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Len Bassham

@legendkeeper21

articles: 50
total claps: 6,689
top claps: 382
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paywalled: 45
active: 2025-01-28 → 2026-07-23

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🎵 · Music & Audio · 16 CUL · Culture & Media · 10 😂 · Humor & Satire · 7 LIT · Literature & Writing · 5 PHI · Philosophy · 4 🍳 · Food & Cooking · 4 🏛️ · Politics · 4 ✍️ · Writing & Creative · 3

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#writing-contest ·11 #musicality ·10 #contests ·9 #music ·8 #classical-music ·7 #humor ·7 #questionality ·5 #games ·4 #mispronunciation ·3 #fiction ·3

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LE Len Bassham · Musicality

The Day Classical Music Committed Suicide

and who fired the pistol that killed it

May 21, 2026 · 7 min read · 382 claps paywalled #music #music-theory #classical-music

The Day Classical Music Committed Suicide

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LE Len Bassham · Questionality

The Doctor Prescribes Two a Day

regarding voting on Q-Contest #13

Jun 25, 2026 · 5 min read · 342 claps paywalled #contests #writing-contest #games

Run-Arounds

and I don’t mean the kind in playgrounds

Jan 14, 2026 · 8 min read · 314 claps paywalled #customer-service #dishonesty #bad-business

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LE Len Bassham · Questionality

Some More Thoughts on ‘Beauty’

NOT a contest entry!

Apr 04, 2026 · 5 min read · 268 claps paywalled #beauty #misogyny #control-freaks

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LE Len Bassham · Questionality

Q-Contest Newsletter 02July26

Update on Contest #14

Jul 02, 2026 · 4 min read · 240 claps #contests #writing-contest #lifestyle

Q-Contest Newsletter 02July26

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LE Len Bassham · Musicality

Why Jean Sibelius is my Hero

and has been since I turned eleven

Oct 26, 2025 · 10 min read · 232 claps paywalled #heroism #writing-contest #jean-sibelius

Why Jean Sibelius is my Hero

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LE Len Bassham · Questionality

Are Honey and Evil Related?

Why I think William Golding was wrong

Jun 28, 2026 · 5 min read · 205 claps paywalled #morality #good-and-evil #lord-of-the-flies

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LE Len Bassham · Musicality

Do People Still Listen?

And why is classical music considered boring?

Dec 27, 2025 · 6 min read · 202 claps paywalled #attention-span #listening #music

Do People Still Listen?

LE Len Bassham · Questionality

3-Days’ Warning

not exactly last-minute, but close

Jun 09, 2026 · 4 min read · 201 claps paywalled #contests #writing-contest #questionality

LE Len Bassham · Questionality

No Straight Lines

Even Crows Fly Crooked

Jul 09, 2026 · 6 min read · 200 claps paywalled #writing-contest #pain #utopia

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LE Len Bassham · Questionality

Game Over

Time to Vote on Q-Contest #13

Jun 13, 2026 · 5 min read · 196 claps paywalled #contests #writing-contest #games

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LE Len Bassham · About Me Stories

The Silent ‘A’

more About Me — my geography, that is

Aug 24, 2025 · 5 min read · 195 claps paywalled #geography #place-names #mispronunciation

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LE Len Bassham · Heart Speak

What Do We Mean by ‘Love’?

Why does it mean so many things?

Jun 06, 2025 · 4 min read · 185 claps paywalled #love #word-meaning #greek-language

What Do We Mean by ‘Love’?

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LE Len Bassham · Questionality

419 Facts About Absolutely Nothing at All

with one or two truths included at no extra charge

May 17, 2026 · 5 min read · 183 claps paywalled #humor #lists #facts

419 Facts About Absolutely Nothing at All

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LE Len Bassham · Musicality

The Joy of Sound

Why I teach piano the way I do — Part 1

Feb 09, 2026 · 8 min read · 176 claps paywalled #music #music-lessons #teaching

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LE Len Bassham · Questionality

Toaster Treats

food by any other name . . .

Jul 23, 2026 · 5 min read · 172 claps paywalled #food-additives #sugar #popular-foods

LE Len Bassham · Write Your World

Evolution in My Kitchen

“On the Origin of Mutations”

Nov 09, 2025 · 5 min read · 170 claps paywalled #humor #fruit-flies #pseudoscience

Evolution in My Kitchen

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LE Len Bassham · Questionality

No ‘Me’ in AI

please?

Jun 11, 2026 · 4 min read · 158 claps paywalled #ai #robots #gps

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LE Len Bassham · Questionality

Trail

the view depends on where you stand

Jun 18, 2025 · 13 min read · 156 claps paywalled #fiction #koans #appalachian-trail

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LE Len Bassham · Musicality

The Joy of Learning

Why I teach piano the way I do — Part 2

Feb 19, 2026 · 9 min read · 132 claps paywalled #music #music-lessons #piano

The Joy of Learning

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LE Len Bassham · Questionality

How NOT to Write for Medium

for Questionality or any other pub

Jun 08, 2026 · 6 min read · 131 claps paywalled #writing #editing #grammar

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LE Len Bassham · Questionality

Everything You Eat Is GMO

and always has been

Apr 26, 2026 · 7 min read · 119 claps paywalled #genetics #gmo #mutation

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LE Len Bassham · Musicality

Sibelius vs Mahler

and why their debate still matters

Jun 27, 2026 · 8 min read · 118 claps paywalled #jean-sibelius #gustav-mahler #symphony

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LE Len Bassham · Questionality

You Can Un-Edit!

The secret weapon most editors don’t know about

Jan 23, 2026 · 7 min read · 115 claps paywalled #editing #writing-mistakes #meaning

You Can Un-Edit!

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LE Len Bassham · Questionality

A Sad Farewell

do buildings have feelings?

Jul 10, 2026 · 6 min read · 112 claps paywalled #history #architecture #colorado