Revisionist History Blues

Two, three, four—

The world ain't how it used to be
When I was watching it on a TV screen
When I went to school they taught to me
A revisionist version of history
Where MLK was never shot by the FBI
And every war we've ever been in was justified
Where the judges and the juries are colorblind
And our worst days are long left behind

But that is not the world I see
When I look at what's right in front of me
The cops keep killing, and we all watch
They get two weeks of paid time off
We all still watch the genocide
And look away when we get tired
We still salute the war machine
Until the soldiers come back and need somewhere to sleep

Oh yeah…
This ain't the world you promised me
It's nothing like you said it'd be
We live to work
Until we work to death
For a CEO we've never met

They said everyone trusts the government
'Cause criminals can't be president
And politicians only represent
The people who elected them
But that is not the world I see
When I look at what's right in front of me
The poor stay poor and then drop dead
The rich get richer off their blood and sweat
Everyone gets an atom bomb
The people cheer and clap along
As the show begins, the fever starts
It's our own nuclear holocaust

I sell my life for pennies flat
For someone else, I break my tired back
If I'm leaving—you're coming too
Before I go down… I'm getting you

Everybody!
When we go down
When we go down—that's right!
We go down together
When we go down—yeah!
When we go down—that's right!
We go down together

Together—alright!
We go down—hey, hey!
We go down together

Oh yeah!

— Moon Walker, "Revisionist History Blues"

#Bandcamp #Music #Lyrics #Rock #PostPunk

Coming up in the next few hours:
00:00UTC The Global Classical Hour by Shawn Klein: An hour of global #ClassicalMusic.
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02:00UTC L.A. Connection: Emperor Rosko your transatlantic dj. #Movies, #Radio, #tv #PopMusic.
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Approximately how many music CD's do you own?

#Poll #CD #Music

Yo chooms!

Bandcamp Friday is here again - the one day where the whole cut goes straight to the artist instead of getting eaten up along the way.

So I figured I'd make it worth your while: use the code "cyber" at checkout and everything digital in my shop is 90% off. Grab one track, pull the entire catalogue onto your cyberdeck, whatever you feel like. It's all yours to keep, DRM-free, offline, forever.

https://revengeday.bandcamp.com/

This one lands at a good moment for me, too. I've got a surgery coming up that I'm partly covering myself. Nothing dramatic - but knowing there are people out there still listening makes it a whole lot easier. Whatever you load up today is part of that.

Thank you

#BandcampFriday #Music #FediMusic #MastoMusic

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Screenshot of my Bandcamp page overlaid with a CRT effect, making the text and cover artworks not immediately recognizable.

Record #3 from the Sunday haul: Crime of the century by Supertramp #music #records

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Supertramp's crime of the century record on top of a record player

Alyssa Hankey: "Werewolves of London" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh923deNfVU #music

Because this fine day somehow demands it… here is a little song about moments of beauty, hope and clarity in between great spans of muddy time.

https://schallundstille.bandcamp.com/track/the-world-that-i-see

Lead vocals by the wonderful @andijah

Guitars and bass by the equally wonderful @MyLoFy

#noai #music #myownwork
#notjustsad

Oberon review – part panto, part grand opera, Weber’s final work has charm but doesn’t quite convince
By Alexandra Coghlan

Royal Albert Hall, LondonThere’s a new narration delivered by Tamsin Greig and the crack forces of the Monteverdi Choir, the ORR and world-class singers, all led by Mark Elder, but the 200-year-old piece remains a strange hybrid

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/07/weber-oberon-review-opera-proms-elder-monterverdi-choir-and-orchestra

#Proms2026 #Opera #Classicalmusic #Culture #Music #TheGuardian #AlexandraCoghlan

Grieg Lyric Pieces album review – Feltsman brings a probing flexibility that transforms this music
By Clive Paget

Vladimir Feltsman(Nimbus)Feltsman’s comprehensive survey of the Lyric Pieces is revelatory and authoritative

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/07/grieg-lyric-pieces-album-review-feltsman-brings-a-probing-flexibility-that-transforms-this-music

#Classicalmusic #Music #Culture #TheGuardian #ClivePaget

Strange Loops: Clarinet Quintets album review – drama, imagination and sonic flair
By Clive Paget

Van de Wiel/Soloists of the Philharmonia(Signum)Clarinettist Mark Von de Wiel performs music by Anna Clyne, Ruth Gipps and Weber

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/07/mark-van-de-wiel-strange-loops-clarinet-quintets-album-review-drama-imagination-and-sonic-flair

#Classicalmusic #Music #Culture #TheGuardian #ClivePaget

Not much of Sting post-The Police lands with me. But this track…this track hits.

https://open.spotify.com/track/6CKoWCWAqEVWVjpeoJXyNH?si=zxDNbTVlTvGqqotii97d4g&utm_source=copy-link

#sting #music

Stick Figure w/ Jack Johnson: "Home" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFdtFyUIQPM #music

Time to hallucinate.

They were really a jazz band with brassy electric guitars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7anpSApXtUo

#music #rock #psychedelic

I got published(!)

Big thanks to SAI and SAI Philanthropies for the Inter-American Music Awards, and Edition Peters/Wise Music Group for making this happen!

#music #classicalmusic #contemporarymusic #contemporaryclassical #composer #newmusic #experimentalmusic #percussion

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front page of Chorale for Percussion score

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first page of music for Chorale for Percussion score

Organ Recital by Oskar Gottlieb Blarr

https://betweendrafts.com/justdrafts/2026/08/06/organ-recital-by-oskar-gottlieb-blarr/

#NeueMusik #ClassicalMusic #music

#QuestionOfTheDay what's a fictional work/character/concept/etc you enjoy that's a blatant knockoff but superior to the original in your opinion?

#writing #books #fiction #comics #comicbooks #superheroes #music #musicals #TV #television #movies #film #anime #manga #ccgs #ttrpg #videogames #gaming

Feisty, funny and for real – how new opera the Galloping Cure puts drama at its heart
By Tom Morris

Missy Mazzoli’s bold new work is about the opioid crisis. The director of its world premiere staging tells of bringing it to life, from tragic arias to blood rehearsals – and a flock of singing sheep

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/06/opera-the-galloping-cure-edinburgh-premiere-opioid-crisis-tom-morris-mazzoli

#Opera #Edinburghfestival2026 #Classicalmusic #Culture #Music #ScottishOpera #Edinburghfestival #Festivals #Stage #TheGuardian #TomMorris

Once upon a time, a very charming live staging of the Entire Book VIII by Les Arts Florissants, including commentary by Paul Agnew (in French), was available on Youtube. Unfortunately, only a few "greatest hits" are available at the moment.
For instance, the Lamento della ninfa

https://youtu.be/g4nt3AIc8Cc

If anyone knows where to get the entire performance, for example where I can buy it, please let me know!

#music #classicalmusic

Another of my personal favorites, which I had in the Monteverdi #baroquesun, is Monteverdi's

Hor che'l ciel e la terra

from the quite magical Book of Madrigals VIII.

I had a different version in the playlist in combination with another Madrigal, but as a standalone, this rendition is my favorite on Youtube

https://youtu.be/rekbD8az0r0

I think it ranges among my favorite works of all time, especially from the Renaissance and Baroque.

#music #classicalmusic

@classicalmusic

#FrancescaCaccini 1587–1640?

'Ruggier de danni asprissimi'... /La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina,: Scena II. 1625/

#HuelgasEnsemble

#musik #music #musique #musica #classicalmusic #womencomposers
#baroquemusic #FCaccini

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ez5A-Muii4E

@classicalmusic

#AlfredSchnittke (#АльфредШнитке) 1934 –1998

#CelloConcerto No. 1 (1986)

I. Pesante. Moderato
II. Largo
III. Allegro vivace
IV. Largo

#NataliaGutman #Cello

#USSRMinistryOfCultureOrchestra
#GennadyRozhdestvensky
(1986)

#classicalmusic #modernclassical #musik #music #musique #musica #Schnittke #Шнитке

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTt3cG2nT0g

@classicalmusic

#CarlPhilippEmanuelBach
1714 – 1788

Keyboard Sonata in G minor, Wq. 65/17 (1746)

#PedjaMuzijevic #Piano (2017)

#musik #music #musique #musica #Classicalmusic
#CPEBach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acYBaLPxnBs

@classicalmusic

#KaijaSaariaho 1952 – 2023

Graal théâtre for violin and orchestra (1994)

#CarolinWidmann #Violin
#SWRSymphonyOrchestra
#BasWiegers

#musik #music #musique #musica #Saariaho #contemporarymusic #womencomposers
#classicalmusic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfPUvwsvSEk

In my first ever #baroquesun, I had something absolutely mind-boggling.

Bach's famous Chaconne from the second violin sonata is a monument all by itself.

Now, listen to this rendition on a traditional Koto by Maya Kimura.

I think she changes the configuration of the instrument regularly while playing to obtain certain pitches, and there seems to be some micro-tonality going on.

https://youtu.be/h-tsbumcyVc

#music
#classicalmusic

"‘Proud to Stand with Palestine’: Massive Attack Responds to Singapore Ban

British band Massive Attack says it is “surprised and disappointed” after Singapore banned the group over a pro-Palestine display during a concert.

