Bradley Morgan
@bradleymorgan.bsky.social
Author of “Frank Zappa’s America” (LSU Press, ‘25); “U2: Until the End of the World (Gemini, ‘25); & “U2’s The Joshua Tree: Planting Roots in Mythic America” (Backbeat, ‘21). Interviewer for the New Books Network. Music film fest director for CHIRP Radio
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Bradley Morgan
@bradleymorgan.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Announcing my next book!
“Frank Zappa’s America”
An analysis of modern-day white nationalism & Christian fascism in the US through the lens of Frank Zappa’s music during the 1980s.
Publishing by Louisiana State University Press.
June 2, 2025.
More info: lsupress.org/978080718392...
“Frank Zappa’s America”
An analysis of modern-day white nationalism & Christian fascism in the US through the lens of Frank Zappa’s music during the 1980s.
Publishing by Louisiana State University Press.
June 2, 2025.
More info: lsupress.org/978080718392...
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@bradleymorgan.bsky.social just ordered your book from my local bookstore, Bookmarks, in Winston Salem NC. 🤘🏼
February 4, 2026 at 9:49 PM
@bradleymorgan.bsky.social just ordered your book from my local bookstore, Bookmarks, in Winston Salem NC. 🤘🏼
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Congrats on your new book, @bradleymorgan.bsky.social Sent me into my ‘archives’ — down memory lane to spring 1979 — for this gem: a final project in an American Studies class on popular music since 1945. We ran the professor’s themes thru the Mothers’ music machine. Epic. Damn, I miss FZ.
February 4, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Congrats on your new book, @bradleymorgan.bsky.social Sent me into my ‘archives’ — down memory lane to spring 1979 — for this gem: a final project in an American Studies class on popular music since 1945. We ran the professor’s themes thru the Mothers’ music machine. Epic. Damn, I miss FZ.
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Really grateful to chat about Zappa with the @jeffreystarr.com podcast, including whether his satire was successful and his political legacy. And it's a rare video podcast appearance from me! Check it out! "Frank Zappa's America" is out now via @lsupress.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUyG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUyG...
Frank Zappa's Politics | Interviewing Bradly Morgan, author of Frank Zappa's America
YouTube video by Jeff Starr's Not Bad: Films
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February 2, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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Really grateful to chat about Zappa with the @jeffreystarr.com podcast, including whether his satire was successful and his political legacy. And it's a rare video podcast appearance from me! Check it out! "Frank Zappa's America" is out now via @lsupress.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUyG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUyG...
Frank Zappa's Politics | Interviewing Bradly Morgan, author of Frank Zappa's America
YouTube video by Jeff Starr's Not Bad: Films
www.youtube.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Really grateful to chat about Zappa with the @jeffreystarr.com podcast, including whether his satire was successful and his political legacy. And it's a rare video podcast appearance from me! Check it out! "Frank Zappa's America" is out now via @lsupress.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUyG...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUyG...
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gracias, on my list
I'm reading about Frank Zappa 's role in the congressional hearings in Bradley Morgan (bradleymorgan.bsky.social) 's 'Frank Zappa's America' (2025)
I'm reading about Frank Zappa 's role in the congressional hearings in Bradley Morgan (bradleymorgan.bsky.social) 's 'Frank Zappa's America' (2025)
January 25, 2026 at 6:57 PM
gracias, on my list
I'm reading about Frank Zappa 's role in the congressional hearings in Bradley Morgan (bradleymorgan.bsky.social) 's 'Frank Zappa's America' (2025)
I'm reading about Frank Zappa 's role in the congressional hearings in Bradley Morgan (bradleymorgan.bsky.social) 's 'Frank Zappa's America' (2025)
First interview of the year for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Spoke with Kay Dickinson about her book on ABBA’s revolutionary classic “Fernando” (@dukepress.bsky.social, 2025) exploring the song’s connections with anticapitalist & gay liberation struggles.
Check it out
newbooksnetwork.com/fernando
Check it out
newbooksnetwork.com/fernando
January 26, 2026 at 3:04 PM
First interview of the year for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Spoke with Kay Dickinson about her book on ABBA’s revolutionary classic “Fernando” (@dukepress.bsky.social, 2025) exploring the song’s connections with anticapitalist & gay liberation struggles.
Check it out
newbooksnetwork.com/fernando
Check it out
newbooksnetwork.com/fernando
Really proud to share that my book "Frank Zappa's America" (@lsupress.bsky.social) was featured in this profile of Frank's political legacy published in @hs.fi, the largest subscription newspaper in the Nordic region.
Many thanks to Harri Uusitorppa for the kind words!
www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/ar...
Many thanks to Harri Uusitorppa for the kind words!
www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/ar...
January 15, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Really proud to share that my book "Frank Zappa's America" (@lsupress.bsky.social) was featured in this profile of Frank's political legacy published in @hs.fi, the largest subscription newspaper in the Nordic region.
Many thanks to Harri Uusitorppa for the kind words!
www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/ar...
Many thanks to Harri Uusitorppa for the kind words!
www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/ar...
