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Michael Good @mdgood.bsky.social · 11d

Maybe blame GBBO for their awful s'mores challenge from a few years ago.

Michael Good @mdgood.bsky.social · 20d

We're two weeks away from opening our West Bay Opera production of Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila in Palo Alto. We have a fabulous cast, wonderful dancers, and a juicy chorus part. This is a great opera that isn't done often - don't miss it! Tickets are available at www.wbopera.org/tickets-page...

West Bay Opera 2025-2026 70th Season
Samson & Dalila - Camille Saint-Saëns

John Kun Park
Kim Stanish
Kellen Schrumper
Casey Germain
José Luis Moscovich, stage director and conductor

Oct 10, 12, 18 & 19, 2025
Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto

Box Office 650.424.9999
Tickets online WBOpera.org
Made possible in part by
Silicon Valley Community Foundation - Eloise Bouie Foundation - Benevity

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Michael Good @mdgood.bsky.social · 28d

RIP Robert Redford. Mick LaSalle wrote a nice tribute for @sfchronicle.com: www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...

Robert Redford didn’t just act in movies. He rewrote the rules of cinema

Robert Redford, Oscar-winning actor-director and Sundance founder who has died at 89, reshaped American cinema in many ways.

www.sfchronicle.com

Michael Good @mdgood.bsky.social · 28d

Can we add Beethoven remixes to this list, or are those still OK?

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Michael Good @mdgood.bsky.social · Sep 10

Heggie fan here! I haven't listened to it in many years, but I can still remember the sextet and how it ripped my heart out.

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Michael Good @mdgood.bsky.social · Aug 25

It's not just working on music, though other jobs don't have the same physical limits. I could never listen to music while working, unless it was some kind of repetitive drudgery. Anything that needed thinking couldn't have music, or the music would pull focus from the work.

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Michael Good @mdgood.bsky.social · Aug 23

What a surprise! The hotel I'm staying at in Washington, DC in 10 days is now 20% cheaper than when I booked it a month ago. I'm off to the Library of Congress for more research in the Performing Arts Reading Room. Maybe I'll see @musicologyduck.bsky.social there, but if so I wouldn't know it.

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Michael Good @mdgood.bsky.social · Aug 23

I have no idea if you've read these as they're old, but Calvin Trillin's American Fried / Alice Let's Eat, and Nick Hornby's Juliet, Naked come to mind. I'll be following this thread for more recent recommendations.

Michael Good @mdgood.bsky.social · Aug 20

RIP Jamshied Sharifi. He joined the MIT Festival Jazz Ensemble right after I left at graduation. With his fellow new band members, he took the group to some of its greatest heights. I was so happy when he became FJE director when Herb Pomeroy retired. His gifts of music will keep giving us joy.

Michael Good @mdgood.bsky.social · Aug 14

Thanks so much to @lisairontongue.bsky.social and San Francisco Classical Voice for this lovely review of last Saturday's Cabrillo Festival concert. It was my favorite this season. Though Gabrielle Beteag was amazing in the Heggie on Sunday. Plus the first weekend! www.sfcv.org/articles/rev...

True to Form, Cabrillo Festival Offers Moving Tribute to Queer Communities Past and Present

With works by co-founder Lou Harrison and two premieres, “Becoming” created thoughtful joy for troubled times.

www.sfcv.org

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Michael Good @mdgood.bsky.social · Aug 9

I've wondered the same thing!

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Michael Good @mdgood.bsky.social · Aug 7

Cabrillo Festival's closing concert in Santa Cruz features Gabrielle Beteag singing Good Morning, Beauty by @jakeheggiemusic.bsky.social and Taylor Mac, and Adolphus Hailstork's Saxophone Concerto with @mcallistersax.bsky.social. See you Sunday, August 10 at 7 pm! cabrillomusic.org/2025-season/...

RISING - Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music

Experience the 2025 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz California, featuring 20+ composers, 3 world premieres, and 4 Festival commissions. Join us for a transformative season showca...

cabrillomusic.org

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Michael Good @mdgood.bsky.social · Aug 6

Cabrillo Festival's second weekend starts Saturday at 7 pm in Santa Cruz, with Cristi Mǎcelaru conducting. This concert features music by Darian Donovan Thomas, Lou Harrison, and Anna Thorvaldsdottir, with concertmaster Justin Bruns as violin soloist. See you there! cabrillomusic.org/2025-season/...

