iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Jason Heilman

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I had the pleasure to talk to @sarahfritz.bsky.social about her new biography of Clara Wieck Schumann for Wisconsin Public Radio; you can see our entire deep-dive interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQyv...

youtube.com

WPR Music interview with Sarah Fritz

YouTube video by Wisconsin Public Radio

165

Reposted by Jason Heilman

Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 10h

we have invented Jules Pierre Mao, from famous 21st century sci-fi novel and beloved TV show "don't be Jules Pierre Mao"

517526

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

youtube.com

WPR Music interview with Sarah Fritz

YouTube video by Wisconsin Public Radio

165

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

My Amazon About Me is ... pretty on target, actually.

An Amazon About Me that only says:

Interests & Hobbies
Collects classical music extensively

Departments
Classical Music Collection

Product Preferences
Gradually building classical music collection

Product Preferences
Prioritizes comprehensive classical music collections

010

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It took the Germans centuries to figure this out.

010

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

First he shutters the Kennedy Center, now he's trying to rewrite Bernstein's Mass.

000

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I told you people that if we shot this guy into space he'd come back with the Loc-Nar. But did you listen to me? No. And now look where we are.

Tesla's roadster in space with a spacesuit inside, looking suspiciously like the opening of Heavy Metal.

000

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Me, going outdoors in Milwaukee today.

020

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Of course Samantha Ege is the real star of this one, but she doesn't seem to be On Here.

020

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I'm playing this amazing recording again today at 5:45pm cdt, streaming on wpr.org

150

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

For the past few weeks, whenever I click on one of Norman L's links, I get an error message saying "Bad Request" and you know what? Fair.

120

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I didn't realize until today that rabbits had any sort of command structure, let alone an executive officer.

010

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

It's like he's on the refrigerator for all of Milwaukee.

020

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

This picture seems appropriate tonight.

A political sign in a Tulsa storefront that reads "Presidents are temporary Wu-Tang is forever"

041

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Like there were a few years there where I was convinced I had woken up in an alternate timeline. That's how confusing this thing's sudden popularity was to me.

020

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

When I grew up in Tulsa in the 1980s and 90s, I never heard a word about the Blue Whale on Route 66. But when I moved back in the 00s it was suddenly a beloved local icon. And it's just a trashed-out waterslide from a decrepit amusement park.

011

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The Watertown, WI, school board voted 7-1 to pull Omar Thomas's A Mother of A Revolution from their band's 5/18 concert. If the band is looking for a replacement piece, might I suggest 4'33"? Story from @corrihess.bsky.social here: www.wpr.org/news/waterto...

wpr.org

Watertown school board pulls song tied to LGBTQ+ history from spring concert

Watertown High School band students won’t be allowed to perform an instrumental piece of music tied to LGBTQ+ history at their spring concert.

051

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Marco Rubio turned into Mark Wahlberg so gradually I barely even noticed.

031

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Google AI answers the tough questions everyone is asking.

A Google search result claiming "People also ask: How do you pronounce 'ooooooooooooooooooooo'?"

000

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

If you use copilot to write an email and the recipient uses copilot to summarize your email, why does that email even need to exist?

010

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Tchaikovsky's music is actually pretty good.

081

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

The United States was riding high, but then it all came crashing down.

030

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Firing the music director who won half of your Grammys for you is certainly a choice.

150

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Things American society has totally melted down over: - "reefer" - Dungeons & Dragons - the song Suicide Solution - Grand Theft Auto Vice City - imaginary razor blades in Halloween candy Things we're apparently fine with: - a computer that tells you to kill yourself

020

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

As a tribute to Team Canada and their efforts on the ice, I'm going to go ahead and eat this entire bag of chips today.

A freshly opened bag of Old Dutch All Dressed Ripples potato chips.

010

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

I can't imagine what it feels like to be a Winnipeg fan right now.

000

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Thinking about all the guys about to have their minds blown at halftime when their wives/girlfriends/moms say "oh, hey, we dance to this at zumba! I love this song!"

000

Reposted by Jason Heilman

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

glad to be born at a time when i got to see what life was like before the internet and will be dead before AI completely destroys humanity

17684821008

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

I'm pretty sure the Rapture already happened, and the only person taken was Prince.

040

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Playing the Dover Quartet's new album with works by Jerod Impichchaachaaha Tate and Pura Fé as our New Classical Album of the Week on WPR Music.

020

Reposted by Jason Heilman

Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.

NYC Mass Shooting Was Nearly Impossible to Prevent, Experts Say

795420839308

Reposted by Jason Heilman

GBH @wgbh.org · 18/07/2025

Federal funding is gone. But we're not going anywhere.

"Local. Trusted. Defunded." is featured on the GBH Mural in Boston, Mass., on July 18, 2025.

10740181

Reposted by Jason Heilman

Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

"More than 23 mill listeners tune in to 687 public radio music stations. It would affect almost all programming, incl AAA stations with genres such as independent rock, bluegrass, folk, jazz, gospel, country, soul, hip-hop, local music. 96% of all classical music is played on public radio stations."

noncommusic.org

The End of Public Radio Music?

Bob Boilen writes about the importance of public radio music amid looming cuts.

14422

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

It Never Rains (In Southern Amazonia)

010

Reposted by Jason Heilman

shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

this whole administration is like when they shut off the containment unit in ‘ghostbusters’

347110061831

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

It never ceases to amaze me how noisy commercial classical recordings can be. So many birds. The Tokyo String Quartet has a full-on police chase going on in the background of one of their more recent Beethoven records.

040

Reposted by Jason Heilman

ML Brennan @brennanml.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Okay, this is my newest very very favorite meme.

169291127367

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Playing the violin concerto by Amanda Röntgen-Maier on today's radio show. This is definitely a composer we should be hearing more from.

140

Reposted by Jason Heilman

Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

It’s amazing to find out at this late date how much the rule of law depended on people simply deciding, on a voluntary, daily basis, not to break the law.

589200962820

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

When we blew up the canon we were supposed to replace it with a new one. But we didn't and now two generations, lacking any cultural references in common, are blowing up academia instead.

6605

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

We all know this to be true. It's literally what Office Space was about.

140

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Does anyone else hear this in Werner Herzog's voice? Just me then? Okay.

040

Jason Heilman @jsheilman.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I'm finally playing Doreen Carwithen's One Damn Thing After Another Overture on the air today, so there's that at least. Couldn't be any more apt.

000

Reposted by Jason Heilman

Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

The takeover of Twitter was a preview of what we're all living with now and a stark example of why you can't let any one person have too much money: they go insane and make themselves everybody's problem

559442536878