Eric Weisbard
@eweisbard.bsky.social
From Hunter High to WPRB, alt-weeklies, Spin Alternative Record Guide, Pop Conference, and professing. Top 40 Democracy. Songbooks. Next book up: Hound Dog
Eric Harvey on indie, via Chris DeVille's book. I'd add the jazz hipster (hot and cold) link, Village Voice (Mailer, Hentoff, and Crouch) into Pop Conference into now university scholarship on the bigger picture DeVille sacrifices for close coverage. But thank you!
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October 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Eric Harvey on indie, via Chris DeVille's book. I'd add the jazz hipster (hot and cold) link, Village Voice (Mailer, Hentoff, and Crouch) into Pop Conference into now university scholarship on the bigger picture DeVille sacrifices for close coverage. But thank you!
open.substack.com/pub/ericdhar...
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To put this another way . . . Derek Scott
October 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
To put this another way . . . Derek Scott
The Pop Conference deadline is less than three weeks away: October 22. Please, join me in spreading the word today. PopCon thrives on its ties to both lifelong presenters and dynamic new presenters. Got something good to speak to our Mayhem? Send in a proposal! www.popconference.org
PopCon | 2026
PopCon is the premier music writing and popular music studies conference.
www.popconference.org
October 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The Pop Conference deadline is less than three weeks away: October 22. Please, join me in spreading the word today. PopCon thrives on its ties to both lifelong presenters and dynamic new presenters. Got something good to speak to our Mayhem? Send in a proposal! www.popconference.org
Popular Music Books in Process returns September 10! If you have not been added to the mailing list, please send me a note. iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...
Popular Music Books in Process Series
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September 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Popular Music Books in Process returns September 10! If you have not been added to the mailing list, please send me a note. iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...
psst: new Pop Conference call. Repost please. www.popconference.org
PopCon | 2026
PopCon is the premier music writing and popular music studies conference.
www.popconference.org
August 30, 2025 at 3:07 AM
psst: new Pop Conference call. Repost please. www.popconference.org
I should probably avoid much comment on that New Yorker piece; have to prep for my Rock, Soul, Hip-Hop, and Country course, where this week we are reading the first chapter of the textbook, Major Labels, by one K. Sanneh.
August 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I should probably avoid much comment on that New Yorker piece; have to prep for my Rock, Soul, Hip-Hop, and Country course, where this week we are reading the first chapter of the textbook, Major Labels, by one K. Sanneh.
Streaming and awesome
I don't know, you probably don't care, but thanks to an online friend I'm listening to a collection of devastatingly funky music made in Harare, Zimbabwe's townshps between 1975-1980. I know loads of 1980s Zimbabwe music--a top place and time--but this is mostly new to me.
August 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Streaming and awesome
I hope this registers. Reviews matter, even if less clicked on. They’re the active interpretive work of reception. Preserve them!
The Times's reassignment of four critics is one thing, but its downgrading of the so-called traditional review is altogether another:
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
In Defense of the Traditional Review
Far from being a journalistic relic, as suggested by recent developments at the New York Times, arts criticism is inherently progressive, keeping art honest and pointing toward its future.
www.newyorker.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I hope this registers. Reviews matter, even if less clicked on. They’re the active interpretive work of reception. Preserve them!
Agreed, with more to say on Facebook!
July 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Agreed, with more to say on Facebook!
Quick reminder that if you want to be part of our music book series, there is about a week to send in a proposal. Go for it! iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Calls-and-An...
International Association for the Study of Popular Music - US Chapter - PMBiP 2025-2026
iaspm-us.wildapricot.org
July 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Quick reminder that if you want to be part of our music book series, there is about a week to send in a proposal. Go for it! iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Calls-and-An...
Reposted by Eric Weisbard
For anyone writing a book about music, you might find this invitation to present of interest! I participated in the @iaspm-us.bsky.social "Popular Music Books in Process Series" a couple of years ago, and it was a wonderful experience. 🎶
June 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
For anyone writing a book about music, you might find this invitation to present of interest! I participated in the @iaspm-us.bsky.social "Popular Music Books in Process Series" a couple of years ago, and it was a wonderful experience. 🎶
Reposted by Eric Weisbard
The Journal of Popular Music Studies, which I co-edit with Dr. Alisha Lola Jones, has openings for three positions -- an associate book reviews editor, an associate editor of the "field notes" section, and a web editor.
Details at the link, spread the word:
iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/JPMScallsfor...
Details at the link, spread the word:
iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/JPMScallsfor...
International Association for the Study of Popular Music - US Chapter - JPMS Calls For Editors Summer 2025
iaspm-us.wildapricot.org
June 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Journal of Popular Music Studies, which I co-edit with Dr. Alisha Lola Jones, has openings for three positions -- an associate book reviews editor, an associate editor of the "field notes" section, and a web editor.
Details at the link, spread the word:
iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/JPMScallsfor...
Details at the link, spread the word:
iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/JPMScallsfor...
Our popular music books series has a new call out for this coming school year, details here: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Calls-and-An... Consider taking part and please let others know, too!
International Association for the Study of Popular Music - US Chapter - PMBiP 2025-2026
iaspm-us.wildapricot.org
June 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Our popular music books series has a new call out for this coming school year, details here: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Calls-and-An... Consider taking part and please let others know, too!
