Nick Tochka
@nicktochka.bsky.social
Ethnomusicology, popular music studies, creative nonfiction. Eastern Europe / Albania, United States, and Multicultural Australia.
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Continued musings from my ongoing work on the community origins of multiculturalism and 1975 - bittersweet, to have something published in @meanjin.bsky.social - meanjin.com.au/essays/the-g...
The Greek Left, Whitlam and the Dismissal: a radical legacy
Whitlam meant a great deal to working-class migrant communities.
meanjin.com.au
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Continued musings from my ongoing work on the community origins of multiculturalism and 1975 - bittersweet, to have something published in @meanjin.bsky.social - meanjin.com.au/essays/the-g...
Final page proofs submitted, now in press! Really looking forward to this being out in the world. Preorder now!
“They are afraid of it, because it tells the truth,” - Charles Manson
What truths did the Manson Family's music tell? And how did stories about their music help Americans understand the meaning of the Sixties?
Pre-order The Musical Lives of Charles Manson: bit.ly/4l8mFXH
What truths did the Manson Family's music tell? And how did stories about their music help Americans understand the meaning of the Sixties?
Pre-order The Musical Lives of Charles Manson: bit.ly/4l8mFXH
September 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Final page proofs submitted, now in press! Really looking forward to this being out in the world. Preorder now!
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Professors: I'd like a desk and some bookcases for my books.
Universities: We'RE BUiLdINg A sPACe CeNTeR!!!
Universities: We'RE BUiLdINg A sPACe CeNTeR!!!
September 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Professors: I'd like a desk and some bookcases for my books.
Universities: We'RE BUiLdINg A sPACe CeNTeR!!!
Universities: We'RE BUiLdINg A sPACe CeNTeR!!!
Indexing, indexing, indexing, from "acid" to "Zarathustra" for my new book, Musical Lives of Charles Manson out with @bloomsburymus.bsky.social in February 2026!
September 2, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Indexing, indexing, indexing, from "acid" to "Zarathustra" for my new book, Musical Lives of Charles Manson out with @bloomsburymus.bsky.social in February 2026!
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Did Charles Manson personify the violence that rock counterculture inflicted on American society? Or did his music diagnose the dehumanizing effects of society’s broken institutions? Discover more in The Musical Lives of Charles Manson.
Pre-order now: bit.ly/4l8mFXH
Pre-order now: bit.ly/4l8mFXH
August 29, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Did Charles Manson personify the violence that rock counterculture inflicted on American society? Or did his music diagnose the dehumanizing effects of society’s broken institutions? Discover more in The Musical Lives of Charles Manson.
Pre-order now: bit.ly/4l8mFXH
Pre-order now: bit.ly/4l8mFXH
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Did Charles Manson personify the violence that rock counterculture inflicted on American society? Or did his music diagnose the dehumanizing effects of society’s broken institutions? Discover more in The Musical Lives of Charles Manson.
Pre-order now: bit.ly/4l8mFXH
Pre-order now: bit.ly/4l8mFXH
July 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Did Charles Manson personify the violence that rock counterculture inflicted on American society? Or did his music diagnose the dehumanizing effects of society’s broken institutions? Discover more in The Musical Lives of Charles Manson.
Pre-order now: bit.ly/4l8mFXH
Pre-order now: bit.ly/4l8mFXH
Today's reading buddy
August 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Today's reading buddy
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My new book, coming out early 2026…
“They are afraid of it, because it tells the truth,” - Charles Manson
What truths did the Manson Family's music tell? And how did stories about their music help Americans understand the meaning of the Sixties?
Pre-order The Musical Lives of Charles Manson: bit.ly/4l8mFXH
What truths did the Manson Family's music tell? And how did stories about their music help Americans understand the meaning of the Sixties?
Pre-order The Musical Lives of Charles Manson: bit.ly/4l8mFXH
August 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
My new book, coming out early 2026…
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“They are afraid of it, because it tells the truth,” - Charles Manson
What truths did the Manson Family's music tell? And how did stories about their music help Americans understand the meaning of the Sixties?
Pre-order The Musical Lives of Charles Manson: bit.ly/4l8mFXH
What truths did the Manson Family's music tell? And how did stories about their music help Americans understand the meaning of the Sixties?
Pre-order The Musical Lives of Charles Manson: bit.ly/4l8mFXH
August 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“They are afraid of it, because it tells the truth,” - Charles Manson
What truths did the Manson Family's music tell? And how did stories about their music help Americans understand the meaning of the Sixties?
Pre-order The Musical Lives of Charles Manson: bit.ly/4l8mFXH
What truths did the Manson Family's music tell? And how did stories about their music help Americans understand the meaning of the Sixties?
Pre-order The Musical Lives of Charles Manson: bit.ly/4l8mFXH
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Mr Tibbie is ready for the weekend, TGIF!
August 8, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Mr Tibbie is ready for the weekend, TGIF!
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Currently in our summer sale 🌞
A candid reevaluation of dance music as an everyday culture that reproduces social inequalities.
Shop: www.bloomsbury.com/dance-music-...
A candid reevaluation of dance music as an everyday culture that reproduces social inequalities.
Shop: www.bloomsbury.com/dance-music-...
July 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Currently in our summer sale 🌞
A candid reevaluation of dance music as an everyday culture that reproduces social inequalities.
Shop: www.bloomsbury.com/dance-music-...
A candid reevaluation of dance music as an everyday culture that reproduces social inequalities.
Shop: www.bloomsbury.com/dance-music-...
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We were neither of us at all clever, we were too happy.
February 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
We were neither of us at all clever, we were too happy.