Key Developments

Massive Attack said members were detained, questioned, and temporarily had their passports confiscated after displaying the Palestinian flag.
Singapore has indefinitely banned the band from entering or performing in the country.
The band said it was proud to stand in solidarity with Palestine alongside concertgoers."

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/proud-to-stand-with-palestine-massive-attack-responds-to-singapore-ban/

#music #MassiveAttack #palestine #singapore

does anyone know anything about music? i'm trying to identify the instruments in this tune...

00:00 - 00:15 - fiddle, obviously
00:16 - 00:22 - mandolin? (fairly high in pitch, with the typical clipped staccato attack)
00:23 - 00:30 - bouzouki or maybe a mandola or octave mandolin? it clearly has doubled strings but i'm bad at identifying plucked stringed instruments
00:30 - 00:54 is the fiddle again
00:55 - 01:06 i don't recognise at all, but my best guess would be hammer dulcimer?

#music #folk

Inwent through my old #baroquesun playlists when preparing for last Sunday, and I have to say, my Monteverdi list was among my favorites, and this was the finale, a phenomenal performance of Ohimè

https://youtu.be/6MtW8p_4PZY

#music
#classicalmusic

Today is brought to you by #Mogwai : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRFspCUN3IQ

#Music #PostRock #MogwaiBand

Should a tech tycoon be able to pay his way into conducting a world-class orchestra? And should they really sell tickets?
By Tom Service

Elon Musk may be able to buy a trip to Mars, but when the super wealthy pay to be conductors – as Canadian entrepreneur Mandle Cheung is doing – it makes a mockery of a meritocracy in classical music

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/05/mandle-cheung-mahler-second-symphony-royal-philharmonic-orchestra-london

#Music #Classicalmusic #Culture #RoyalPhilharmonicOrchestra #London #UKnews #TheGuardian #TomService

Cette semaine, à l'occasion du #MercrediPromo, je vous invite à (re)découvrir ma #transcription de "Songe" de Bernard Fleurette pour #alto et #piano (1er cycle). Plus d'infos : https://nicolashussein.fr/produit/bernard-fleurette-songe-pour-alto-et-piano/ (disponible dans la plupart des librairies musicales) 😍🎶🎻🎹

#myWork #partition #musique #musiqueClassique #classicalMusic #music

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Couverture partition : Bernard Fleurette, Songe, transcription pour alto et piano de Nicolas Hussein

Just got Tri Repetae by Autechre:

https://autechre.bandcamp.com/album/tri-repetae

(Their music shows up in "Star Trek Acid Party", along with Boards of Canada.)

#music #startrek

Take Back Control Of Your Music Collection

You might recognize this story. I used to have a bookcase and it was stacked top to bottom with CDs. […]

https://ift.tt/kysiKJM

#Music #NewMusic

Today is brought to you by #TheNeighborhoodKids : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgj73E0eQ8A

#Music #ICE

Liberated from its ludicrous libretto: how the magnificence of Oberon can be properly heard at last
By Mark Elder

Full of panache and originality, Weber’s grand opera is the work of a composer at the height of his powers – but its plot is a load of nonsense. The conductor of its Proms premiere celebrates its brilliance

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/04/weber-oberon-proms-mark-elder-opera

#Classicalmusic #Culture #Music #MarkElder #Proms2026 #Opera #TheGuardian #MarkElder

[#rediffusion] Venez méditer et planer avec le #trio Isnino #violon #alto #violoncelle ! François-Pierre #Descamps, Méditation pour trio à cordes https://makertube.net/w/pFnigvnN3h2emVGDNrumtw Merci d'avance pour vos vues / likes / abonnements / partages 😍🙏🎶🎻 #myWork #musique #musiqueClassique #classicalMusic #music #newMusic @music

I am psyched to announce last night I finished a new song.

"Welcome To 2025" is the hard-hitting opening track to SECTOR 1, my immersive, empathy-driven #antifascist #art project.

It is now available on #SoundCloud. The link is below.

https://soundcloud.com/peteorrall/welcome-to-2025

#industrial #cyberpunk #dystopia #empathy #electronicmusic #SECTOR1 #musicproduction #MastodonMusic #fiction #WelcomeTo2025 #Music

How a father's love of music took his daughter to the world stage
By Ria Andriani

From Newcastle in NSW to Windsor Castle in England, Christopher and Miriam Allan have carried their family’s love of music across generations and continents.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-04/australian-singers-father-daughter-christopher-and-miriam-allan/106970880

#ClassicalMusic #Choral #Music #Family #RiaAndriani

It was flea market Sunday, so naturally I either spent too much on broken records from randos or ridiculously overspent on good records sold by professionals.

I slept on Stevie Wonder apparently, because this album seems to be the record everyone sampled in the last 40 years 🤯 #music #records

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The record "songs in the key of life" by Stevie wonder resting on a record player.

it's Monday, which means it's time for #MoodMusicMonday where I pick the mood and you pick a song or songs you think fits the mood!

