Is it possible to grow sweet potatoes on an apartment balcony in Southern California?

HELLO FOLLOWERS! for those who don't know, i post live during The Grammys every year so if you want to know what's happening & want A+ musicological & pop cultural content/context, then check out my profile at 8pm EST. it will be snarky & it will be fun so come join me & my friends as we post!

I listened to 70 Grammy-nominated albums this year. Here are my predictions! www.patreon.com/posts/2026-g...

Does anyone know where I can buy official Disney pin backs? I have a corkboard full of Disney pins that are missing the backs, and I'd like to remove them to store elsewhere.

It's finally happening—I have to pack my own suit for a gig that I'm flying cross country for. 😬 How do I avoid arriving with crinkled clothes? I have no idea how to use to use this upper compartment of my suitcase.

not Aussie but just here hoping someone says Naomi Watts

Aussies, which major Australian actors tend to garner the most national pride? Nicole Kidman? Hugh Jackman? Who else?

Holy Dies Irae! #Zootopia2 @celexo.bsky.social

Does anyone else consistently fail CAPTCHA checks? I feel like I need some pointers: 1. For those "select all squares with images of trees" types, should you select the squares with even tiny slivers of trees? 2. Are the character identification ones case-sensitive?

The book is out in the wild…guess I’ll have to add the superlative “cute lil’ death book” to my CV. Thanks @chrysanthetan.bsky.social !!

See you tonight at MYNOCKS FROM SPACE: A Live Staged Reading of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK! . Livestream tickets still available: swliveread.com . @jameswaterman.bsky.social @aurekfonts.bsky.social @patrickcotnoir.bsky.social @petetheretailer.bsky.social @alexrobinson.bsky.social

Oh nooooo. This is such a fear of mine.

I know that sublingual tablets shouldn't be chewed, but are there any medical downsides to taking chewable tablets sublingually? Asking for sensory reasons.

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

A very happy 97th birthday to the great satirist and songwriter, Tom Lehrer. I was trying to decide what song to post, then remembered that, three years ago, Tom put all of his work in the public domain. Therefore, thanks to his generosity, here's all of them. tomlehrersongs.com/albums/

I've been waiting for you, pretty palindrome. #Duolingo

Easily one of the coolest things that's ever happened to me!! 😄 💖 🥹 (I'm the butt of the joke in @damnyouwillis.bsky.social's #DumbingOfAge comic on 3/25/25) ✨ Full strip: www.dumbingofage.com/2025/comic/b...

TONIGHT! swliveread.com

TONIGHT! Some musical stats from the office of @ChrysantheTan.bsky.social: 📈 81 total musical cues Most used leitmotifs: 📯 Luke's Theme: 12 cues 🎺 Rebel Fanfare: 7 🪈 Leia's Theme: 7 🔇 Imperial March: 0 Deleted Scene Music: 🆕 New Character Themes: 1

I know a million other bad things happened today but this is truly awful and will make so many people's lives worse.

Piecing together reporting and research about the Kennedy Center purge, because if we rely on outlets like the Times to tell us what it means and what might happen and what can be done we're all gonna die waiting songofthelarkblog.com/2025/02/10/d...

Thanks to this thread, I discovered that the Long Beach Opera is dedicating an entire year to Pauline Oliveros and that one of their shows is coming up this weekend. I emailed them to thank them for this and then woke up the next morning like "Oh hey! I can write about this!" So I did!

TROS 29: Rise of Skywalker Music and Sound Crew (Season Finale) 🎬 Xanthe goes thru all the music/sound credits and explains what each person does. We also compare the transitions to credits in episodes I-IX! 🎥 YouTube: youtu.be/uH4O3nfQb88 Show Notes: www.starwarsmusicminute.com/podcast/tros...

My first score video! --- "On the Other Hand" for solo violin Composed by Chrysanthe Tan Performed by Lorenz Gamma youtu.be/y4cZ07bqGiM

So I watched EMILIA PÉREZ. 😐 letterboxd.com/xanthesaurus...

Trans ppl need to be aware: Trump's hideous executive order on gender DOES NOT AFFECT YOUR STATE ID OR DRIVER'S LICENSE. It only applies to Federal documents. Some states (notably Florida) are pulling the same shit, but in many others it's still possible to change your gender marker.

Does anyone know of an online (piano) keyboard that: 1. lets me hook up my own midi device AND 2. displays both notes and scale degrees (assigned by me) on the keys when I play?

In the wake of its disappearance, theSkimm is publishing the content of reproductiverights.gov to ensure that the critical information and resources it outlined remain available to women and families.

People are gonna nitpick this, but it's good advice. Don't let your in-house lawyers cow you into throwing away programs that work. There's always a way to do the right thing.

Re-upping ask: if you're using any Bluesky scheduling or analytics tools, could use recommendations. Thanks!

The final season of Lost is good actually.

Happy #Severance day music theory teachers — the theme contains examples of: • pedal tones • tritone relationships • planing • chromatic mediant relationships

Baby-atu? Nosfer-girl? Babynosferatugirl? Anyway, BABYGIRL + NOSFERATU is the new Barbenheimer.

What are your favorite* albums/EPs with a Christmas or wintertime holiday theme? I want to be prepared next year with a list of things to listen to in December. *doesn't have to be a favorite; can also be weird, interesting, disturbing, contextually unique, or culturally important.

Some fun Spotify wrapped stats: 86%: How many tracks artists say Spotify has demonetized on its platform. $0.004: How much the average artist makes per stream. US$114M: Spotify CEO's investment firm spending on AI military tech. $0: How much the intern who says she created Wrapped was paid.

Elphaba's green makeup looked so good!!! #Wicked

God I hate when people in movies drive. 😩

Thanks for listening! We really did have a blast.

Should I make a separate Bsky account for my podcast?

Accidentally watching Vampire Diaries for the first time. Did they cast someone who looks like Angel from Buffy on purpose?

The string quartet is the sexiest medium. Thank you, no questions at this time.

Wait, the Angelina-Jolie-as-Maria-Callas film was actually finished?!? I remember hearing casting rumblings years ago, but I figured the project had been delayed indefinitely. 😮 Needless to say, I'm maximally excited & nervous for this!

What are your favorite classical albums* under 30 minutes? *or EPs or singles that contain an entire piece of music

I was honoured to be a part of Star Wars Music Minutes with @chrysanthetan.bsky.social talking about the sounds and music of TROS. Guess how long until I mention Andor? Please watch or listen! #StarWars

Just watched THE DESCENT, and I can assure you it was not Comedy, Romance, Feel-good, or Fun.

I think the problem with Star Wars is that originally, George Lucas took huge creative, financial, and personal risks to make it. It was a huge gamble: not a sure thing. now there is no single individual with so much to lose, but a company that wants to bet on sure things only.

i will not be calling these skeets. surely, i will not.

Do you want to see the musical score that I'll be using for tonight's MUSTAFAR TAKES LA show? (RotS live reading) 👇 I just posted it on my Patreon. If you're not a patron, you can buy it for a special price of $6.60! 😈 (do it in a browser to avoid Apple fees) www.patreon.com/posts/sharin...

I like Duolingo but frequently wish I had some good, old-fashioned* flashcards to practice words with as well. Does anyone have either a manual workflow or a 3rd party app/script for turning Duolingo lessons into notecards? *App-based notecards (Anki, Quizlet, etc) would be good too!