Michael

Ok so, 180+ years old?

I saw this post about this guy calling the whole-tone scale taboo, and like, are you 110+ years old?

All of them, including myself

AI will probably start emulating Bach, which means it’ll be 250 years behind the curve

Writing on comparative Ancient Indian and Greek music theory; it’s a far-fetched analysis but there are some interesting comparisons

All the relic worship’s gotta pay somewhere, I guess

Catch 22

I really need to drink cheaper whisky. Or have a wide selection of whisky to drink from, because sipping only Lagavulin 16 is decadent and not financially sustainable

AI-generated imagery makes me scream like one of those Francis Bacon pantings

“Thinking AI is bad is bigoted”

ok bigoted against whom? billionaire tech CEOs? rationalist sex pests? the hot
Cylons? Hal? Enigma machines? the abacus????

I had food poisoning last weekend and I still haven’t levelled out after it. God help me

The Onion doesn’t miss. We need the Living Wage for Musicians Act NOW!

Ah so that’s where the UK Government is getting its ideas from

Well, I bought some last Christmas and I thought it was so good that I immediately bought a second bottle. It might happen again this Christmas

A bottle of Lagavulin 16yo

Yep

Got some positive feedback from my PhD supervisor so that will fuel me for about two hours

Well at least that proves my suspicion that my education was useless

Is there such a thing as “Padded Cell Classical”

My supervisors emailed me to ask how I am doing and I’m tempted to respond to them with this image

I’ve only had the Port Charlotte of this haul, and it’s a good one

a man wearing a bow tie and vest is clapping his hands in front of a window . ALT: a man wearing a bow tie and vest is clapping his hands in front of a window .

It’s that time of year

Might have been a calque originally? Who knows

False friend I think; “undulate” comes from “unda” (Latin: wave) while as far as I can see “āndola” means ‘swing’ in Sanskrit. Could be wrong

quite literally a fatal decompression

What a way to return to BlueSky

…Happy Birthday?

I’m on the verge of finishing my doctorate and I’m not even sure whether it’s worth pursuing a career beyond it. It’s all so exhausting for no reason

Society truly ended when Lego was gentrified. Now we live in a socioeconomic cadaver where a Lego set costs $1000

Alternatively, no clef. Just let the tessitura guide you

My music is unplayable but at least the scores look good