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John Allen

@knowtea

Minister (PCUSA), Musician (conductor, composer, singer, pianist/organist, music director for musical theatre), Whovian, Teutophone, Swedish-American, Jazz aficionado, #faithfullylgbt, and stuff.

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I met Liza Minnelli when I was 13, Ray Charles when I was 18, Doc Severinsen when I was 19, and played with Randy Brecker at 25.

07.03.2026 14:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If it is the wisdom tooth and I have to get it extracted, at least it will make me look more snatched, so there’s that 🀣

07.03.2026 13:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

So much winning

07.03.2026 13:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And no I’m not supposed to take Naproxen, or anything effective for pain really, bc of Von Willebrand disease. All I’m supposed to take is paracetamol, which does NOTHING for me. So when I get unbearable pain, I just take naproxen and stay away from anything sharp 🀣

07.03.2026 13:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sore throat & sore jaw on 1 side. Don’t know if it’s a sinus infection, TMJ, or if my one wisdom tooth (I only ever had the upper ones bc I’m highly evolved LOL, & I had 1 extracted years ago) is impacted or abscessed. Drinking Throat Coat like there’s no tomorrow & taking Naproxen. Good times.

07.03.2026 13:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

If you are β€œcreating” music using just AI prompts, you aren’t creating. And you aren’t a musician. End of story.

07.03.2026 13:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Not me up at 7:30 on a Saturday (actually I’ve already been up for 2 hrs) trying not to have an anxiety attack bc we switch to DST tonight & I will lose an hour. Sunday mornings are stressful enough for me as is.

07.03.2026 13:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Dark mornings are the WORST

07.03.2026 13:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Atlas is the absolute CUTEST

07.03.2026 04:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My undergrad is in voice performance. One of my master’s degrees is in conducting. One of my daughters is a professional ballet dancer. And I don’t care about TimothΓ©e Chalamet.

07.03.2026 03:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Your job is to pick the worst actor to play James Bond.

07.03.2026 00:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

For his next post Glass will be in a prematurely-air-conditioned supermarket …

06.03.2026 22:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

DONALD TRUMP KILLED 170 CHILDREN IN MINAB, IRAN AND THEN POSTED A SIZZLE REEL DECLARING "FLAWLESS VICTORY"

We are the bad guys.

We are the rogue nation we grew up being taught to fear and despise.

06.03.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 2149 πŸ” 693 πŸ’¬ 88 πŸ“Œ 29

Same

06.03.2026 22:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Oil up by $12 a barrel in less than 12 hours.

Gas prices skyrocketing.

Almost 100,000 jobs lost last month.

Another war in the Middle East.

Are we great again yet?

06.03.2026 19:21 πŸ‘ 11553 πŸ” 3165 πŸ’¬ 588 πŸ“Œ 133
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β€œTrans children are perfect.”

06.03.2026 18:41 πŸ‘ 4042 πŸ” 1106 πŸ’¬ 137 πŸ“Œ 167
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This is not good.

06.03.2026 13:40 πŸ‘ 9642 πŸ” 3691 πŸ’¬ 756 πŸ“Œ 468

If you're at the airport and Kristi Noem is doing the ominous little message from the TSA screens, you no longer have to do anything she says. Leave your laptop in the case, whatever.

05.03.2026 19:22 πŸ‘ 29610 πŸ” 4017 πŸ’¬ 367 πŸ“Œ 161
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A Running Count of How Many People ICE Has Killed and Injured - The American Prospect ICE is not required to report any use-of-force incidents against the public. So The American Prospect created our own running tally.

We updated our record of people immigration agents have killed or caused to die since Trump took office in January 2025.

As of today, agents have killed at least 28 people in the field and 48 people in custody.

04.03.2026 21:06 πŸ‘ 999 πŸ” 600 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 15

When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.

In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.

And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.

03.03.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 10720 πŸ” 3254 πŸ’¬ 198 πŸ“Œ 245

Must be in the air … right there with you

03.03.2026 21:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This has been part of the trans-kids moral panic for years, gay adults going "If I grew up now, they'd convince me I'm trans."

If your movement had real evidence, you wouldn't be pointing to alternative-universe hypotheticals! Child psychologists know the difference between gay kids and trans kids

03.03.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 2525 πŸ” 233 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 23

We’ve been in full communion with those 3 for a WHILE. Like the entire time I’ve been in the denomination. We’re also in full communion with the Moravian Church.

03.03.2026 03:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

BREAKING: Credible whistleblower discloses that FBI forensic experts were ordered to stand down from processing the scene where Renee Good was killed, because Kash Patel did not want Good referenced as a β€œvictim” in the warrant.

02.03.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 10998 πŸ” 4650 πŸ’¬ 211 πŸ“Œ 266

Andrew Lloyd Webber. Nothing wrong with him AFAIK

02.03.2026 04:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Even though ALW is, well ALW, his music still has 1000x the artistic integrity of anything from Hillsong.

01.03.2026 22:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Five things that I like and five oomfs to do the same:

Jazz
Creole Cooking
Shape-note Singing
Coffee & Tea (tie LOL)
Doctor Who

@bcentz.bsky.social
@geraldfarinas.bsky.social
@nicholasheide.bsky.social
@magikarpolycarp.bsky.social
@jpmillernerd.bsky.social

21.02.2026 02:41 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Last year’s Bannock Night/Mardi Gras Party: 45+ people, ran out of bannock batter, ran out of King Cake. This year I made 1.5x as much bannock batter, made 3 LARGE King Cakes (3 different kinds) instead of 2 Medium like last yr., had maybe 16 people. I’m so tired and so depressed.

18.02.2026 01:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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This made me feel so much better. Thank you, internet, for making my day so much brighter.

14.02.2026 17:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Completely agree

14.02.2026 13:44 πŸ‘ 1245 πŸ” 237 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 0