Fantastic new piece by my former student, Gabriel Bouche Caro, beautifully performed by the Telos Consort.

Well hello there!

@heathersae.bsky.social can cook up quite a spread....

Congratulations, @staciebgreene.bsky.social ! www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/03/23/l...

When Marilyn Crispell lives nearby, she might just drop in to the local library one afternoon and perform a couple of improvisations.

I witnessed a bullfight in Mexico when I was a child. Then, as now, I felt it was gory, stupid, and incredibly cruel. This darkly inhumane practice must be banished everywhere.

One of the most virtuosic shots in cinema.

Two years ago the sweetest boy came home with us. I have so much love for this big man.

Today at 6:20 at Metrograph - Matthew Barney's Secondary in a single screen version, ft. me as a referee, and screaming a lot. Football! Sculpture! Violence!

Well, I assumed something like this was coming but it still really really sucks: NewAm had its NEA grant terminated because it no longer aligns with agency priorities. Looks like he wants to disband the NEA anyway, so maybe it’s irrelevant. But I don’t know what we’re going to do. We count on this.

Catskill sunset photographed by @heathersae.bsky.social.

We are a bored society.

Apollo needs a home! He is a mushy, sweet boy that deserves a loving family. The sanctuary where he is living is closing and time is of the essence. Please open your heart to him. More info here: www.waywardranch.org/apollo

Updates in Dorico 6 don't look too substantial. Am I missing something?

@heathersae.bsky.social's vegan lasagna.

Haunting selection from @nathan-davis.bsky.social's new album Earthworks.

I believe he is at least 1000 years old.

Barnard could just streamline the process by requiring Star of David armbands for faculty.

If you care about the environment, consider reducing or eliminating animal products from your diet. If the US substituted beans for beef in its diet, the country would meet between 46 to 74% of its greenhouse gas reduction targets.

Happy Earth Day, folks.

Hey, I just badged into the West Wing!

Even the pope couldn't survive a meeting with JD Vance.

Part I of Dennis Sullivan's new album, 33rd Blight.

This articulates & expands what I've been saying & thinking since the crisis began: Universities (especially those as rich as the ones being targeted) should ignore their endowment returns & alumni donations & band together to stand up for intellectual freedom. Capitulating has given them nothing.

My alma mater, being administered by the White House.

@heathersae.bsky.social's handsome morning companion photobombing the sunrise.

A very happy birthday to Lewis Nielson, a person I aim to emulate as a composer and as a person. Here's his affecting Cilise, a meditation on suffering and remembrance.

An upcoming album - myself, Ryan Seward and Andrew Weathers put together this Manfred Werder piece 2008(3) exploring all around El Paso County, Colorado. It's an extremely special album sawyerspaces.bandcamp.com/album/2008-3

Arthur Barrow and Vinnie Coliauta lock in on one of Zappa's funkiest grooves.

7 April at 7:30, Elebash Hall, NYC: the marvelous TAK Ensemble performs works by CUNY Graduate Center composers William Bolles-Beaven, Tianfang Jia, Ryan Jung, Lila Wildy Quillin, @samiseif.bsky.social, and @qi-xia.bsky.social.

Animal experimentation is cruel and unnecessary. We humans are capable of so much better.

Belew was on tour w/ Zappa when Bowie approached AB about joining his band. They went to a restaurant where FZ also happened to be. After spotting the pair, "Fuck you, Captain Tom" was all Zappa said. Belew remarked that Bowie was not just insulted but demoted.

Listen to this exquisite miniature by my former student Peter Kramer, lovingly performed by 'cellist John Popham and the composer.

Extended Ensemble perfs Between the sphinx & the bank vault, there is a taut thread that pierces the heart of all poor children. Title from Lorca, written after a visit to Wall St in 1929. 3/29, De Graaf: www.ticketsgent.be/producties/t... 3/30, Ruisfestival: www.ccdeschakel.be/voorstelling...

Wildlife corridors are essential for preserving habitats. Every time I drive down the New York State Thruway I wish I could see them there.

190 dogs subject to torture and murder. Human depravity knows no limits.

Engineering the desired result.

Nature heals. If we could only learn the lesson....

Democrats Huddle To Decide How Best To Let Massive Republican Fuck-Up Slip Through Fingers

"Ms. Chung, a high school valedictorian who moved to the United States with her family from South Korea when she was 7, has not been detained by ICE. She remains in the country, but her lawyers would not comment on her whereabouts."

Doing a heck of a job, Petey.

One of the greatest pleasures in life is sitting in front of the fire with my wife listening to this.

The tangled webs we weave....

Millennia of genetic evolution is contained in these seeds. If you care about food, this should deeply alarm you.

Deep weekend listen:

It is widely acknowledged that the greatest cultural contribution MTV ever made was the Hot for Teacher video. That said, I am shocked that the "synchronized" choreography was shot in more than one take.

ICE attempts to deport another student lawfully in this country simply for exercising free speech. The silencing and punishment of those critical to the government are test cases for larger deportations and eventually citizen detentions.

Columbia's complete acquiescence to the government's demands are only "precondition for further negotiations." At the very least the chilling of academic freedom will be felt throughout the country. Imagine the example CU could have set if they resisted. Absolutely ashamed of my alma mater.