Jacques Dupuis
@jacquesdupuis.bsky.social
clinical assistant professor of music theory/musicology at Purdue Fort Wayne : {long C19 German and American music and theater, film music and sound} : disaffected Montanan : he/him
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House style guides will be the death of me.
December 31, 2025 at 3:04 AM
House style guides will be the death of me.
Well that’s the most adorable thing
December 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Well that’s the most adorable thing
So much good stuff coming into the public domain!
Public Domain Day 2026 | Duke University School of Law
January 1, 2026 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1930 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1925! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle[1] CC BY 4.0 Please note that this site is only about US l...
web.law.duke.edu
December 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
So much good stuff coming into the public domain!
The Man with More of a Comment than a Question
Make a Bond movie academic:
No Time to Write
No Time to Write
A Review to a Kill
December 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The Man with More of a Comment than a Question
I love this cue from WALL-E, but listen to it and tell me you don't hear a little bit of Elman's SIMPSONS theme (at 1m40s, if you want to skip).
72 Degrees and Sunny
YouTube video by Thomas Newman - Topic
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December 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I love this cue from WALL-E, but listen to it and tell me you don't hear a little bit of Elman's SIMPSONS theme (at 1m40s, if you want to skip).
Listening to Sibelius symphonies as I write and was completely taken off guard by the excerpt from the 6th that plays when you open the engraving software. Almost dissociated for a moment.
December 24, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Listening to Sibelius symphonies as I write and was completely taken off guard by the excerpt from the 6th that plays when you open the engraving software. Almost dissociated for a moment.
The. Truth.
...though one of the reasons I've stuck with being a Germanist is because they're some of the best digitizers, in my experience. So much stuff that just lives on the cloud that I can't imagine more than me and two other people care about. But I don't ask questions about that.
...though one of the reasons I've stuck with being a Germanist is because they're some of the best digitizers, in my experience. So much stuff that just lives on the cloud that I can't imagine more than me and two other people care about. But I don't ask questions about that.
*laughs in archivist* anyone who thinks it's all been digitized is out of their goddamn mind. We don't have the staff, resources, or digital infrastructure to digitize, store, check, and maintain at preservations standards a digital copy of every single item in our collections.
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
December 22, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The. Truth.
...though one of the reasons I've stuck with being a Germanist is because they're some of the best digitizers, in my experience. So much stuff that just lives on the cloud that I can't imagine more than me and two other people care about. But I don't ask questions about that.
...though one of the reasons I've stuck with being a Germanist is because they're some of the best digitizers, in my experience. So much stuff that just lives on the cloud that I can't imagine more than me and two other people care about. But I don't ask questions about that.
I'm in the thick of a Robert Schumann research project and am constantly reminded of how one of the foundational scholars, Wolfgang Boetticher, was at best complicit as a Nazi, yet he's still cited *all over*. His political affiliation on its own is bad, but it also influenced his curatorship.
December 22, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I'm in the thick of a Robert Schumann research project and am constantly reminded of how one of the foundational scholars, Wolfgang Boetticher, was at best complicit as a Nazi, yet he's still cited *all over*. His political affiliation on its own is bad, but it also influenced his curatorship.
Will never not hear something goofy in my head when I read the abbreviation for Werke ohne Opuszahl
December 19, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Will never not hear something goofy in my head when I read the abbreviation for Werke ohne Opuszahl
Everything old is new again
Home Depot in LA installs noise machines that ‘penetrate bones’ to deter day laborers
Advocates call for removal of machines and demand that company speak out against ICE raids in parking lots
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Everything old is new again
This morning, spent an hour following a citation chain for a primary source, ending with a 175 year old biography, which references the source but doesn't cite. One later article says the primary source is "unfindable." Now thinking abt how modern biographies can be oddly credulous of old sources.
December 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This morning, spent an hour following a citation chain for a primary source, ending with a 175 year old biography, which references the source but doesn't cite. One later article says the primary source is "unfindable." Now thinking abt how modern biographies can be oddly credulous of old sources.
