Nicholas Greco
@itjustsaysm.bsky.social
Prof & Provost, @ProvManitoba. Scholar: media, music, Barthes, Bowie, Morrissey & U2. Views are my own.
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Nicholas Greco
@itjustsaysm.bsky.social
· Nov 17
If you don’t know me, I’m a media scholar (initially in popular music studies) with undergrad/grad degrees in music/music criticism. Now a mid career scholar firmly entrenched as senior admin at a Christian university, with a deep love the work of Roland Barthes. Edith Stein is a role model for me.
Now I just have to write it.
August 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Now I just have to write it.
I work at Providence UC & Sem. Today is the day #iSupportProv. Get to know the good work we do here to provide high quality Christian university education in Southern Manitoba that’s open to all. Learn more at Prov.ca/iSupportProv.
(Me with fellow McGill grad, Dr. Michael Gilmour)
(Me with fellow McGill grad, Dr. Michael Gilmour)
April 2, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I work at Providence UC & Sem. Today is the day #iSupportProv. Get to know the good work we do here to provide high quality Christian university education in Southern Manitoba that’s open to all. Learn more at Prov.ca/iSupportProv.
(Me with fellow McGill grad, Dr. Michael Gilmour)
(Me with fellow McGill grad, Dr. Michael Gilmour)
Amazon delivered my packages to “a secure location” but I don’t know where that is.
December 24, 2024 at 4:32 AM
Amazon delivered my packages to “a secure location” but I don’t know where that is.
Be forewarned! If you’re interested in my research, a reviewer has called my writing “tedious and imprecise.” Your mileage may vary.
November 23, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Be forewarned! If you’re interested in my research, a reviewer has called my writing “tedious and imprecise.” Your mileage may vary.
Heya! How about some quick self-promotion? I’ve written books on Morrissey & Bowie (both with McFarland) and U2 (with Equinox). I’ve also written about Barthes in @barthesstudies.bsky.social.
November 23, 2024 at 5:17 AM
Heya! How about some quick self-promotion? I’ve written books on Morrissey & Bowie (both with McFarland) and U2 (with Equinox). I’ve also written about Barthes in @barthesstudies.bsky.social.
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about
1) what it means when celebrities lie to fans
2) Edith Stein’s embodied empathy vs. Charles Williams’ co-inherence
1) what it means when celebrities lie to fans
2) Edith Stein’s embodied empathy vs. Charles Williams’ co-inherence
November 17, 2024 at 5:27 AM
Bluesky academics, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about
1) what it means when celebrities lie to fans
2) Edith Stein’s embodied empathy vs. Charles Williams’ co-inherence
1) what it means when celebrities lie to fans
2) Edith Stein’s embodied empathy vs. Charles Williams’ co-inherence
If you don’t know me, I’m a media scholar (initially in popular music studies) with undergrad/grad degrees in music/music criticism. Now a mid career scholar firmly entrenched as senior admin at a Christian university, with a deep love the work of Roland Barthes. Edith Stein is a role model for me.
November 17, 2024 at 3:21 AM
If you don’t know me, I’m a media scholar (initially in popular music studies) with undergrad/grad degrees in music/music criticism. Now a mid career scholar firmly entrenched as senior admin at a Christian university, with a deep love the work of Roland Barthes. Edith Stein is a role model for me.
