Casey (she/her), M.A.
@velckology.bsky.social
library middle manager | PhD dropout in musicology | Sesame Street enthusiast | queer, disabled, boring
Teachers/parents of 3rd-5th graders! I’m teaching a small group vocal class & I’ve picked some music already but I’m looking for additional recommendations. What are 8-10 year olds listening to these days?? So far, it seems I need to watch KPop Demon Hunters & brush up on my early Taylor Swift.
September 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Teachers/parents of 3rd-5th graders! I’m teaching a small group vocal class & I’ve picked some music already but I’m looking for additional recommendations. What are 8-10 year olds listening to these days?? So far, it seems I need to watch KPop Demon Hunters & brush up on my early Taylor Swift.
If you need anything from me anytime soon,
don’t.
I’m busy marveling.
don’t.
I’m busy marveling.
August 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
If you need anything from me anytime soon,
don’t.
I’m busy marveling.
don’t.
I’m busy marveling.
One unexpected perk of moving halfway across the country again is my new library card, which decreases the amount of time I have to wait for Libby holds because I can place holds on the same book in multiple library systems and just borrow the first copy that becomes available.
July 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
One unexpected perk of moving halfway across the country again is my new library card, which decreases the amount of time I have to wait for Libby holds because I can place holds on the same book in multiple library systems and just borrow the first copy that becomes available.
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And just to be clear as this moves outside our usual circles: when we say we're looking for contingent scholars, we mean any trained scholars working off the tenure track, even if they aren't affiliated with a university in any way.
We're pairing up contingent historians with contingent scholars in other fields for a face off! Click through to learn more and let us know if you want to participate.
Face/Off
Lots of scholars from different disciplines study and write about things that happened in the past. So what, if anything, makes history a separate and coherent discipline? While Contingent is a histor...
contingentmagazine.org
July 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
And just to be clear as this moves outside our usual circles: when we say we're looking for contingent scholars, we mean any trained scholars working off the tenure track, even if they aren't affiliated with a university in any way.
Ads when I stream Person of Interest:
- gambling
- alcohol
- home security systems
Ads when I stream Downton Abbey:
- cat food
- cat litter
- pheromone sprays for cat anxiety
- medications for human anxiety
- Chewy ads featuring cats
- gambling
- alcohol
- home security systems
Ads when I stream Downton Abbey:
- cat food
- cat litter
- pheromone sprays for cat anxiety
- medications for human anxiety
- Chewy ads featuring cats
July 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Ads when I stream Person of Interest:
- gambling
- alcohol
- home security systems
Ads when I stream Downton Abbey:
- cat food
- cat litter
- pheromone sprays for cat anxiety
- medications for human anxiety
- Chewy ads featuring cats
- gambling
- alcohol
- home security systems
Ads when I stream Downton Abbey:
- cat food
- cat litter
- pheromone sprays for cat anxiety
- medications for human anxiety
- Chewy ads featuring cats
My sister is binge-watching Guy’s Grocery Games but instead of going strictly chronologically, she’s watching the first episode of every season in order, then the second episode of every season, then the third, etc. and it’s the most unhinged way to watch a television show I’ve ever encountered.
May 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
My sister is binge-watching Guy’s Grocery Games but instead of going strictly chronologically, she’s watching the first episode of every season in order, then the second episode of every season, then the third, etc. and it’s the most unhinged way to watch a television show I’ve ever encountered.
This is violently American.
May 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
This is violently American.
Halfway through the first episode of Echo on Disney+. Why is the ASL interpreter literally interpreting from the shadows every time we’ve seen them so far? What a weird, impractical lighting choice.
May 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Halfway through the first episode of Echo on Disney+. Why is the ASL interpreter literally interpreting from the shadows every time we’ve seen them so far? What a weird, impractical lighting choice.
Oh absolutely the fuck not. Solidarity forever, L&B.
April 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Oh absolutely the fuck not. Solidarity forever, L&B.
Oh man. Jonathan Sterne passed away. He was so generous with his time when I approached him after a talk at the University of Minnesota a few years ago, and his writings remain a foundation of my work on sonic accessibility. What a loss.
March 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Oh man. Jonathan Sterne passed away. He was so generous with his time when I approached him after a talk at the University of Minnesota a few years ago, and his writings remain a foundation of my work on sonic accessibility. What a loss.
Minneapolis-St. Paul folks! Tomorrow is the annual Disability Day of Mourning to honor disabled people murdered by their family members or caregivers. I coordinate the Twin Cities vigil every year; this year we’ll be meeting at the Guthrie Theater at 10:30am. Hope to see you there!
February 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Minneapolis-St. Paul folks! Tomorrow is the annual Disability Day of Mourning to honor disabled people murdered by their family members or caregivers. I coordinate the Twin Cities vigil every year; this year we’ll be meeting at the Guthrie Theater at 10:30am. Hope to see you there!
My Masters diploma arrived today, after a year and a half of fighting to get the piece of paper and finding out that multiple people in 3 separate offices have been incorrectly filing or altogether failing to file the degree completion paperwork I’ve been giving them since as far back as Nov 2018.
February 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
My Masters diploma arrived today, after a year and a half of fighting to get the piece of paper and finding out that multiple people in 3 separate offices have been incorrectly filing or altogether failing to file the degree completion paperwork I’ve been giving them since as far back as Nov 2018.
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THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW IS UNION MADE!
Shout out to Kendrick Lamar, and all the performers and behind the scenes workers that made this go off without a hitch!
Shout out to Kendrick Lamar, and all the performers and behind the scenes workers that made this go off without a hitch!
