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Brian Lauritzen @brianlauritzen.bsky.social · Sep 8

That thing where your Sunday at home concludes with you and your 14-month-old searching for your belly buttons, turning light switches on and off, and putting underwear on your head. #WeekendWarrior

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Brian Lauritzen @brianlauritzen.bsky.social · Sep 6

Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
Doctor Atomic
Doctor Granvil
Doctor Miracle
“Doctor” Despina
The Doctor in Wozzeck…okay, maybe not

michaeledward @michaeledward.bsky.social · Sep 6

Doctors I will consult with before RFK Jr.
—Doc Martens
—Dr. Scholl
—Dr. Doolittle
—Dr. J
—Doc Rivers
—Dr. McDreamy
—Doc (Snow White)
—Dr. Adam Bricker (I’m old); “The Love Boat”)
—Dr. Robby
—Dr. Bombay (again, old); “Bewitched”)
—The doctor in Prince’s “Purple Rain” band

Who am I missing?

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Brian Lauritzen @brianlauritzen.bsky.social · Aug 29

Yup. Yesterday was horrible.

L.A. classical station KUSC slashes staff after federal funding cuts to public radio

The USC-owned station, known as Classical California, lost $1.1 million that was previously allocated by the Corp. for Public Broadcasting.

www.latimes.com

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Brian Lauritzen @brianlauritzen.bsky.social · Aug 13

I’m sorry what now???

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Brian Lauritzen @brianlauritzen.bsky.social · Aug 12

i see your "on stage naked" anxiety dream and raise you "at the podium realizing you brought the wrong eulogy and don't know anything about the actual dead guy"

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Brian Lauritzen @brianlauritzen.bsky.social · Aug 7

Y’all. Neither Itzhak Perlman nor Yo-Yo Ma is in the hospital. Can we stop with the fake AI content sharing, please?

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Brian Lauritzen @brianlauritzen.bsky.social · Jul 18

when you discover a secret headphone jack in the studio that revolutionizes the ergonomics of your daily workflow and also the united states senate votes to eliminate your federal funding

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Brian Lauritzen @brianlauritzen.bsky.social · Jun 21

RIP Charles Burrell, WWII Veteran and the first Black musician to sign a contract with an American orchestra, who passed away this week at the age of 104. www.cpr.org/2025/06/17/c...

Classical bass legend Charlie Burrell dies at 104

The “Jackie Robinson of classical music” and former Denver Symphony Orchestra bassist called Colorado home for much of his life.

www.cpr.org

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Brian Lauritzen @brianlauritzen.bsky.social · Jun 12

One of the darkest days for Public Media.

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Brian Lauritzen @brianlauritzen.bsky.social · Jun 4

Call your representatives in Congress and tell them to kill this bill, not the news and music.

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Brian Lauritzen @brianlauritzen.bsky.social · Jun 4

Radio is still the #1 consumed medium in the United States. It is the medium which has the greatest reach and has the easiest entry point. It is a medium which doesn't discriminate based on race, income, or gender. The time to fight for it is now.

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Brian Lauritzen @brianlauritzen.bsky.social · Jun 4

It's incumbent upon those of us with the resources, reach, donor capacity, audience advocates, to ACT NOW. We owe it to our Public Radio/TV siblings to fight for them.

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Brian Lauritzen @brianlauritzen.bsky.social · Jun 4

Most, if not all, of these stations would be lost. Elect a racist president; reap racist results.

KUSC, KCRW, and KPCC (LAist) will be fine. Most of the Public Radio stations in the United States will not. The entire industry, therefore, is in existential crisis.

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Brian Lauritzen @brianlauritzen.bsky.social · Jun 4

Additionally, CPB funding cuts would disproportionately affect Native and African American stations. The average dependence on CPB funding for Native American Public Media stations is 53%. The average dependence on CPB funding for stations in the African-American Public Radio Consortium is 26%.

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Brian Lauritzen @brianlauritzen.bsky.social · Jun 4

Some Public Radio stations rely on CPB funding for more than 90% of their operating budget. Understandably, these are the stations in the most rural areas of our country--ie. the places where the potential for on-air fundraising is maximally minimal.

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Brian Lauritzen @brianlauritzen.bsky.social · Jun 4

However, we are the outliers. The average Public Radio station receives 14.5% of its budget from CPB funding. (The figures for Public TV are even higher.)

If Public Radio stations which relied on CPB funding for more than 10% of their budget lost that revenue, 34% of them would cease operations.

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Brian Lauritzen @brianlauritzen.bsky.social · Jun 4

We can weather this storm.

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Brian Lauritzen @brianlauritzen.bsky.social · Jun 4

The bill proposes eliminating $1.1 billion in CPB funding. For stations in large markets, like mine, that's not an existential threat. With the proposed cuts, KUSC stands to lose approximately 5.6% of our budget. The figures are similar for our Public Radio compatriots, KCRW and KPCC (LAist).

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Brian Lauritzen @brianlauritzen.bsky.social · Jun 4

🧵 Everything you've heard until now is just conjecture. But now that the White House has officially delivered its recission bill to Congress, we now have clarity with regard to funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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Brian Lauritzen @brianlauritzen.bsky.social · May 14

I mean………..😬😬😬

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Brian Lauritzen @brianlauritzen.bsky.social · May 12

Thank you. Always.

#InternationalNursesDay

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Brian Lauritzen @brianlauritzen.bsky.social · May 7

I suppose it shouldn’t surprise us that a guy who would write a 20-page letter to a woman spelling out how their marriage was gonna work would also be the same guy who wrote massive symphonies, all of which are at least an hour long.

Can't imagine what it must've felt like to be Mahlersplained to.

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Brian Lauritzen @brianlauritzen.bsky.social · Apr 30

The musicians of the SF Symphony have upheld their end of the bargain—making great music, night after night. Who exactly is in charge of being a responsible steward of their art? Management.

It is so sad to see such an incredible and important arts organization so poorly run. And yet, here we are.

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Brian Lauritzen @brianlauritzen.bsky.social · Apr 30

I am deeply weary of hearing management speak about the need for workers to “acknowledge the seriousness of the financial circumstances confronting our institution.” That’s literally YOUR job, manager dude.

www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...

Tensions flare at Michael Tilson Thomas tribute as S.F. Symphony musicians protest contract cuts

San Francisco Symphony musicians handed out leaflets at MTT’s 80th birthday concert, accusing leadership of jeopardizing its artistic legacy.

www.sfchronicle.com

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Brian Lauritzen @brianlauritzen.bsky.social · Apr 28

Thank you, MTT. 💙

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