Bradley Morgan spoke with me about my new book over at @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Really appreciate the time and care he took with my work, you can hear the full interview at newbooksnetwork.com/the-musical-...

Had a great time speaking with Rorotoko about my new book, The Musical Lives of Charles Manson. Thanks to Bora and team! www.rorotoko.com/micro-interv...

I have never gotten more love on the podcast than I have for mentioning Bunnicula, the vampire rabbit who sucks the juice out of vegetables. 🐰 🩸

Excited to start seeing my new book out in the wild! Thanks @crackednspineless.bsky.social! My students tell me this is the best bookstore in Tasmania :)

Continued musings from my ongoing work on the community origins of multiculturalism and 1975 - bittersweet, to have something published in @meanjin.bsky.social - meanjin.com.au/essays/the-g...

Final page proofs submitted, now in press! Really looking forward to this being out in the world. Preorder now!

Professors: I'd like a desk and some bookcases for my books. Universities: We'RE BUiLdINg A sPACe CeNTeR!!!

Indexing, indexing, indexing, from "acid" to "Zarathustra" for my new book, Musical Lives of Charles Manson out with @bloomsburymus.bsky.social in February 2026!

Did Charles Manson personify the violence that rock counterculture inflicted on American society? Or did his music diagnose the dehumanizing effects of society’s broken institutions? Discover more in The Musical Lives of Charles Manson. Pre-order now: bit.ly/4l8mFXH

Did Charles Manson personify the violence that rock counterculture inflicted on American society? Or did his music diagnose the dehumanizing effects of society’s broken institutions? Discover more in The Musical Lives of Charles Manson. Pre-order now: bit.ly/4l8mFXH

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My new book, coming out early 2026…

“They are afraid of it, because it tells the truth,” - Charles Manson What truths did the Manson Family's music tell? And how did stories about their music help Americans understand the meaning of the Sixties? Pre-order The Musical Lives of Charles Manson: bit.ly/4l8mFXH

Mr Tibbie is ready for the weekend, TGIF!

Currently in our summer sale 🌞 A candid reevaluation of dance music as an everyday culture that reproduces social inequalities. Shop: www.bloomsbury.com/dance-music-...

We were neither of us at all clever, we were too happy.