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As of August 2014, I live in New York.

I can't handle.

#white stripes #jack white #icky thump #live #song of the day

Such a fantastic response to silly stereotypes about opera.

Once more, with music.

In case you needed another reason to love the blues. This elephant knows where it's at. Yea, yea ending a sentence with a...

#jam of the day #blues is life #blues is everything #elephant #preposition

More summer jams. More Robin Thicke. I love great covers.

#Robin Thicke #Icona Pop #I Love it #song of the day

The catchiest song of this summer, now empowering women.

#Blurred Lines #Robin Thicke #pharrell #song of the day #parody of the day

Ballet is to human movement what opera is to the human voice. That's how I feel anyway. Sure, it's technical and the training takes a lifetime's dedication. The forms are rigid and the institutions are ancient, but there's a reason it all still holds today. It's so intensely beautiful. And who doesn't like to marvel at human potential?

I am vastly amused.

#Karlheinz Stockhausen #metronome #jam of the day

I watched The Mask of Zorro last night and I loved it as much as ever. Don't judge me. Dat Antonio Banderas... yeeeesh.

#I want to spend my lifetime loving you #Mask of Zorro #song of the day

I always remember this concerto. Know why? Because the second movement is basically Celine Dion's "All By Myself." No joke.

Second movement starts at about 10:40. Jump ahead if you don't believe me.

#Rachmaninoff #Piano Concerto No. 2 #Celine Dion #ALL BY MysELF #piece of the day

Grażyna Bacewicz. I've never heard her work performed live, which is one of my life's greatest personal tragedies.

And piano quintets are great ensembles. Love them.

#Grażyna Bacewicz #Bacewicz Piano Quintet No. 1 #chamber music #piano quintet #jam of the day

Probably one of the most aptly named pieces ever written. I thought this was a particularly outstanding live performance.

For the lovers of higher quality recordings, Jeremy Denk's 2012 release, Beethoven/Ligeti was one of my favorite albums of last year.

#Ligeti #L'escalier du diable #The devil's staircase #Claudio Martinez Mehner #piece of the day

Universally lauded, criminally underrated. That's how I'd describe The Raconteurs. This isn't just because I adore Jack White. Check out that live energy. That is something else.

#The Raconteurs #Level #live music #song of the day

This was my go-to song for teenaged angstfests. Full blast. On repeat.

It was also the theme song of my all time favorite TV show (Freaks and Geeks).

#Joan Jett #Bad Reputation #song of the day

God. (It's Sacred Sunday.)

#Eric Clapton #Wonderful Tonight #song of the day #Sacred Sunday

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