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Montresor’s Groucho Puppet @winteron.bsky.social · 10d

for fun, I’m going to try to post one piece of classical music that has spooky vibes for each day of October—and to not use only pieces by Chopin, Scriabin, or Ravel

Day 1: Chopin’s Nocturne in G Minor, op.15/3

G minor, op. 15, n? 3

YouTube video by Ivan Moravec - Topic

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Montresor’s Groucho Puppet @winteron.bsky.social · 5m

and experiencing some slippage of selfhood

Montresor’s Groucho Puppet @winteron.bsky.social · 5m

Day 12: Bach, Sarabande from the Sixth English Suite

maybe a stretch to call this “spooky,” but let yourself get into this headspace of solitude and pensiveness. contemplate the existential doubt being evoked. Bach can be spooky, specially if you’re stuck on an island off the coast of Sweden—

English Suite No. 6 in D Minor, BWV 811: IV. Sarabande - Double

YouTube video by Murray Perahia - Topic

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Montresor’s Groucho Puppet @winteron.bsky.social · 1h

my best guess is a fungus that in its early stages looks like cotton

Montresor’s Groucho Puppet @winteron.bsky.social · 1h

during a walk in the woods yesterday, 9yo and I spotted various instances of what looked like pieces of cotton strewn around on the ground, often tangled in leaves and twigs (ex in photo below). I’m assuming it isn’t actually cotton bolls, but what am I seeing?

photo of brown forest ground in fall, focusing on a white puffy substance that looks like cotton, tangled among twigs and leaves

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Montresor’s Groucho Puppet @winteron.bsky.social · 2h

oops, missed day 11!! here it is: Berg, WOZZECK, act 3, scene 4:

the whole opera is an expressionist, macabre masterpiece, but this scene: 👌

Alban Berg: Wozzeck 3° atto scena IV

YouTube video by Mauro Razza

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Montresor’s Groucho Puppet @winteron.bsky.social · 1d

not sure if I’ve ever seen a rosemary bagel! the idea of it doesn’t particularly offend me.

the “Italian-esque” bagels I object to have various herbs, bits of sun-dried tomato, etc.—like focaccia but in a ring shape

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Montresor’s Groucho Puppet @winteron.bsky.social · 1d

sesame seed bagels are morally right!

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Montresor’s Groucho Puppet @winteron.bsky.social · 1d

lol I need to decompress from the work week

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Montresor’s Groucho Puppet @winteron.bsky.social · 1d

this is a moralism rooted solely in humanism and cultural tradition—no deities needed! respecting the integrity of culinary traditions is a moral act! fight me!

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Montresor’s Groucho Puppet @winteron.bsky.social · 1d

I too am an agnostic atheist! my mom is a gentile, and I was never bar mitzvahed—so technically I’m not a Jew. but I identify with many aspects of the culture. and everyone has always assumed I’m Jewish anyway (the NY accent, the looks, the demeanor), and they’re not *wrong*

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Montresor’s Groucho Puppet @winteron.bsky.social · 1d

Day 10: Sibelius, Tapiola

his last major composition, and he chose to go out on a decidedly dark note. respect

Sibelius: Tapiola, Op. 112

YouTube video by San Francisco Symphony - Topic

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Montresor’s Groucho Puppet @winteron.bsky.social · 1d

cinnamon-raisin is borderline. not a sin, but not quite righteous either

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Montresor’s Groucho Puppet @winteron.bsky.social · 1d

Italian-esque seasonings and bagels do not belong together.

and a bagel is not simply any variety of baked dough shaped like a ring.

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Montresor’s Groucho Puppet @winteron.bsky.social · 1d

cinnamon-sugar, blueberry, Italian herb, cheddar—these are goyische bagels and they’re morally wrong.

just as sweet grits are morally wrong.

just as quickly cooked collards are morally wrong.

sweet flavors and bagels do not belong together.

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Montresor’s Groucho Puppet @winteron.bsky.social · 1d

HERE FOR BAGEL DISCOURSE

there are right ways to make and consume bagels. and then there are wrong ways.

bagels are one of the few foods I will unapologetically get moralistic about.

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Montresor’s Groucho Puppet @winteron.bsky.social · 1d

follow the money, as always

Montresor’s Groucho Puppet @winteron.bsky.social · 1d

yeah the evidence that he is trash has been out there for years and years

Montresor’s Groucho Puppet @winteron.bsky.social · 2d

military/weapons, prisons, and finance—the most profitable industries

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Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 2d

🚨🚨 @utaustin.bsky.social is working to eliminate its Black studies, Latin studies, and gender studies depts -- utterly reneging on its mission and depriving students of the full educational opportunities they deserve. Please--scholars AND publishers--share & write to UT leaders. #SaveUT