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Franz Nicolay @franznicolay.bsky.social · 1d

“Sixers,” 2023

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Reposted by Franz Nicolay

Bill Childs @billchilds.bsky.social · 2d

This book is terrific; if you haven’t already read it, here’s your chance to listen to it:

Franz Nicolay @franznicolay.bsky.social · 2d

“Band People” audiobook is out today (weirdly, with a stock-image cover, but whatever) wherever you get your listening!

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Franz Nicolay @franznicolay.bsky.social · 2d

“Band People” audiobook is out today (weirdly, with a stock-image cover, but whatever) wherever you get your listening!

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Franz Nicolay @franznicolay.bsky.social · 2d

Wear earplugs

essencesimmone.blacksky.app @essencesimmone.blacksky.app · 5d

Those who are 35+, what advice do you have for people just entering their 30s?

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Reposted by Franz Nicolay

dumb genius/smart idiot @andrew.mcguiregis.com · 6d

This is such fun, thanks @franznicolay.bsky.social

Everyone else, tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday, go get it

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Franz Nicolay @franznicolay.bsky.social · 7d

“I drive a lot of tech guys and they had too much investment in these things for them to fail.”

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Franz Nicolay @franznicolay.bsky.social · 7d

The conspiracy theory I kind of believe is from the cabdriver who told me these things were mechanical Turks being driven by kids with joysticks in Indonesia.

The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 7d

Waymos are already taking over American cities. Every new and safe rollout of these driverless cars “is one step toward a future in which the company is embedded in American life,” Saahil Desai writes.

Move Fast and Break Nothing

Waymo’s robotaxis are probably safer than ChatGPT.

bit.ly

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Franz Nicolay @franznicolay.bsky.social · 8d

I had a discussion with Shahzad Ismaily in advance of his upcoming concert at the Walker Center:

walkerart.org/magazine/sha...

walkerart.org

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Franz Nicolay @franznicolay.bsky.social · 12d

Mookie come to the Teragram this weekend

Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 12d

Mookie Betts, out of context on the SportsNet LA: "If you can play the guitar and just speak, you sound good."

Franz Nicolay @franznicolay.bsky.social · 16d

Ah good to know, thank you!

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Franz Nicolay @franznicolay.bsky.social · 16d

@mattsargent.bsky.social thinking of making a coffee but figured I should check with you

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Franz Nicolay @franznicolay.bsky.social · 16d

@joehagantv.bsky.social feel like this is up your alley

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Franz Nicolay @franznicolay.bsky.social · 18d

Getting asked for a tip by an automated touchscreen, that’s a new one

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Franz Nicolay @franznicolay.bsky.social · 22d

Love it when friends have new books, but especially when they’re really good—congrats @melikhovo.bsky.social & @jasondiamond.bsky.social!

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Franz Nicolay @franznicolay.bsky.social · 22d

Meeting sources in a parking lot to confirm that a band are actually posers

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Franz Nicolay @franznicolay.bsky.social · 24d

The Railway Children 2:

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Franz Nicolay @franznicolay.bsky.social · 25d

Twiddle-and-fuss music

Franz Nicolay @franznicolay.bsky.social · 25d

Militia vibes from this festival runner crew

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Franz Nicolay @franznicolay.bsky.social · 25d

Impeccable band name/album title combo

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Franz Nicolay @franznicolay.bsky.social · 25d

Textbook Nord shame

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Franz Nicolay @franznicolay.bsky.social · 26d

Real harpsichord even—we went up to Sarah Lawrence where my buddy is a professor and recorded it

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Franz Nicolay @franznicolay.bsky.social · 29d

Profoundly honored to have "Band People" reviewed by the great Simon Frith in the new issue of Popular Music:
“An important and illuminating book…Nicolay brilliantly uses his interviews to illustrate the complexities” (full text in replies)

resolve.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Band People: Life and Work in Popular Music. By Franz Nicolay. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2024. 295 pp. ISBN 978-1-4773-2353-3. | Popular Music | Cambridge Core

Band People: Life and Work in Popular Music. By Franz Nicolay. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2024. 295 pp. ISBN 978-1-4773-2353-3.

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