David Sinden @sinden.org · 18/08/2026“Lose no opportunity of practicing on the organ; there is no other instrument which takes a swifter revenge on anything unclear or sloppy in composition or playing.” – Robert Schumann. Musical Rules for Life and Home, 1848. 020 2
David Sinden @sinden.org · 18/08/2026Peak St. Louis experience today: following two semis hauling the Budweiser Clydesdales. Windows open. Could actually look in and spot the horses. 011 1
David Sinden @sinden.org · 10/08/2026Late morning IMAX showing of The Odyssey. Naturally settled on Greek food afterward for lunch. 020 2
David Sinden @sinden.org · 09/08/2026I’m about to land in Newark. I’m supposed to play church in St. Louis just before 8am central time. Follow along for more travel updates! 130 3
David Sinden @sinden.org · 25/07/2026I may have found the nerdiest page on CPDL www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.p...cpdl.org 140 4
Reposted by David SindenRobert Komaniecki @komaniecki.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I'm glad everybody is enjoying the new Christopher Nolan film, but let me tell you: I "Odyssey" all of you at the polls this November! 2444 44
David Sinden @sinden.org · 23/07/2026Lately I've become aware of a number of people referring to me as a "male karen" To which I can only reply: it's spelled "kraken" 000 0
David Sinden @sinden.org · 20/06/2026Had some time to shoot our cathedral this morning (just with an iPhone, sadly) but she did not disappoint. 010 1
Reposted by David SindenAll Things Rite and Musical @riteandmusical.org · 17/06/2026Fans of liturgy and music, rejoice! A new episode of the All Things Rite and Musical podcast is out now. It’s an interview with Marty Wheeler Burnett about her new book. Listen at www.riteandmusical.org/2026/06/066-... or from your favorite podcast distributor.riteandmusical.org066 Shapers of the Hymnal 1982 - Marty Wheeler BurnettWe are delighted to chat with Dr. Marty Wheeler Burnett about her new book: Shapers of the Hymnal 1982: Our Faith in Words and Music 011 1
Reposted by David SindenIan Froeb @ianfroeb.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Loryn Nalic of Balkan Treat Box is the 2026 James Beard Award Best Chef: Midwest 45111 51
David Sinden @sinden.org · 10/06/2026BREAKING LITURGICAL NEWS: The Lectionary Page has just released a 2027 Liturgical Calendar: www.lectionarypage.net/CalndrsIndex...lectionarypage.netLiturgical Calendar for 2027 3142 14
David Sinden @sinden.org · 28/05/2026“When they saw him, they worshipped him, but they doubted.” — Matthew 28:17 000 0
David Sinden @sinden.org · 28/05/2026Martinů Symphony No. 1 just came on and I now have a plan for the rest of the evening. Holy cow this is cool. How have I not heard this before? 110 1
David Sinden @sinden.org · 28/04/2026If anyone needs a PDF copy of the entire hymnal, Grace Episcopal in Asheville has you covered: www.graceavl.com/wp-content/u...graceavl.com 010 1
David Sinden @sinden.org · 16/04/2026I hope my next academic lecture is about the ads that play during liturgical videos in YouTube Service: “Mortal, can these bones live?” Ad break: CARMAX And “Restore your bathroom with this mold remover” 000 0
David Sinden @sinden.org · 16/04/2026Tornado warning in St. Louis county and city. We are all in the basement. #MidwestIsBest 000 0
David Sinden @sinden.org · 09/04/2026No one: Absolutely no one: Melania: please don’t think about me and Epstein together. 000 0
Reposted by David SindenToby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 09/04/2026was that Melania speech one of Iran’s demands 264126151752 12.6K
David Sinden @sinden.org · 06/04/2026Biggest Freudian slip from the president today: “to the victim go the spoils” Yes, we know. You’re a great big baby who is always being wronged by someone. Isn’t it just grand that you’re also the commander in chief? 001 1
David Sinden @sinden.org · 02/04/2026Things I have dropped under the organ pedals for the first time this week: 1. An AirTag 2. My wallet 3. About half the notes to Matthew Owens’s “This joyful Eastertide” Surprisingly, though, not a single pencil. 000 0
Reposted by David SindenJames Longhurst @jameslonghurst.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Seven-word death punch 4495571958 9.6K
Reposted by David SindenArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Scena di commedia (uno scapino), by Honoré Daumier, 1860, 📸 by Jakub Porzycki 9997118 997
David Sinden @sinden.org · 25/02/2026He probably want to militarize the women’s hockey team so he can command them to come to his 2 hour speeches and look uncomfortable for a few minutes 000 0
Reposted by David SindenKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 25/02/2026There’s a schedule for the Dow? 82587 258
Reposted by David SindenThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 25/02/2026Representative Al Green of Texas brought a sign that says “BLACK PEOPLE AREN’T APES!” to President Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday— a reference to the racist video Trump posted about the Obamas. Green was later walked out of the chamber. Follow updates: nyti.ms/3MwkaTM 1636959 369
Reposted by David SindenJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 25/02/20262/2 The famous aspect of Bill Clinton's hour-long SOTUs is that they longer they went on, the *larger* the audience became. This is like a 3am local-access cable TV show. If I were a Polymarket guy, would do a prop bet on audience size one hour from now. 214618 146
Reposted by David SindenSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 25/02/2026When you have the facts, argue the facts When you have the policy, argue the policy When you are literally destroying the country you are supposed to be leading, spend 20 minutes talking about a hockey team 28884204 884
David Sinden @sinden.org · 25/02/2026Shoutout to whoever decided to sabotage the sound for this speech 000 0
David Sinden @sinden.org · 25/02/2026The weird grandpa telling you where he saw low gas prices gets a standing ovation from the Republicans 000 0
David Sinden @sinden.org · 25/02/2026“This is the golden age of America” says a president who sounds like he normally goes to bed like an hour ago 000 0
David Sinden @sinden.org · 25/02/2026This democratic counter programming sounds awesome. Is Bad Bunny there too?! www.nytimes.com/live/2026/02...nytimes.comUpdate from Megan Mineiro 000 0
David Sinden @sinden.org · 18/02/2026Gorgeous singing from Merton College, Oxford, today for an Ash Wednesday Evensong. Psalm 51 in an extended choral setting by James MacMillan. Stunning. Did not know of this work. 150 5
David Sinden @sinden.org · 14/02/2026If you find Valentine’s Day odious, Rank, and non-melodious, The Episcopal Church wishes you A happy Feast of Saints Cyril and Methodius. 0155 15
Reposted by David SindenSeth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Trump did that retweet on Truth Social himself and everyone in the whole fucking country knows it 792016323 2K
Reposted by David SindenDavid Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Accurate information is the enemy of the regime. 15483205 483
Reposted by David SindenAbby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Amazing coda here. 5074321546 7.4K
David Sinden @sinden.org · 01/02/2026www.theatlantic.com/app/webview/....theatlantic.comMAGA’s War on EmpathyThis crisis in Minneapolis reveals a deep moral rot at the heart of Trump’s movement. 000 0
