Benjamin Tausig
@burrata.bsky.social
Associate professor of music and sound in Asia/anthropology. Crossword puzzle editor; TNG watcher.
Author of “Bangkok after Dark” (Duke 2025) and “Bangkok Is Ringing” (Oxford 2019).
Author of “Bangkok after Dark” (Duke 2025) and “Bangkok Is Ringing” (Oxford 2019).
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Benjamin Tausig
@burrata.bsky.social
· Jan 7
www.dukeupress.edu
My new book, "Bangkok After Dark: Maurice Rocco, Transnational Nightlife, and the Making of Cold War Intimacies" is now available for pre-order!! It comes out in May.
You'll love reading it, I believe!
Use code E25TAUSG and it'll be about $21 + shipping.
www.dukeupress.edu/bangkok-afte...
You'll love reading it, I believe!
Use code E25TAUSG and it'll be about $21 + shipping.
www.dukeupress.edu/bangkok-afte...
Really not too far off
January 5, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Really not too far off
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Letter to Crawdaddy, concerning reader reaction to the Runaways, 1977
January 4, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Letter to Crawdaddy, concerning reader reaction to the Runaways, 1977
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Crossword clue free to a good home: “Winter outfit?” for GEESE
January 4, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Crossword clue free to a good home: “Winter outfit?” for GEESE
If the Trump administration wants to “run” Venezuela they will presumably need to hire Spanish speakers; they may be at an impasse here
January 4, 2026 at 1:10 AM
If the Trump administration wants to “run” Venezuela they will presumably need to hire Spanish speakers; they may be at an impasse here
If Maduro is standing trial, what happens if he’s um found not guilty?
January 3, 2026 at 11:17 PM
If Maduro is standing trial, what happens if he’s um found not guilty?
Once again, all of this essentially because some people were mad about the women Ghostbusters
January 3, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Once again, all of this essentially because some people were mad about the women Ghostbusters
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My neighbor plays his music too loud, and besides his windows get nice light, so I have arrested him. I’ll be running his apartment for the next while.
January 3, 2026 at 6:45 PM
My neighbor plays his music too loud, and besides his windows get nice light, so I have arrested him. I’ll be running his apartment for the next while.
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Alcoholic podcasters in Fun Socks starting wars so they can make epic memes and get richer. How can anyone stand it
Several of the photos have Twitter up on a screen in the background but I can’t make out what search term appears
January 3, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Alcoholic podcasters in Fun Socks starting wars so they can make epic memes and get richer. How can anyone stand it
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... and the book I recommended was www.dukeupress.edu/bangkok-afte... by @burrata.bsky.social
Bangkok after Dark: Maurice Rocco, Transnational Nightlife, and the Making of Cold War Intimacies
www.dukeupress.edu
January 3, 2026 at 6:57 PM
... and the book I recommended was www.dukeupress.edu/bangkok-afte... by @burrata.bsky.social
My neighbor plays his music too loud, and besides his windows get nice light, so I have arrested him. I’ll be running his apartment for the next while.
January 3, 2026 at 6:45 PM
My neighbor plays his music too loud, and besides his windows get nice light, so I have arrested him. I’ll be running his apartment for the next while.
The world, still nursing its colonial hangover, is now ordering another round
January 3, 2026 at 5:10 PM
The world, still nursing its colonial hangover, is now ordering another round
The Berlin Conference ought to be trending
January 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
The Berlin Conference ought to be trending
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maybe framing half the globe as our yard (a thing we own and are responsible for maintaining) is part of the problem
The US hasn't made such a direct intervention in its backyard region since the 1989 invasion of Panama to depose military leader Manuel Noriega over similar allegations reut.rs/4slJZpu
Trump says Venezuela's Maduro captured after strikes
Trump will hold a press conference on the strike at 11 a.m. ET (1600 GMT).
reut.rs
January 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM
maybe framing half the globe as our yard (a thing we own and are responsible for maintaining) is part of the problem
When history curricula gets eviscerated, you can generally assume things that history warns against are about to happen. Et voila.
January 3, 2026 at 4:14 PM
When history curricula gets eviscerated, you can generally assume things that history warns against are about to happen. Et voila.
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I don’t like being a citizen of a rogue nation.
January 3, 2026 at 4:05 PM
I don’t like being a citizen of a rogue nation.
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No wonder they wanted colonialism off our syllabi
January 3, 2026 at 11:28 AM
No wonder they wanted colonialism off our syllabi
No wonder they wanted colonialism off our syllabi
January 3, 2026 at 11:28 AM
No wonder they wanted colonialism off our syllabi
This device is everywhere in Japan. I know bc every so often in Tokyo my kids would wince in pain from a sound that I couldn’t hear at all. The device emits piercing tones at a frequency only younger ears are sensitive to, thus repelling teens from public space.
mosquitoloiteringsolutions.com
mosquitoloiteringsolutions.com
Mosquito The Anti-Loitering & Teenager Repellent | Mosquito
The Mosquito anti-loitering device. A safe, benign way of preventing anti-social behavior before it starts. Don't suffer in silence, install a Mosquito tod
mosquitoloiteringsolutions.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:16 AM
This device is everywhere in Japan. I know bc every so often in Tokyo my kids would wince in pain from a sound that I couldn’t hear at all. The device emits piercing tones at a frequency only younger ears are sensitive to, thus repelling teens from public space.
mosquitoloiteringsolutions.com
mosquitoloiteringsolutions.com
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Japan is maybe best summarized by its dressed dogs
January 1, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Japan is maybe best summarized by its dressed dogs
Japan is maybe best summarized by its dressed dogs
January 1, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Japan is maybe best summarized by its dressed dogs
Happy last day of the MetroCard, to those who celebrate.
December 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Happy last day of the MetroCard, to those who celebrate.
Major personal goal of mine to someday get featured on the cover of “Barfout!”
December 30, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Major personal goal of mine to someday get featured on the cover of “Barfout!”
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I'm doing it. I'm printing course packs.
Canvas used to be helpful but that time has passed.
Last semester I gravitated some of my course materials off Canvas. This coming semester I will pull off even more.
Last semester I gravitated some of my course materials off Canvas. This coming semester I will pull off even more.
THIS THIS THIS. ALL OF THIS
THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context
THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context
December 30, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I'm doing it. I'm printing course packs.
Cicala-Mvta, in the Tokyo neighborhood of Kichijoji last night. Stunning set! Jazz + chindon-ya, with some Afrobeat in the dna.
Could not possibly rec this shit highly enough. A+ musicians and vibes and performance. Thanks to the legend Marié Abe for getting us on the list.
Could not possibly rec this shit highly enough. A+ musicians and vibes and performance. Thanks to the legend Marié Abe for getting us on the list.
December 30, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Cicala-Mvta, in the Tokyo neighborhood of Kichijoji last night. Stunning set! Jazz + chindon-ya, with some Afrobeat in the dna.
Could not possibly rec this shit highly enough. A+ musicians and vibes and performance. Thanks to the legend Marié Abe for getting us on the list.
Could not possibly rec this shit highly enough. A+ musicians and vibes and performance. Thanks to the legend Marié Abe for getting us on the list.
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Can Apple’s AirPod Translation Get You Through Tokyo? We Tested It.
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM