Chris Brody
@chrisbrody.bsky.social
Music theorist and pianist at University of Louisville, he/him, the most wonderful woolly baa-lamb that ever stepped
I took both kids to Kroger AND Trader Joe's this morning and we got everything on our list and had no tantrums or accidents (potty or car). The stores weren't even that crowded, probably because everyone is either smarter than us (went earlier this week) or dumber than us (is going this afternoon).
November 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I took both kids to Kroger AND Trader Joe's this morning and we got everything on our list and had no tantrums or accidents (potty or car). The stores weren't even that crowded, probably because everyone is either smarter than us (went earlier this week) or dumber than us (is going this afternoon).
Giraffic Park
is this anything
is this anything
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Giraffic Park
is this anything
is this anything
Since my current stage in the process is that I'm allowed to write anything I want no matter how stupid it is, today I wrote about how the transformation of a melodic idea in a Bach minuet is identical to the transformation of the Spear motive into Brünnhilde's Compassionate Love in act 3 of Walküre
This post gives me the sinking feeling that if I want to write a book, which I do plan to do, I'll need to write it twice—once to figure out what it's about and how to write it, and the second time to write it for real
my best code is written in a two-step process:
1. kludge a working prototype together, don’t worry about the code AT ALL. the point is understanding how the requirements function in reality
2. destroy the prototype completely. build the app for real using my better mental model
1. kludge a working prototype together, don’t worry about the code AT ALL. the point is understanding how the requirements function in reality
2. destroy the prototype completely. build the app for real using my better mental model
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Since my current stage in the process is that I'm allowed to write anything I want no matter how stupid it is, today I wrote about how the transformation of a melodic idea in a Bach minuet is identical to the transformation of the Spear motive into Brünnhilde's Compassionate Love in act 3 of Walküre
A simply huge sickos-yes to the instructions for the new variety puzzle from @avcx.bsky.social (started it last night and loved it, still a long way to go)
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
A simply huge sickos-yes to the instructions for the new variety puzzle from @avcx.bsky.social (started it last night and loved it, still a long way to go)
This post gives me the sinking feeling that if I want to write a book, which I do plan to do, I'll need to write it twice—once to figure out what it's about and how to write it, and the second time to write it for real
my best code is written in a two-step process:
1. kludge a working prototype together, don’t worry about the code AT ALL. the point is understanding how the requirements function in reality
2. destroy the prototype completely. build the app for real using my better mental model
1. kludge a working prototype together, don’t worry about the code AT ALL. the point is understanding how the requirements function in reality
2. destroy the prototype completely. build the app for real using my better mental model
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This post gives me the sinking feeling that if I want to write a book, which I do plan to do, I'll need to write it twice—once to figure out what it's about and how to write it, and the second time to write it for real
The new print issue of MT Spectrum has something I've never seen before in two distinct ways: (1) a back-of-the-book correction to one of the articles *in the same issue,* which (2) states that the updates *have been made* to the paper, i.e. the printed article in that issue is not incorrect at all.
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The new print issue of MT Spectrum has something I've never seen before in two distinct ways: (1) a back-of-the-book correction to one of the articles *in the same issue,* which (2) states that the updates *have been made* to the paper, i.e. the printed article in that issue is not incorrect at all.
5-year-old has decided that he’s rooting for the Eagles and his mom is rooting for the Cowboys.
“Mommy, I’m sorry to report that your team seems to be in the trash and my team is in the ice cream.”
“Mommy, I’m sorry to report that your team seems to be in the trash and my team is in the ice cream.”
November 23, 2025 at 10:38 PM
5-year-old has decided that he’s rooting for the Eagles and his mom is rooting for the Cowboys.
“Mommy, I’m sorry to report that your team seems to be in the trash and my team is in the ice cream.”
“Mommy, I’m sorry to report that your team seems to be in the trash and my team is in the ice cream.”
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please someone admit me to an Am Studies PhD program immediately, i have a diss topic
Words cannot express my love of the entire concept or the Bespoke Sports Team-Specific Hallmark Christmas Movie, one of the most American things that could ever exist
November 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
please someone admit me to an Am Studies PhD program immediately, i have a diss topic
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You will never guess what this is in reference to.
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
You will never guess what this is in reference to.
