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Varun Chandrasekhar. PhD student in music theory at Washington University in Saint Louis, studying jazz, existentialism, and silly little emo songs. Suns fan. Alum of The Ohio State University (Go Bucks!). He/him/his
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Super excited to announce that I will be hosting "A Conference...But It's Midwestern Emo" in April 2026, what I believe to be the first conference dedicated to emo studies!!! Poster by Jacob Cupps!!!
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In Jazz and Culture Vol. 8, No. 2, @vcmusictheory.bsky.social seeks to bridge discussions of jazz improvisation and the existential philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre, specifically his notion of the committed writer. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jac/arti...
January 30, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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In the spirit of this post, some great abstracts we got for emocon2026 (full schedule will be posted at emocon2026.com soon):
- "What is the Midwest in Midwest Emo
- The emo scene in the post ussr Czech Republic
- "I'm not okay-fabe"
- "The hospital as place in The Black Parade"
- "What is the Midwest in Midwest Emo
- The emo scene in the post ussr Czech Republic
- "I'm not okay-fabe"
- "The hospital as place in The Black Parade"
January 26, 2026 at 5:34 PM
In the spirit of this post, some great abstracts we got for emocon2026 (full schedule will be posted at emocon2026.com soon):
- "What is the Midwest in Midwest Emo
- The emo scene in the post ussr Czech Republic
- "I'm not okay-fabe"
- "The hospital as place in The Black Parade"
- "What is the Midwest in Midwest Emo
- The emo scene in the post ussr Czech Republic
- "I'm not okay-fabe"
- "The hospital as place in The Black Parade"
Huge shout out to Saint louis public radio for doing a story on emocon!
We got 50+ submissions and should have some great talks!!!
Grab your skinny jeans and head to this St. Louis emo conference | STLPR share.google/Lp16InuoCPxO...
We got 50+ submissions and should have some great talks!!!
Grab your skinny jeans and head to this St. Louis emo conference | STLPR share.google/Lp16InuoCPxO...
Pull on your skinny jeans, shake your bangs in your eyes and head to this emo conference
A Washington University graduate student will host the world’s first conference on emo music. The conference will include sessions on the history of the genre and keynote speeches from musicians, auth...
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January 20, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Huge shout out to Saint louis public radio for doing a story on emocon!
We got 50+ submissions and should have some great talks!!!
Grab your skinny jeans and head to this St. Louis emo conference | STLPR share.google/Lp16InuoCPxO...
We got 50+ submissions and should have some great talks!!!
Grab your skinny jeans and head to this St. Louis emo conference | STLPR share.google/Lp16InuoCPxO...
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New issue of Jazz and Culture! Vol. 8, No. 2, features three new articles, and oral history of saxophonist Donny Whitehead, three poems by @kassy-lee.bsky.social, and two book reviews. cc: @vcmusictheory.bsky.social, @michaelnomalice.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jac/issu...
January 20, 2026 at 3:02 PM
New issue of Jazz and Culture! Vol. 8, No. 2, features three new articles, and oral history of saxophonist Donny Whitehead, three poems by @kassy-lee.bsky.social, and two book reviews. cc: @vcmusictheory.bsky.social, @michaelnomalice.bsky.social scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jac/issu...
Really excited to be teaching my course "Music and the Politics of Cool," which asks students to unpack the cultural implications required to name some as "cool"
Here's the syllabus!
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Here's the syllabus!
cvarun7.wixsite.com/website/post...
Music and the Politics of Cool
Course SummaryBe it the slight crease in Miles Davis's back, Chuck Berry's energetic duck walks, or the boisterous self-confidence of Missy Elliott's bombastic rhymes, each of these musicians uses the...
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January 7, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Really excited to be teaching my course "Music and the Politics of Cool," which asks students to unpack the cultural implications required to name some as "cool"
Here's the syllabus!
cvarun7.wixsite.com/website/post...
Here's the syllabus!
cvarun7.wixsite.com/website/post...
Hopped on Dan's podcast to talk about emo, neoliberalism and it Mingus would like Midwestern emo (he would)!!!
