Steven Loy

"There is nothing new under the sun. But there are new suns." - Octavia Butler
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Buddhist Extremist Cell Vows To Unleash Tranquility On West WASHINGTON—In a 45-minute video posted on Tibetan websites Thursday, Tsuglag Rinpoche, leader of the Buddhist extremist group Kammaṭṭhāna, threatened to soon inflict a wave of peace and tranquility on...

The Onion: November 20, 2013
In a video posted on Tibetan websites Thursday, Tsuglag Rinpoche, leader of the Buddhist extremist group Kammaṭṭhāna, “In the name of the Great Teacher, we will stop at nothing to unleash a firestorm of empathy, compassion, and true selflessness upon the West.”

Composer John Williams says he ‘never liked film music very much’ Exclusive: The creator of some of cinema’s most memorable music says it pales in comparison to the great works As one of the greatest composers in film, John Williams has written some of the most memorable music in cinema for masterpieces such as Jaws, Jurassic Park and Star Wars. But despite winning five Oscars, the 93-year-old believes that, as an art form, film music pales in comparison to history’s great works. Continue reading...

Composer John Williams says he ‘never liked film music very much’

YouTube says the video is private…

Have said it before, will say it as often as it continues to make me laugh: the Guardian has a genius headline writer. There are layers here 🧅

György Kurtág's new opera coming soon – Die Stechardin Is there an afterlife? Does our soul live on after death? Is there love that lasts beyond the grave? Although no one knows the answer, many people would answer yes, but even those who do not believe i...

Kurtág’s second opera is due for a première in Budapest on February 20 next year, the day after his hundredth birthday.

I was explaining to my Ukrainian colleague the phrase ‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch’. She told me the equivalent in Ukrainian is ‘The only free cheese is in the mousetrap’ - which is so much better

Today we celebrate the 98th birthday of conductor Herbert Blomstedt. Still active, still touring, still entrancing orchestras and audiences alike.
Chapeau, maestro 🫡
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Very tricky indeed, but most days it’s: DLvdE, 10 (Adagio-Andante only) … 4, 5, 9, 3, 8, 2, 7, 6, 1

A photograph of an isolated cresting wave spotlight by the sun against a stormy, dark blue sky. Spindrift flying off. Easy to imagine a face within the surf.

From my ‘Sirens’ series, this is Boreas, Greek god of the cold north wind, storms and winter. Boreas was often depicted as a striding, winged god with ice in his beard or as a gust-blowing head in the clouds.

"WE'VE ARRANGED A society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces. Who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don't know anything about it?" "Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking. A way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along."

I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.

This stunning portrait of NGC 5335 was captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. Some 170,000 light-years across and over 200 million light-years away toward the constellation Virgo, the magnificent spiral galaxy is seen face-on in Hubble's view. Within the galactic disk, loose streamers of star forming regions lie along the galaxy's flocculent spiral arms. But the most striking feature of NGC 5335 is its prominent central bar. Seen in about 30 percent of galaxies, including our Milky Way, bar structures are understood to channel material inward toward the galactic center, fueling star formation. Of course, distant background galaxies are easy to spot, scattered around the sharp Hubble image. Launched in 1990, Hubble is now celebrating its 35th year exploring the cosmos from orbit around planet Earth.

🔭 Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 5335

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, STScI

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Looks like a great program, Carl, wish I could be there. Toi toi and say hi to Bas from me! ;)

A top-down photo of sand patterns that look like four trees, with two circles, like flower buds, perhaps. Orange, yellow and grey.

A top-down photo of sand patterns that look like a tree, with one detached circle. Orange, yellow and blue-grey.

Strange, bobbly sand trees, because who does not like strange, bobbly sand trees?

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dear unhappy Trump voters,
yes, this IS exactly what you voted for. you were just too fucking dumb to understand it

Definitely too many for me.

Sad news indeed. If we measure success by how often a composer’s works are performed, Sofia Gubaidulina was likely the most successful female composer in history. (In recent years, Kaija Saariaho was a close second).

Happy 78th birthday to composer Tristan Murail, famous for his spectral soundscapes. These excellent recordings conducted by Yves Prin and Karl-Anton Rickenbacher provide an excellent introduction to his style.

Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice Photographer captures 20-minute clash between birds emblematic of Canada and US amid high trade tensions

Sometimes the universe delivers.

America, just in case you thought Friday went well here’s how the London Times saw it …..

I’m deeply embarrassed and ashamed to be an American. I felt disgusted watching the video from the White House today. The administration might stand with dictators but I don’t.

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵

YouTube video by Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Fanny Mendelssohn | The story of women composers

Forget the awful news for 10 minutes and discover some things you maybe didn’t know about a really talented composer: youtu.be/QYiJNDRVX1w (well done @orchestraoftheageofenlightenment !)