Maddie (The Woman Behind Winkie’s)

A picture of David Lynch with the caption Fix your hearts or die

Happy Trans Day of Visibility

We as a society have outgrown the need for the Prokofiev Classical symphony

YouTube video by gɹinblat Sofia Gubaidulina: Viola Concerto (1996)

RIP Sofia Gubaidulina

Invoking God at the end is so funny too. “This guy fucking sucks and I hate him and I’m sick of hearing about him. Praise Christ.”

With a dead man

Dated New Year’s Day, 1994. She came into the New Year ready to START SHIT

Text from a letter written by the Russian composer Galina Ustvolskaya: “I am writing these notes to finally assert the TRUTH about my relations with Dmitri Shostakovich. To state the TRUTH about Shostakovich himself as a composer and a person. I am not writing anything in detail. Details could have far-reaching consequences. It is high time to move on from the steadfast, stupid point of view on Shostakovich. On my part I would like to say the following: never once during the years, even during my studies at the Conservatory which I spent in his class, was Shostakovich’s music close to me. Nor was his personality. I would be even more candid: I bluntly refused to accept his music, as in the following years. Unfortunately, Shostakovich’s personality only deepened my negative attitude towards him. I do not feel it necessary to further dwell on the subject. One thing remains clear: it would seem that such an outstanding figure as Shostakovich was not outstanding to me. On the contrary, it was painful and killed my best feelings. I begged God to give me strength to create and now too I ask God the same. Galina Ustvolskaya St. Petersburg, 1 January 1994”

Get his ass, queen

A screenshot of a list on Letterboxd titled “Favorite First Watches of February, 2025.” The movies listed are: -Häxan (1922) -The Big Gundown (1967) -All the Colors of the Dark (1972) -Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) -Time Bandits (1981) -King of New York (1990) -Dark City (1998) -Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) -Creepy (2016) -Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (2021)

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repost is trans people should have free boneless wings

I love boneless wings :3

Kalevi Aho write a good symphony challenge (impossible)

Turns out they only advanced like five people past the first round so I’m not as disappointed anymore

It’s because I’m listening to Bruckner, everything is wrong

Just tried to put a sock on upside down for a solid 30 seconds and got really confused and annoyed that it wasn’t working right

He look like (red) shrek

Dudes rock

🫠 ah well

Everyone say “good luck on your audition today, Maddie!” :)

Lydia Tar, who is real

Refs tuning up the orchestra for the most thrilling comeback in Super Bowl history

I’m listening Korngold’s Symphony in F# Major and I could be wrong but I think maybe… just maybe… John Williams has heard this piece before

But if you’re giant nerd the Grosse Fuge really hits tho

Just did a cold run of the repertoire for my audition next week and it went very well :)

Bluebeard’s Castle is a great opera because despite all the symbolism and philosophizing about the inner secrets of men’s souls it’s just an opera about a spooky haunted house

That looks sick!!

-Man with a Movie Camera (Vertov, 1929) -Dracula (Browning, 1931) -His Girl Friday (Hawks, 1940) -Black Narcissus (Powell/Pressburger, 1947) -Rio Bravo (Hawks, 1959) -Peeping Tom (Powell, 1960) -Aguirre, The Wrath of God (Herzog, 1972) -The Sugarland Express (Spielberg, 1974) -Paris, Texas (Wenders, 1984) -Serial Mom (Waters, 1994)

Favorite first-watches of January. Good month for movies.

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Me when Dvorak quotes Beethoven 9 in the New World Symphony: “You fraud! You hack! Learn to compose bitch!”

Me when Schubert quotes Beethoven 9 in his own ninth: *sobbing, more moved than I’ve ever been* “this to me is art”

Practicing Wagner with the windows open, everyone’s gonna think I’m a Nazi

YouTube video by ano niem The Artemis Quartet Schubert String quartet No 15 in G major, D 887 Part 1 Allegro molto moderato

Today is Schubert’s birthday. Everyone, do yourself a favor and listen to his 15th Quartet today.

YouTube video by LiliumLost Chrono Cross - Dream of the Shore Near Another World

I cannot HANDLE this ost, how does Yasunori Mitsuda do it?