Profile avatar
decmusicology.bsky.social
Professor of Music, Bates College *The Jazz Bubble: Neoclassical Jazz in Neoliberal Culture* (University of California Press, 2018) Doomscrolling glumly with Elbows Up he/him
2,926 posts 867 followers 340 following
Regular Contributor
Active Commenter

I. AM. *c r y i n g* 😆 “Stripping but for nerds” omfg 🤣

I'm surprised to have seen no Western mass-media obits for the sublime Gambian griot Foday Musa Suso, who took flight on May 25 at age 75. Were it not for an email blast from Bill Laswell, I don't think I'd know he was gone. Here's a Gambian source. standard.gm/a-tribute-to...

checking in on the brits and immediately backing away slowly

I'm not great at 4-way stops But come to think of it, I don't really like roundabouts Nor traffic lights If I had my druthers, no roadways would ever cross paths

Your moment of calm: Tiny miracles in a large world.

WAKE UP BABES, NEW SHARON SU AND IT'S A FLORENCE PRICE RECORDING

The less successful follow-up to the runaway hit children's book,

This is a photo of Tina Turner c. 1969. In it, she reminds me of Medusa with her long hair stretching up instead of snakes. It is an image of rage, Black female suffering, and passion.

Own your masters if you can.

Québec, the Canadian province with the most exhaustive and expansive rent *and* vacancy controls, has built more rental units in the absolute and per 1000 than any other province in the past 40 years. Exemptions apply only for 5 years after construction.

We’re fixing Atlantic Avenue! This is what a comprehensive community-led rezoning looks like 🏠

This is some of the best YIMBY messaging and policy explanation out there.

Ella’s cookies are so cool