Composer/intermedia artist, host for KBCS-FM, contributor to Sequenza 21, cribbage player. Views expressed are solely my own. https://xitter.cf/t.co/hwXlpnEebo
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Berio's Circles was an important influence on Crumb, whose own centenary we'll look forward to celebrating in three years!
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It's a cult of people who believe the superhuman claims made by a dead man that they feel was martyred by an unjust society. Sounds familiar!
Born on this date in 1925 was Luciano Berio, the most prominent Italian composer of the late 20th century. Today we're revisiting our centenary show from last year featuring Stuart Dempster, Cathy Berberian, @SeattleSymphony, @AlarmWillSound and more.
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Born OTD was Sofia Gubaidulina (1931–2025), perhaps the greatest of the late Soviet composers, renown for her choral, orchestral and chamber works. In this podcast though, we revisit her early career as a free improviser. (That's her with the drumsticks.)
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Happy Podcast Monday! This week we preview DoYeon Kim and @MyraMelford at @EarshotJazz, plus Ludovic Morlot's return to @SeattleSymphony to conduct Samuel Adams with Conor Hanick. Plus Crumb, Maxwell Davies, David Shea and Quinsin Nachoff.
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Michael Schell retweeted
The goal is to create a sense of inevitable defeat in the majority. Vote early. On election day, help others who did not, or could not, vote early get to the polls. Bear witness to the crimes.
Michael Schell retweeted
I hate this. The fact is — El-Sayed is underperforming in a D +8 environment. If he was a stronger candidate, we would have had more money for FL or MS, but instead we’re investing in MI because he can’t put Rogers to bed like Cooper has in NC.
Rep. Ayanna Pressley in MI just praised AOC for the $1 million — and ripped DSCC.
“The DSCC should take note because it is shameful that we are not seeing an equitable investment in progressive and diverse candidates like Abdul El-Sayed, like Angie Nixon, like Scott Colom.”
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Ayanna Pressley is incorrect. Not only has the DSCC supported the El-Sayed campaign with $16 million so far, the Senate Majority PAC of Sen. Schumer has spent an additional $10 million in support of El-Sayed
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Maybe try nominating someone who’s *not* the most unpopular Democratic Michigan senate candidate of the century?
Tonight at @MeanyCenter the Arditti Quartet performs in Seattle for the first time in its 52-year history. On our new podcast founder/1st violinist Irvine Arditti chats with us about the concert. Plus @John_Hollenbeck plays @EarshotJazz.
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Michael Schell retweeted
An interesting question is whether if Haley Stevens or Mallory McMorrow had won this nomination, would they need last-minute cash infusions or would this money be available for FL-Sen or TX-Gov instead?
NEWS: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just transferred $1 million to help elect Abdul El-Sayed for Senate in Michigan.
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Happy birthday to Mary Halvorson, born OTD in 1980 in Brookline. She was our guest on Flotation Device last year for a chat about teachers Braxton and Joe Morris, her guitar tech, and her recent albums with her own Amaryllis sextet for @NonesuchRecords.
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