Masta Ace on Eminem's influence: " "Just the willingness to say stuff that’s a little bit outside of what you would expect a rapper to say. Having that courage just to be a little bit further out there." Here's to taking it a little bit further out there! eminem.news/masta-ace-fl...

Watching Bowie's "Lazarus" video just now, the refrain "Ain't that just like me?," has so many meanings. One of them is his talent for finding the carnal in the metaphysical and vice versa: "I was looking for your ass." Bowie reminded me of John Done this time around. (Poems below)

We're reading @tylermalone.bsky.social's brilliant essay "George Michael: In Praise of Mistakes" this week in my class. This essay should be music crit canon. lithub.com/in-memory-of...

Max Keller's piece on their voice on T resonates in all kinds of ways with @traceythorn.bsky.social's brilliant book on singers and singing, Naked at the Albert Hall. Where does a singer's sound come from--physiology, craft, culture? www.nytimes.com/2024/08/20/a...

I have a piece about the fandom and the new Eminem documentary in @psychologytoday.com. www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-...

@traceythorn.bsky.social: In college, when studying feminist theory, "Me and Bobby D" made it real for me--and I started to see the dynamic everywhere. Chat GPT, notorious liar, claims Bobby D isn't a reference to anyone in particular. I always thought Bobby Darin. My husband suggested Bob Dylan.