sylvia or sal ★ cowboyverismo on the other site ★ they/them ★ shakespeare at the grad center ★ opera reviews at https://parterre.com/author/sylvia-korman/ ★ maybe the real fanciulla del west was the friends we made along the wayhttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3mj34x7oer22rdissertation writing has turned me into one of those pet dogs that sits and waits every day at the spot where once, years ago someone dropped a sausage. Three weeks ago I had a good writing day while listening to Have One on Me and I've put it on every single day since.09 Apr 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj34x7oer22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3mimwkdmimc2nshakespeare’s history plays are primarily about the condition of “having uncles”04 Apr 2026 00:00 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mimwkdmimc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3mimwejy4ss2nevery single day I'm like "god why do I have all this excruciating eyestrain" and then resume sitting exactly like this at my laptop staring at my dissertation for the next six unbroken hours03 Apr 2026 23:57 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mimwejy4ss2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3mimljiswa62cthere's this one bit in "have one on me" by joanna newsom where logically I do know that she's not gonna say "castlevania". and yet every time I listen I think "wait holy shit is she about to say castlevania"03 Apr 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mimljiswa62chttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3mdiuhhtwjs2hmy review of wild and whirling Salome at the Lyric Opera of Chicago https://parterre.com/2026/01/28/the-snows-that-lie-on-the-mountains-of-judaea/28 Jan 2026 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdiuhhtwjs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3mdeb3uka622wreviewing opera sometimes means having to summon all your powers of concentration to try to be smart about richard strauss while you simply have "break the ice" by britney spears stuck in your head instead26 Jan 2026 22:09 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdeb3uka622whttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3m76ytg7isn2pis it just me or did nobody really care about spotify wrapped this year04 Dec 2025 22:17 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m76ytg7isn2phttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3m5pwakbcc72dcindy LEE 💜16 Nov 2025 04:56 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5pwakbcc72dhttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3m4yrunczha2pcame upon a wile e coyote type trap in chicago07 Nov 2025 00:06 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4yrunczha2phttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3m3vabozd7k2ydo you guys remember willard's wormholes. internet used to be so good...23 Oct 2025 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3vabozd7k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3m3qm2pgyuf2bsorry but I don’t think i’ll be listening to geese. sorry. i’m actually still super busy with the addison rae album22 Oct 2025 00:36 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3qm2pgyuf2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3m3nemmd4r72sI miss when subway stations had little shops in them20 Oct 2025 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3nemmd4r72shttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3m3nefvgz5k2kreally appreciate how madonna gives me permission to dance at the beginning of into the groove. sometimes I’m just not sure if I can dance or not20 Oct 2025 17:41 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3nefvgz5k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3m3je2arrc22khip and sexy saturday night19 Oct 2025 03:24 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3je2arrc22khttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3m3dgswm43s2ahi everybody what are your can't-miss tristan und isolde recordings... audio or video... thank you love you all xx16 Oct 2025 18:57 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3dgswm43s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3m2kf5grpde2fsince the new york metropolitans were eliminated from postseason contention I have read over a hundred pages of gravity's rainbow. for this incredible gift of free time and energy I must thank the mets, the cause of and solution to all of my problems06 Oct 2025 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2kf5grpde2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3m23kufeaic2cmany librettists in contemporary opera seem to feel it is their job to provide explicit, declarative emotional exposition30 Sep 2025 22:23 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m23kufeaic2chttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3lzymy7vqd22bin the Box today reviewing Kavalier and Clay. I bet you’re wondering why they made an opera of Kavalier and Clay. Well, having reviewed it I can conclusively say, I don’t know why they did that either. Check it out! https://parterre.com/2025/09/29/storybored/29 Sep 2025 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzymy7vqd22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3lzwy76rbjj2imy dream is that an evil genius will some day adapt david bowie’s insane outside concept album into a full scale opera29 Sep 2025 02:39 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzwy76rbjj2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3lugvok6ui42hit’s so awesome how mr smith goes to washington asks you to believe that claude rains is not only american, but an american senator. and not only an american senator but an american senator from the same state that jimmy stewart is from #TCMParty21 Jul 2025 02:05 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lugvok6ui42hhttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3loqzpsft622lI download my bandcamp purchases as mp3s for my ipod but I also download flacs "just in case" I ever magically transform into someone who cares abt audio quality. I also used to read choose your own adventure books w a finger marking every decision point. it's possible I wasn't built for success09 May 2025 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3loqzpsft622lhttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3lobvqu4dok2xthe met just opened its first salome in 20 years and they may not be answering my calls about what they’re doing with the peter mattei severed head prop after the run but I did get to review it https://parterre.com/2025/05/03/little-girls-get-bigger-every-day/03 May 2025 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lobvqu4dok2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3lo5ivsgc7k2zI reviewed Les Dialogues des Carmelites at Juilliard. Poulenc's tragic and sublime opera is kind of like if everyone in Conclave was a woman and also everyone died at the end. Check it out! t.co/uIY23iROnL https://t.co/uIY23iROnL01 May 2025 23:51 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo5ivsgc7k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3lmzpzbwwr42k I reviewed the Listeners at the Lyric Opera of Chicago check it out https://parterre.com/2025/04/16/humdrum-existence/17 Apr 2025 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmzpzbwwr42khttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3lik3ynoamc2mMr. Saxo Beat would be a pretty plausible name for a Pynchon protagonist19 Feb 2025 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lik3ynoamc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3lgbinlwfni2dlosing all my innocence in the backseat 🎶🎶21 Jan 2025 18:36 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgbinlwfni2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/hazycosmicjive.bsky.social/post/3lfibocoucp24fantasizing about visiting the irish bnb whose card was in my secondhand copy of infinite jest. “splendid views and blissful peace”…11 Jan 2025 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:2ufalb554misc6jup5hxeirc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfibocoucp24