Taking a page from my colleague’s playbook: I would love to speak to your class! The antiracist pedagogy book is due out in Jan; *Listening to Rap* 2e in March. Happy to talk rap, pedagogy, orchestra teaching in person or Zoom. Feel free to reach out!
Mike
@professorberry.bsky.social
Orchestra teacher, music theorist, bassist "Listening to Rap" (2e) and "Rap as Antiracist Pedagogy" both coming from Routledge in 2027. https://www.routledge.com/Rap-as-Antiracist-Pedagogy/Berry/p/book/9781032979670 michaelberrymusic.com
I'm calling it: "Start smoking" is going to be mainstream MAHA / Republican health advice by 2028. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Taking a page from my colleague’s playbook: I would love to speak to your class! The antiracist pedagogy book is due out in Jan; *Listening to Rap* 2e in March. Happy to talk rap, pedagogy, orchestra teaching in person or Zoom. Feel free to reach out!
for those who celebrate: it is the 20th anniversary of a funny dog eat a pepsi.
Caught myself writing about "colinization," which is the process by which people named Colin are sent in to a place to take it over and govern it. Going to coin a new field of study: postColinial studies...
This is your invitation to mark your calendar to preorder the new book... preorders in December; ships in January! pre-pre-order!
Wait... the hardcover is how much?!!? www.routledge.com/Rap-as-Antir...
Wait... the hardcover is how much?!!? www.routledge.com/Rap-as-Antir...
Rap as Antiracist Pedagogy
Rap as Antiracist Pedagogy represents an intervention into the field of music studies, examining how the research and teaching of rap music that appears on the surface to be equity-driven often ends u...
routledge.com
chat can anyone verify that every single Flock camera has about 2-3 Ibs of copper and about 1-2 grams of gold
Lady Pink was born in the Andes and her mom was born in the Amazon rainforest. She was the only girl in Basquiat's art circle. Only 17, making art, and hanging with Basquiat and Bowie... NYC grafitti police have been harassing her and her husband, so she had to leave NYC. Leave Lady Pink alone!!!
Two Police Raids Forced Lady Pink to Leave New York City
YouTube video by populist.
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A hell of a flex. “At 17, I was going to parties with Andy Warhol at some rich person’s house and hobnobbing with Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat. I didn’t even have time for my senior year of high school, because I was exhibiting and traveling the world..” news.artnet.com/art-world/la...
Entirely too many “worst [xxx] in history” things happening these days. Need a break.
Thread. Spokane. Source: TW-@MatthewBut59357 US/Canada FIRMS map 1/
I’m not really a boxing person—I enjoy hitting the heavy bag as a workout and that’s about it—but If Butterbean fights start coming across my TikTok, there goes my afternoon.
Dude on that skateboard listening to Fleetwood Mac really had us thinking shit was getting better
INXS deserves far more credit/were far more influential than most seem to believe
Post your hottest music take. Mine is New Order is better than Joy Division.
Would anyone be willing to share a screenshot of a track in Logic, Fruity Loops, or some similar DAW that I could include in the second edition of *Listening to Rap*? I can't for the life of my get in touch with the person from whom I got the image in the first ed.
Donated blood today. Used to be in a good habit but slipped. Will try to be better. There’s a high need now, apparently…
paid opportunity for a chiptune composer using trackers, i took a peek and it looks like a really cool project, im way too slammed to even think of applying but sharing it for my chiptune peeps!! www.workwithindies.com/careers/dave...
Dave Miller is hiring a Chiptune Composer / Sound Designer
I'm hiring a composer / sound designer to help define our game's audio identity and produce an initial set of music and sound effects.
workwithindies.com
What do we think? I like the mixtape one but I'm worried that folks (and computers) will somehow run "hip hop" into the title of the book where it's not supposed to be (although maybe that could be a happy accident in terms of searching for it?)
What do we think? I like the mixtape one but I'm worried that folks (and computers) will somehow run "hip hop" into the title of the book where it's not supposed to be (although maybe that could be a happy accident in terms of searching for it?)
Are you a voice teacher? Have you ever thought “Wouldn’t it be great if Wes Flinn were my boss?” Now’s your chance! The Louisiana Tech School of Music is looking for a voice instructor! ulsltu.wd503.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/LATECH... Share with anyone interested! Review is ongoing!
Instructor, Music
Thank you for your interest in employment with Louisiana Tech University. Louisiana Tech University invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure-track Visiting Instructor of Music, Voice Specialis...
ulsltu.wd503.myworkdayjobs.com
"Portrait of cool hip hop artist woman wear orange t shirt dynamic moves"
Facing federal science budget cuts, biologist Daniel Blumstein resorted to uploading marmot videos to OnlyFans to raise funds for his marmot research. However, when he uploaded his driver’s license for verification, OnlyFans informed him that his appearance didn’t match the marmots in the videos.
‘OnlyMarms’: Marmots Are on OnlyFans to Raise Money for Research (Gift Article)
A team of scientists uploaded videos of the squirrel-like rodents in the wild on the adult-content site OnlyFans to raise money amid government budget cuts.
nytimes.com
Had a dream about a combination Target-Trader Joe’s-TJ Maxx store called TarJoes Maxx
Odyssey this, Odyssey that. Brother, you odyssey me eat deez hot dogs.