a stunning dramatic soprano, as shown at her concert with the Apollo Orchestra on Sunday afternoon, right here in beautiful Silver Spring, Maryland dmvclassical.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/j...