EMO CON 2026 will be held at Washington University in St. Louis in April. And you still have time to submit an abstract! Listen to my chat with @vcmusictheory.bsky.social about why you should.
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8 | Emo (Con) Special with Varun Chandrasekhar
A Conference...But It’s Midwest(ern) Emo
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January 2, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Hopped on Dan's podcast to talk about emo, neoliberalism and it Mingus would like Midwestern emo (he would)!!!
My "i passed a cognitive test for the third time" shirt is raising a lot of questions already... wait, what are we talking about again
January 2, 2026 at 3:47 PM
My "i passed a cognitive test for the third time" shirt is raising a lot of questions already... wait, what are we talking about again
My first ccm gig, I got the call the night before and didn't get to practice. Not being familiar with the genre conventions when we got to the big repeated outro sing along section, I saw a big open space and began playing a ripping guitar solo
The MD was not happy
The MD was not happy
One of the most “you must be new at this” moments I had when I started my side gig playing piano at a church 5 years ago was when I played “Joy to the World” with the authentic 7-measure first phrase instead of adding a measure so that everyone would sing it without getting lost
December 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
My first ccm gig, I got the call the night before and didn't get to practice. Not being familiar with the genre conventions when we got to the big repeated outro sing along section, I saw a big open space and began playing a ripping guitar solo
The MD was not happy
The MD was not happy
Broke: Jazz is a four-letter word
Woke: emo is a four-letter word
Woke: emo is a four-letter word
December 22, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Broke: Jazz is a four-letter word
Woke: emo is a four-letter word
Woke: emo is a four-letter word
With regards to Drowning Pool's "Let The Bodies Hit The Floor," do you think the majority of people:
A) like the song ironically
B) like the song authentically
C) dislike the song ironically
D) dislike the song authentically
I think A, B, or D could be right but no idea which it is
A) like the song ironically
B) like the song authentically
C) dislike the song ironically
D) dislike the song authentically
I think A, B, or D could be right but no idea which it is
December 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
With regards to Drowning Pool's "Let The Bodies Hit The Floor," do you think the majority of people:
A) like the song ironically
B) like the song authentically
C) dislike the song ironically
D) dislike the song authentically
I think A, B, or D could be right but no idea which it is
A) like the song ironically
B) like the song authentically
C) dislike the song ironically
D) dislike the song authentically
I think A, B, or D could be right but no idea which it is
Quite the panoptic interpretation of "whose on third?"
Major League Baseball is hiring for a role that sounds like... global counterterrorism
December 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Quite the panoptic interpretation of "whose on third?"
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Publication Day!!! My article "Jazz and Commitment: Sartre, Jazz, and Charles Mingus" was just published in Jazz and Culture. This article uses Sartre's theories of commitment to explain how Mingus's improvisations stake their political commentary! Super excited to see this out in the world!!!
December 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Publication Day!!! My article "Jazz and Commitment: Sartre, Jazz, and Charles Mingus" was just published in Jazz and Culture. This article uses Sartre's theories of commitment to explain how Mingus's improvisations stake their political commentary! Super excited to see this out in the world!!!
Publication Day!!! My article "Jazz and Commitment: Sartre, Jazz, and Charles Mingus" was just published in Jazz and Culture. This article uses Sartre's theories of commitment to explain how Mingus's improvisations stake their political commentary! Super excited to see this out in the world!!!
December 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Publication Day!!! My article "Jazz and Commitment: Sartre, Jazz, and Charles Mingus" was just published in Jazz and Culture. This article uses Sartre's theories of commitment to explain how Mingus's improvisations stake their political commentary! Super excited to see this out in the world!!!
the absolute irony of the position of this essay is that it a) believes in timeless gender roles that transcend historical basis and b) is written by a woman in a university, a thing that is strictly forbidden by her "women as servers" ideology
By her own accord, I should not listen to her
By her own accord, I should not listen to her
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
the absolute irony of the position of this essay is that it a) believes in timeless gender roles that transcend historical basis and b) is written by a woman in a university, a thing that is strictly forbidden by her "women as servers" ideology
By her own accord, I should not listen to her
By her own accord, I should not listen to her
I am teaching a class for the first time since 2023 in the spring...I am heavily considering my AI policy being "just send me an email that says 'I was going to use AI to do this assignment; and I will give you a C+, no questions asked and we will save a couple water bottles.'"
