Alyx Vesey
@alyxvesey.bsky.social
Feminist music geek
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
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
Tune in tomorrow, 12/17, at 530p ET for 2025's last PMBIP event, aka "punk week." Ellen Bernhard, Stefano Morello, and David Pearson on NOFX! Brigitta Davidjants on J.M.K.E.! Tyler Sonnichsen on the Dead Milkmen! Ask for Mojo Nixon.
Schedule link: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...
Schedule link: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...
December 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Tune in tomorrow, 12/17, at 530p ET for 2025's last PMBIP event, aka "punk week." Ellen Bernhard, Stefano Morello, and David Pearson on NOFX! Brigitta Davidjants on J.M.K.E.! Tyler Sonnichsen on the Dead Milkmen! Ask for Mojo Nixon.
Schedule link: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...
Schedule link: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...
Spruced up my Letterboxd top four 🎄
December 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Spruced up my Letterboxd top four 🎄
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...
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...
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
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 👋🏻👋🏻
Emo son seeking affection
December 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Emo son seeking affection
Goth daughter hibernation goals
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Goth daughter hibernation goals
Looked at my Apple Music replay and yep checks out
December 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Looked at my Apple Music replay and yep checks out
For me, the year's thematic concerns are contained in this three-song sequence
December 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
For me, the year's thematic concerns are contained in this three-song sequence
You're gonna wanna tune in to Popular Music Books in Process tomorrow at 530e because Chris Dalla Riva and Caileigh Nerney are gonna talk about Dalla Riva's new book, Uncharted Territory, and the graphs Nerney designed for it.
Schedule link: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...
Schedule link: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
You're gonna wanna tune in to Popular Music Books in Process tomorrow at 530e because Chris Dalla Riva and Caileigh Nerney are gonna talk about Dalla Riva's new book, Uncharted Territory, and the graphs Nerney designed for it.
Schedule link: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...
Schedule link: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
One thing I’m gonna do if you invite me to Friendsgiving is French up a potato
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
One thing I’m gonna do if you invite me to Friendsgiving is French up a potato
Happy Bobsgiving to you and yours
November 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Happy Bobsgiving to you and yours
Sure why not: my first book, Extending Play, came out almost two years ago and delves into women’s brand partnerships in the contemporary music industries. RIYL Fenty Beauty, Britney’s fragrance collection, and Patti Pies. Makes a great gift!
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
November 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Sure why not: my first book, Extending Play, came out almost two years ago and delves into women’s brand partnerships in the contemporary music industries. RIYL Fenty Beauty, Britney’s fragrance collection, and Patti Pies. Makes a great gift!
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
post a famous bathroom scene
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
post a famous bathroom scene
Now I’ve got cover art for my year-end playlist
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Now I’ve got cover art for my year-end playlist
I'm drafting a post on listening practices, so I fucked around and made a list of my favorite genres (first ranked, remainder alphabetical, obvious choirgirl bias)
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I'm drafting a post on listening practices, so I fucked around and made a list of my favorite genres (first ranked, remainder alphabetical, obvious choirgirl bias)
there are 4 types of guys online. no exceptions.
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
there are 4 types of guys online. no exceptions.
Look who shows up as a talking head in Grand Funk Railroad's Behind the Music
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Look who shows up as a talking head in Grand Funk Railroad's Behind the Music
This morning I revisited The Police's Zenyatta Mondatta, an album I always associate with Rob Sheffield's very funny and mean 4/10 review in the Spin Alternative Record Guide
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This morning I revisited The Police's Zenyatta Mondatta, an album I always associate with Rob Sheffield's very funny and mean 4/10 review in the Spin Alternative Record Guide
I wondered whether All's Fair was Skims sponcon and this graf from the NYT piece about the show's costume design basically confirmed my suspicions
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/s...
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I wondered whether All's Fair was Skims sponcon and this graf from the NYT piece about the show's costume design basically confirmed my suspicions
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/s...
