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Chris Cresswell @grizwaldmusic.bsky.social · 18h

"do you ever feel
like a skeleton
floating through air
wanting to start again?"

Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 18h

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

Chris Cresswell @grizwaldmusic.bsky.social · 18h

I, in a completely non-trolling and sincere way, think the new Taylor Swift album is her best album. Other albums have better songs, but this is cohesively and thematically her strongest and most diverse collection. Except Cancelled. I don't care for that one. (although I think it fits the theme).

a woman is standing in front of a pink record labeled a showtime

ALT: a woman is standing in front of a pink record labeled a showtime

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Chris Cresswell @grizwaldmusic.bsky.social · 20h

I released "Early Electroacoustic Works" last week. It's a collection of drone, noise, plunderphonics, and acousmatic works from 2010-2016. Give it a listen if you'd like!

grizwaldmusic.bandcamp.com/album/early-...

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Chris Cresswell @grizwaldmusic.bsky.social · 4d

I'm obsessed with the "new" version of "We Built This City". First "We flushed this toilet." Now "We quilt this city"... for toilet paper.

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We Quilt This City :60 – Quilted Queens | Quilted Northern®

YouTube video by Quilted Northern

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Chris Cresswell @grizwaldmusic.bsky.social · 4d

I'm not sure if you're joking or not, but I'm personally fascinated by the increasing likelihood of things like this happening. The commodification of 20th century culture.

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Matt Sargent @mattsargent.bsky.social · 5d

U2 was called that because they thought there was a little guy inside the delay pedal who played everything a second and a half after the band did.

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Chris Cresswell @grizwaldmusic.bsky.social · 7d

Three Studies for Baritone Saxophone and Electronics features my friend, Floris Van der Veken. He is very good at saxophone and also fun to hang out with.

If you have the opportunity, I highly recommend driving from NY to Oklahoma with a Belgian and letting him ask questions along the way.

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Chris Cresswell @grizwaldmusic.bsky.social · 7d

Bandcamp Friday is over, but the record is still in the world! If you like noise, plunderphonics, drones, and field recordings, you might like this record. Listen for free or purchase for $7.

grizwaldmusic.bandcamp.com/album/early-...

Early Electroacoustic Works (2010-2016), by Chris Cresswell

10 track album

grizwaldmusic.bandcamp.com

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Chris Cresswell @grizwaldmusic.bsky.social · 8d

I put out a new newsletter today! I talk about the new record, my love of @amandashires.bsky.social's new record and upcoming concerts with Society for New Music.

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New Album Release, Upcoming Concerts!

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Chris Cresswell @grizwaldmusic.bsky.social · 8d

Jokes aside, I'm really excited to be putting this into the world. Putting this record together helped me to better understand my own musical journey.

I'm really proud of it. You can hear me develop my voice, but I also think the pieces stand on their own.

I hope you enjoy.

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Chris Cresswell @grizwaldmusic.bsky.social · 8d

It's #BandcampFriday! Both Taylor Swift and I have new records. Mine is mostly plunderphonics, noise, ambient, field recording based soundscapes. Hers probably is not that. You can listen to/buy mine at the link below:

grizwaldmusic.bandcamp.com/album/early-...

Early Electroacoustic Works (2010-2016), by Chris Cresswell

10 track album

grizwaldmusic.bandcamp.com

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Chris Cresswell @grizwaldmusic.bsky.social · 8d

Eden is the right answer. Lemon Grass is also a go to spot. Pheobe's is more of an "old school" fancy place. If you're able to drive out of the city itself, The Craftsman in Fayetteville (about 10-15 minutes from downtown) is also amazing.

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Chris Cresswell @grizwaldmusic.bsky.social · 10d

Good god I need the Democrats to be better at politics. If you can't figure out how to spin this, please leave politics and let smarter people take over.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10d

File this under “essential function.” 🤡

#Shutdown
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Chris Cresswell @grizwaldmusic.bsky.social · 28d

Oh hey! Thanks @untidyradio.bsky.social!

