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Erik Steinskog

@eriksteinskog.bsky.social

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Associate professor of musicology at the Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen. Former saxophone player, always philosophy reader, currently popular music fan (and more).

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Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social · 1d

"... those academics and elites sitting in Norway..."

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Rep. Brian Mast: "Everybody has been talking about, 'Will he get the Nobel Peace Prize?' -- those academics and elites sitting in Norway, that board of people that decide it, they need to give President Trump the Nobel Peace Prize."

(Trump praised Mast for this Fox hit on Truth Social.)

Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social · 1d

Good night!

John Cage - 4'33" by David Tudor

YouTube video by pezzipez

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Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social · 1d

Her: www.berlingske.dk/politisk-mor...

I fire minutter og 33 sekunder blev Mette Frederiksen grillet: »Det der var en helt vild oplevelse« | Video | Berlingske

Dagens politiske morgenpost: Ny sms-afsløring, en »ramsaltet opsang« fra talerstolen og et opsigtsvækkende statsministerinterview. Hele dit politiske overblik her.

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Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social · 1d

Sandsynligvis har journalisten aldrig endog hørt om John Cage.

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Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social · 2d

Good night - and I'm sending good thoughts Dolly Parton's way.

Precious Memories

YouTube video by Dolly Parton - Topic

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Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social · 3d

Well worth reading. My colleague @mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social on the financial thriller in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social

Making a Killing | Los Angeles Review of Books

Mikkel Krause Frantzen discusses the future of the financial thriller in an era of cryptocurrencies and climate crisis.

lareviewofbooks.org

Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social · 3d

Today Bjøro Håland is 82. Here is his 1982 album Bjøro Håland.

I Love Norwegian Country

YouTube video by Bjøro Håland - Topic

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Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social · 4d

I am finally reading Stephen Graham Jones's The Buffalo Hunter Hunter. It is awesome! @sgj.bsky.social

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Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social · 4d

Here: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Bu...

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

An instant New York Times bestseller, a chilling historical horror novel tracing the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reser...

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Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social · 4d

I am finally reading Stephen Graham Jones's The Buffalo Hunter Hunter. It is awesome!

Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social · 4d

My current reading:

• H U Gumbrecht, Lives of the Voice (2025)
• S G Jones, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter (2025)
• T W Laqueur, The Work of the Dead (2015)
• B Roeck, The World at First Light (2025)
• R Sennett, The Performer (2024)
• A Walden, Den vinduerliga ordningen (2024)

Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social · 4d

Hoodoo Telemetry

Hoodoo Telemetry, by Vernon Reid

14 track album

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Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social · 5d

"Healing Power"

Healing Power

YouTube video by The Carla Bley Band - Topic

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 5d

A revolutionary history and theory of harmony from music to metaphysics.

Read a free sample of Daniel Heller-Roazen's The Fifth Hammer, now available in #paperback: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

The Fifth Hammer: Pythagoras and the Disharmony of the World by Daniel Heller-Roazen

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Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social · 6d

Kafka warned us.

Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social · 6d

Se mere her:

Beyoncé (B)

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Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social · 6d

Den første udgave af mit undervisningsforløb "Beyoncé – Dronningen af Amerika" ved Københavns Folkeuniversitet var, hvis jeg selv skal sige det, ret populært. Og jeg havde det også sjovt. Om en måned gentager jeg succesen; tilmeld dig eller anbefal det til en ven.

Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social · 7d

Today marks 3 months since my father died. I miss him. And some nights I admit I wonder if it will ever become easier to accept that he is gone.

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ascschoenberg @ascschoenberg.bsky.social · 8d

Now available open access – the comprehensive catalog of Arnold Schoenberg's library, compiled by Julia Bungardt-Eckhardt. Immerse yourself in Schoenberg's literary, music-historical, and philosophical worlds. Provided by musiconn → doi.org/10.70482/jas...

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Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social · 9d

This is a timely song even if from 1973.

The Honey Drippers - Impeach The President

YouTube video by JBtheModManchester

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Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social · 10d

Today it is 45 years since the release of Stevie Wonder's album Hotter than July.

Did I Hear You Say You Love Me

YouTube video by Stevie Wonder - Topic

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Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social · 10d

Today Jon Fosse is 66. Happy birthday.

Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social · 11d

Tonight I had dinner with a musicology colleague. When the waiter asked where we wanted to sit, my friend said "as far away from the loudspeakers as possible." #Musicology

Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social · 11d

Today it is 49 years since the release of Stevie Wonder's album Songs in the Key of Life.

Love's In Need Of Love Today

YouTube video by Stevie Wonder - Topic

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Erik Steinskog @eriksteinskog.bsky.social · 13d

Walter Bendix Schönflies Benjamin, 5 July 1892 – 26 September 1940.