"The right to literacy came at a heavy cost for many Americans. Power recognised that oppression is best maintained by keeping the masses illiterate.
Dont surrender to AI your ability to read write+ think when others once risked their lives and died for it."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/set-tr...
Dont surrender to AI your ability to read write+ think when others once risked their lives and died for it."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/set-tr...
I Set A Trap To Catch Students Cheating With AI. The Result Was Deflating
"I am no stranger to students trying to cut corners by copying and pasting from Wikipedia, but the introduction of generative AI has enabled them to cheat in startling new ways."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I am teaching a class for the first time since 2023 in the spring...I am heavily considering my AI policy being "just send me an email that says 'I was going to use AI to do this assignment; and I will give you a C+, no questions asked and we will save a couple water bottles.'"
"Skin as part of brain" sung to the tune of "insane in the brain"
"skin as part of brain?"
This is that great intellect people talk about?
November 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"Skin as part of brain" sung to the tune of "insane in the brain"
Update: WINONA FIGHTER is a good band and "MY APOLOGIES TO THE CHEF" is a great album
"You're all just masturbating to your Tiktok page/Don't mind me I just woke up in my shit-talk phase" is the exact lyrical gold that I would expect from a band called WINONA FIGHTER
"You're all just masturbating to your Tiktok page/Don't mind me I just woke up in my shit-talk phase" is the exact lyrical gold that I would expect from a band called WINONA FIGHTER
November 13, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Update: WINONA FIGHTER is a good band and "MY APOLOGIES TO THE CHEF" is a great album
"You're all just masturbating to your Tiktok page/Don't mind me I just woke up in my shit-talk phase" is the exact lyrical gold that I would expect from a band called WINONA FIGHTER
"You're all just masturbating to your Tiktok page/Don't mind me I just woke up in my shit-talk phase" is the exact lyrical gold that I would expect from a band called WINONA FIGHTER
Fine, I'll be the president of ams
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Fine, I'll be the president of ams
One week under COMMUNIST Zohran Mamdani and the once great American Musicological Society does this. SAD!
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
One week under COMMUNIST Zohran Mamdani and the once great American Musicological Society does this. SAD!
Can someone dm me the ams stuff?!?!?!
November 9, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Can someone dm me the ams stuff?!?!?!
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Enjoy limited-time free access to the current issues of UC Press music journals during #AMS2025, including JAMS, JM, @iaspm-us.bsky.social's JPMS, @sssmg.bsky.social's JSMG, MP, NCM, and RES, www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/f...
Free Content from UC Press Journals during the 2025 AMS-SMT Joint Annual Meeting
Enjoy limited-time free access to current issues of UC Press's music journals during the joint American Musicological Society-Society for Music Theory Annual Conference.
www.ucpress.edu
November 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Enjoy limited-time free access to the current issues of UC Press music journals during #AMS2025, including JAMS, JM, @iaspm-us.bsky.social's JPMS, @sssmg.bsky.social's JSMG, MP, NCM, and RES, www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/f...
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Hey, I feel like they're not publicizing this much, but SMT is doing free livestreams of selected sessions. Info is gathered here: minneapolis2025.ams-smt.org/smt-hybrid-s... #amsmt25
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Hey, I feel like they're not publicizing this much, but SMT is doing free livestreams of selected sessions. Info is gathered here: minneapolis2025.ams-smt.org/smt-hybrid-s... #amsmt25
Thanks Tyler for letting me know that it's fine if I check in at 3, I just wont get to check in
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Thanks Tyler for letting me know that it's fine if I check in at 3, I just wont get to check in
Come to my AMS talk on Sartre, Baraka, Adorno and Mingus
November 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Come to my AMS talk on Sartre, Baraka, Adorno and Mingus