Untidy Radio @untidyradio.bsky.social · 28d

Now playing on Untidy Radio: Christopher Cresswell by This is Where i am Right Now (studio recording)! Tune in now: https://a1.asurahosting.com/public/untidy_music

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Chris Cresswell @grizwaldmusic.bsky.social · 28d

Make a band singular

Ben Fold One

Audio Obscura @audioobscura.bsky.social · 28d

Make a band singular

Aphex Him

Rosco))) @thirty3forty5.bsky.social · 28d

Make a band singular

Beastie Boy

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Chris Cresswell @grizwaldmusic.bsky.social · 29d

The Good Guys with Bradley Whitford and Colin Hanks is criminally underrated.

Kevin Smokler @weegee.bsky.social · 29d

Everyone has a 1-2 season TV show they sorely miss and not enough people knew about that you are always praising the heavens about.

What's yours?

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Syracuse.com @syracuse.com · 29d

Artist Najee Dorsey returns to Syracuse with new ArtRage Gallery exhibition

Najee Dorsey’s “Poor People’s Campaign,” a solo exhibition at the ArtRage Gallery, displays a series of digital media collages that explore the impact of industrial pollution on impoverished communities, many of them predominantly African American.

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Chris Cresswell @grizwaldmusic.bsky.social · Sep 10

Oh hell yeah! Time for Jaws 5.

Syracuse.com @syracuse.com · Sep 10

Legendary actor coming out of retirement for movie sequel

The two-time Oscar winner has appeared in 175 films and TV shows.

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Chris Cresswell @grizwaldmusic.bsky.social · Sep 9

Adele's cover of "To Make You Feel My Love" is a gold standard for me in explaining how different artists make different songs successful in different ways.

This feels like a super millennial take, but Iron & Wine's cover of "Such Great Heights" also feels like a standard of this exercise.

Chris Cresswell @grizwaldmusic.bsky.social · Sep 9

Say what you will about the younger generation, but my students use "AI like" as a derogatory term for shitty art.

I'm increasingly convinced this is a problem that will solve itself.

Dan Sheehan @dansheehan.bsky.social · Sep 9

I think if you listen to a podcast with fake AI people saying AI generated words you are functionally dead, you are basically a phone to me at that point

bnacker @bnacker.bsky.social · Sep 9

Starting to regret inventing the podcast

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Sep 9

The stuff Jeffrey Epstein’s friends felt comfortable saying and drawing in grotesque detail with their names attached knowing they would not face consequences is the kind of thing I think of when I think about rape culture and how sexual violence against girls and young women is actually glorified

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Chris Cresswell @grizwaldmusic.bsky.social · Sep 9

Its kind of fun to watch them come up with new ways of losing.

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Chris Cresswell @grizwaldmusic.bsky.social · Sep 9

Tell me you haven't seen the St Louis Cardinals play this season, without telling me you haven't see the St Louis Cardinals play this season. 😥

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Chris Cresswell @grizwaldmusic.bsky.social · Sep 7

I get the impulse, but I don't like that we call everything a distraction. The President (or his staff on his behalf) posted a picture of himself as a general, with Chicago as Vietnam, claiming he loves the smell of deportations in the morning.

That's not a distraction, that's the whole thing.

Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · Sep 7

Hey everyone...LOOK OVER HERE! It's Lt. Col. Bone Spurs declaring war on an American city!!! Does his rough tough cream-puff cosplay make you forget about the EPSTEIN survivors, their lifetime of trauma & their courage to speak the truth in public?

Yeah, me neither.

#ReleaseTheEPSTEINFilesASAP

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Chris Cresswell @grizwaldmusic.bsky.social · Sep 7

I was putting the final touches on this month's episode of A Curious Ear, but instead I'm getting lost in this album.

Beautiful stuff.

arovane.bandcamp.com/album/drei-f...

Drei Formen, by arovane

11 track album

arovane.bandcamp.com

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