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G'day Bradley, you like so many of my Zappa mentions now, was compelled to purchase the ebook via booktopia.com.au
@bradleymorgan.bsky.social 🤟
@bradleymorgan.bsky.social 🤟
January 14, 2026 at 2:41 PM
G'day Bradley, you like so many of my Zappa mentions now, was compelled to purchase the ebook via booktopia.com.au
@bradleymorgan.bsky.social 🤟
@bradleymorgan.bsky.social 🤟
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To meget fine bøker om Frank Zappa jeg fikk i julegave av fruen. Begynner å lese Zappa's America på flyet i morgen.
January 5, 2026 at 4:29 PM
To meget fine bøker om Frank Zappa jeg fikk i julegave av fruen. Begynner å lese Zappa's America på flyet i morgen.
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Here --from Bradley Morgan's "Frank Zappa's America" (2025)-- Zappa describes exactly what legacy media orgs like NYT, CNN, the Ellisons/Bari Weiss at CBS/Paramount, tech/social media companies, etc... are currently doing and ties it to the Reagan admin
from 1989..
from 1989..
January 5, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Here --from Bradley Morgan's "Frank Zappa's America" (2025)-- Zappa describes exactly what legacy media orgs like NYT, CNN, the Ellisons/Bari Weiss at CBS/Paramount, tech/social media companies, etc... are currently doing and ties it to the Reagan admin
from 1989..
from 1989..
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this book, & this interview with max, are so incredibly smart: an evaluation of the changing cultural logic of "the anthem" in periods (e.g. the leadup to 1981, when "under pressure" was released), when collective experience has been undermined & older forms of social coherence have broken down
Under Pressure: A Song By David Bowie & Queen (Max Brzezinski, @dukepress.bsky.social, 2025)
A thoughtful and thorough exploration of one of our greatest pop anthems of the last half century.
newbooksnetwork.com/under-pressure
A thoughtful and thorough exploration of one of our greatest pop anthems of the last half century.
newbooksnetwork.com/under-pressure
January 5, 2026 at 2:42 PM
this book, & this interview with max, are so incredibly smart: an evaluation of the changing cultural logic of "the anthem" in periods (e.g. the leadup to 1981, when "under pressure" was released), when collective experience has been undermined & older forms of social coherence have broken down
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New episode just in time for New Years Day!! Hear the incredible story of how U2 rose from high school group in Dublin to the biggest band in the world. Bradley Morgan of @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discusses his great new book U2 Until the End of the World.
@bradleymorgan.bsky.social
#U2
@bradleymorgan.bsky.social
#U2
December 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
New episode just in time for New Years Day!! Hear the incredible story of how U2 rose from high school group in Dublin to the biggest band in the world. Bradley Morgan of @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discusses his great new book U2 Until the End of the World.
@bradleymorgan.bsky.social
#U2
@bradleymorgan.bsky.social
#U2
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Happy to see @bradleymorgan.bsky.social interviewed here about his new book.
New episode just in time for New Years Day!! Hear the incredible story of how U2 rose from high school group in Dublin to the biggest band in the world. Bradley Morgan of @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discusses his great new book U2 Until the End of the World.
@bradleymorgan.bsky.social
#U2
@bradleymorgan.bsky.social
#U2
December 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Happy to see @bradleymorgan.bsky.social interviewed here about his new book.
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Reading "Frank Zappa's America"
by @bradleymorgan.bsky.social of @chirpradio.org is sending me back to the epic Zappa characters Studebaker Hawk and Billy the Mountain, which in my mind look like this.
by @bradleymorgan.bsky.social of @chirpradio.org is sending me back to the epic Zappa characters Studebaker Hawk and Billy the Mountain, which in my mind look like this.
December 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Reading "Frank Zappa's America"
by @bradleymorgan.bsky.social of @chirpradio.org is sending me back to the epic Zappa characters Studebaker Hawk and Billy the Mountain, which in my mind look like this.
by @bradleymorgan.bsky.social of @chirpradio.org is sending me back to the epic Zappa characters Studebaker Hawk and Billy the Mountain, which in my mind look like this.
New episode just in time for New Years Day!! Hear the incredible story of how U2 rose from high school group in Dublin to the biggest band in the world. Bradley Morgan of @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discusses his great new book U2 Until the End of the World.
@bradleymorgan.bsky.social
#U2
@bradleymorgan.bsky.social
#U2
December 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
@anniezaleski.bsky.social Visiting in-laws in France, and came across your Beyoncé book. Absolutely gorgeous cover and binding!
December 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
@anniezaleski.bsky.social Visiting in-laws in France, and came across your Beyoncé book. Absolutely gorgeous cover and binding!
