Jeffrey Gross
@Klassical_Kat
Riffs/reveries/rodomontades re classical music. Always asking WDTNAD — What do the notes actually do? Writing a book about it, repped by @alireader at @JVNLA
I hope you enjoy my Catalog of Composers, after the Iliad’s Catalog of Ships.
New piece up cracksinpomo.substack.com/p/catalog-of-c…
If you’re at a traffic light in New York City and it turns green and the guy behind you doesn’t wait a nanosecond before beeping — there’s no point in getting mad and beeping back. He was just saying hi.
I went to a concert where they played the John Cage arrangement of Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony. You could hear a pin drop.
Friend called me a premium naughtypants, and she’s right: PREMIVM NAVGHTYPANTS is my Roman emperor name.
We would’ve done the same to my name, but she didn’t like Otto
I took my wife’s name and turned it around, so we’re palindromes It’s true: we’re both Anna now
Air Hitler
The woman who was arrested and beaten is the director of the Kinneret summer camp. Fifty Jewish French children, aged 10 – 15, were singing Hebrew songs on the plane. The @vueling airline crew said that Israel is a terrorist state and forced the children off the aircraft; they…
I took my wife’s name and turned it around, so we’re palindromes It’s true: we’re both Anna now
I knew a guy who started going by his middle name after marriage so he could relate to his wife (who took his last name)
That’s what she said
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BIG NEWS. We are absolutely thrilled to announce that @valerie_reads will be joining @UnHerd as Senior Editor, US, where she will commission, edit, and write at the intersection of politics, culture, and lifestyle — and help elevate our New York headquarters into a premier space…
Preparing for the North America release of Drink & Think Venice on August 27, here's a super podcast - I was interviewed this morning by my friend and colleague David Hewson. @trevorw1953 @GilesMacDonogh @Faudaville @Cat_Bauer robinsaikia.wordpress.com/2024/08/12/dri…
I have 1437 followers: isn’t that like 1337-speak from days of yore?
Along with everything else going on in the world there’s another Happy Gilmore movie
Why aren’t you all Handelmaxxing? 💪🚀❤️🔥 youtu.be/4BC5bEyFLsU?
I had to rent a car. I’m driving a white Toyota Camry, in case any of you ladies were looking for a bad boy.
I hate when people say “You’re fine” to signal that the thing I’m currently doing is OK with them. I always feel like saying, “if you had any idea how not fine I am.”
You can’t just say “Benny and the Jets” over and over and declare it a song — it’s not a dignified way to live
Did you know you can buy 100% chemical-free clouds at Costco? #TrueFact
Why does a chemist know about clouds? Chemists should shut up about clouds, unless there's chemicals in them.