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Christian Carey @cbcarey.bsky.social · 3h

My latest live recording - the cl./gtr. duo "Spell Weavers"
on.soundcloud.com/GdhAbhedr8oU...
#composing #contemporaryclassical

Spell Weavers

Benjamin Fingland, clarinetist, and guitarist Dan Lippel premiered

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 17h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 1d

As a group, District Judges (from across the ideological spectrum!) performing as well as just about anyone right now in defending democratic liberty.

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Christian Carey @cbcarey.bsky.social · 1d

"Freedom, if understood as being free from something, has no positive sense at all. Only being free for something has an active and productive meaning."

- Josef Albers, 1940.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

Amazing what happens when you give the guy a plane

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Christian Carey @cbcarey.bsky.social · 1d

Hello All. Have a safe and enjoyable weekend.

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Christian Carey @cbcarey.bsky.social · 2d

Wow. Pritzker and Illinois State Police having none of it.

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Christian Carey @cbcarey.bsky.social · 2d

Ben Gibbard singing "60 and Punk" on #KEXP #DeathCab
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Ben Gibbard - 60 and Punk (Live on KEXP)

YouTube video by KEXP

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 2d

It’s an insane world where militarizing your own civilian streets and ordering extrajudicial murders on the high seas doesn’t get you a prize.

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Christian Carey @cbcarey.bsky.social · 2d

Tom Waits, "Tom Traubert's Blues," live #youtube
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Tom Waits - "Tom Traubert's Blues" (Live on The Human Factor)

YouTube video by Tom Waits

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d

Donald Trump is not a king — and his administration is not above the law.

Today, the court confirmed what we all know: there is no credible evidence of a rebellion in the state of Illinois.

And no place for the National Guard in the streets of American cities like Chicago.

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Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 2d

Still amazed that the Vatican has been more responsive to the threat Trump represents than the vast majority of American institutions.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

New Yorkers know Attorney General James for who she is: a champion for justice who fights relentlessly for the people. Donald Trump knows her only as an obstacle to his corruption.

My full statement:

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New York Attorney General Letitia James @newyorkstateag.bsky.social · 2d

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.

I am not fearful — I am fearless.

We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

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Christian Carey @cbcarey.bsky.social · 2d

Fascinating that a NYT article published this week excoriated Boulez and the postwar avant-garde, and it is followed by this piece that engages with the music of Helmut Lachenmann, which is just as challenging a listen for many in the audience, if not more so.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/a...

Helmut Lachenmann’s Music Is Like Nothing Else

www.nytimes.com

Christian Carey @cbcarey.bsky.social · 2d

I no longer expect that anything good will happen, but a letup of bad, even a short one, would be welcome.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 4d

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Christian Carey @cbcarey.bsky.social · 4d

“I have very carefully watched not to be a bandwagon guy.
That's my greatest warning to all my students, “Please keep
away from the bandwagon, from what is fashion and seems
now successful or profitable.” - Josef Albers #blackmountaincollege

Christian Carey @cbcarey.bsky.social · 4d

At Carnegie Hall for the season opener!

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Christian Carey @cbcarey.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks Sean. Hope you are keeping well.

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Christian Carey @cbcarey.bsky.social · 4d

Turned 52 today.

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Christian Carey @cbcarey.bsky.social · 6d

Ruth Crawford Seeger, Henry Cowell, George Antheil, Carl Ruggles, and Wallingford Riegger. #hypermodernism #music

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 6d

If U.S. states have any degree of sovereignty, if there’s any states’ rights at all, it is the right not to be invaded by the armed forces of another U.S. state.

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Christian Carey @cbcarey.bsky.social · 6d

Today I am introducing hypermodernism, an American musical movement from the 1920s and 30s, to my students in the music since 1900 class.

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