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Thanks, Santa! And thanks, @bradleymorgan.bsky.social
December 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Thanks, Santa! And thanks, @bradleymorgan.bsky.social
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A Look at U2: UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD by Bradley Morgan
An informative, rewarding and exceptionally warm read from author and historian Bradley Morgan, U2 Until The End of The World is now available as a beautiful coffee-table hardcover edition from Weldon Owen's Insight Editions. Distributed…
An informative, rewarding and exceptionally warm read from author and historian Bradley Morgan, U2 Until The End of The World is now available as a beautiful coffee-table hardcover edition from Weldon Owen's Insight Editions. Distributed…
A Look at U2: UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD by Bradley Morgan
An informative, rewarding and exceptionally warm read from author and historian Bradley Morgan, U2 Until The End of The World is now available as a beautiful coffee-table hardcover edition from Weldon Owen's Insight Editions. Distributed by Simon & Schuster, Morgan's new guide to one of the most iconic rock bands in history is both an excellent introduction to the band as well as an intensive deep-dive into all aspects of their lengthy career that's gonna hit the big 50 mark in just a few years.
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December 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A Look at U2: UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD by Bradley Morgan
An informative, rewarding and exceptionally warm read from author and historian Bradley Morgan, U2 Until The End of The World is now available as a beautiful coffee-table hardcover edition from Weldon Owen's Insight Editions. Distributed…
An informative, rewarding and exceptionally warm read from author and historian Bradley Morgan, U2 Until The End of The World is now available as a beautiful coffee-table hardcover edition from Weldon Owen's Insight Editions. Distributed…
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Amazing list, saving for the future
2025 Interview Recap!
This marks four years of brilliant authors talking with me about their books for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Music is a collective, and the authors I spoke with this year each had amazing things to say from their own place within it.
Check out the thread for links.
This marks four years of brilliant authors talking with me about their books for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Music is a collective, and the authors I spoke with this year each had amazing things to say from their own place within it.
Check out the thread for links.
December 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Amazing list, saving for the future
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I loved this conversation!
I Got You Babe: A Celebration of Cher (@anniezaleski.bsky.social, @runningpressbooks.bsky.social, 2025)
A gorgeous and fun tribute celebrating the strength and resiliency of Cher, a global icon for seven decades.
newbooksnetwork.com/i-got-you-babe
A gorgeous and fun tribute celebrating the strength and resiliency of Cher, a global icon for seven decades.
newbooksnetwork.com/i-got-you-babe
December 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I loved this conversation!
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Thanks again @bradleymorgan.bsky.social!
If you're a U2 fan, get his new book Until The End Of The World!
If you're a U2 fan, get his new book Until The End Of The World!
That Gun in Your Hand: The Strange Saga of Hey Joe' and Popular Music's History of Violence ( (@jasonschneidermedia.com, @anvilpress.bsky.social, 2025)
An absolutely eye-opening and revelatory account of the history and legacy of the great modern murder ballad.
newbooksnetwork.com/that-gun-in-...
An absolutely eye-opening and revelatory account of the history and legacy of the great modern murder ballad.
newbooksnetwork.com/that-gun-in-...
December 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Thanks again @bradleymorgan.bsky.social!
If you're a U2 fan, get his new book Until The End Of The World!
If you're a U2 fan, get his new book Until The End Of The World!
2025 Interview Recap!
This marks four years of brilliant authors talking with me about their books for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Music is a collective, and the authors I spoke with this year each had amazing things to say from their own place within it.
Check out the thread for links.
This marks four years of brilliant authors talking with me about their books for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Music is a collective, and the authors I spoke with this year each had amazing things to say from their own place within it.
Check out the thread for links.
December 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
2025 Interview Recap!
This marks four years of brilliant authors talking with me about their books for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Music is a collective, and the authors I spoke with this year each had amazing things to say from their own place within it.
Check out the thread for links.
This marks four years of brilliant authors talking with me about their books for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Music is a collective, and the authors I spoke with this year each had amazing things to say from their own place within it.
Check out the thread for links.
My final interview of the year for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social! Spoke with Max Brzezinski about his book on David Bowie's and Queen's classic "Under Pressure" (@dukepress.bsky.social, 2025) exploring the changing role of anthems in culture. Check it out here!
newbooksnetwork.com/under-pressure
newbooksnetwork.com/under-pressure
December 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
My final interview of the year for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social! Spoke with Max Brzezinski about his book on David Bowie's and Queen's classic "Under Pressure" (@dukepress.bsky.social, 2025) exploring the changing role of anthems in culture. Check it out here!
newbooksnetwork.com/under-pressure
newbooksnetwork.com/under-pressure
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Many thanks to author @jamescampion.bsky.social
for including "Frank Zappa's America" on his holiday guide! Very grateful to him for his review of my book that captures the essence of Zappa's political messaging within his music, and why it is so relevant today.
www.patreon.com/posts/rock-r...
for including "Frank Zappa's America" on his holiday guide! Very grateful to him for his review of my book that captures the essence of Zappa's political messaging within his music, and why it is so relevant today.
www.patreon.com/posts/rock-r...
ROCK READS: A Holiday Guide For The Rock & Roll Literate | Profonde Musique
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December 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Many thanks to author @jamescampion.bsky.social
for including "Frank Zappa's America" on his holiday guide! Very grateful to him for his review of my book that captures the essence of Zappa's political messaging within his music, and why it is so relevant today.
www.patreon.com/posts/rock-r...
for including "Frank Zappa's America" on his holiday guide! Very grateful to him for his review of my book that captures the essence of Zappa's political messaging within his music, and why it is so relevant today.
www.patreon.com/posts/rock-r...