Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
@cypheractive.bsky.social
I am professor of English at Central Michigan University, president of the Society for the Study of the American Gothic, and editor of American Gothic Studies. I am also the host of DJ cypher's Dark Nation Radio and the Psychobilly Family Power Hour.
I just carved my jack o'lantern. He's scary but also looks really happy--probably because I was listening to the Halloween broadcast of my Dark Nation Radio show at the same time! I hope you'll give it a listen. I'll post a pic of Mr. O'Lantern once it gets dark.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I just carved my jack o'lantern. He's scary but also looks really happy--probably because I was listening to the Halloween broadcast of my Dark Nation Radio show at the same time! I hope you'll give it a listen. I'll post a pic of Mr. O'Lantern once it gets dark.
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
If Halloween is your favorite holiday, this one is for you. www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
October 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
If Halloween is your favorite holiday, this one is for you. www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
This week’s Dark Nation Radio is ready for streaming and features new music from bands including Lost Signal, Omen Code, Blackbook, Ultra Sunn, Wavepeak, LovetheGhost, Ductape, The City Gates, Mondträume, Elektrostaub, and Nevada Hardware.
Thanks for your support.
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
Thanks for your support.
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
October 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
This week’s Dark Nation Radio is ready for streaming and features new music from bands including Lost Signal, Omen Code, Blackbook, Ultra Sunn, Wavepeak, LovetheGhost, Ductape, The City Gates, Mondträume, Elektrostaub, and Nevada Hardware.
Thanks for your support.
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
Thanks for your support.
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
Pre-order discount on my forthcoming Horror Theory Reader from Minnesota. 30% using code MN93850 by ordering at z.umn.edu/ajp2 The code is good until Oct. 31st. The book will be out in early January.
October 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Pre-order discount on my forthcoming Horror Theory Reader from Minnesota. 30% using code MN93850 by ordering at z.umn.edu/ajp2 The code is good until Oct. 31st. The book will be out in early January.
This week’s Dark Nation Radio show is ready for streaming and features new tracks from bands including Die Krupps, Plezzure, Sword Tongue, SIIE, Ozibut, SINE, NØIR, Blazerjacket, Sunshine Blind, Blood Handsome, and The Black Veils. Thanks for your support.
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
October 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This week’s Dark Nation Radio show is ready for streaming and features new tracks from bands including Die Krupps, Plezzure, Sword Tongue, SIIE, Ozibut, SINE, NØIR, Blazerjacket, Sunshine Blind, Blood Handsome, and The Black Veils. Thanks for your support.
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
This week’s Dark Nation Radio is back to the usual emphasis on recent dark music releases from bands including Assemblage 23, Lights of Euphoria, Rhys Fulber, and NITE. I hope you enjoy it and thank you for your support!
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
September 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This week’s Dark Nation Radio is back to the usual emphasis on recent dark music releases from bands including Assemblage 23, Lights of Euphoria, Rhys Fulber, and NITE. I hope you enjoy it and thank you for your support!
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
Proposals for American Nightmares II: the biennial symposium of the Society for the Study of the American Gothic are due Oct. 1st. The event is March 19th - 21st in Salem, MA. Information at americangothicsociety.com/symposium/
September 26, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Proposals for American Nightmares II: the biennial symposium of the Society for the Study of the American Gothic are due Oct. 1st. The event is March 19th - 21st in Salem, MA. Information at americangothicsociety.com/symposium/
More Gothic adjacent than actually Gothic, but if you have an academia.edu account, you may want to delete it. (I just deleted mine). Their new service terms say they own and can sell anything you post there.
September 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
More Gothic adjacent than actually Gothic, but if you have an academia.edu account, you may want to delete it. (I just deleted mine). Their new service terms say they own and can sell anything you post there.
To mark the 50th anniversary of The Shining, editors Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock and Tony Magistrale solicit chapter proposals for a new collection of scholarly essays.
Direct 250-word proposals and inquiries to Jeffrey.Weinstock@cmich.edu and Anthony.Magistrale@uvm.edu by Dec. 1st, 2025.
Direct 250-word proposals and inquiries to Jeffrey.Weinstock@cmich.edu and Anthony.Magistrale@uvm.edu by Dec. 1st, 2025.
September 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
To mark the 50th anniversary of The Shining, editors Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock and Tony Magistrale solicit chapter proposals for a new collection of scholarly essays.
Direct 250-word proposals and inquiries to Jeffrey.Weinstock@cmich.edu and Anthony.Magistrale@uvm.edu by Dec. 1st, 2025.
