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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · Aug 16

Doug Funnie I’ll do anything for you
Doug Funnie just tell me what you want me to

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · Jul 18

If JD Vance were a true Catholic instead of defending Trump he would simply assign him to be President of another country

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · Jul 15

my ideal version of a new york city mayor is a dr. robotnik type figure who sort of hovers over the city in a flying orb type vehicle. he never actually lands, he just flies around and yells and points at you menacingly. maybe he could occasionally throw some obstacles that you have to avoid

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Jeff Gavett @jeffgavett.bsky.social · Jul 14

10/10 bird name and image. No notes.

ML637453754 - Squacco Heron - Macaulay Library

Macaulay Library ML637453754; © Miles Cluff; Lesvos, Northern Aegean, Greece

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Jeff Gavett @jeffgavett.bsky.social · Jul 4

Summer reading

The Great Satan | Fourth of July Reading List and Sale

July 4th marks the 249th anniversary of the declaration of America's independence. This is no reason to celebrate. Let it instead serve as an opportunity to remind ourselves that the most pressing thr...

www.versobooks.com

Jeff Gavett @jeffgavett.bsky.social · Jun 30

Hope to see you at some shows in the second half of the year

A picture of Jeff conducting and singing, lit from behind, with the following text on it:

Upcoming shows

July 30, 2026 - Matthew Barney's TACTICAL parallax, Snowmass, CO
September 4-5, 2025 - Ekmeles: Charles Uzor's The Great Wall, St. Gallen and Bern, Switzerland
September 27, 2025 - Ekmeles: Georg Friedrich Haas world premiere, New York, NY
October 3-5, 2025 - Salvatore Sciarrino's Quaderno di strada with Chatter, Albuquerque, NM
November 1, 2025 - Ekmeles: Taylor Brook and Evan Johnson world premieres with Mivos Quartet, New York, NY
November 4, 2025 - Ekmeles: Princeton composers world premieres, Princeton, NJ
December 2-4, 2025 - Ekmeles: the little match girl passion with Death of Classical, New York, NY

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · Jun 29

Zohran Mamdani do you condemn Mr Bean for his desecration of Whistler's Mother?

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Jeff Gavett @jeffgavett.bsky.social · Jun 22

Our loathsome president has started an illegal and amoral war in support of a genocidal madman's political ambitions. This is the madness of Bush's Iraq war in fast forward, which resulted in hundreds of thousands of violent civilian deaths and incalculable suffering.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · Jun 17

THE AMERICAN PEOPLE MUST STAND FIRM.

We must not be dragged into Netanyahu’s illegal war against Iran.

Trump: Don't Drag the US Into Netanyahu's War with Iran | Sen. Bernie Sanders

YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders

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da share z0ne @dasharez0ne.bsky.social · May 14

"AI" - dashare.zone ADMIN

A SKLEATON RISIN UP OUT OF DA GRAVE 2 REMIND YOU THAT DA A.I SHIT THATS GOING AROUND NOW IS DA SAME AS EVERY OTHER COMPUTER SCAM , AND THE BEST ITS GOT AFTER TRILLION'S OF DOLLARS OF MONEY AND SO MANY COMPUTERS THAT WE HAD TO OPEN NEW POWER PLANTS TO RUN THEM , IS : 1. VIDEO'S OF PEOPLE WHO ARE MOVING AROUND SLOWLY IN A WEIRD WAY, 2. PHOTO'S OF JESUS WHERE HES IN A SHOPPING MALL WITH THE PRESEDENT, 3. CODE THAT DOSENT WORK, 4. INCORRECT SUMMARY OF INFOMATION THAT YOU PASTE INTO IT, 5. NOW DUMB GUYS THINK THAT THE COMPUTER IS SAD OR SMART!!! THERE ALL BAD BUT THE WORST PART IS THAT THE WORST GUYS IN THE WORLD ARE MAKEN A SHIT LOAD OF MONEY OFF OFF IT AND IT DOESNT EVEN WORK, ANYWAY THE TEXT SAYS " REMEMEBER NFT'S? SORT OF? NOT REALLY? THE SAME GUYS WHO MADE THAT BULLSHIT ARE NOW TELLIN US AUTO COMPLETE IS INTELEGENT AND IT HAS FEELINGS" - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

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Jeff Gavett @jeffgavett.bsky.social · May 10

Everybody talks about reading banned books - but I'm here to encourage you to listen to banned music (Cannibal Corpse) and watch banned movies (The Beyond).

Jeff Gavett @jeffgavett.bsky.social · May 5

Today at 6:20 at Metrograph - Matthew Barney's Secondary in a single screen version, ft. me as a referee, and screaming a lot. Football! Sculpture! Violence!

SECONDARY (matrix) - Now Playing In Theater at Metrograph

Barney’s SECONDARY, filmed in the artist’s Long Island City studio, is a multivalent study of sport-sanctioned violence and its representation, a…

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Jeff Gavett @jeffgavett.bsky.social · Apr 30

Here's a rare chance to see Matthew Barney's Secondary in a new single-screen version. Featuring me as a football line judge. I also supply lots of screams and noisies for the soundtrack. The first showing is sold out, but Metrograph just added one for Monday May 5. See you there?

SECONDARY (matrix) - Now Playing In Theater at Metrograph

Barney’s SECONDARY, filmed in the artist’s Long Island City studio, is a multivalent study of sport-sanctioned violence and its representation, a…

metrograph.com

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Jeff Gavett @jeffgavett.bsky.social · Apr 23

Who else is going to Meshuggah at MSG tomorrow?

Jeff Gavett @jeffgavett.bsky.social · Apr 8

This is five years old and still extremely relevant. Take a second to scroll.

Wealth, shown to scale

Wealth inequality in the United States is out of control. Here we visualize the issue in a unique way.

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Jeff Gavett @jeffgavett.bsky.social · Feb 12

Annual Valentine's Day Stimmung coming up! It's at St. Paul's Chapel of Columbia University. Free admission! But you must register before 11AM tomorrow to be let onto the campus events.columbia.edu/cal/event/ev...

A photograph of Ekmeles singing Stimmung in 2024 - six people are seated around a lamp in a darkened room, each holding microphones and singing

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Jeff Gavett @jeffgavett.bsky.social · Jan 25

Ekmeles show 7:30PM tonight at St. Peter's Chelsea - World premiere by Wolfgang von Schweinitz, music by Taylor Brook, Charlotte Mundy, and James Weeks
simpletix.ekmeles.com

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Jeff Gavett @jeffgavett.bsky.social · Dec 17

Ekmeles toured Germany this November - here's a SWR broadcast of one of our concerts. Ockeghem, Petros Leivadas, and a centerpiece of Mathias Spahlinger's über den frühen tod... for 8 voices and 8 instruments www.swr.de/swrkultur/mu...

Über den frühen Tod

Ekmeles, Ensemble Aventure und Composers Slide Quartet in Stuttgart Mathias Spahlinger: "Über den frühen Tod Fräuleins Anna Augusta Markgräfin zu Baden" Johannes Ockeghem: "Requiem" Petros Leivadas: N...

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Jeff Gavett @jeffgavett.bsky.social · Dec 4

A few tickets have been released for the Ekmeles little match girl passion run that starts tonight, grab them while you still can - www.deathofclassical.com/concerts/dav...

David Lang's 'The Little Match Girl Passion' | The Crypt Sessions

December 4, 5 & 6, 2024 | Ekmeles

www.deathofclassical.com

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Jeff Gavett @jeffgavett.bsky.social · Nov 26

Apropos of nothing here's one of my favorite documentaries. Aside from the incredible art, I love that the detail that these people changed gods because it seemed like their old god wasn't doing enough for them. Fair.

Art as a Verb in Africa: The Masks of the Bwa Village of Boni, Burkina Faso

YouTube video by UI Art Museum (UIMA)

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Jeff Gavett @jeffgavett.bsky.social · Nov 21

Say hello to my lil wren.
There's one I've been visiting in Ft. Tryon Park in the Heather Garden, and I highly recommend you go find him.

Winter Wren - eBird

Tiny, short-tailed, plain-brown wren with a huge voice. Subtly patterned, with indistinct pale eyebrow and diffuse dark barring on flanks and wings. Constantly keeps tail cocked at an angle. Found in a variety of forested habitats, but always prefers wetter areas with thick tangles, often around treefalls and moss. Darker, smaller, and shorter-tailed than House Wren. Incredibly beautiful song is a long series of musical whistles and trills; an unmistakable and common sound in northern forests. Call is a dry, low

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Jeff Gavett @jeffgavett.bsky.social · Oct 27

Anyone else going to see the NYPhil show tonight? Excited to see Brad Lubman conduct them for the first time. Truly the greatest conductor I've ever had the pleasure to work with.

Sound On | Oct 27, 2023 | NY Phil

Dive into new music by some of today's leading composers. Official Box Office. [Date range].

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Jeff Gavett @jeffgavett.bsky.social · Oct 13

This show is today! Rehearsals have been super revealing of the depth and quality of this music and poetry.

Jeff Gavett @jeffgavett.bsky.social · Oct 4

Friday October 13 7:30PM at Opera America, I'm doing a program of music for voice with microtonal keyboards (Thomas Feng and David Friend). US premieres by Ivan Wyschnegradsky and Taylor Brook, and world premieres by Eve Beglarian and @mannfishh.bsky.social

A chromatic painting by Ivan Wyschnegrasky

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Jeff Gavett @jeffgavett.bsky.social · Oct 4

See you tonight for Momenta Quartet at the Americas Society? mailchi.mp/549924d0e4ae...

Momenta Festival continues: October 4 and 5!

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