anyone have favorite arguments in favor of *not* putting substantive, discursive material in endnotes? ie, just dealing with citation and documentation matters in the notes? a counter-example, e.g., would be Eric Hayot's discussion of the multiple things notes can achieve [cont]

bumping this, folks. still a chance to say you helped Winteron Girl Scout meet her goal!! BE A PART OF SOMETHING GREAT

"Of course Chicago has nothing to say about that particular situation"

because @thescrvnr.bsky.social has been posting about Fleetwood Mac, it got me thinking about "Gold Dust Woman" and I came up with this interpretive analysis of it: "it's like a 70s California drugs/outlaw movie somehow mixed with a giallo" not to get self-congratulatory, but I think I nailed it

clave

For Minneapolis folks, Rashad Shabazz will be at Magers and Quinn on February 24 to present his new book Prince's Minneapolis: A Biography of Sound and Place. This is very cool work, in my view.

@publisherswkly.bsky.social on @drshabazz.bsky.social’s PRINCE’S MINNEAPOLIS (@uncpress.bsky.social) as a book that celebrates Black history: “Shabazz analyzes Prince’s life, career, and discography, showing how it was intrinsically shaped by Minneapolis, and shaped Minneapolis in turn.”

still can’t chew right

I guess I wouldn’t consider Gato Barbieri a “major” musician but I really cherish his run of albums to Flying Dutchman and Impulse! in the first half of the 1970s. man he could spin out melodies

we’re not talking enough about Tangerine Dream on bluesky dot social

TIL pseudoephedrine and dextromethorphan interact in interesting ways in my brain (seriously had never in my life used sudafed until this week. made it 45 years)

🎶 this is the age of the expanding man 🎶

anybody else get this thing when you have a sinus infection where your teeth feel really weird?

"common cold" my ass. this shit is bespoke. rarefied, even.

A rumor had spread around town that the schools hadn't always been closed, that the children of the town once walked those hallways. Some of the elder parents claimed to have memories of the "time before"—when school was in session, when large yellow vehicles called buses transported children throug

Do I love sourdough, or does it love me?

presumably not simultaneously

If you can't participate in the general strike today, consider supporting this v cool publishing auction which ends tonight!

If I knew as much about U.S. politics as I do about composing music, the entire DHS would be gone by now.

Folklorists! #CFP alert! Dr. Raymond Summerville & I are currently looking for potential chapter contributors for a new edited collection on African American #Folklore. Help us out and spread the word? #academicsky

DHS is not a rogue agency. Founded without essential accountability and oversight policies, DHS was built to violate our rights and empowered to act with impunity. But true security cannot be realized through oppression, dehumanization, and criminalization.

NEW THUNDERCAT COMING

last night I drank a THC soda, took nyquil, and listened to Stephen Fry read a Sherlock Holmes story as I fell asleep, high as fuck (I actually have a cold; not robo-tripping)

the current vibe is dayquil, 3-2-1, sitting a lot, staying behind on projects, and being tired what’s your current vibe?

rewatched NO TIME TO DIE. the final act is incoherent even by 007 movie standards.

new in Styles of The Times: ‘Dogshit Is Having A Moment’

on remote learning day no. umpteen, I am beginning to doubt the reality of school, of days, and ultimately of time itself

What a review!!

ohhhh now the issue is that people shouldn’t be walking around with guns? interesting

Richard Beirach now. RIP. The 70s ECM stable is disappearing before our eyes.

remote learning days: when the school district decides that you, the parent, should be a proctor in addition to getting your own job work done and feeding your kids

has anyone been seeing this phrasing? "[person] has overweight" as opposed to "[person] is overweight"

"your computer will forcibly restart in 90 minutes, but for now we are going to place this pop-up window on your screen and not allow you to close or minimize it"

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I've realized my mental block with the band Oregon: it's McCandless's oboe. he's a great player, but for some reason the oboe in the musical context this group sets up just always sounds...dour to me

White Americans are learning once again that the *only* thing that has ever made you safe from fascism is being willing to sacrifice non-white people. That is your contract with white supremacy. "Give us someone else so it won't be you."

People already working hard to prove how perfect Alex Pretti was. To show he didn't "deserve" to be killed. But it's a trap folks. You're only feeding into a dynamic where people who are considered lesser get no protection. You don't have to be an Alex Pretti to deserve to live.

I didn’t know the etymology of “martyr” and honestly it’s kind of blowing my mind

cowpat himmler

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

I have sampled the EXPLOREMORE, the new Girl Scout cookie introduced this year, and I'm pleased to report that it is DELICIOUS. a winner! you too can experience the thrill! order here:

dialing up my New York accent and chanting “horrible Horace”

this situation is rapidly deteriorating. now I'm playing WHO'S NEXT and will probably follow it up w/LIVE AT LEEDS total regression into my late high school headspace

The removal of the slavery exhibit from the President's House site might feel unprecedented, but nothing could be further from the truth. We've been fighting over slavery's place in George Washington's legacy for 250 years. I wrote about it for @time.com. Book info here time.com/7357382/geor...

if the results of this poll are accurate, we have at least 30 million full-fledged sociopaths in the United States

ok yesterday I was making fun of Waters's lyrics but I just had "Time" playing and goddamn those lyrics go hard: "Shorter of breath And one day closer to death... ...Never seem to find the time Plans that either come to naught Or half a page of scribbled lines"

John has written an amazing book about Washington and slavery. Highly recommend having him in your show/podcast/newsletter to discuss it.

want to support union labor AND the Girl Scouts of America AND get a tasty snack? you're in luck! you can do all three by ordering Girl Scout cookies. GS cookies are made by UNIONIZED WORKERS. cookie sales have begun and my 9yo is selling! link to her personal store:

jaunty fellow