February 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW IS UNION MADE!
Shout out to Kendrick Lamar, and all the performers and behind the scenes workers that made this go off without a hitch!
Shout out to Kendrick Lamar, and all the performers and behind the scenes workers that made this go off without a hitch!
My psychiatrist: How are your OCD symptoms since I last saw you?
The gremlins that live in my brain: WHY ARE EGGS NOT PASTEURIZED HOW TO PASTEURIZE EGGS PASTEURIZE HOW IMMEDIATELY EGG AHHHHHHHH DEATH
Me: Mostly manageable at the moment, thanks! No major changes.
The gremlins that live in my brain: WHY ARE EGGS NOT PASTEURIZED HOW TO PASTEURIZE EGGS PASTEURIZE HOW IMMEDIATELY EGG AHHHHHHHH DEATH
Me: Mostly manageable at the moment, thanks! No major changes.
January 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
My psychiatrist: How are your OCD symptoms since I last saw you?
The gremlins that live in my brain: WHY ARE EGGS NOT PASTEURIZED HOW TO PASTEURIZE EGGS PASTEURIZE HOW IMMEDIATELY EGG AHHHHHHHH DEATH
Me: Mostly manageable at the moment, thanks! No major changes.
The gremlins that live in my brain: WHY ARE EGGS NOT PASTEURIZED HOW TO PASTEURIZE EGGS PASTEURIZE HOW IMMEDIATELY EGG AHHHHHHHH DEATH
Me: Mostly manageable at the moment, thanks! No major changes.
Two packs of party balloons have spontaneously appeared at the front of a shelf in our main closet.
I do not recall buying balloons.
My partner does not recall buying balloons.
No one else lives here.
I do not recall buying balloons.
My partner does not recall buying balloons.
No one else lives here.
January 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Two packs of party balloons have spontaneously appeared at the front of a shelf in our main closet.
I do not recall buying balloons.
My partner does not recall buying balloons.
No one else lives here.
I do not recall buying balloons.
My partner does not recall buying balloons.
No one else lives here.
Since I missed my chance to make a surprising confession before Tiktok went dark for like 30 seconds, I do so here and now:
I stopped updating Twitter when Musk bought it so I still have the bird app on my phone. (And it still works just fine!)
I stopped updating Twitter when Musk bought it so I still have the bird app on my phone. (And it still works just fine!)
January 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Since I missed my chance to make a surprising confession before Tiktok went dark for like 30 seconds, I do so here and now:
I stopped updating Twitter when Musk bought it so I still have the bird app on my phone. (And it still works just fine!)
I stopped updating Twitter when Musk bought it so I still have the bird app on my phone. (And it still works just fine!)
Sound the alarm, Musicology Bluesky: @dsiebe.bsky.social is here!
January 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Sound the alarm, Musicology Bluesky: @dsiebe.bsky.social is here!
Dear colleagues who are teaching medieval music/history: are you working this week’s mad dash to download TikToks for offline viewing into your lessons on why The Dark Ages refers to a lack of surviving sources rather than a lack of stuff happening, yes or no?
January 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Dear colleagues who are teaching medieval music/history: are you working this week’s mad dash to download TikToks for offline viewing into your lessons on why The Dark Ages refers to a lack of surviving sources rather than a lack of stuff happening, yes or no?
In better news, I got an email from the registrar confirming that they’ve finally awarded me my MA that I earned back in May! Once I get the diploma in the mail, I will treat you all to the story of how and why it was delayed (it’s a doozy).
January 14, 2025 at 10:22 PM
In better news, I got an email from the registrar confirming that they’ve finally awarded me my MA that I earned back in May! Once I get the diploma in the mail, I will treat you all to the story of how and why it was delayed (it’s a doozy).
Mom: How’s job hunting going?
Me: Like this
Me: Like this
January 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Mom: How’s job hunting going?
Me: Like this
Me: Like this
Okay, who has arranged a piano rendition of Somebody’s Getting Married from The Muppets Take Manhattan? My sweetheart has agreed to have it as our wedding recessional music and I can’t find any sheet music online. Surely this exists somewhere.
December 14, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Okay, who has arranged a piano rendition of Somebody’s Getting Married from The Muppets Take Manhattan? My sweetheart has agreed to have it as our wedding recessional music and I can’t find any sheet music online. Surely this exists somewhere.
Started my second video game ever last night and holy cabooses, Chants of Sennaar is just *gorgeous*
December 6, 2024 at 3:07 AM
Started my second video game ever last night and holy cabooses, Chants of Sennaar is just *gorgeous*
I scootered to work in 15°F weather today because I thought ‘eh, that’s what coats are for, and the roads are fine.’
Am I a real Minnesotan yet?
Am I a real Minnesotan yet?
December 5, 2024 at 5:53 PM
I scootered to work in 15°F weather today because I thought ‘eh, that’s what coats are for, and the roads are fine.’
Am I a real Minnesotan yet?
Am I a real Minnesotan yet?
My partner is an Eagles fan and thanks to my brain fog/anomic aphasia, Jalen Hurts will now exclusively be referred to as the “first chair Eagle” in this household.
November 15, 2024 at 1:12 AM
My partner is an Eagles fan and thanks to my brain fog/anomic aphasia, Jalen Hurts will now exclusively be referred to as the “first chair Eagle” in this household.
I was thoroughly unprepared for not just one, but TWO ethnomusicologist jokes in Inside Out 2.
November 12, 2024 at 12:46 AM
I was thoroughly unprepared for not just one, but TWO ethnomusicologist jokes in Inside Out 2.