Fascinated by music as second language, film, women, phytochemicals...and the nature of God
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A Fresh Take on a Bach Classic
Toccata and Fugue in D minor is famously known for its powerful organ sound. But in this solo flute version by Helena Schulthess, the piece takes on a completely different character. Instead of grand and dramatic, it becomes intimate and haunting. Since the flute can only play one note at a time, Schulthess uses breath, phrasing, and tone to suggest the layered complexity of the original.
This reinterpretation highlights something remarkable about Johann Sebastian Bach: even when reduced to a single melodic line, his music remains powerful, expressive, and timeless. 🎶
Perfect melding of music, musician, space, and moment. What a rendition.
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“Go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”
— Kurt Vonnegut
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Have you ever spent an entire day listening to music from the 1970s and 1980s, and then it suddenly hits you that almost every song is remarkable? Completely different voices, instruments, styles, themes, stories, and ideas—each one so creative it feels almost unbelievable. And then you realize it’s been more than 35 years since it all just stopped. The music, the movies, the television shows, the fashion, everything. It’s as if someone turned the Pop Culture switch off one day and never turned it back on. I’ve had 70s and 80s music playing all day, and it really does feel like we’ve lost so much. The world that once existed simply does not exist anymore, and it's not for the better, is it?
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Ill tell you how you get there. Full military invasion of israel, and dismantle the genocidal colony.
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From Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, Francisco Di’Anconia’s statement of the situation:
“When a society establishes criminals-by-right and looters-by-law, men who use force to seize the wealth of disarmed victims, then money becomes its creators’ avenger. Such looters believe it safe to rob defenseless men, once they’ve passed a law to disarm them. But their loot becomes the magnet for other looters, who get it from them as they got it. Then the race goes, not to the ablest at production, but to those most ruthless at brutality. When force is the standard, the murderer wins over the pickpocket. And then that society vanishes, in a spread of ruins and slaughter.”
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Why is that bad? It ignores how much distress is an understandable response to a sick society. Think about what an average teenager faces: climate crisis, isolation, underemployment, bullying, and social media pointing out every cosmetic flaw: their face, height, weight (4/10)
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The Bears just beat both teams from last year’s Super Bowl in back-to-back primetime games
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Since I attracted so many Angel Reese fans today (shout out), let's take a look at what a non-delusional superstar looks like. ⭐
This is the championship of the highest pro women's basketball league in the world. And she put the team on her back. 😤😂
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68 years ago today, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers' "Moanin'" was recorded.
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Une dernière fois, Paris célébrera Gaël 💙
Le mardi 3 novembre, le Rolex Paris Masters rendra hommage à Gaël Monfils et à son immense carrière, là où il a écrit quelques-unes des plus belles pages de son histoire ✨
Rendez-vous en session de soirée pour célébrer La Monf’ comme il se doit 🇫🇷
#RolexParisMasters
"When the law no longer protects you from the corrupt, but instead, protects the corrupt from you, you know your nation is doomed."
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Let’s get the facts straight. People aren’t criticizing THEM. They’re criticizing HER for turning a private matter into a public spectacle with outrageous posts seemingly designed to manipulate public opinion. Had she kept it private, there would have been nothing to criticize.
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This is when I started hating Niggas
I remember watching this for the first time as a kid, a week after I got kicked out of private school for saying the same thing
My grandfather defended me
My mom was pissed
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Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair continues to write the names of Palestinian children killed in Gaza on his game-day eye black, standing by his message despite repeated warnings and fines from the NFL.
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Agreed. Life hits you hard. A football mistake is one thing but not controlling your emotions and anger is what loses the game of life.