Today's mood is going to be "boring".

The song or songs can be about being bored or being boring or they can even be boring songs or during a period where the band/artist produced (in your opinion) boring music or however you want to interpret it!

(tho preferably, don't interpret it to mean boring as in digging a hole >_>)

Be sure to include the hashtag #MoodMusicMonday and the mood "boring".

If you can, include a link to the song so others can hear too!

#music #popmusic #songs #vgm #anime #Jpop #kpop #classicalmusic #rock #rap #rnb #countrymusic #opera #hiphop #edm

Ring Cycle review – AI staging dispenses with drama to create banal bric-a-brac https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/03/wagner-bayreuth-ring-cycle-review-ai-staging-dispenses-with-drama-to-create-banal-bric-a-brac #Opera #ClassicalMusic #Culture #Music #AiArtificialIntelligence #Technology

Ring Cycle review – AI staging dispenses with drama to create banal bric-a-brac
By Flora Willson

Bayreuth festival theatre, BayreuthFor the festival’s 150th anniversary, the creative team have turned to AI to generate visuals reflecting Wagner’s tetralogy’s past, present – and future. The hyperactive result is a dismal, mindless mess

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/03/wagner-bayreuth-ring-cycle-review-ai-staging-dispenses-with-drama-to-create-banal-bric-a-brac

#Opera #Classicalmusic #Culture #Music #AIartificialintelligence #Technology #TheGuardian #FloraWillson

BBCSO/Järvi/Kavakos review – virtuosic violinist makes fiendishly light work of Tchaikovsky
By Clive Paget

Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe intricate concerto was paired with the world premiere of Dani Howard’s likable Concerto for Brass and a lush Scriabin symphony, all admirably led by Paavo Järvi

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/03/bbcso-paavo-jarvi-leonidas-kavakos-review-royal-albert-hall-london-tchaikovsky-dani-howard-concerto-for-brass-scriabuin

#Proms2026 #Music #Classicalmusic #Culture #BBCSymphonyOrchestra #TheGuardian #ClivePaget

‘Trumpeters? We think we’re the kings of the orchestra’: Wynton Marsalis prepares to blow the Edinburgh festival away
By John Lewis

It has 12 movements, 200 musicians and aims to unite America. The great US trumpeter and composer talks about his All Rise symphony, his jazz great mentors – and learning humility from his wife

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/03/trumpeters-wynton-marsalis-edinburgh-festival-all-rise

#WyntonMarsalis #Classicalmusic #Jazz #Culture #Music #Edinburghfestival #Edinburghfestival2026 #Festivals #TheGuardian #JohnLewis

Aurora Orchestra/ Collon review – Freud analyses Mahler to decipher music from the heart
By Clive Paget

Royal Albert Hall, London An acted prelude by Jane Mitchell teased out the composer’s motivations for his engrossing First Symphony before the orchestra assayed the work from memory

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/aug/02/aurora-orchestra-collon-review-royal-albert-hall-proms-mahler-first-symphony-heart-freud

#Classicalmusic #Proms2026 #AuroraOrchestra #GustavMahler #Music #Culture #Proms #TheGuardian #ClivePaget

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Any trombone, trumpet, and other brass players here on mastodon?
I recently got back into playing trumpet and trombone again, after having been away from them for many years.
#blind #music #trombone #trumpet #brass #flugelhorn #euphonium #cornet #tuba #frenchhorn #horn

Coming up in the next few hours:
00:00UTC The Global Classical Hour by Shawn Klein: An hour of global #ClassicalMusic.
01:00UTC Radio Ecoshock 🔁: #ClimateChange, #polution, the #economy, #peace. #EnvironmentalScience #talk.
02:00UTC L.A. Connection: Emperor Rosko your transatlantic dj. #Movies, #Radio, #tv #PopMusic.
04:00UTC The Country Jamboree: Mike & Maureen have your #ClassicCountry & #bluegrass.
05:00UTC The Memory Lane Show🔁 #music from the good old days with Big Bob. #radio #oldies.

Was passt besser zu dieser Zeit wie #Mendelssohn|s #Sommernachtstraum-Ouvertüre? 🥰

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=out0FCQWBak

#Klassik #klassischemusik #musik #classicalmusic #music

I finally made https://maolan.rs on Windows work at least on my machine, so new version is published. That version also removed my hackish way of handling real time with proper lockless structures, and I added Live Session view looking similar to Ableton Live. There's still a lot of work to be done but #audio and #music production using #opensource has never been more fun.

In the future I intend to work on plugins to make DAW more complete. Maolan already supports CLAP, LV2 and VST3, so you can load plugins, but I want to develop some of my own.