Anne Midgette

Writer, critic, former classical music critic of The Washington Post. (She/her.) @classicalbeat.bsky.social

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Is this the first #Oscars in history to end early?!? I don't hate it.

[Anne Midgette @classicalbeat]

@mothsrcuull My son's friend told him Iran was attacking us, and he's shaken. Seems to have been a blip in NW (EOTP).

[Anne Midgette @classicalbeat]

Power just went completely out at our house in DC for a minute, then came back on - anyone else?

[Anne Midgette @classicalbeat]

@hughs_rants @washingtonpost I quit the Post in 2019. When I was at the Post, I built up a big Twitter following. Since I left the Post, and especially since Twitter changed hands, not so much -- not a big fan of Musk or Bezos. But this platform has been a nice gathering place for ex-Post writers this week.

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Every morning I'm frustrated anew at the incoherence of @washingtonpost - if you're going to cut sports section, culture section, etc., why keep pretending you have them? Wouldn't it make more sense to overhaul your layout rather than keeping on with skeleton sections?

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Newspapers are struggling. Orchestras are struggling. And yet they have bigger audiences than ever. @AJDoug gives a smart analysis of how our information economy is throttling some of the things that give meaning to our lives - and what to do about it. https://t.co/GE2SFe5M7p

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I've been saying for years that our institutions are crumbling. As usual, @AJDoug is several steps ahead of me. Here's his trenchant analysis of why they're crumbling, in the information economy, and how we have a chance to rebuild them and get it right. https://t.co/GE2SFe5M7p

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@EclectiCandy @Paw_Vibe This is what I came here to say.

[Anne Midgette @classicalbeat]

For Valentine's Day, here's my best birthday present ever: the five-minute string quartet Greg Sandow, my husband, wrote for me 25 years ago, just released in a wonderful recording by the Terra Quartet. (It's on Spotify too) #romantic https://t.co/dJNb9c40sm

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Audience reaction to the film "Dear Lara," which will have an extra showing at @SBIFF on Saturday the 14th.
https://t.co/YZMA2HpxxT

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@SenaFitz You make a good point.

[Anne Midgette @classicalbeat]

I'm hearing people say they will no longer subscribe to The Washington Post, but there are still great writers there doing great work - that's what your subscription is funding. Without The Post, we wouldn't have good stories like this one: https://t.co/SmM6kggI9U

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@ElJefeTwoloom You are the first person ever to make that joke in my life!! -- Nahhhh j/k.

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@hughs_rants I left the Post six years ago, and I write about whatever I want now, and don't have to answer to anybody. But I do feel for the critics who were just laid off.

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@Normegian @brianstelter We are. And I was going to say, I don't know the answer, but I do want the Post to keep publishing and I want my former colleagues to get paid and keep looking into the Kennedy Center and the government and all the other shit that's going on, so I guess that's the answer for me.

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@hughs_rants @Normegian @brianstelter I'm not talking about niche writings; I'm talking about reported pieces in general.

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@Normegian @brianstelter Honest question: is it better for the Post to stop existing?

[Anne Midgette @classicalbeat]

"One of the most urgent and emotionally devastating documentaries of the year" - a nice review of "Dear Lara" https://t.co/disBN3BX4D

[Hannah Natanson @hannah_natanson]

If you are a Washington Post reader eager to send a signal with your wallet right now, please donate to two fundraisers for our hundreds of dismissed, exceptional journalists (one for domestic and one for international staff): https://t.co/UsjDyq6DEh and https://t.co/sa4Y5BCsOg.

[Anne Midgette @classicalbeat]

@JohnKelly @elonmusk @washingtonpost Agree. I hadn't been on for months, and was heartened to see so many people still here.