Terrifyingly accurate depiction of the editing process by larskenseth.bsky.social

It is officially the final afternoon of my sabbatical, and I'm going to spend it by reading some of Kyle Gann's Music Downtown and maybe sneaking in one last catnap

Dunno if COVID + tenure anticipated perimenopause or accelerated it but here we are 🤷🏻‍♀️

PMBIP kicks off 2026 on 1/7 at 530p ET with a conversation between Chris DeVille and Grace Robins Somerville about DeVille's new book, Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion. Put a bird on it and join us! Schedule link: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...

I wrote a little something about how and why I make playlists 🎧 alyxvesey.substack.com/p/faq-how-do...

Watching Badfinger's Behind the Music episode and this is where I admit that I'm only just now able to differentiate this band from Bad Company

Damn, gonna have a tough time with knowing weekdays this month NYD should always be on Sundays

I did 🥱

School starts on Wednesday, so I better make my last sabbatical afternoon catnap count 😴

Center Stage movie is Showgirls for Xennials theater kids

Damn we just don’t make 3-star bangers like Center Stage anymore 🩰

Love all the Florida representation on Drag Race this season

One thing I’m gonna do in Music League is blow my lead in the back half of the season by “doing me” and finish with the silver by -3 points 🥈

Fernando Mendoza has no rizz jc

Jalapeños in cornbread is an instant glowup

Here's a screenshot from Ice-T's Behind the Music episode of @danyelsmith.bsky.social recalling the time she saw him perform "The Coldest Rap" at the Radio happy new year!

Setting intentions for the sake of future days

What was the last movie or TV show you watched in 2025?

I like to play Chic’s “Good Times” when the ball drops. Here’s hoping for 2026 🥳🪩🥂 music.apple.com/us/album/goo...

I’ll go with this one m.youtube.com/watch?v=K0HS...

I *think* I set up my classes correctly but idk

Well, I guess today is the day that I figure out what the fuck "Blackboard Ultra" is

Good morning to Ellen Willis caping for Elvis Costello in Behind the Music's 1997 episode

I’ve spent this morning morbidly watching the MTV channels close down and the final songs played were: MTV Music - Video Killed the Radio Star (Buggles) Club MTV - Don’t Stop the Music (Rihanna) MTV 90s - Goodbye (Spice Girls) MTV 80s - Together in Electric Dreams (Oakey and Moroder)

Of all the misspellings of my first name, I think “Aylx” is my favorite because the “y” bamboozled you. Conversely, “Vessey” is my least favorite misspelling of my surname because I know I’ll have to correct your pronunciation.

Gonna crack open Theo Cateforis’s essential new wave book to make sense of the Marty Supreme soundtrack press.umich.edu/Books/A/Are-...

Since we're all still eating leftovers, here's 3k words I originally drafted in September about disco and the Sex and the City franchise. Playlist embedded in the post. alyxvesey.substack.com/p/a-womans-r...

post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, pearl jam, soundgarden, or alice in chains

Rhett Miller claims that the difference between his solo material and an Old 97’s song is whether the band likes it. This committee approval process must be humbling for a handsome man.

Last night in Texas 🤠

Gonna watch the “Frank hangs with George’s friends” Seinfeld episodes when I get home, starting with Kramer.

Get you a Mediterranean buffet that’s open on Christmas and has Strawberry Bonbons

Feliz Natal, and thanks for the rec @annkpowers.bsky.social 🤙🏻

“Christmas in Hollis” is eternal, but The Pointer Sisters, Eurythmics, and Whitney kick things off with one of the great three-track runs

Go on… 🤔

🌈🎄🧵

Still life: combo fajitas at Joe T. Garcia’s

Nothing smells more like home than a smoky cloud of fajita meat

I’ve listened to Eartha Kitt’s “Santa Baby” so many times I’m starting to wonder if it’s about reparations

Dunno how I’m gonna feel about Marty Supreme’s 80s soundtrack but I’m interested as someone who wrote about Marie Antoinette to get into grad school

¿Qué hacés, boludo?

Officially at the puzzle stage of Christmas vacation. Bodied this 1k National Parks puzzle before lunch.

Slow TV at Rheudasil Park 🦆

Ho ho ho, I put a holiday playlist in yr Christmas stocking 🎧 Liner Notes: alyxvesey.substack.com/p/at-the-hol... Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/... Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/64Y...

First holiday marg

I wrote about how music inspired Rob Reiner www.salon.com/2025/12/19/f...

First holiday nap 😴

Shoutout to all my standby homies and unaccompanied minors flying the friendly skies for the holidays ✈️

Among other things, I learned in this episode that Thomas Mars modeled his vocal performance after Michael Hutchence

Oh shit