Jonathan Morgan
@jonathanmorgan2.bsky.social
Baroque flute, Balinese Gamelan, Sackbut, food, books
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This is a delicious and insightful analysis of those Vanity Fair photos.
The Vanity Fair photographer, Christopher Anderson, is one of the most respected portrait photographers currently on earth, with an incredible body of work. Everything he and the creative team did with That Article was intentional. Your reactions were provoked by artists making art. Human artists!
December 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
This is a delicious and insightful analysis of those Vanity Fair photos.
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The best memorial for Rob & Michele Reiner would be for that vile remark to bring down Trump.
December 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The best memorial for Rob & Michele Reiner would be for that vile remark to bring down Trump.
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Tony Hart uses some nice pastels to draw Stonehenge. Even better than season 4 of The Wire. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBOA...
1987: TONY HART creates a pastel STONEHENGE | Hartbeat | Children's Television | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Tony Hart uses some nice pastels to draw Stonehenge. Even better than season 4 of The Wire. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBOA...
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I was asked to play flute in a local Christingle service which was very sweet, but I had to stifle a laugh when the guy introducing everything said, 'in the unlikely event of fire...' dude, you've just given a bunch of kids lit candles stuck into oranges, 'unlikely' feels a bit optimistic
November 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I was asked to play flute in a local Christingle service which was very sweet, but I had to stifle a laugh when the guy introducing everything said, 'in the unlikely event of fire...' dude, you've just given a bunch of kids lit candles stuck into oranges, 'unlikely' feels a bit optimistic
This is just wonderful
"no seriously you think it’s so funny that i saw flowers in winter
like oh let’s make fun of the guy who took a risk and put himself out there romantically."
like oh let’s make fun of the guy who took a risk and put himself out there romantically."
Dirtbag Winterreise
“more like suck-blick”
www.criticaldrift.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is just wonderful
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I do not entertain the idea that there is anyone better at photographs and Alt-text right now - on any platform - than the magnificent Tom Cox.
The man can frame a picture perfectly and, boy, can he crack you up with a deft line to accompany it.
Also, buy his books. From Blackwells. #booksky
The man can frame a picture perfectly and, boy, can he crack you up with a deft line to accompany it.
Also, buy his books. From Blackwells. #booksky
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I do not entertain the idea that there is anyone better at photographs and Alt-text right now - on any platform - than the magnificent Tom Cox.
The man can frame a picture perfectly and, boy, can he crack you up with a deft line to accompany it.
Also, buy his books. From Blackwells. #booksky
The man can frame a picture perfectly and, boy, can he crack you up with a deft line to accompany it.
Also, buy his books. From Blackwells. #booksky
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"Rhapsodic slow movement" = it's mid-century British, it's not very good
"Spirited fast movement" = it's mid-century British, it's not very good
"Spirited fast movement" = it's mid-century British, it's not very good
November 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
"Rhapsodic slow movement" = it's mid-century British, it's not very good
"Spirited fast movement" = it's mid-century British, it's not very good
"Spirited fast movement" = it's mid-century British, it's not very good
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John is doing the Lord’s work here - this is an amazing thread
I've now written over 230 original Wikipedia articles, mostly on music, some long, some short, some just sections of longer pieces. Mainly for my own benefit I plan over time to revisit each of them here, in alphabetical order, attempting to explain why I wrote them in the first place. #jawiki
October 31, 2025 at 8:23 AM
John is doing the Lord’s work here - this is an amazing thread
Farfalle: impossible to time the cooking. Either the centre of the bow is undercooked or the frilly edges are overcooked…
a second day of the same discourse? no. no thank you.
instead I need you to name your least favorite pasta shape
instead I need you to name your least favorite pasta shape
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Farfalle: impossible to time the cooking. Either the centre of the bow is undercooked or the frilly edges are overcooked…
@amwilson.bsky.social Just in case you hadn’t already spotted this!
EXACTLY!
‘Where once there was a yearning to be “exposed to something extraordinary”, today politicians and arts administrators are besotted by the notion of “relevance”, of the arts as something with which people must immediately identify or recognise.’ observer.co.uk/news/columni...
‘Where once there was a yearning to be “exposed to something extraordinary”, today politicians and arts administrators are besotted by the notion of “relevance”, of the arts as something with which people must immediately identify or recognise.’ observer.co.uk/news/columni...
It’s not opera that’s elitist but the idea that art is to...
The myth that culture has not been for the masses is debunked in a new book
observer.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
@amwilson.bsky.social Just in case you hadn’t already spotted this!
HD: one of the lesser known members of the family…
John Loo -
HD Bach Suite no 01 for orchestra Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Ko... youtu.be/7e-yHz9QScw
#earlymusicnewsorg
HD Bach Suite no 01 for orchestra Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Ko... youtu.be/7e-yHz9QScw
#earlymusicnewsorg
HD Bach Suite no 01 for orchestra Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Koopman
YouTube video by John Loo
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October 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
HD: one of the lesser known members of the family…
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when I moved to the UK 20 years ago brits sneered at the US because of how especially post-9/11 the flag was plastered everywhere and waved in everyone's faces and politicians could not shut up about 'the real america, the greatest country in the world in all of history, blah blah blah'
October 4, 2025 at 6:40 AM
when I moved to the UK 20 years ago brits sneered at the US because of how especially post-9/11 the flag was plastered everywhere and waved in everyone's faces and politicians could not shut up about 'the real america, the greatest country in the world in all of history, blah blah blah'
@backlisted.bsky.social I've been wanting to support Backlisted by using @bookshop-org-uk, but whenever I try to choose Backlisted as my bookshop, it doesn’t come up in the drop-down list in the search. What am I doing wrong?!
