John Link

D’oh! I got a podcast.

So exhausting..

OBAMA: It's fair to say that 80% of the world's problems involve old men hanging on who are afraid of death and insignificance, and they won't let go. They build pyramids, and they put their names on everything. They get very anxious about it.

We all remember learning about that famous negotiation that ended World War II in history class.

My interview with writer, librettist and music critic Paul Griffiths is out now in the latest issue of Exacting Clam. It's also free to read on the website: www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-18...

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While we’re still figuring out life on Earth, Voyager 1 is 15 billion miles away, cruising on 69KB, an 8-track, and 1977s Fortran like it’s nothing.

Provided to YouTube by Warner Classics Three Occasions for Orchestra: II. Remembrance · London Sinfonietta · Oliver Knussen American Classics: Elliott Carter ℗ 1992 Erato/Warner Classics, Warner… Three Occasions for Orchestra: II. Remembrance

On this day in 1988, Remembrance received its first performance. The work was commissioned by the Fromm Foundation at Harvard University in memory of Paul Fromm, and later was included as part of Three Occasions for Orchestra. #ContemporaryClassical #Orchestra #MusicHistory

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Steve Dallas: “Opus! Get yer butt back in bed! Don’t step outside! Hey, twitwit! Don’t… DON’T! It’s not Door Dash! Don’t go out there! Do not… oh jeezus…” Opus answers the door holding an Igloo cooler, says: “Alrighty! Let me have it fellas!” to a couple of ICE goons in full tactical gear.

Berke Breathed just posted the first new Bloom County strip in forever…

The Big, Beautiful Bill assigns each American a billionaire who will live the American dream for you. You can check in on your billionaire at intervals and see how he is using your money. Maybe he's building a 19th pool. Maybe he's buying himself some formerly public land! Maybe he's taking a Supreme Court justice on a dream vacation! Maybe he is reupholstering the Statue of Liberty to hide the poem.

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I've never seen the libertarian-to-fascist pipeline so viscerally represented. This is incredible.

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As House Republicans pass a budget bill that takes from the poor to finance tax cuts predominantly for the rich, Trump is hosting a dinner for investors in his crypto business who spent a total of $394 million to gain access to him. It's clear who they really serve.

Watch “the unsung work of preserving the public record” in what one viewer calls “the best livestream on YouTube” Want to "watch democracy get scanned"? As part of the Internet Archive's Democracy's Library project to make government materials from around the world accessible online, the Archive is livestreaming...

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thank you!

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60% of American households can’t afford a minimal quality of life.

Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever.

Our problem isn't a lack of resources.

Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.

leaving academia like

A CNN news notification : The convicted killer crab walked between two walls and pushed through the newly installed razor wire to break out of prison, authorities say

*crab-walked

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📺 Just released by the BBC: a powerful video on the mission of the Internet Archive & the Wayback Machine.

“A time machine for the web,” preserving everything from lost government websites to books & records—before they vanish.

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Collide-O-Scope New Music concert at Di Menna Center. Great to hear John Link, Elliot Carter and for the first time Elenor Sandresky— and catch up with friends !

Let Me Tell You and Let Me Go On by Paul Griffiths This scintillating diptych from Griffiths (Mr. Beethoven), originally published in 2008 and 2023, respectively, uses only the 48...

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Lots of very high profile UK biologists sign a letter saying that biological sex isn't binary or immutable and that the Supreme Court's ruling is scientifically wrong!

We really need to hammer home how the anti-trans side is anti-science

(you can add your name still if you are in a relevant field)

I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points

Collide-O-Scope Music performs music of Carter, Sandresky, Link | May 3, 2025 6:00 pm | Events | Elliott Carter, composer Collide-O-Scope Music performs solo and chamber works by Elliott Carter, John Link, and Eleonor Sandresky at the DiMenna Center's Benzaquen Hall.

This Saturday May 3, Collide-O-Scope Music performs solo and chamber works by Elliott Carter, John Link, and Eleonor Sandresky at the DiMenna Center’s Benzaquen Hall in NYC. #NewMusic #ContemporaryMusic #NYCConcerts #NYCMusic #JohnLink #EleonorSandresky

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Elliott Carter Studies Online, volume 5 | News | Elliott Carter, composer The Amphion Foundation is pleased to announce the publication of volume 5 of Elliott Carter Online Studies, featuring new articles and never before published interviews.

The Amphion Foundation is pleased to announce the publication of volume 5 of Elliott Carter Studies Online, featuring new articles and never before published interviews. Learn more at the link below! #ElliottCarter #OnlineJournal #Musicology #MusicHistory

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🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.

He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords

Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:

what’s your favorite place to teeter? mine is on the edge

YouTube video by Music Department - William Paterson University WP New Music Series: The Music of John Link

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMYh... Here's the live stream for the concert of my music at William Paterson on Monday, April 7th, 7:30pm. With the amazing Nina Berman, Carl Patrick Bolleia, John Ferrari, Marianne Gythfeldt, Payton MacDonald, Caroline Stinson, and the WP New Music Ensemble.

Many of the predictions about where "AI" will be a year from now have that "If you keep your foot down, a Porsche can reach the speed of light in 8 months" flavour to them.