I'm thinking about running an undergraduate class on indie music in the spring. Please recommend any readings you find essential! And thanks!
Dan DiPiero
@dandipiero.bsky.social
Musician, writer, and teacher. Site | http://dandipiero.com Substack | http://dandipiero.substack.com Big Feelings: Queer and Feminist Indie Rock After Riot Grrrl | https://press.umich.edu/Books/B/Big-Feelings2
I haven't gotten around to blogging about Charli. I might later (I reckon she'll get some year-end coverage). For now, please read @robinjames.bsky.social and @dandipiero.bsky.social on her and The Strokes 🤘🎸 Robin: www.its-her-factory.com/2026/08/rock... Dan: dandipiero.substack.com/p/rock-music
Rock Vibes: on Charli and The Strokes
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A little uncomfortable with firing this one off so quickly, but I haven't been able to stop thinking about these two records since I started. Let me know what you think? dandipiero.substack.com/p/rock-music
ROCK MUSIC
The Strokes and Charli xcx offer contrasting lessons in the technological expression of gendered feeling
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The new Strokes is the first of theirs that I've really disliked. I'm probably not gonna write about it because my reasoning isn't very interesting (auto-tune). Instead I thought I'd share an old essay ostensibly on their last record. I still like this one: lareviewofbooks.org/blog/essays/...
Bracing For Impact: Music, Millennials, and What Comes After COVID-19 | Los Angeles Review of Books
Dan DiPiero talks about music nostalgia during the pandemic and how it shapes his attitudes and politics.
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In 2023 while in NOLA, a Lyft Driver and I had a conversation about leaving home. It led to him telling me about his terminal diagnosis. “An editor told me once that if you want to understand a war, interview the grave diggers. I’d add that if you want to understand a city, interview the drivers.”
Mister Anthony
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The bad news is that nobody went for my pitch. The good news is that I got to make another collage :)
Dan DiPiero@dandipiero.bsky.social · 3w agoWorking overtime on tiresome takes this week dandipiero.substack.com/p/taylor-swi...
This is what passes for NPR discussion on higher education: does anyone have a better idea to lower costs than to cut funding and shut down whole programs? “Nope.” Haha It is literally within living memory that public universities were free of charge and fully funded by state
OK 1860 words and that's it, promise. Outlet recommendations very welcomeeeee 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Dan DiPiero@dandipiero.bsky.social · 4w agoWho would be amenable to 1500 words on Taylor Swift('s wedding) at this point? (They're not complimentary words, but the piece is also about the cultural politics of "the generic", so more than just a dunk.)
Who would be amenable to 1500 words on Taylor Swift('s wedding) at this point? (They're not complimentary words, but the piece is also about the cultural politics of "the generic", so more than just a dunk.)
This is the second time in as many months that a city transportation planner and cycling advocate has been killed while riding. Last month Chicago lost Riley O’Neil, now the Boston cycling community had lost Louisa Gag. Gutting, infuriating, and completely preventable. No paywall: archive.ph/AJHAy
The Boston Globe@bostonglobe.com · 4w agoA cycling advocate and transportation planner for the city of Boston was identified as the cyclist who was struck and killed in a crash near Roxbury Crossing this morning.
Brushed up on photoshop in the most minimal way possible so I could soft-launch the next, more aesthetically uniform version of cry baby. dandipiero.substack.com/p/i-like-the...
I Like the Olivia Rodrigo Record
In part because it asks good questions: in this pop landscape, what does it mean to reference the past?
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no matter which way the cultural pendulum swings I am always in the right when it comes to her
Blue sky nice ghost@rajandelman.bsky.social · last mo.Real haters don't leap. They wait and watch. They know the true reasons for hating will be Revealed
Six years since the start of COVID and this type of misinformation by omission is still rampant. The best protection against airborne pathogens is wearing a high quality mask.
When I was at IU, the sample gates pictured here were almost always draped in pride flags. This year IU cut the departments in which I majored (RLGS; CompLit), censored award-winning student newspaper IDS, fired their advisor & now, this fuckery. My alma mater has become a complete embarrassment.
Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social · last mo.The Free Speech Party is at it again. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/u...
In 1995 there were three one-hit wonders that name-checked both God and public transportation. I wrote about them in this piece and linked them together with my theory about why crushes matter to our living. I’ve been in a writing rut for the past year! But I really like this one! Check it out?
Dan DiPiero@dandipiero.bsky.social · 2mo agoWrote about Joan Osborne's nose ring for Talk Vomit. talkvomit.com/2026/06/21/c...
Wrote about Joan Osborne's nose ring for Talk Vomit. talkvomit.com/2026/06/21/c...
Crush/Resurface
Dr. Miller has me writing lists in therapy. Three stock phrases I can use to initiate small talk. Three values that I want to prioritize in the new year. Three crushes I cherished and what they disclo...
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I am super grateful for Shayna Maskell's generous review of my book, out in the next issue of Popular Music History. doi.org/10.1558/pomh...
Dan DiPiero, Big Feelings: Queer and Feminist Indie Rock After Riot Grrrl | Popular Music History
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My fourth piece for the inimitable @clereviewbooks.bsky.social clereviewofbooks.com/nonfiction-a...
Nonfiction at the End of the Humanities: On Sarah Mesle’s “Reasons and Feelings” and Alia Hanna Habib’s “Take It from Me” - Cleveland Review of Books
Throughout, Mesle asks questions I have lost sleep over and ones I did not think to wonder about. Because of how good and important these questions are, I was frustrated at times by a lack of clear an...
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made a record of mostly melancholy beeps & boops. anything it raises will be / has been donated. it's the first musical thing i've made & liked since i can remember. maybe you'll like it, too. dipiero.bandcamp.com/album/cry-ba...
cry babies, by Dan DiPiero
13 track album
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“there is a gutting of mid‑tier artists – the kind that can have a good, steady career that pays the bills, but is not at superstar level. Now, it’s either really working or you’re just accruing debt – there’s not a lot in between.” www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...
‘Major labels are trying to scoop up everything’: the chaotic future for indie music companies – and why vinyl isn’t working
As stalwarts Sub Pop and Rough Trade celebrate big anniversaries, insiders speak candidly about the challenges they face. Can streaming ever ensure their survival?
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My campus just had to make across-the-board 7% budget cuts (after making cuts last year as well) yet UMS found $1.39 million for a 2-year contract with OpenAI.
Maine public universities nears $1.39M deal for systemwide AI tool
The two-year contract will cost about $1.39 million and serve an estimated 25,200 students and 5,600 employees, likely starting in July.
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Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. https://scim.ag/4tsDqRr
After USDA request, Indiana plant biologist locked out of lab by school
Move comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs
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This website shows you what your browser is leaking about you. sinceyouarrived.world/taken
taken.
A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.
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