“No one dance show can be 100% Wax Trax!”
This was originally published on April 25, 2023 on my Substack newsletter. I’m republishing it here to get this post on my platform. (Never trust platforms you don’t own.) If you would like to support the work I do (I don’t…
The problem with “The Strokes changed everything” narrative about aughts indie
This was originally published on March 5, 2023 on my Substack newsletter. I’m republishing it here to get this post on my platform. (Never trust platforms you don’t own.) If you would like to support the work I do (I don’t…
Here’s what worries about AI surpassing human musical creativity get wrong
This was originally published on February 26, 2023 on my Substack newsletter. I’m republishing it here to get this post on my platform. (Never trust platforms you don’t own.) If you would like to support the work I do (I don’t…
How are vibes used to govern?
This was originally published on my Substack on February 22, 2032. I’m republishing it here to get this post on my platform. (Never trust platforms you don’t own.) If you would like to support the work I do (I don’t get…
Tom Tom Club, Mariah Carey, and play as the stewardship of creativity
This was originally published on January 31, 2023 on my Substack newsletter. I’m republishing it here to get this post on my platform. (Never trust platforms you don’t own.) If you would like to support the work I do (I…
Aaaand we’re back
I’ve had some technical issues with my server and my WordPress site that have kept me locked out of here for about six months. But, I finally got those fixed (thanks to some advice from Christine Capetola and some tech…
What 90s alt rock radio, Woodstock 99, and the Telecom Act have to do with contemporary right-wing media
While I have your attention: now that writing is no longer something my day job pays me to do, I’ve decided to keep the newsletter free but set up a Kofi tip jar so that those who would like to leave a…
Elaine Miller Scholar Session at SPEP 2022: some reflections on the relationship between her work and mine
I had the fortune of attending the Scholar Session for Elaine Miller at the 2022 SPEP (well, at least most of it–I had to duck out for a meeting before the discussion got going). Scholar Sessions are sessions focused on…
Good Vibes Only: from a biopolitics of normalized frequency to a biopolitics of legitimate spatial orientation
It’s SPEP (Society for Phenomenology & Existential Philosophy) week, and it’s my 20th (more or less) SPEP—I gave my first SPEP paper in 2002 at the meeting in Chicago. Below is the paper I’m going to read this week in…
How to write an effective peer review report (for humanities & social sciences)
Peer reviewing is a common and essential part of everyday scholarly labor. But like many day-to-day academic activities, graduate programs rarely teach students how to be an effective peer reviewer. It’s mostly something you learn by inference as you read…
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