This headline gave me flashbacks to the Twitter Christmas Chord Debacle (but this article actually makes sense and cites Philip Tagg)
What makes a song sound ‘Christmassy’? Musicologist explains
theconversation.com/what-makes-a...
theconversation.com/what-makes-a...
What makes a song sound ‘Christmassy’? Musicologist explains
Sleigh bells have long acted as convenient shorthand for composers to tell their listeners that this piece belongs to the Christmas canon.
theconversation.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This headline gave me flashbacks to the Twitter Christmas Chord Debacle (but this article actually makes sense and cites Philip Tagg)
This means the guy I root for didn’t get it, but honestly it’s been so wild to see IU do what they did this year, so this is fun to see.
Breaking News from @theathletic.com: Fernando Mendoza won the Heisman Trophy, becoming the first Indiana player to win college football’s most prestigious award.
Fernando Mendoza wins 2025 Heisman Trophy, the first in Indiana program history
The nerdy and unflappable quarterback won a close vote in what's been a dream season for Indiana.
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This means the guy I root for didn’t get it, but honestly it’s been so wild to see IU do what they did this year, so this is fun to see.
Reposted by Jacques Dupuis
ths information is in a memo from the JAMS Editorial Board that has been sent to Council & AMS Leadership. The memo is available to read here (drive.proton.me/urls/EBBSX54...) & I cannot stress enough how important I believe it is for everyone to read it
Proton Drive
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drive.proton.me
December 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
ths information is in a memo from the JAMS Editorial Board that has been sent to Council & AMS Leadership. The memo is available to read here (drive.proton.me/urls/EBBSX54...) & I cannot stress enough how important I believe it is for everyone to read it
Broken clock and all that
Indiana Senate defeats redistricting in overwhelming vote
After months of pressure from President Trump, Indiana lawmakers voted not to redraw congressional maps.
www.wthr.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Broken clock and all that
Reposted by Jacques Dupuis
Tubi is such a crazy streaming service. It’s like if the Criterion Closet was in a gas station
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Tubi is such a crazy streaming service. It’s like if the Criterion Closet was in a gas station
Somehow have never watched THE BIG SLEEP (1946) before tonight and was so relieved to go to Wikipedia and learn that everyone else found the whole thing v confusing, too.
December 8, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Somehow have never watched THE BIG SLEEP (1946) before tonight and was so relieved to go to Wikipedia and learn that everyone else found the whole thing v confusing, too.
The same headache that every home I’ve lived in has given me is the use of drywall anchors to mount towel fixtures (rings, hooks, rods, etc.). Find a dang stud, would you?
December 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The same headache that every home I’ve lived in has given me is the use of drywall anchors to mount towel fixtures (rings, hooks, rods, etc.). Find a dang stud, would you?
Georgia did their part. Everyone wins.
In the tragic position of being happy that Texas Tech is winning sports because it benefits my team.
December 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Georgia did their part. Everyone wins.
Reposted by Jacques Dupuis
Sorry Yale, you guys will get Montana State next year.
December 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Sorry Yale, you guys will get Montana State next year.
In the tragic position of being happy that Texas Tech is winning sports because it benefits my team.
December 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
In the tragic position of being happy that Texas Tech is winning sports because it benefits my team.
Reposted by Jacques Dupuis
Bowl Games end.
The Never Ending Pasta Bowl doesn’t.
The Never Ending Pasta Bowl doesn’t.
Kind of astounding that Olive Garden has never sponsored a bowl game
December 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Bowl Games end.
The Never Ending Pasta Bowl doesn’t.
The Never Ending Pasta Bowl doesn’t.
My hunch about the universities capitulating is that the leadership assumes that in three years norms will return and they can walk back everything. I dunno if I believe all that.
this guy is betting on a future with accountability for today’s crimes, so we should too
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
My hunch about the universities capitulating is that the leadership assumes that in three years norms will return and they can walk back everything. I dunno if I believe all that.
Reposted by Jacques Dupuis
Enjoying my people’s annual IP Parade, which expresses thankfulness for the intellectual property totems that ensure continuity of our social world.
November 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Enjoying my people’s annual IP Parade, which expresses thankfulness for the intellectual property totems that ensure continuity of our social world.