Alyx Vesey
@alyxvesey.bsky.social
Feminist music geek
Website | https://sites.ua.edu/avesey/
Substack | https://substack.com/@alyxvesey
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Website | https://sites.ua.edu/avesey/
Substack | https://substack.com/@alyxvesey
PMBIP | https://www.youtube.com/@ericweisbard8091
Extending Play | https://global.oup.com/academic/product/extending-play-9780190085643
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Song for the Year: “I Have Faith in These Desolate Times”
A brief appreciation for Sananda Maitreya’s modern hymn
alyxvesey.substack.com
Here's a quick post about Sananda Maitreya's modern hymn, "I Have Faith in These Desolate Times." It's the song I returned to the most during 2025, an especially difficult and awful year.
alyxvesey.substack.com/p/song-for-t...
alyxvesey.substack.com/p/song-for-t...
Here's a quick post about Sananda Maitreya's modern hymn, "I Have Faith in These Desolate Times." It's the song I returned to the most during 2025, an especially difficult and awful year.
alyxvesey.substack.com/p/song-for-t...
alyxvesey.substack.com/p/song-for-t...
Song for the Year: “I Have Faith in These Desolate Times”
A brief appreciation for Sananda Maitreya’s modern hymn
alyxvesey.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Here's a quick post about Sananda Maitreya's modern hymn, "I Have Faith in These Desolate Times." It's the song I returned to the most during 2025, an especially difficult and awful year.
alyxvesey.substack.com/p/song-for-t...
alyxvesey.substack.com/p/song-for-t...
Probably my introduction to Rob, kinda taught me what adult dating would be like
In addition to all the main stuff Rob Reiner had a fun mini-run of acting roles in the mid-'90s where he got to play a sort of expert on wooing women as a middle-aged man. I enjoy him here in 'Sleepless in Seattle' trying to teach Tom Hanks about tiramisu and Swatches www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVww...
Sleepless in Seattle
YouTube video by Film Pieces
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Probably my introduction to Rob, kinda taught me what adult dating would be like
Reposted by Alyx Vesey
Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Honor thy baking fail as a hidden intention
betty crocker recipe cards used as an oblique strategies deck. write a song about mashed potatoes dumbass
December 15, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Honor thy baking fail as a hidden intention
Spruced up my Letterboxd top four 🎄
December 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Spruced up my Letterboxd top four 🎄
The minor existential crisis of learning a new layout after a phone software update
December 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The minor existential crisis of learning a new layout after a phone software update
A fine winter holiday tradition: stressing out over Kevin McCallister’s parentification
a hallway with a red carpet leading to a living room and a table .
Alt: Little dude is home alone
media.tenor.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A fine winter holiday tradition: stressing out over Kevin McCallister’s parentification
In case you missed it, here's a digest of all my favorite music from 2025.
Songs (with playlist): alyxvesey.substack.com/p/vz-25-play...
Albums: alyxvesey.substack.com/p/my-favorit...
Discoveries: alyxvesey.substack.com/p/my-favorit...
Rediscoveries: alyxvesey.substack.com/p/favorite-a...
Songs (with playlist): alyxvesey.substack.com/p/vz-25-play...
Albums: alyxvesey.substack.com/p/my-favorit...
Discoveries: alyxvesey.substack.com/p/my-favorit...
Rediscoveries: alyxvesey.substack.com/p/favorite-a...
VZ 25 Playlist
My 100 favorite songs from 2025
alyxvesey.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
In case you missed it, here's a digest of all my favorite music from 2025.
Songs (with playlist): alyxvesey.substack.com/p/vz-25-play...
Albums: alyxvesey.substack.com/p/my-favorit...
Discoveries: alyxvesey.substack.com/p/my-favorit...
Rediscoveries: alyxvesey.substack.com/p/favorite-a...
Songs (with playlist): alyxvesey.substack.com/p/vz-25-play...
Albums: alyxvesey.substack.com/p/my-favorit...
Discoveries: alyxvesey.substack.com/p/my-favorit...
Rediscoveries: alyxvesey.substack.com/p/favorite-a...
Today, I conclude list season with my favorite rediscoveries of 2025. I pay my respects to D'Angelo, reconsider Tori Amos's Boys for Pele, cry over Tom Petty's Wildflowers, and age with Liz Phair's Whitechocolatespaceegg.
alyxvesey.substack.com/p/favorite-a...
alyxvesey.substack.com/p/favorite-a...
December 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Today, I conclude list season with my favorite rediscoveries of 2025. I pay my respects to D'Angelo, reconsider Tori Amos's Boys for Pele, cry over Tom Petty's Wildflowers, and age with Liz Phair's Whitechocolatespaceegg.
alyxvesey.substack.com/p/favorite-a...
alyxvesey.substack.com/p/favorite-a...
It's kind of wild how the first P.M. Dawn album is both deeply 1991 and could also come out right now
December 11, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It's kind of wild how the first P.M. Dawn album is both deeply 1991 and could also come out right now
Dude put me on to Herbert & Momoko and Eliana Glass, so play those songs extra loud along with Nels Cline's "Satomi" 🎧
psyched to dig into Alyx's year-ender, one of my favorite music nerds
I'm kicking off list season this week with a playlist of my favorite songs from 2025. Check it out! 🎧
Liner notes: alyxvesey.substack.com/p/vz-25-play...
Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/0R8...
Liner notes: alyxvesey.substack.com/p/vz-25-play...
Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/0R8...
December 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Dude put me on to Herbert & Momoko and Eliana Glass, so play those songs extra loud along with Nels Cline's "Satomi" 🎧
I'm halfway through list week with my favorite discoveries of 2025. I've become a fusion guy thanks to Flora Purim, Herbie Hancock, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, and VH-1's New Visions.
alyxvesey.substack.com/p/my-favorit...
alyxvesey.substack.com/p/my-favorit...
December 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
I'm halfway through list week with my favorite discoveries of 2025. I've become a fusion guy thanks to Flora Purim, Herbie Hancock, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, and VH-1's New Visions.
alyxvesey.substack.com/p/my-favorit...
alyxvesey.substack.com/p/my-favorit...
Ran into some former students last night out on the town and it’s cool when the art kids find each other
December 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Ran into some former students last night out on the town and it’s cool when the art kids find each other
Reposted by Alyx Vesey
peer reviewers, please DO NOT leave comments in the manuscript - your name is in the comment metadata and basically impossible to remove, and we can never share those comments with authors, so it's a waste of your time!
December 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
peer reviewers, please DO NOT leave comments in the manuscript - your name is in the comment metadata and basically impossible to remove, and we can never share those comments with authors, so it's a waste of your time!
I'm continuing list season with my favorite albums from 2025. This year, I gave my flowers to Annahstasia's Tether, weird art girls, Sabrina Carpenter, and Sadie Sartini Garner's pen game.
alyxvesey.substack.com/p/my-favorit...
alyxvesey.substack.com/p/my-favorit...
December 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I'm continuing list season with my favorite albums from 2025. This year, I gave my flowers to Annahstasia's Tether, weird art girls, Sabrina Carpenter, and Sadie Sartini Garner's pen game.
alyxvesey.substack.com/p/my-favorit...
alyxvesey.substack.com/p/my-favorit...
Reposted by Alyx Vesey
Our students are raising money to keep their magazines going after the University of Alabama suspended them for foregrounding the voices of women and African Americans.
If you've got the means, please support them.
givebutter.com/F0LNOA
If you've got the means, please support them.
givebutter.com/F0LNOA
Keep the Free Press Alive at the University of Alabama
By Media Alumni Seeking to Highlight Equity and Diversity
givebutter.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Our students are raising money to keep their magazines going after the University of Alabama suspended them for foregrounding the voices of women and African Americans.
If you've got the means, please support them.
givebutter.com/F0LNOA
If you've got the means, please support them.
givebutter.com/F0LNOA
I'm kicking off list season this week with a playlist of my favorite songs from 2025. Check it out! 🎧
Liner notes: alyxvesey.substack.com/p/vz-25-play...
Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/0R8...
Liner notes: alyxvesey.substack.com/p/vz-25-play...
Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/0R8...
VZ 25 Playlist
My 100 favorite songs from 2025
alyxvesey.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I'm kicking off list season this week with a playlist of my favorite songs from 2025. Check it out! 🎧
Liner notes: alyxvesey.substack.com/p/vz-25-play...
Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/0R8...
Liner notes: alyxvesey.substack.com/p/vz-25-play...
Apple Music: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/0R8...
As a middle-aged person trying to make peace with getting thicker, I feel this very deeply 🍗🍷🍪
My older brother and I don’t see eye to eye on much, but a few years ago he gave me an excellent way to view the time period from Thanksgiving to New Years Day: Big Boy Season.
During Big Boy Season, we attend all the parties and we drink and eat all The Things.
During Big Boy Season, we attend all the parties and we drink and eat all The Things.
December 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
As a middle-aged person trying to make peace with getting thicker, I feel this very deeply 🍗🍷🍪
Reposted by Alyx Vesey
I heard the Waitresses' 1981 "Christmas Wrapping" and got so obsessed with the rhythm on the sax riff (by Mars Williams, RIP) that I spent two hours figuring it out.
(hear it at www.youtube.com/watch?v=nud2... and clock how they prep it with a single 3/4-bar setup)
#MusicTheory folks, enjoy!
(hear it at www.youtube.com/watch?v=nud2... and clock how they prep it with a single 3/4-bar setup)
#MusicTheory folks, enjoy!
December 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I heard the Waitresses' 1981 "Christmas Wrapping" and got so obsessed with the rhythm on the sax riff (by Mars Williams, RIP) that I spent two hours figuring it out.
(hear it at www.youtube.com/watch?v=nud2... and clock how they prep it with a single 3/4-bar setup)
#MusicTheory folks, enjoy!
(hear it at www.youtube.com/watch?v=nud2... and clock how they prep it with a single 3/4-bar setup)
#MusicTheory folks, enjoy!
You know what, I’ll say it: football is weird
December 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
You know what, I’ll say it: football is weird
Be safe, deer out back
December 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Be safe, deer out back
One of the many cool women I want to be when I grow up 😎
leaving this photo of Ann Magnuson here for anyone who needs it
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
One of the many cool women I want to be when I grow up 😎
Today I gave a book presentation about Extending Play to my colleagues. As ever, I cannot talk without using my hands 👋🏻👋🏻
December 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Today I gave a book presentation about Extending Play to my colleagues. As ever, I cannot talk without using my hands 👋🏻👋🏻