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Arlo J. BantaAll the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players, huh? Well, I'm nonbinary, so I'll write some program notes.
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ticket stubs, 2025 q.1
This is the first installment of what will be a regular (quarterly, hopefully!) program notes series, “ticket stubs.” “Ticket stubs” are un-reviews: bite-sized, fragmentary responses to every live performance I attend. Whether or not I love...
gender passaggio
Hello! I haven’t abandoned you, sweet Substack followers—the past month has just been a busy one. I’ve been sitting on today’s essay for a while—let me know what you think.
Trans ephemera in my apartment. The two zines on the left a...
Managing my Musical Expectations
Welcome back to program notes.
First, some bits and bobs:
What I've been reading: The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Gorgeous, though imperfect (what isn’t); it’s as much about the power of writing as it is about imperialism’s legacies....
This is not a New Year’s resolution.
Why program notes?
Why a Substack? Why now? Am I going to be embarrassed in a few years at what I’m about to publish on the internet? Will I be the laughingstock of any bored acquaintance that finds this? Is this an innovative new way...
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musicologist, theatre person, yapper. Currently a PhD candidate at the University of Michigan.
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