Needless to say these were available only at "the health food store" (not Whole Foods, there was no Whole Foods then)
In my vegetarian childhood, before even the original Gardenburger was introduced, we ate tofu burgers. I think they were discontinued like 30 years ago and I still miss them.
November 23, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Needless to say these were available only at "the health food store" (not Whole Foods, there was no Whole Foods then)
It's fun being on committees with people from the jazz department because sometimes they'll make a reference to "my cats" and you're like "oh, you have cats?" and it turns out they mean "my faculty colleagues in the jazz department"
November 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It's fun being on committees with people from the jazz department because sometimes they'll make a reference to "my cats" and you're like "oh, you have cats?" and it turns out they mean "my faculty colleagues in the jazz department"
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Absolutely sick and tired of the prestige bias and nepotism in philosophy hiring. People who didn't do their degree at GRLpGpAG, and who aren't literally NAMED "GRLpGpAG," should still be able to compete for the position of Mr. at GRLpGpAG!!!!
November 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Absolutely sick and tired of the prestige bias and nepotism in philosophy hiring. People who didn't do their degree at GRLpGpAG, and who aren't literally NAMED "GRLpGpAG," should still be able to compete for the position of Mr. at GRLpGpAG!!!!
Just heard Yuja Wang perform the Ligeti piano concerto for an audience of, among many others, more than 500 middle and high school students, and they went nuts for it
November 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Just heard Yuja Wang perform the Ligeti piano concerto for an audience of, among many others, more than 500 middle and high school students, and they went nuts for it
I’m only halfway through but I am *slack-jawed* at Harari’s discussion of the Declaration of Independence
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
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November 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I’m only halfway through but I am *slack-jawed* at Harari’s discussion of the Declaration of Independence
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hey does anybody want to mind some rich moron's five neglected kids while getting malnutrition in a shack full of dangerous snakes lmk. no pay
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
hey does anybody want to mind some rich moron's five neglected kids while getting malnutrition in a shack full of dangerous snakes lmk. no pay
I feel like I've posted this here before but I can't find it, so: the fifth hyperfactorial (1^1 × 2^2 × 3^3 × 4^4 × 5^5 = 86,400,000) is exactly equal to the number of milliseconds in a day
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I feel like I've posted this here before but I can't find it, so: the fifth hyperfactorial (1^1 × 2^2 × 3^3 × 4^4 × 5^5 = 86,400,000) is exactly equal to the number of milliseconds in a day
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Charles Darwin discovered that worms can't hear the bassoon
November 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Charles Darwin discovered that worms can't hear the bassoon
I read about an academic writing app that’s a finalist for like Mac App of the Year or something and it supports TWO fonts: Times New Roman and Arial 😳
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I read about an academic writing app that’s a finalist for like Mac App of the Year or something and it supports TWO fonts: Times New Roman and Arial 😳
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stared at this shirt for a while
November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
stared at this shirt for a while
This is such a terrific piece. I have unfortunately never visited the Frick and didn't realize that these two Holbeins are just permanently glaring at each other 😂
I'm basically never not thinking about Wolf Hall so when I saw the Holbein portrait of Thomas Cromwell it was like worlds colliding defector.com/the-eyes-hav...
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The eyes got me. Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger isn’t the brightest, or the largest painting in its room—it might be the smallest—but it’s easily the most striking. It called to me from t...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This is such a terrific piece. I have unfortunately never visited the Frick and didn't realize that these two Holbeins are just permanently glaring at each other 😂
Any excuse to listen:
November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Any excuse to listen:
Incredible
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Incredible
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“the pharaoh’s tomb is cursed! the necromancer’s ring is cursed! the witch’s grimoire is cursed!” that’s how you sound. everything is fucking cursed with you bro. i don’t care. i’m taking this skull.
December 4, 2024 at 8:25 PM
“the pharaoh’s tomb is cursed! the necromancer’s ring is cursed! the witch’s grimoire is cursed!” that’s how you sound. everything is fucking cursed with you bro. i don’t care. i’m taking this skull.
When you can't even do a basic grammar check on the dystopian names of your university's proposed replacements for departments
November 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
When you can't even do a basic grammar check on the dystopian names of your university's proposed replacements for departments
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What no not yet
I did get stuck on this upsetting 24601 lore
I did get stuck on this upsetting 24601 lore
November 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
What no not yet
I did get stuck on this upsetting 24601 lore
I did get stuck on this upsetting 24601 lore