Music, writing, teaching: http://linktr.ee/franznicolay ||| PianoFighter.substack.com ||| To us, the beautiful!https://bsky.app/profile/franznicolay.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/franznicolay.bsky.social/post/3mup3iblytk26FWIW the test pressing for this sounded INSANELY good; might have converted me to the idea of 45rpm LPs [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:2oj7rtcdmdovzkhc6ywd5jhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup3iblytk26https://bsky.app/profile/franznicolay.bsky.social/post/3mup2gxjgt22v20th anniversary 45-rpm double-LP of The World/Inferno Friendship Society's "Red-Eyed Soul"!! Some of the best music I've ever been involved with, for the first time on vinyl since the 2006 release, from @ejrc.bsky.social. Pre-order at Bandcamp: https://worldinferno.bandcamp.com/album/red-eyed-soul04 Sep 2026 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:2oj7rtcdmdovzkhc6ywd5jhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup2gxjgt22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/franznicolay.bsky.social/post/3mtymebvaw226Carnage in the dispensary parking lot26 Aug 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:2oj7rtcdmdovzkhc6ywd5jhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtymebvaw226https://bsky.app/profile/franznicolay.bsky.social/post/3mtx7scmvrs2jTonight there was a Dolly dance party in my village & the kids to my surprise got really emotional & I realized that for them, she was like a mythical fairy who the adults loved & who sent them presents every month for years & that it was a little like losing Santa Claus or Mr Rogers. Quite a life [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 01:50 +0000at://did:plc:2oj7rtcdmdovzkhc6ywd5jhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtx7scmvrs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/franznicolay.bsky.social/post/3mtwi6rwmbs2mMy kids loved getting books in the mail from Dolly [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Aug 2026 18:47 +0000at://did:plc:2oj7rtcdmdovzkhc6ywd5jhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwi6rwmbs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/franznicolay.bsky.social/post/3mtoyyeahcs2v“It’s a total clown show” scarcely fair to the efficiency of clowns, have you seen how many of them fit in a car?22 Aug 2026 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:2oj7rtcdmdovzkhc6ywd5jhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoyyeahcs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/franznicolay.bsky.social/post/3msjevdiny22hWhile I’m recommending shit, how about Lieber/Stoller deep cuts presented as cabaret art song? https://youtu.be/i-gbtysXAf4?is=4QFvpkHYaPzUr-vd07 Aug 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:2oj7rtcdmdovzkhc6ywd5jhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjevdiny22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/franznicolay.bsky.social/post/3msjeknp3zk2hThis book is delightful and recommended by me to you https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/books/review/the-responsible-party-claire-carusillo.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share07 Aug 2026 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:2oj7rtcdmdovzkhc6ywd5jhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjeknp3zk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/franznicolay.bsky.social/post/3msihn3272c2kI was sitting on the tarmac for the entire thing [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2026 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:2oj7rtcdmdovzkhc6ywd5jhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msihn3272c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/franznicolay.bsky.social/post/3msefdcxvnc2eSomehow both a diagnosis from my doctor and a review of my piano playing05 Aug 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:2oj7rtcdmdovzkhc6ywd5jhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msefdcxvnc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/franznicolay.bsky.social/post/3msede4at2223Posting this here to make sure @mattsargent.bsky.social sees it05 Aug 2026 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:2oj7rtcdmdovzkhc6ywd5jhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msede4at2223https://bsky.app/profile/franznicolay.bsky.social/post/3mrxe6y2ffk2dJames…31 Jul 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:2oj7rtcdmdovzkhc6ywd5jhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxe6y2ffk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/franznicolay.bsky.social/post/3mrvtb3ucc22fClassic Seattle-to-SLC routing, no problem31 Jul 2026 01:42 +0000at://did:plc:2oj7rtcdmdovzkhc6ywd5jhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrvtb3ucc22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/franznicolay.bsky.social/post/3mr6mumcdd22dInterested to see some of my books pop up in the academic-journal world recently: "The Humorless Ladies" is a subject of “Ukraine in Travel Writing 1994–2024,” alongside books by Anne Applebaum & 2 others, in the "Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266695792600023621 Jul 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:2oj7rtcdmdovzkhc6ywd5jhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6mumcdd22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/franznicolay.bsky.social/post/3mqzts5jnbs2jMy daughter's soccer friends came over to watch and let me just say that some enterprising network should offer an alt-cast commentated by some ruthless 13yo girls because that was some High Quality Entertainment19 Jul 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:2oj7rtcdmdovzkhc6ywd5jhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqzts5jnbs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/franznicolay.bsky.social/post/3mqcvhju6tk2bNew career goal: non-zero box 11 [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jul 2026 19:36 +0000at://did:plc:2oj7rtcdmdovzkhc6ywd5jhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcvhju6tk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/franznicolay.bsky.social/post/3mqcuw4hfik2hBest 1099 box10 Jul 2026 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:2oj7rtcdmdovzkhc6ywd5jhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqcuw4hfik2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/franznicolay.bsky.social/post/3mq5oh53kbs2qImpossible to plan on recording in the summer when you never know when the neighbor is going to fire up the yard work08 Jul 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:2oj7rtcdmdovzkhc6ywd5jhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq5oh53kbs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/franznicolay.bsky.social/post/3mplq2re4rc2kI wrote about the carnivalesque history of the Wurlitzer company, which spanned the rise & fall of America as a hustling manufacturing nation / the parallel development of mechanized music from the calliope to the drum machine (walk-ons by Mark Twain) https://pianofighter.substack.com/p/wurlitzer-of-cincinnati01 Jul 2026 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:2oj7rtcdmdovzkhc6ywd5jhd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplq2re4rc2k