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Aardman

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To save time we rotisserie a turkey a day ahead of time:

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330 - Rotisserie It

When Thanksgiving rolls around it’s the same procedure here every year.

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November 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM

Aardman

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This administration is really supremely stupid. Instead of ignoring those congressional members that belated the obvious message that members of the military are required to ignore illegal orders they got their panties in a bunch and have now made this a big deal.
Good!
People need to hear about it.

November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM

Aardman

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Thinking of Ernst Bacon and a Hootenanny in Hell when the orange menace arrives:

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329 - An Infernal Hootenanny

Found a rare book of music for two pianos or piano four hand by the unfortunately obscure but wonderful composer Ernst Bacon - A Hootenanny, so that was somewhat on my mind when I wrote this down.

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November 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM

Aardman

@aardman.bsky.social

Saw a bumper sticker today that said “I can shit a better president.”
I gave the driver a thumbs up.

November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM

Aardman

@aardman.bsky.social

Had a crazy good dessert that probably reduced the inside circumference of my arteries unfortunately.

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328 - Ooey Gooey

Amongst the desert selections on the menu from a recent meal was Ooey Gooey cake.

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November 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM

Aardman

@aardman.bsky.social

Today’s tune is a relatively simple & straightforward ballad.

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327 - Drying On The Line

I don’t know where the title came from but I like the way this piece turned out.

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November 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM

Aardman

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New composition about the most disgusting “fruit juice” known to man:

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326 - Noni Juice for Dessert

Another numbered piece though I admit its a stretch as noni here does not really refer to the number nine.

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November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM

Aardman

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Todays sheet music is from 2012, the title isn’t all that great but the tune is worth it.

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325 - Mazurka

What an imaginative title.

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November 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM

Aardman

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Todays tune from 2012 - Eleven, as opposed to twelve, Monkeys

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324 - Eleven Monkeys

The title is obviously riffing off the excellent movie by Terry Gilliam.

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November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM

Aardman

@aardman.bsky.social

Todays post is from 2012 - I think possibly the movie “Inland Empire” influenced the title - maybe.

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323 - Four Empires

When composing the original 2012 set, which this is from, for a couple of weeks I started throwing a number in the title, each piece decreasing the number by one.

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November 20, 2025 at 4:28 AM

Aardman

@aardman.bsky.social

A frantic piece from 2012

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322 - Downhill Summit

Sometimes when I composed these I had no concern about the playability of the piece as can be seen here.

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November 19, 2025 at 4:14 AM

Aardman

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New piece - a march from 2012 - could be a march to the scaffold for some of these losers.

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321 - March #23

I’m working on a project so for the next few days I’ll be posting music taken from the first set of tunes I wrote in 2012.

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November 18, 2025 at 3:51 AM

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carlmosc.bsky.social

@carlmosc.bsky.social

Judges who answer to the supernatural can’t be trusted with natural rights. A legal system based on evidence shouldn't be run by people who believe in talking snakes and divine loopholes. You can’t swear to uphold the Constitution with one hand and clutch a Bible with the other.

November 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM

Aardman

@aardman.bsky.social

Todays posted sheet music is from 2012, the first time I tried this weird compositional regime.
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320 - Maggie's Waltz

I’m confused.

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November 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM

Aardman

@aardman.bsky.social

Our backyard looks like a different landscape now that the trees are all barren.

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319 - A New Landscape

Pawpaw trees can be luxuriantly leafy and I have a small grove of them in the backyard.

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November 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM

Aardman

@aardman.bsky.social

I wouldn’t be surprised if the republicans didn’t try to pass a bill lowering the age of consent in America to 13 or 14, which Trump would then sign immediately.
They’d then claim retroactively Trump isn’t a pervert, no crimes, case closed.
Republican isn’t a party anymore, it’s a sickness.

November 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM