Come say hi! Ann Powers and I will present on Joni Mitchell and Elvis Presley in Leeds (Apr 24) ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events-intray/… and London (Apr 25) eventbrite.co.uk/e/ann-powers-e…

This year’s Fulbright Lecture will be given by Eric Weisbard, Professor of American Studies at the University of Alabama. It takes place on March 21 and will focus on Swedish music exports. eric weisbard
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It's pub day for Hound Dog. My 33 book put Axl re Kurt re the decline of rock and rock criticism. This Singles one is Thornton v. Presley (plus 'Doggie in the Window' and 'I Wanna Be Your Dog') re how the battle fought to extend rock via punk became a debate around inclusion.

Friends only, let me know if you need an invite code to that other site.

The Popular Music Books in Process series returns Sept 12, 5pm ET, with Sara Marcus. Info here: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Music-…

Hey all, one final reminder to get me your Oxford Handbook of Pop Music chapter proposals ASAP -- I asked for them by Aug 15. Let me know if you need a brief extension. Email me for the full call.

BA at 22 (year off to read cultural studies); MA at 26; faxed goodbye to program at 29, ABD, to edit/write at Spin; sheepishly called back to write diss at 39; filed diss not having gone back to campus at 42; asst prof at 43, assoc prof at 49; full prof at 55

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If you need a Bluesky invite -- and I actually know you -- get in touch.

Next PMBiP due date is Aug 1, please be in touch!

For the record, I prefer Facebook and only went to Twitter, and now Bluesky, for those friends who disagreed. (And NBA time-outs.) If that subset goes to Threads, so will I, but Facebook remains fine for paragraph-long writing between people actually in my life cohort.

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Duke Press asks me to let folks know that my next book, on the 'Hound Dog' singles, is available for pre-order. There is a coupon code, E23HOUND. More in the fall on that! And many thanks to Patterson Hood and Francesca Royster for the kind blurbs.

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