For anyone up bright and early on Day 1 of SAM, I'm presenting my paper "Mr. Symphonic in the Palace: Reggae and Dancehall as Decolonial Orchestral Programming" in session 1D this morning! Looking forward to a great conference! #sam2026
Only at SAM will your neighbor start practicing the banjo as you are trying to get some last minute rehearsal and editing of your paper in.
Since getting sick, my body hasn’t been able to process wheat, except for sourdough. Today I found a local bakery that makes focaccia from sourdough, and I almost cried.
Well, gas is expensive, and food is expensive, and we’re doing a war nobody wants, but at least there are no jobs
Trying reaaallly hard to not let myself push work off to Spring Break like I normally do, because I'll be at SAM for most of the week, and no work shall be completed then.
Music and politics expert here. There is no music that is free from politics, because music is a human construct and whether or not we like to admit it, humans are all affected intimately by politics. Even music without words can express political ideas. You’re just noticing it for the first time.
Coincidentally teaching Irish music in both of my classes today, and karmically, the vibes are very high.
you're laughing? Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor got arrested on his birthday, and you're laughing?
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
I guess the positive of having surgery back in January is that I've hit my deductible by February.
They raided the jailed children to steal their letters.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
Ah yes, just saw an advertisement for a BHM panel that featured only one Black panelist. It's 2026 y'all, stop asking white people to speak on Black music during BHM.
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I've taught a class on this exact topic. The debate that technology has hurt children's intellectual/creative capabilities is a tale as old as time. While yes there are legitimate concerns about children's internet use, the impact on their intellectual/creative ability is not one.
I’m such a sucker for love. Happy Valentine’s Day from me and mine.
Florida passed a law similar to this while I was a graduate instructor, and I cannot overstate how detrimental this policy was to graduate mental health knowing that we were potentially being surveilled and weren't being given the proper support to navigate teaching in this setting.
*laughs in LatAm/Carribbean history*
They missed the plantation for the trees here.
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me.
Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
If you’re not crying, you just don’t get it.
Tis the season to cry at every family interview from the Olympics.
For the first time in my teaching career, I just had an office hour block where EVERY minute was accounted for, with students lining up to meet. Between this and a tech-free class discussion yesterday, I feel like I have entered an alternative teaching universe and am waiting for the catch.
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
Not to brag, but in class today students were locked in to analyzing and discussing our musical examples without a technological device in site for at least a half hour. It was absolutely magical.
Screenshot of a chart noting job openings in music studies. Musicology/Ethnomusicology had 22 openings last year, 13 this year. Ethnomusicology only had 7 openings last year, 1 this year.
For those wondering, this particular job cycle is f*cking brutal for the ethnomusicologists. (Last year's number of openings vs. this year's)
The number of “AI is bad but I don’t mind feeding it my data just to post this caricature on Facebook” captions I’ve seen from academics today is nauseating.
There is a case to be made that any board of a university that signed an agreement that required paying a fee has breached their fiduciary duty and I think somebody should explore it
Annual reminder that the only time I was sent to the principal’s office in school was on Groundhog Day because I’ve always had beef with that fucker.
Nothing like the panicked scream when one of your best friends texts you that her baby shower will be the exact date that your husband is actively in the process of booking plane tickets for.
