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My review of The Comet/Poppea for @parterrebox.bsky.social

My review of The Comet/Poppea for @parterrebox.bsky.social

A still from the Poppea half of Yuval Sharon's Monteverdi vs George Lewis staging, The Comet/Poppea, captioned: THE TURNING POINT: “I don’t think I’ll ever be as moved by the death of Seneca as I was in this staging of Poppea, or as filled with dread by another staging—should I ever get the chance to see one—of The Comet.”

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I haven't been posting my reviews from the festivals this summer! Lemme get on that

🎥 Video of the week
If you only have a few minutes for music today, make it this one.
Purcell’s Dido’s Lament is short, simple, and devastating.
Lea Desandre, Thomas Dunford, and the Jupiter Ensemble.
Watch and read at moto-perpetuo.com/didos-lament...

Some American music arrived today…

One of my favorite TMBG experiments: in 1999 they came out with a song called “On Earth My Nina” which consisted of John Linnell trying to sing their song “Thunderbird” backwards, phonetically, a cappella. They had not yet released the song “Thunderbird” and would not do so for another five years

COUNTERPOINT: what if the Rolling Stones hadn’t put out any albums before Steel Wheels

both songs slap

One of my favorite TMBG experiments: in 1999 they came out with a song called “On Earth My Nina” which consisted of John Linnell trying to sing their song “Thunderbird” backwards, phonetically, a cappella. They had not yet released the song “Thunderbird” and would not do so for another five years

there were those Bad Lip Read viral videos back in the day but this is so much better than any of them

Love this so much

Cuomo scandals cost NY taxpayers nearly $60 million in legal fees, comptroller review finds The former governor of New York announced a bid for a different office: this time he hopes to be the mayor of New York City.

Huh!

Book by @annakornbluh.bsky.social that, even while not reading, compels me to come back to www.annakornbluh.com/immediacy-or...

Yeah, I think that’s correct

This is unforgivable. Where’s “Little St Nick”

Top recession indicators
Big Frieda got a Gospel album coming
The snack wrap is back
Stamps is going two for one again
Places that sell new clothes Are selling used clothes
Cut waters
The bourbon secondary market has collapsed
Quick weaves back
Rappers praying at the end of records

What is required for someone to be an American? 30% of Republicans say being White is very or somewhat important. www.pbump.net/o/what-makes...

Infuriatingly clueless...when has the NYT ever done "thumbs-up/thumbs-down"? And how exactly is a five-minute portrait-style video supposed to "provide more information and context" than words? *angry Don Draper voice* That's what the writing is for!

Crushing news. He changed everything

Speaking as someone who consumes a lot of media for mental children, I have observed a large contingent of, say, comic book readers who will send death threats to writers when something bad happens to their favorite superhero

Is she? or is she watching Bluey? No offense to Bluey fans but I think a lot of these people are just Disney adults, spending all of their time in a media ecosystem designed for children, free of disturbing elements like suspense and ambiguity

Handsome Squidward

He looks EXACTLY like Handsome Squidward

it is very funny how cute he looks in the photos from his twinkdom, compared to how incredibly fucked up he looks in the pix following his chad surgery

"New York cited rumors that he suffered from an enlarged heart." His heart was literally TOO BIG for this world I hope you jackals are happy

How a Fake Philanthropist Fooled the Frick | Artnet News Matthew Pietras was a major donor to the Frick until his sudden death at age 40—but his gifts were stolen from the Soros and Ross fortunes.

RIP to a real one (fake one)

furry transfem

ahhaha I literally came here to say this

Screenshot of a headline about Justin Trudeau maybe dating Katy Perry and I’d have to pay to read the article which was sobering and I am grateful

Have never felt more looked out for by a paywall