Wonderful book about the richness and complexity of Black-South Asian cultural connections (in case that topic might be in the water atm), in music specifically. by the extraordinary @ehphd.bsky.social

New special issue from JPMS!! This was one of the last things that @ehphd.bsky.social, @ericdharvey.com and I started before finishing our terms. Congratulations to Alisha Lola Jones, @burrata.bsky.social, Matthew Jones for their work with Georgina Born and @anthroposound.bsky.social on this!!

Andrew J. Eisenberg@anthroposound.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 New SPECIAL ISSUE of Journal of Popular Music Studies on MUSIC, DIGITALIZATION & IP IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH! Articles by Geoff Baker, Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier, Pablo Infante-Amate, Aditi Deo, Oliver Bown and me, w/an intro by Born and me. Dig in! online.ucpress.edu/jpms/issue/3...

This issue is a big deal. First, it’s guest-edited by Georgina Born and @anthroposound.bsky.social , two of the best of their respective generations of musical anthropologists. Second, the contributor lineup is outstanding.

Andrew J. Eisenberg@anthroposound.bsky.social · last yr.

📣 New SPECIAL ISSUE of Journal of Popular Music Studies on MUSIC, DIGITALIZATION & IP IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH! Articles by Geoff Baker, Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier, Pablo Infante-Amate, Aditi Deo, Oliver Bown and me, w/an intro by Born and me. Dig in! online.ucpress.edu/jpms/issue/3...

The Journal of Popular Music Studies, which I co-edit with Dr. Alisha Lola Jones, has openings for three positions -- an associate book reviews editor, an associate editor of the "field notes" section, and a web editor. Details at the link, spread the word: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/JPMScallsfor...

“In Minnesota, students are set to pay more for less.”

Tuition Increases and Layoffs Are Coming to a Broad Set of Universities

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Stop whatever you doing & check out @scquarterly.bsky.social summer issue on the Hip-Hop South. Talm bout some of the leading voices on southern Hip-Hop celebrating 30 years since Dre declared “the South got something to say." Available to read FREE on Project Muse

Guys!!!! You guys!!!!! The Introduction to *Speculative Relations* has dropped!!!!! You can read it here: www.dukeupress.edu/speculative-...

i wrote about sly stone and brian wilson and the supposed mystery of genius www.vulture.com/article/bria...

The Double Standards of White and Black Genius

Brian Wilson and Sly Stone were musical innovators whose public reputations diverged drastically towards the end of their careers.

vulture.com

Sly Stone, pioneering leader of funk band Sly and the Family Stone, has died at 82

Sly Stone, pioneering leader of funk band Sly and the Family Stone, dies at 82

Sly Stone, the pioneering leader of the funk band bearing his name, Sly and the Family Stone, has died, according to his family. Stone was 82 years old.

abcnews.go.com

So excited to share this new project: the We Help Us hotline, a phone line collecting stories of LGBTQIA mutual aid in Minnesota! chrisdstedman.substack.com/p/announcing...

Announcing the We Help Us story hotline

A new project collecting stories of LGBTQIA mutual aid in Minnesota

chrisdstedman.substack.com

Speaking of Ferris Bueller's casual racism and white entitlement, @michaelddwyer.bsky.social wrote a great piece about FBDO, Adventures in Babysitting, white flight, and Chicago's commuter class. Check it out! www.mediapolisjournal.com/2023/09/comm...

The Rise of the Commuter Class: Postindustrialism, Expressways, and Chicago Teen Films of the 1980s

Michael Dwyer re-examines the 1980s Chicagoland teen films Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Adventures in Babysitting as commuter narratives that speak to the city’s emerging postindustrial identity.

mediapolisjournal.com

wrongtom@wrongtom.bsky.social · last yr.

OTD in 1985, Ferris Bueller took a day off. In a scene simmering with casual racism, spoilt ratbag Ferris asks the valet if he speaks English. The valet is in fact character actor Richard Edson who'd recently transitioned from playing drums and trumpet in NYC's art-punk / no-wave scene

And we're back! My latest in the Chronicle is now live: "How to Promote Your Scholarly Book," ft Libra-coded advice such as "use social media" & "or don't use social media." No doubt other publishers will have lots of tidbits to add. Pls share/reach out for a PDF. www.chronicle.com/article/how-...

Advice | How to Promote Your Scholarly Book

An acquisitions editor offers eight tips for marketing-shy academics.

chronicle.com

🚨OPEN ACCESS🚨 As part of our new forum on "Media and Fascism," @cassiusa.bsky.social writes about how trans cultural production might best answer the ascendant fascist aesthetics of nonsense and sensation. There's no paywall, check it out! academic.oup.com/ccc/article/...

Kamala is for they/them: liberalism, fascism, and nonsense

Abstract. The slogan that the Trump campaign used in the 2024 US presidential election to tie rival Kamala Harris to trans activists in its television ads—

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In case you missed it, here's last week's Popular Music Books in Process. @burrata.bsky.social spoke to @ehphd.bsky.social and Kanjana Thepboriruk about his new book, Bangkok After Dark, and the fascinating life and career of jazz pianist Maurice Rocco. Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-uV...

Benjamin Tausig w/ Elliott Powell & Kanjana‬‭ Thepboriruk, Bangkok After Dark, PMBiP 5/13/25

YouTube video by Eric Weisbard

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A recording of my @iaspm-us.bsky.social Popular Music Books talk with Kanjana Thepboriruk and @ehphd.bsky.social is now up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-uV...

Benjamin Tausig w/ Elliott Powell & Kanjana‬‭ Thepboriruk, Bangkok After Dark, PMBiP 5/13/25

YouTube video by Eric Weisbard

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My book has a pub date and website!

Philip Leventhal@philipleventhal.bsky.social · last yr.

"[D]elivers new and significant insights into how conservative leaders employed the 'liberal media' claim to build a movement that came to dominate US politics and policy formation." Coming this Fall! MAKING THE LIBERAL MEDIA, by @ajbauer.bsky.social. bit.ly/4iQN62F @columbiaup.bsky.social

"Bangkok After Dark" virtual book talk next Tuesday! Part of the @iaspm-us.bsky.social Popular Music Books in Process Series May 13, 5pm ET, in conversation with Elliott Powell @ehphd.bsky.social and Kanjana Hubik Thepboriruk DM me for the zoom link if you'd like to join

Just announced: University of Michigan Faculty Senate resoundingly votes to support Big Ten academic mutual defense compact. 92.8% of over 3,000 votes.

If universities can’t protect our students what is even the point? thecrimsonwhite.com/120415/news/...

UA student reportedly detained by ICE

This is a breaking news story and will continue to be updated.  A UA student was reportedly detained by the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement early Tuesday morning.  Alireza Doroudi, a doctora...

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Here is an open letter signed from UChicago AAUP signed by over 200 faculty to our administration on what we believe this moment requires: uchicagoaaup.wordpress.com