October 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
@backlisted.bsky.social I've been wanting to support Backlisted by using @bookshop-org-uk, but whenever I try to choose Backlisted as my bookshop, it doesn’t come up in the drop-down list in the search. What am I doing wrong?!
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I think it’s wild that the dangers of a mad king are so well known that it’s the basis of fairy tales that kids read, biblical stories, and a significant bit of other oral traditions—and yet when it happens a significant number of people are still like “idk, maybe it’s fine this time”
September 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I think it’s wild that the dangers of a mad king are so well known that it’s the basis of fairy tales that kids read, biblical stories, and a significant bit of other oral traditions—and yet when it happens a significant number of people are still like “idk, maybe it’s fine this time”
Plenty of @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social holiday reading here in our Venice Airbnb - though I've already read these ones… So instead, I've got @davidhewson.com's first Arnold Clover on my kindle -and am about to head over to Danilo with an empty water bottle to stock up for the weekend.
August 30, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Plenty of @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social holiday reading here in our Venice Airbnb - though I've already read these ones… So instead, I've got @davidhewson.com's first Arnold Clover on my kindle -and am about to head over to Danilo with an empty water bottle to stock up for the weekend.
#TheNegroniDiaries: celebrating our arrival in Italy (Cernobbio, Como) with the first Negroni of the trip. No fancy herbs here, unlike some of @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social's recent ones…
August 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
#TheNegroniDiaries: celebrating our arrival in Italy (Cernobbio, Como) with the first Negroni of the trip. No fancy herbs here, unlike some of @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social's recent ones…
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If anyone is in Venice on Sept 6th: I'm one of a group of visiting (mostly) English singers and instrumentalists for this concert. Composers include G Gabrieli, Croce, Viadana, and Schütz (who studied in Venice with Gabrieli).
August 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
If anyone is in Venice on Sept 6th: I'm one of a group of visiting (mostly) English singers and instrumentalists for this concert. Composers include G Gabrieli, Croce, Viadana, and Schütz (who studied in Venice with Gabrieli).
Great thread highlighting the missed opportunity for some valuable public history here.
I really, really want to see the scholarship associated with this research, because the way it's written up here highlights the complete forking tragedy that Exeter axed its music department 20 years ago. Utter garbage reporting. Make it make sense!! #earlymodern
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
Monastic music that survived Henry VIII’s dissolution brought back to life
Buckland Abbey recreates music telling of medieval life in extraordinary discovery
www.theguardian.com
August 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Great thread highlighting the missed opportunity for some valuable public history here.
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The witch trials of 1612 still cast a long shadow.
August 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The witch trials of 1612 still cast a long shadow.
Following a theme started by @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social, here’s the London edition of The Negroni Diaries: the late Russell Norman’s Brutto in Farringdon. An absolute steal @ £5 🥳
August 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Following a theme started by @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social, here’s the London edition of The Negroni Diaries: the late Russell Norman’s Brutto in Farringdon. An absolute steal @ £5 🥳
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Gemini is ready to be a professional musician
Google says it's working on a fix for Gemini's self-loathing comments, which have included "I am a failure. I am a disgrace to my profession." (Lauren Edmonds/Business Insider)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
August 8, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Gemini is ready to be a professional musician
To all professionals (and retirees) in the film, television, theatre, entertainment, and arts world, join the challenge to post a photo of yourself in your job. Just a picture, no description. The goal is to flood social media with our profession. Copy the text and post a pic on YOUR page.
July 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
To all professionals (and retirees) in the film, television, theatre, entertainment, and arts world, join the challenge to post a photo of yourself in your job. Just a picture, no description. The goal is to flood social media with our profession. Copy the text and post a pic on YOUR page.
1969: a good year to turn 16! Fairport's Liege & Leaf, Pentangle's Basket of Light, The Velvet Underground, Cream's Goodbye were all big for me then. And by around 5 years later, Miles's In a Silent Way, Boulez's Rite, Ligeti's Requiem & Nonesuch Explorer's Balinese Golden Rain were v influential.
"What perfect albums came out when you were 16?"
In all honesty, I don't know if these are perfect (well, the Marillion is) but I still listen to all of these and still enjoy them. Bauhaus and Big Country were my first two live gigs.
In all honesty, I don't know if these are perfect (well, the Marillion is) but I still listen to all of these and still enjoy them. Bauhaus and Big Country were my first two live gigs.
July 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
1969: a good year to turn 16! Fairport's Liege & Leaf, Pentangle's Basket of Light, The Velvet Underground, Cream's Goodbye were all big for me then. And by around 5 years later, Miles's In a Silent Way, Boulez's Rite, Ligeti's Requiem & Nonesuch Explorer's Balinese Golden Rain were v influential.