Bill from PA

[Bill from PA @BillFromPennsy]

@acnewsitics Oompa-loompa doopitty-dash
Without them we’d be buried in trash.
Respect the sanitation crew
Like the Oompa-loompa doompety do.

[Bill from PA @BillFromPennsy]

@acnewsitics Oompa-loompa doopitty-do
I have a piece of advice for you.
Oompa-loompa doopitty-de
Rich politicians should listen to me.

When you ride on a garbage truck
It makes you look like a privileged shmuck.
Don’t use their workplace as a stage
But offer them a living wage.

[Bill from PA @BillFromPennsy]

@dcsandbrook @TheRestHistory @thetimes "Hitler’s enthusiasm for Richard Wagner"
Wagner's own involvement in the revolution of 1849 is a much more relevant connection to history than the enthusiasm of a dictator who wasn't born until after the composer's death.

[Bill from PA @BillFromPennsy]

@JoyceCarolOates Isn't the author currently being taken in by Trump apologists and praising RFK Jr?

[Bill from PA @BillFromPennsy]

Any comments, @JoyceCarolOates ?
"Nelson told CNN that during the 2016 Republican primary he agreed to delete the article at Vance’s request, so that Vance might have an easier time getting a job in Republican politics."
https://t.co/vgSBnjQZpW

[Bill from PA @BillFromPennsy]

@BerlinCrow @FenwickTurner @JoyceCarolOates Yes. Not just money and power backing him, he has an agenda and he's ruthless. Pence was feckless - even on Jan 6 his actions were more going along with what's expected of him rather than the act of courage it's often portrayed as.

[Bill from PA @BillFromPennsy]

@FenwickTurner @JoyceCarolOates If Trump is elected, the GOP will suddenly become very concerned about his unhinged statements and vile associates (reaction to Loomer is a preview), setting the stage for Vance & selected others to invoke the 25th.

[Bill from PA @BillFromPennsy]

@JamesFallows For GOP tech bros, this is a feature, not a bug. If T is elected, shortly after inauguration Vance starts 25th Amendment process, giving Thiel et. al. the president they really want.

[Bill from PA @BillFromPennsy]

@arrroberts

[Bill from PA @BillFromPennsy]

@JoyceCarolOates The same was true, possibly more so, of coverage of Mission Accomplished Bush.

[Bill from PA @BillFromPennsy]

@MahanEsfahani Wagner's Ring onstage body count - 7 men, 1 woman

[Bill from PA @BillFromPennsy]

@JoyceCarolOates How about anything by Princeton's own Milton Babbitt?

[Bill from PA @BillFromPennsy]

@hairygit Actually, the only things I've read by Shaw are his book on the Ring and a good deal of his music criticism.

[Bill from PA @BillFromPennsy]

@hairygit Deryck Cooke's recorded lectures on Decca: "An Introduction To Der Ring Des Nibelungen" are worth a listen. And don't miss George Bernard Shaw's "The Perfect Wagnerite" (definitely an influence on Chereau)

[Bill from PA @BillFromPennsy]

@hairygit I found it worthwhile going to primary sources on Wagner (My Life, Cosima's Diaries, letters). They give a solid foundation for forming opinions on the claims of later writers.

[Bill from PA @BillFromPennsy]

@GrazynaFromPA

[Bill from PA @BillFromPennsy]

@murmurations24 One could add the Schoenberg to that list.

[Bill from PA @BillFromPennsy]

@aquilanebula I've thought that the Giulini is for those who think Don Giovanni is an Italian opera and the Böhm for those who think it's a German opera sung in Italian.