Kevin Laskey
@klaskeymusic.bsky.social
Composer, percussionist, and lover of megamixes. Teaching music theory at NYU Steinhardt.
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I wrote a little thing about "Fairytale of New York" and about hope for a better year, but mostly I wanted to share the rendition of the song played at Shane MacGowan's funeral in 2023 because it's so beautiful. Happy Christmas, I love ya baby. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
I've got a feeling / This year's for me and you | dansinker.com
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December 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I wrote a little thing about "Fairytale of New York" and about hope for a better year, but mostly I wanted to share the rendition of the song played at Shane MacGowan's funeral in 2023 because it's so beautiful. Happy Christmas, I love ya baby. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
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I feel the same way about music, and I think the battle is lost there – most people, I think, consider that if listening doesn’t give them what they already know they wanted, then they are not interested – for me, I want to learn more, absorb more, understand more. To be stretching
December 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I feel the same way about music, and I think the battle is lost there – most people, I think, consider that if listening doesn’t give them what they already know they wanted, then they are not interested – for me, I want to learn more, absorb more, understand more. To be stretching
I love the Weir piece on this, and for the aurals teachers out there, it’s the best dictation exercise for the octatonic scale.
A reminder for Philadelphians that the best Lessons and Carols in town is at St. Mark’s on Locust, today at 4pm. Looks like great rep. www.saintmarksphiladelphia.org
December 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I love the Weir piece on this, and for the aurals teachers out there, it’s the best dictation exercise for the octatonic scale.
I seemingly had more Dave Valle baseball cards than any other when I was growing up.
Dave Valle
Catcher
Debut: 1984 - Retired: 1996
BOS - TEX - MIL - SEA
Catcher
Debut: 1984 - Retired: 1996
BOS - TEX - MIL - SEA
Dave Valle at baseball-reference.com
Career stats of Dave Valle
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December 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I seemingly had more Dave Valle baseball cards than any other when I was growing up.
Not crazy per-se, but I worked in the rare book room at the college library for a couple of summers. I did a project about the collecting history of JP Morgan’s nephew, who was hyperfixated on collecting every single one of the earliest printed copies of Virgil.
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Not crazy per-se, but I worked in the rare book room at the college library for a couple of summers. I did a project about the collecting history of JP Morgan’s nephew, who was hyperfixated on collecting every single one of the earliest printed copies of Virgil.
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what it's like being in a band with me and you forgot to block my number
December 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
what it's like being in a band with me and you forgot to block my number
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THERE ARE NO JOBS IN ACADEMIA! NO JOBS! DOZENS OF HYPER QUALIFIED APPLICANTS PER JOB!
December 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
THERE ARE NO JOBS IN ACADEMIA! NO JOBS! DOZENS OF HYPER QUALIFIED APPLICANTS PER JOB!
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the good that you do persists in this world
December 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
the good that you do persists in this world
Seeing Cast Away with my brother and one other person in the theater at 11 AM on a summer weekday
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Seeing Cast Away with my brother and one other person in the theater at 11 AM on a summer weekday
My aunt did design work for the Reebok NBA jerseys in the aughts and gave my family a couple of Yao Ming sample jerseys that went to the floor when I’d put them on
December 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
My aunt did design work for the Reebok NBA jerseys in the aughts and gave my family a couple of Yao Ming sample jerseys that went to the floor when I’d put them on
You will be visited by 3 spirits
December 9, 2025 at 4:29 AM
You will be visited by 3 spirits
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“The Daily Nebraskan found in the leaked spreadsheet that every program eliminated appeared to be profitable…every program that the chancellor proposed eliminating generated more money from tuition dollars than the department costs to run”
December 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“The Daily Nebraskan found in the leaked spreadsheet that every program eliminated appeared to be profitable…every program that the chancellor proposed eliminating generated more money from tuition dollars than the department costs to run”
Greatest fusion album of the 80s?
December 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Greatest fusion album of the 80s?
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Featuring:
– An Alma Mahler Labubu
– The Britten Seaside Trauma snow globe
– “Fratres” for Cats
– The “Anna Netrebko Accountability” Advent Calendar
– Lush’s “Shostakovich Panic Attack” bath bomb
– An Alma Mahler Labubu
– The Britten Seaside Trauma snow globe
– “Fratres” for Cats
– The “Anna Netrebko Accountability” Advent Calendar
– Lush’s “Shostakovich Panic Attack” bath bomb
The Ultimate Classical Music Gift Guide for the Terminally Online and Historically-Burdened
Because we've all read too much music theory to be merry.
www.criticaldrift.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Featuring:
– An Alma Mahler Labubu
– The Britten Seaside Trauma snow globe
– “Fratres” for Cats
– The “Anna Netrebko Accountability” Advent Calendar
– Lush’s “Shostakovich Panic Attack” bath bomb
– An Alma Mahler Labubu
– The Britten Seaside Trauma snow globe
– “Fratres” for Cats
– The “Anna Netrebko Accountability” Advent Calendar
– Lush’s “Shostakovich Panic Attack” bath bomb
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if Mississippi State is gonna have an edge rusher named Sylla they should have a defensive tackle named Charibdys
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
if Mississippi State is gonna have an edge rusher named Sylla they should have a defensive tackle named Charibdys
This is totally self-centered, but one of the reasons I’m loving the new Mountain Goats so much is that the colors and textures sound like my first attempts at serious composing in college. It has that magical, quixotic “let’s put on a show” energy.
November 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
This is totally self-centered, but one of the reasons I’m loving the new Mountain Goats so much is that the colors and textures sound like my first attempts at serious composing in college. It has that magical, quixotic “let’s put on a show” energy.
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Last time I checked, a $140,000 income in the US is 4th quintile, meaning 3/5 of Americans earn below the poverty line by 1960s standard of living. 😰
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Last time I checked, a $140,000 income in the US is 4th quintile, meaning 3/5 of Americans earn below the poverty line by 1960s standard of living. 😰
Bluesky’s official song of the day: youtu.be/DuQMZjjAM1Y?...
The I Like Pie Song
YouTube video by Kate McGarry - Topic
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November 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Bluesky’s official song of the day: youtu.be/DuQMZjjAM1Y?...
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New interview with the Messthetics on the humbling and inspiring experience of covering Sonny Sharrock's 'Ask the Ages' in full, which they'll do again on Friday in D.C., along with James Brandon Lewis: darkforcesswing.substack.com/p/like-tryin...
'Like Trying to Get to Saturn': The Messthetics on Covering Sonny Sharrock's 'Ask the Ages'
Ahead of a full-album cover show with frequent collaborator James Brandon Lewis, the genre-blending trio discusses adapting and inhabiting the 1991 avant-jazz classic
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November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New interview with the Messthetics on the humbling and inspiring experience of covering Sonny Sharrock's 'Ask the Ages' in full, which they'll do again on Friday in D.C., along with James Brandon Lewis: darkforcesswing.substack.com/p/like-tryin...
Pluribus - EP Vince Gilligan - 2025
With a new grant from the National Science Foundation, researchers from University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Princeton University are exploring how to use bacteria to power artificial intelligence: https://bit.ly/47UYCb2
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Pluribus - EP Vince Gilligan - 2025
They also happened to be my 4-month-old’s first live concert!
Banjo, harp and drums meet in the BEATrio, where Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda and Antonio Sánchez explore a sound they never planned to create. Hear how the trio first came together. n.pr/3KfLFj9
Three is not a crowd: Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda and Antonio Sánchez are BEATrio
Banjo, harp and drums meet in the BEATrio, where Béla Fleck, Edmar Castañeda and Antonio Sánchez explore a sound they never planned to create. Hear how the trio first came together.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
They also happened to be my 4-month-old’s first live concert!
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AI is going to use up all of our power and water, and all because tech bros are upset that no matter how much money they have, they will never have artistic talent. Why couldn’t they just invest in a Broadway show like normal rich people
November 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
AI is going to use up all of our power and water, and all because tech bros are upset that no matter how much money they have, they will never have artistic talent. Why couldn’t they just invest in a Broadway show like normal rich people
Upon showing this to my wife, she says: “This is my personality.”
November 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Upon showing this to my wife, she says: “This is my personality.”
This is a good excuse to mention how I saw a beautiful pit mix in Washington Square and gave him a big grin before almost running into his human, Justin Theroux.
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This is a good excuse to mention how I saw a beautiful pit mix in Washington Square and gave him a big grin before almost running into his human, Justin Theroux.