
Writing on music, culture, politics, and more from a music studies professor who cares about feelings.
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Dear Friends,
This morning I’m thinking about being untethered. If the timeline of our lives overlaps with the independent rotations of the planet, they do not synchronize perfectly. Where sometimes we are submerged into its current, taken...
I am truly excited to see that the Oxford Handbook of Pop Music—a massive undertaking comprising 41 chapters and an introduction—is finally out in the world. Well, mostly out; it was published online last week, and is slated to print on Jun...
Dear Friends,
tl;dr I made a record. I’m gonna charge for it and put the money towards a good cause. Skip to the end for more, or read on for notes on process.
<3
When I started making the this newsletter’s podcast, I also s...
This is the second post in a series on affect theory. There have been critiques of the method almost since the moment of its formulation; but as if in response to its stubborn insistence on existing, some of those critiques have taken on a...
Content warning: brief mention of suicide.
I first read Alex Reed’s book on Big Science in 2023, but as with much that year, I experienced it in a blur. After seeing his wonderful paper at Pop Con this year, I remembered that...
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Musician, writer, and teacher focusing on U.S. popular music.
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