By the way, if you are curious about what the hell I and others are going on about as we mourn, Joshua's music book series appearance, our most watched ever, lives in the link attached here. Rock and roll in a nutshell. youtu.be/d6qc8EqN_XI
Joshua Clover on Modern Lovers' "Roadrunner" w/ Elizabeth Nelson, Eric Weisbard, PMBiP, 09/20/21
YouTube video by Eric Weisbard
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April 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
By the way, if you are curious about what the hell I and others are going on about as we mourn, Joshua's music book series appearance, our most watched ever, lives in the link attached here. Rock and roll in a nutshell. youtu.be/d6qc8EqN_XI
We have lost Joshua Clover -- my friend from the first phone call to Indiana, when "Jane Dark" was writing for me at the Voice, to a Zoom call last September, sipping red wine in a Free Gaza shirt. He was a lot.
April 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
We have lost Joshua Clover -- my friend from the first phone call to Indiana, when "Jane Dark" was writing for me at the Voice, to a Zoom call last September, sipping red wine in a Free Gaza shirt. He was a lot.
A perfect database for Bananafish (and many other lost pubs, from zines to academe).
Some days I struggle to see myself as an academic. Others – like today when I got really excited about a new magazine repository – reaffirm that I am indeed a massive nerd. Check this out: rilm.org/rapmm. Launching May 27!
RILM Archive of Popular Music Magazines
rilm.org
April 23, 2025 at 5:54 PM
A perfect database for Bananafish (and many other lost pubs, from zines to academe).
Reposted by Eric Weisbard
Some days I struggle to see myself as an academic. Others – like today when I got really excited about a new magazine repository – reaffirm that I am indeed a massive nerd. Check this out: rilm.org/rapmm. Launching May 27!
RILM Archive of Popular Music Magazines
rilm.org
April 23, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Some days I struggle to see myself as an academic. Others – like today when I got really excited about a new magazine repository – reaffirm that I am indeed a massive nerd. Check this out: rilm.org/rapmm. Launching May 27!
Final Big Ears list: Alan Sparhawk, Beth Gibbons, Philip Glass Ensemble, Cassandra Jenkins, Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Jessica Pratt, Swamp Dogg, Michael Hurley, Squanderers, 101 Audio Odyssey, Ambrose Akinmusire, Eiko Ishibashi . . .
March 31, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Final Big Ears list: Alan Sparhawk, Beth Gibbons, Philip Glass Ensemble, Cassandra Jenkins, Jeff Parker ETA IVtet, Jessica Pratt, Swamp Dogg, Michael Hurley, Squanderers, 101 Audio Odyssey, Ambrose Akinmusire, Eiko Ishibashi . . .
Next week the Pop Conference returns to USC -- in conjunction with IASPM-US as well. Even if you are not able to attend, run your eyes through the schedule: popcon2025.sched.com/list/simple. You'll learn about something new, guaranteed! And if you are in the LA area, I hope you'll swing by.
Pop Conference 2025 Schedule
Check out the schedule for Pop Conference 2025
popcon2025.sched.com
March 8, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Next week the Pop Conference returns to USC -- in conjunction with IASPM-US as well. Even if you are not able to attend, run your eyes through the schedule: popcon2025.sched.com/list/simple. You'll learn about something new, guaranteed! And if you are in the LA area, I hope you'll swing by.
The best line in A Complete Unknown might be "excuse me, Odetta." Wordiest songwriter in human history and the biopic brings us back home to Nathaniel Mackey: "telling inarticulacy."
January 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The best line in A Complete Unknown might be "excuse me, Odetta." Wordiest songwriter in human history and the biopic brings us back home to Nathaniel Mackey: "telling inarticulacy."
My 2024 faves: albums and songs. Shuffle away! open.spotify.com/playlist/6kx...
Best of 2024
Playlist · ericweisbard · 564 items
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December 27, 2024 at 11:14 PM
My 2024 faves: albums and songs. Shuffle away! open.spotify.com/playlist/6kx...
@robinjames.bsky.social got me thinking about this: It's comparing apples and oranges, but the Album of the Year critical list aggregate has Brat with more than twice as many votes as the runner up, a tie between Romance and Cowboy Carter. How unusual is this?
December 14, 2024 at 8:51 PM
@robinjames.bsky.social got me thinking about this: It's comparing apples and oranges, but the Album of the Year critical list aggregate has Brat with more than twice as many votes as the runner up, a tie between Romance and Cowboy Carter. How unusual is this?
Did CBGB's regularly keep a big image of Eva Tanguay by the stage, as this photo would seem to indicate, or was that the Talking Heads' doing?
December 8, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Did CBGB's regularly keep a big image of Eva Tanguay by the stage, as this photo would seem to indicate, or was that the Talking Heads' doing?
Agreed!
this is the best musical performance i've seen on a tv show in I don't even know how long www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggg4...
"Denial is a River" / "Boiled Peanuts" - Doechii (LIVE on The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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December 5, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Agreed!
I woke early for a Thanksgiving plate of Transa, the massive new Red Hot collection, gleaning lyrics and production details from Genius, Bandcamp, Wiki, Insta. I have cherished spaces like this, of cover songs and collaboration, since the first Red Hot, from Kiki & Herb into the Big Ears Festival.
November 30, 2024 at 2:08 PM
I woke early for a Thanksgiving plate of Transa, the massive new Red Hot collection, gleaning lyrics and production details from Genius, Bandcamp, Wiki, Insta. I have cherished spaces like this, of cover songs and collaboration, since the first Red Hot, from Kiki & Herb into the Big Ears Festival.