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Jay Batzner @jaybatzner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'll take "Typos I'm Glad I Caught Before Printing" for $600, Alex.

Contra-ass Clarinet instead of Contrabass Clarinet

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Jay Batzner @jaybatzner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

For music I don't think it is even close

The score for John Cage's 4'33" from Edition Peters

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Jay Batzner @jaybatzner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My Midwestern casserole game is on point.

A Frito pie (chili with Frito chips and cheese mixed in)

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Jay Batzner @jaybatzner.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Bro, I don't think you are going to even out your tan

An orange and white cat lying in a windowsill. His back is orange, facing away from the window. His white belly is pressed against the screen

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Jay Batzner @jaybatzner.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Made some fajita filling with onion, peppers, TVP, and some frozen spinach

A metal pan on a cooktop with the ingredients listed in the post. It is kind of beige in there with flecka of red from the peppers

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Jay Batzner @jaybatzner.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Sorabji really made slurs hold on for dear life didn't he

An excerpt of a piano score. A large slur winds in an s shape under and over multiple staves

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Jay Batzner @jaybatzner.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The closest thing I do to "meal prep" is: when I make baked potatoes for dinner I make an extra potato. Then I chop it and fry it up the next morning with breakfast.

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Jay Batzner @jaybatzner.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I'm sure I'm not the first to do this

Doctor Doom in the background with the text Doom Where's My Car?

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Jay Batzner @jaybatzner.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Someone at @nightvaleradio.bsky.social has clearly worked in academia. This describes most of my Prep Week meetings coming up next week.

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Jay Batzner @jaybatzner.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Bought a cookbook stand at Aldi today because I figured it would be a perfect music stand. It is!

Two interlocked wooden boards on top of a Yamaha keyboard

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Jay Batzner @jaybatzner.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

My son's high school is going a bit overboard on advanced placement.

A sign with blue printing on white paper labeled AP Restroom

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Jay Batzner @jaybatzner.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

This piece is going to get a lot of play in the months to come. Do you have any favorite recordings I should check out?

CD cover of Frederic Rzewski's "The People United Will Never Be Defeated" recorded by Ursula Oppens on the Piano Classics label.
Along with the title of the piece, a drawing of a raised fist overlaps with the Chilean flag (one thick red stripe on the bottom, a blue square with a single white star in the top left corner and a thick white stripe)

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Jay Batzner @jaybatzner.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

"One of these things is not like the other, one of these things just isn't the same..."

A television screen displaying four movie tiles: Pearl, Maxxxine, ex Machina, and Alice u. wonderland (the animated original)

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Jay Batzner @jaybatzner.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I miss when Aldi had more quirky German foods instead of $5 ice cubes and this monstrosity

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Jay Batzner @jaybatzner.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Don't bother him. His favorite show is on.

My orange and white cat Chet staring intently out the window at a bird feeder covered in various wrens

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Jay Batzner @jaybatzner.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Saw some advice about having a garment that represents your new life goals somewhere that you can always see it. Here's mine. Not only is it aspiration because it is a little too tight but also because I think every middle-aged man should strive to be Uncle Iroh when he grows up. #atla #uncleiroh

A pink short sleeve button up shirt from RSVLTS with watercolor decorations of Uncle Iron sitting in lotus position, red teapots, and various jasmine flowers

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Jay Batzner @jaybatzner.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

You remember that episode of DS9 when Sisko, Odo, and O'Brien are all Klingons? Sisko should have kept the hair.

Avery Brooks as Benjamin Sisko disguised as a Klingon

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Jay Batzner @jaybatzner.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I don't think Chet is enjoying Trout Mask Replica. #caturday #beefheart

An orange and white cat sitting under a red grand toy piano. He looks concerned.

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Jay Batzner @jaybatzner.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Made a loaf of banana bread before starting my work today... #hellyeah #bananabread

An earthenware loaf pan with banana bread batter inside an oven

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Jay Batzner @jaybatzner.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Chet would ignore his water bowl but drink out of glasses in the sink. So I moved his water bowl to the sink. It keeps me on top of doing the dishes too. #cat #hydration

An orange and white cat with his back legs on the kitchen counter and the rest of his body tucked into a kitchen sink.

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Jay Batzner @jaybatzner.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

If I could only take 10 CDs from my collection with me, this would be an easy pick. Probably if I could only take 5 CDs, too. Few recordings in history are this good. And I'm not just saying recordings of these pieces, either.