Pietro Grossi's incredible “Battimenti” [1965]: combinations of the 11 integer frequencies between 395 and 405 Hz that have unique difference-tone profiles. Here are the 5-frequency combinations: ants4.bandcamp.com/track/battim...

Battimenti a cinque frequenze, by Pietro Grossi

from the album Battimenti

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Tomorrow, my second recital of pieces consisting of one note played once: midnightsledding.net/carlson/patt...

I'm working on a new short 4-hands piano piece: "12-Note Chords From Before 1900" (a work in progress) midnightsledding.net/scores/12.pdf

Anybody out there have a copy of "Nonmusical Patterns and their Musical Uses" by Chris Weisman?

New taco just made my 10/10 list: midnightsledding.net/tacos/tacos....

Local Wiki will show you all the interesting things within a 30 minute walk from you. www.neil-scott.com/localwiki By @neilscott.substack.com

Local Wiki

Wikipedia, but only for the things within a half-hour walk, pinned on a map.

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At the symphony, waving my “E flat!” pennant

Aaron Copland said "Imagine what will happen when every combination of eighty-eight keys is played." And this is a project to find out: midnightsledding.net/pc/pianochor...

Scully: Four helicopters and a string quartet? Mulder, what are you Mulder: *throws file at her* In 1971, composer Karlheinz Stockhausen reported having dreams where he learned he was from the Sirius system,

This sandwich from a place down the street brings up a construction question, because from a look perspective it’s better for the pizza toppings to be on the outside, but from a practical/mess standpoint it’s better for the toppings to be inside.

Write it on the blackboard a thousand times: they will have to demolish the ballroom, the arch and so forth. They will have to make a show of it. You will get the usual sons of bitches saying we don’t do that in this country. We do now. That is not emotion, it’s politics. To do less is dereliction.

The Nancarrow / O Gorman house is quite something… mexicosir.com/property/nan...

Nancarrow Studios (design and murals by Juan O’Gorman)

Do you want to be part of history? Are you looking to be the guardian of a national heritage? Are you passionate about rescuing fragments of Mexico and joining

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RIP to a legend

mozart's advice

“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects

A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it

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I am looking for all of the 78s that Cage used to make “Imaginary Landscape V”. Some of the really short “samples” have eluded me. I’m attaching a sound file with 4 of the vocal samples. Any help would be great! drive.google.com/file/d/1cT_J...

I'm putting together a recital program of pieces that consist of one note played once. Here is repertoire I already have: midnightsledding.net/carlson/onen... Hit me up if you know of other pieces?

At the statisticians' party every guest gets a plus or minus one

𝚂𝙾 𝙵𝚁𝙴𝚂𝙷. 𝚂𝙾 𝙲𝙻𝙴𝙰𝙽.

snow plow

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Does Not Rhyme -through -cough -though -rough -bough Does Rhyme -pony -bologna

I've been called for jury duty at the federal court next week, so if y'all could refrain from federal crimes for bit, I'd be grateful.

a bad thing is running a phd program with brilliant international students who must reckon with a volatile xenophobic saboteur government in fresh ways every day, no thank you, 0/10

I made an audio clock... it plays 2 sine tones, one with a frequency equal to the number of minutes since midnight, and one with a frequency equal to the number of seconds since the top of the hour. midnightsledding.net/sounds/audio...

Today is the 10th anniversary of the first performance on my recital series of conceptual (mostly pattern-based) music. To celebrate, I'll sustain a note for one millionth of the time since that performance (a little over 5 minutes). midnightsledding.net/carlson/patt...

Just submitted my comment on the new OMB rules for federal grants. Thanks to @fabbs.org for all the helpful resources. 🧪 You still have time to make your voice heard! The comment deadline is Monday July 13th at 11:59pm. fabbs.org/fabbs-omb-co...

FABBS OMB COMMENT TOOLKIT – FABBS

On May 29, 2026, OMB published a proposed rule to update the Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance, which are government-wide policies and requirements rela

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Would you like to contribute an OBJECT to live in a WAREHOUSE GAME? I'm working on a parser fiction game where you play as a worker in the warehouse of the gods- sorting, storing, rearranging objects, meandering. I need so many objects! Maybe even: one of yours? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Objects contribution for god's warehouse game

What is this? I'm (Everest) making a short parser fiction game where you are a worker in the warehouse of the gods, sorting and storing objects to the whims of holy creatures. Would you like to subm...

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Today I got to perform Edward Henderson's "The Highest and Lowest Notes on an Organ", a ridiculously elegant and beautiful piece. (The title is pretty self-explanatory).

one humanity started saying kilo anything it was over. we were in over our heads. a thousand of anything is playing with numbers of the gods