BECOMING - Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music

Experience the 2025 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz California, featuring 20+ composers, 3 world premieres, and 4 Festival commissions. Join us for a transformative season showca...

cabrillomusic.org

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Michael Good @mdgood.bsky.social · Jul 31

Saturday's Cabrillo Festival concert in Santa Cruz features female composers: Rene Orth, Stacy Garrop, Aleksandra Vrebalov, and Julia Wolfe. Daniela Candillari conducts. Michelle Areyzaga and Sidney Outlaw sing in Garrop's "Fredrick and Susan B." See you there! cabrillomusic.org/2025-season/...

CHASING LIGHT - Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music

Experience the 2025 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz California, featuring 20+ composers, 3 world premieres, and 4 Festival commissions. Join us for a transformative season showca...

cabrillomusic.org

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Michael Good @mdgood.bsky.social · Jul 31

Ooh, I know, I know, thanks to keeping my old RTR newsletters in my email system. Looking forward to this!

Michael Good @mdgood.bsky.social · Jul 30

Cabrillo's opening night concert is Friday at 8 pm in Santa Cruz! It features works by John Corigliano, @missymazzoli.bsky.social, and Nina Shekhar, with Jennifer Koh as violin soloist. Daniela Candillari is the guest conductor. Tickets and more information here: cabrillomusic.org/2025-season/...

LUMINA - Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music

Experience the 2025 Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in Santa Cruz California, featuring 20+ composers, 3 world premieres, and 4 Festival commissions. Join us for a transformative season showca...

cabrillomusic.org

Michael Good @mdgood.bsky.social · Jul 30

Last night was the "In the Works" concert at Cabrillo Festival by members of the Conductors/Composers Workshop. It's 3 composers, 6 conductors, each work done twice. All were good but my clear favorite was Cages of Jade by Ethan Soledad, a student of @kristinkuster.bsky.social. He's a live one!

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Michael Good @mdgood.bsky.social · Jul 26

This looks like it's working - thanks for sharing!

Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · Jul 25

A while ago, we started a #FixItFriday tradition. We keep a running list - large & small, digital & analog, anything broken or annoying - and work on it together.

Today's 30-second fix: to remove AI "preview" from search results, here's the setting for Chrome users: www.reddit.com/r/techsuppor...

Screenshot from Reddit. User is zensnapple, posting 6 months ago.
Thread says
"How to turn off Google AI Overview in Chrome SOLVED
Open Chrome and put chrome://settings/searchEngines in the search box.
A tab will open which brings you to Search Engine > Manage Search Engines and Site Search.
Click on the Add button by the Site Search update. A box will open. Fill in the form with the following:
Name: AI Free Web
Shortcut: @web
URL: {google:baseURL}search?q=%s&udm=14
You’ll now see AI Free Web in the list of search engines.
Click on the three stacked dots on the right side of AI Free Web on the list. Select Make Default.
From now on, google functions pretty much like it did back when it was good. Good luck out there."

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Michael Good @mdgood.bsky.social · Jul 24

RIP the great Chuck Mangione. This week has been a doozy for musicians, actors, and entertainers. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/a...

Chuck Mangione, ‘Smooth Jazz’ Hitmaker With a Fluegelhorn, Dies at 84

www.nytimes.com

Michael Good @mdgood.bsky.social · Jul 14

In honor of Iga Świątek’s Wimbledon singles championship, I made pasta with strawberries for dinner. With peak season farmer’s market strawberries, this was a grand slam. Thinking also of tennis fan @vancegilbert.com and wishing him the best.

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Michael Good @mdgood.bsky.social · Jul 13

The catalog migration didn't succeed quickly enough, so this trip is delayed until early September, in the one week off from Samson et Dalila rehearsals after Cabrillo Festival.

Michael Good @mdgood.bsky.social · Jul 13

Hooray! That's the only Sunday in September when I'm not in Samson et Dalila rehearsals. I've added this to my calendar.

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Michael Good @mdgood.bsky.social · Jul 11

Thanks for letting us know - ordered!

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Michael Good @mdgood.bsky.social · Jul 11

Thanks Peter for this trip down memory lane. I lived in Boston then and was watching on TV. It was so cool to hear this chant and I was proud of the classy fans at the game. It still gives me tingles thinking about that moment.

Peter Hartlaub @peterhartlaub.bsky.social · Jul 10

So many fun twists in this @sfchronicle.com story.

Gift link 🎁 for the S.F. fans …

🌁 👊🏼 💯

www.sfchronicle.com/totalsf/arti...

Why do S.F. fans chant ‘Beat L.A.!’? We traced the battle cry to its start

The chant that echoes at games across the Bay Area is part of our collective culture. We followed its origin story back across four decades and thousands of miles.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Michael Good @mdgood.bsky.social · Jul 10

Hey, I finally saw I Confess on the big screen. So much better than seeing it on my iPad. I thought @3gjane.bsky.social would like to know. 🙂

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