Reposted by Nicholas Greco
November 9, 2024 at 5:32 AM
For anyone that might have a Pilot e95s, does the posted cap wobble at all when writing? It seems to wobble a bit because of maybe how it fits in my hand when writing. I’m concerned. #fountainpen
September 27, 2024 at 2:34 AM
For anyone that might have a Pilot e95s, does the posted cap wobble at all when writing? It seems to wobble a bit because of maybe how it fits in my hand when writing. I’m concerned. #fountainpen
#Barthes: “For there to be idiorrhythmy … there has to be: a diffuse, vague, uncertain Cause, a floating Telos, more fantasy than a belief.” (HtLT, 46) #KateBriggs24
September 26, 2024 at 10:47 PM
#Barthes: “For there to be idiorrhythmy … there has to be: a diffuse, vague, uncertain Cause, a floating Telos, more fantasy than a belief.” (HtLT, 46) #KateBriggs24
Apparently, in the Middle Ages, rabbits were classed as fish (according to Barthes). (HtLT, p28) #Barthes #KateBriggs24
September 20, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Apparently, in the Middle Ages, rabbits were classed as fish (according to Barthes). (HtLT, p28) #Barthes #KateBriggs24
Me trying to figure out Barthes’ How to Live Together. #Barthes #KateBriggs24
September 16, 2024 at 12:54 AM
Me trying to figure out Barthes’ How to Live Together. #Barthes #KateBriggs24
“There’s nothing contradictory about wanting to live alone and wanting to live together.” #Barthes HtLT p5. I agree, Roland, I agree. #KateBriggs24
September 12, 2024 at 1:43 AM
“There’s nothing contradictory about wanting to live alone and wanting to live together.” #Barthes HtLT p5. I agree, Roland, I agree. #KateBriggs24
We find out (on p20 of The Long Form) that the things in the apt don’t belong to Helen. The space of the apartment (not really hers) gets compressed to the space between her and her feeding baby (this space is wholly theirs). #KateBriggs24
September 11, 2024 at 12:36 AM
We find out (on p20 of The Long Form) that the things in the apt don’t belong to Helen. The space of the apartment (not really hers) gets compressed to the space between her and her feeding baby (this space is wholly theirs). #KateBriggs24
Barthes' "délicatesse": “a refusal to take sides on complex conflictual questions phrased in such a way as to permit only yes/no answers ... the small-scale, everyday practice of values such as goodwill and attentiveness," 1/2 #KateBriggs24 #Barthes
April 18, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Barthes' "délicatesse": “a refusal to take sides on complex conflictual questions phrased in such a way as to permit only yes/no answers ... the small-scale, everyday practice of values such as goodwill and attentiveness," 1/2 #KateBriggs24 #Barthes
I’m finally caught up with my Briggs and Barthes readings. #KateBriggs24 #Barthes
April 16, 2024 at 12:33 PM
I’m finally caught up with my Briggs and Barthes readings. #KateBriggs24 #Barthes
"The idea that the labour of writing is necessarily modest, humble, might be to replace one myth with another. But it also speaks ... to Barthes’s investment in the amateur, in ... the ways in which she chooses ... to spend her time." (Briggs, TLA, 273) #Barthes #KateBriggs24
April 10, 2024 at 6:51 PM
"The idea that the labour of writing is necessarily modest, humble, might be to replace one myth with another. But it also speaks ... to Barthes’s investment in the amateur, in ... the ways in which she chooses ... to spend her time." (Briggs, TLA, 273) #Barthes #KateBriggs24
"the bereavement I evoked two years ago, at the beginning of this Course [on "the preparation of the novel"], has profoundly and obscurely altered my desire for the world." (Barthes, TPotN, 298) #Barthes #KateBriggs24
April 9, 2024 at 6:55 PM
"the bereavement I evoked two years ago, at the beginning of this Course [on "the preparation of the novel"], has profoundly and obscurely altered my desire for the world." (Barthes, TPotN, 298) #Barthes #KateBriggs24
Barthes: "[Flaubert] would throw himself onto his couch and lie there limply (this is why you should always--or never--have a couch in your study)." (TPotN, 268) Does a big yellow chair count? #Barthes #KateBriggs24
April 3, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Barthes: "[Flaubert] would throw himself onto his couch and lie there limply (this is why you should always--or never--have a couch in your study)." (TPotN, 268) Does a big yellow chair count? #Barthes #KateBriggs24
I am so behind with my Barthes and Briggs readings. How am I ever going to catch up?! #KateBriggs24 #Barthes
March 27, 2024 at 3:23 AM
I am so behind with my Barthes and Briggs readings. How am I ever going to catch up?! #KateBriggs24 #Barthes
Barthes: "the biography I wanted to write was that of a musician, namely Schumann, and since I don't speak German, I gave up on the idea." (TPotN, 209) Full disclosure: Barthes is my favourite. But he keeps getting BETTER. #KateBriggs24 #Barthes
March 21, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Barthes: "the biography I wanted to write was that of a musician, namely Schumann, and since I don't speak German, I gave up on the idea." (TPotN, 209) Full disclosure: Barthes is my favourite. But he keeps getting BETTER. #KateBriggs24 #Barthes