Brian McCurdy
@bmccurdy.bsky.social
Music Reader Services Librarian at the Library of Congress. Retired Air Force Band Clarinetist. Aspiring literary Braille transcriber. Very slow distance runner. 🎵🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ 📚🏛️🏃♂️
Storm troopers of death
December 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Storm troopers of death
Hey! I work there! Also—when is your talk? FYI the legislative branch is funded for the entire fiscal year (unlike the executive), so you should be good to go.
December 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Hey! I work there! Also—when is your talk? FYI the legislative branch is funded for the entire fiscal year (unlike the executive), so you should be good to go.
Aaron Copland and Stephen King, American Beauty (I can already hear the score)
December 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Aaron Copland and Stephen King, American Beauty (I can already hear the score)
He took out an entire season’s worth of frustration on one play
December 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
He took out an entire season’s worth of frustration on one play
The book is really great, too. Lots of more detail and character depth than the movie. That being said, it was a great adaptation!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chi...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chi...
The Children of Men - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The book is really great, too. Lots of more detail and character depth than the movie. That being said, it was a great adaptation!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chi...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chi...
Just bought a paid subscription for your journalism and for the work of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social. I’ve been really impressed with the amazing work that you both do! I’ll be adding some from your list as well. Thank you!
December 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Just bought a paid subscription for your journalism and for the work of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social. I’ve been really impressed with the amazing work that you both do! I’ll be adding some from your list as well. Thank you!
Harpists spend half their time tuning and the other half playing out of tune.
November 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Harpists spend half their time tuning and the other half playing out of tune.
They mean Dept of War
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
They mean Dept of War
I replace all double spaces with em dashes.
November 15, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I replace all double spaces with em dashes.
Welcome back! I just finished listening to “They Knew” yesterday. Thank you for your amazing work!
November 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Welcome back! I just finished listening to “They Knew” yesterday. Thank you for your amazing work!
I used to play recitals at the GW Masonic Memorial when I was in the USAF Band. It was kind of a “theater of the round” setting with everyone seated around you.
November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I used to play recitals at the GW Masonic Memorial when I was in the USAF Band. It was kind of a “theater of the round” setting with everyone seated around you.
Thank you for a wonderful presentation today at Georgetown University. I especially appreciated the attention you gave to the students, particularly how you answered their questions so clearly and thoughtfully.
November 4, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Thank you for a wonderful presentation today at Georgetown University. I especially appreciated the attention you gave to the students, particularly how you answered their questions so clearly and thoughtfully.
Thank you for sharing this! I really liked your last book on the Texas schools, “They Came for the Schools.” Is there another book in the works?
October 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Thank you for sharing this! I really liked your last book on the Texas schools, “They Came for the Schools.” Is there another book in the works?
LOL what House? The one that’s not in session?
October 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
LOL what House? The one that’s not in session?
Verdi Requiem with Pavarotti
October 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Verdi Requiem with Pavarotti
Wow Billy Graham had a lot of TV time. Explains a lot.
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Wow Billy Graham had a lot of TV time. Explains a lot.
@icaclarinet.bsky.social What say you?
October 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
@icaclarinet.bsky.social What say you?
October 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
You'd Do It for Randolph Scott
YouTube video by Lee Thomas
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October 13, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Very good article. I appreciated the transparency about your detailed sources and methodology. As a Vet and VA beneficiary, I think it starts with the system, and then it gets exploited by bad faith actors.
October 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Very good article. I appreciated the transparency about your detailed sources and methodology. As a Vet and VA beneficiary, I think it starts with the system, and then it gets exploited by bad faith actors.