Stuff I did and more Brahms thoughts

Newsletter housekeeping:

1. I will be out of town next week, so the next new post will go out the week of the 17th.

2. When I logged into Substack this morning I saw this:

Apparently Substack had opted me into their new “Boost” feature which presumably harangues my readers to switch to paid subscriptions. I quickly went into my settings to turn it off, so if any of you get these upselling emails, please notify me.