Clarinet concerto in A major K 622 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The odd looking instrument being played solo is a Basset Clarinet.
Enjoy, Jack
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Clarinet concerto in A major K 622 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The odd looking instrument being played solo is a Basset Clarinet.
Enjoy, Jack
Jack, ahhh amadeus… thanks, wonderful as always.
basset clarinetist? only musical basset I ever heard of was a piano player, a real howl.
reminder: last day for easterners to ration-up, probably too late for heartlanders
Attribution: Snowmageddon spree by John Darkow, Columbia Missourian
last time there was an ice storm like what’s predicted in these parts there was no electricity, municipal water supply or working gas stations for about 11 days including spotty cell phone availability. iced up trees knocked down everywhere. wood stoves, layers of long johns and plenty of blankets saved the day.
I love the sound of Mozart in the morning.
One of the oddest things I’ve ever seen here was The Return of Nash.
Hey CNN, it’s not “misinformation” — it’s called LIES.
Sturg, glad you’re on Bluesky, look forward to following you
It’s been a very pleasant vacation. I guess now it’s back to bitchin’ and moanin’
I just started and now seem to be facing an onslaught of being followed by hordes of scantily clothed young females. Is there a Bluesky limit to how many accounts you can block?
Sturg — they found their way from twit. I report them as other sex accounts, then block them.
Surgeons
What is your Blue,Sky address?
Thank you Jack. Mozart is always a welcome Sunday sound!
Hey, Sturg!
Still have power here, but we’ve lost tree limbs and it’s not over yet. I’m probably staying put for a week, as this stuff won’t melt anytime soon.
Yesterday, I hid nuts in all of the trees for the squirrels, and scattered sunflower seeds on the deer block for the birds.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5067267-ohio-governor-mike-dewine-body-cam-footage-charge/
“Ohio governor signs bill to charge public for police video footage”
Tax dollars pay for the cops and body cameras, and now folks have to pay to see the footage. Sounds illegal.
“No law enforcement agency should ever have to choose between diverting resources for officers on the street to move them to administrative tasks like lengthy video redaction reviews for which agencies receive no compensation — and this is especially so for when the requestor of the video is a private company seeking to make money off of these videos,” DeWine said in a statement shared with The Hill.
*BS to the “receive no compensation” argument. They aren’t going over footage off the clock. Taxpayers are paying them. Ohio sounds like it’s gearing up for full fascism.
@RSturgeone
Thanks
I wonder how much Donald will have to pay Melania to hold the Bible at the inauguration? Maybe Elon will perform the wifely duties.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/05/uk/elon-musk-britain-starmer-fight-intl-cmd/index.html
“…the world’s richest man has dredged up a painful, years-long scandal over grooming gangs and pushed for the release of Tommy Robinson, an imprisoned far-right agitatorwith a swelling social media following.”
[Elon] “…has posted or reposted on X about child sex abuse cases in the UK more than 50 times this week. He has called for Starmer and his safeguarding minister to be removed from power, for new elections to take place, and even for King Charles III to unilaterally dissolve parliament – something which hasn’t happened for nearly two centuries and would cause a constitutional crisis.”
*The South African and his skyscraper of babble has got to go.
Jamie, I wonder how long it’ll be before he tries to deport either or both based on lies they allegedly told feds in order to be naturalized. that’s probably his only ace in the hole when it comes to threatening them to keep their mouths shut.
Sturg, Bluesky’s moderation team is working on controlling the spam but there’s no limit on blocking. I found that after blocking them for a while it slowed down quite a bit.
Well, winter has come to East Bumfuck. We’ve got about nine days of freezing and below temperatures as the high, with snow of anywhere from 10 to 12 inches over the next 24-36 hours.
How’s the weather in your neck of the woods?
Here’s what we’re looking at. We had a pine tree fall in the backyard night before last (1st round of snow and wind) and flatten 18’ of fence and a dogwood tree that’s been struggling for a few years. Too cold to deal with that until this frigid stuff passes in a week or so.
We have the means to stay warm – the gas space heaters that were the original heating source for the house (and CO detectors) food and a gas stove & oven, and 3 bars of service for entertainment if the power and WiFi go away. Very tolerable even if not as normal. And we have a huge freezer (also called the back porch) if needed to save the stuff in the fridge & freezer.
Gotta go see if I can get the snow blower running after @ 5 years of nonuse. Looks like we’ll need it.
Hmmm, the Russians are referring to tomorrow (J6 certification) as “Christmas Day” around the interwebs. Yes, what a gift Elon has given Putin.
official national bird
It always seemed odd that the algorithm on the socials can figure out what to push to you, monitor and kill comments containing certain words, but they can’t figure out that an account is a bot or a Russian troll setting up accounts to drive traffic to paid porn sites. It’s almost like it’s intentional. Is BlueSky any better?
Jack…. LOVE Mozart… thanks!
We have very cold temps here in NH… but then… it is January. The weirdest thing is we have absolutely no snow and none coming in the foreseeable future. The ski areas are off to a slow start.
today’s meme…
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/05/europe/trump-italian-pm-meloni-mar-a-lago-intl/index.html
“In a sign of the burgeoning relationship between Italy’s leader and Trump’s camp, Andrea Stroppa, a cybersecurity expert and ally of Elon Musk based in Rome, posted on X a fake, AI image of Meloni standing alongside Trump and Musk. All three are dressed in clothes reminiscent of the Roman Empire.
Trump and Meloni, while politically similar, don’t necessarily align on all the world’s most pressing conflicts. Meloni has been one of Ukraine’s strongest backers, having met with President Volodymyr Zelensky a dozen times since Russia’s invasion.
Meanwhile Musk and Meloni forged their strong friendship in the summer of 2023, and the Tesla founder headlined Meloni’s Brothers of Italy political convention, Atreju, in December last year.”
When I learned of Comcast wielding power, I thought of how Don Imus went from network to network until Fox BN took him in ’til the end. Also, how Dan Patrick had to move about until he landed on Peacock.
Now we’ll have to seek out Joy, Jen, Lawrence, Rachel, Joe/Mika, Jose, Alex and Alex, Nicolle Wallace, Ali and Ali and the others.
Best nickname I’ve seen for a cybertruck: Deplorean
Just topped 10k followers on Bluesky
Mazel tov, Craig!
Dexter – I wonder if the old Air America would or could be put back in to operation. Most of MSNBC are repubs and would not fit the old concept though.
Oh, yeah. Air America with Mike Papintonio.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/05/politics/melania-trump-amazon-documentary/index.html
“Incoming first lady Melania Trump will be the subject of a new documentary coming to Amazon’s Prime Video this year…”
“Melania Trump will serve as an executive producer of the project, signaling that the documentary is being made with her full participation — and editorial control. The documentary began filming in December, the month after Donald Trump won reelection, and is slated to be released in mid-2025, a few months after he takes office.”
Huh. Is Bezos in charge of propaganda? To the victor go the spoils, I guess.
Reprehensible.
Jimmy’s South is the one I cherish. Not this.
https://www.al.com/news/2025/01/bald-eagle-shot-dead-in-north-alabama-feds-offer-reward-for-tips-leading-to-conviction-of-suspect.html?
Come over and sign in please.
Kekius Maximus. Elon Musk just changed his bane according to BBC News.
Pat:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(How_Much_Is)_That_Doggie_in_the_Window%3F
lol
MSNBC could make a shit-ton of money by becoming the Liberal Network.
—Olbermann in article for the Atlantic. Or some other magazine.
They probably all know this, but money isn’t everything
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