Direct 250-word proposals and inquiries to Jeffrey.Weinstock@cmich.edu and Anthony.Magistrale@uvm.edu by Dec. 1st, 2025.
If you have a taste for dark music and like finding out about new bands, you won’t want to miss this week’s Dark Nation Radio! In the mix are *amazing* new tracks from Android Lust, Die Krupps, Sunshine Blind, Azam Ali, Black Rose Burning, and a lot more!
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
September 8, 2025 at 1:32 PM
If you have a taste for dark music and like finding out about new bands, you won’t want to miss this week’s Dark Nation Radio! In the mix are *amazing* new tracks from Android Lust, Die Krupps, Sunshine Blind, Azam Ali, Black Rose Burning, and a lot more!
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
American Gothic Studies seeks "EXHUMATIONS" contributions presenting new editions of lost, forgotten, or overlooked Gothic texts (max 12K words) by both well-known and obscure American authors.
Inquiries to Tom Hillard and Matthew Sivils at thomashillard@boisestate.edu and sivils@iastate.edu.
Inquiries to Tom Hillard and Matthew Sivils at thomashillard@boisestate.edu and sivils@iastate.edu.
September 6, 2025 at 1:38 PM
American Gothic Studies seeks "EXHUMATIONS" contributions presenting new editions of lost, forgotten, or overlooked Gothic texts (max 12K words) by both well-known and obscure American authors.
Inquiries to Tom Hillard and Matthew Sivils at thomashillard@boisestate.edu and sivils@iastate.edu.
Inquiries to Tom Hillard and Matthew Sivils at thomashillard@boisestate.edu and sivils@iastate.edu.
Happy September! This is a reminder that proposals for the Society for the Study of the American Gothic's March 2026 symposium in Salem, MA are due October 1st. Information at www.americangothicsociety.com. I hope to see you there!
September 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Happy September! This is a reminder that proposals for the Society for the Study of the American Gothic's March 2026 symposium in Salem, MA are due October 1st. Information at www.americangothicsociety.com. I hope to see you there!
This week’s Dark Nation Radio is ready for streaming. New tracks are featured from bands including Panic Priest, Seeming, Black Rose Burning, Curse Mackey, Fictional, Kat Robichaud, Fix8:Sed8, Test Dept., Paper Foxes, and Damien Hearse. I hope you’ll give it a spin!
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
September 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This week’s Dark Nation Radio is ready for streaming. New tracks are featured from bands including Panic Priest, Seeming, Black Rose Burning, Curse Mackey, Fictional, Kat Robichaud, Fix8:Sed8, Test Dept., Paper Foxes, and Damien Hearse. I hope you’ll give it a spin!
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
Three hours of new and recent dark music on this week's Dark Nation Radio. In the mix: Rotersand, Skold, The Cure, Curse Mackey, Lord of the Lost. Give it a spin at www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
August 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Three hours of new and recent dark music on this week's Dark Nation Radio. In the mix: Rotersand, Skold, The Cure, Curse Mackey, Lord of the Lost. Give it a spin at www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
Call For Proposals
AMERICAN NIGHTMARES II: RETURN TO SALEM
The Biennial symposium of the Society for the Study of the American Gothic
March 19th – 21st, 2026
Salem, Massachusetts
Keynote Speaker: Victor Lavalle
Keynote Speaker: Siân Silyn Roberts
Info at americangothicsociety.com/symposium/
AMERICAN NIGHTMARES II: RETURN TO SALEM
The Biennial symposium of the Society for the Study of the American Gothic
March 19th – 21st, 2026
Salem, Massachusetts
Keynote Speaker: Victor Lavalle
Keynote Speaker: Siân Silyn Roberts
Info at americangothicsociety.com/symposium/
July 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Call For Proposals
AMERICAN NIGHTMARES II: RETURN TO SALEM
The Biennial symposium of the Society for the Study of the American Gothic
March 19th – 21st, 2026
Salem, Massachusetts
Keynote Speaker: Victor Lavalle
Keynote Speaker: Siân Silyn Roberts
Info at americangothicsociety.com/symposium/
AMERICAN NIGHTMARES II: RETURN TO SALEM
The Biennial symposium of the Society for the Study of the American Gothic
March 19th – 21st, 2026
Salem, Massachusetts
Keynote Speaker: Victor Lavalle
Keynote Speaker: Siân Silyn Roberts
Info at americangothicsociety.com/symposium/
Occasional reminder for those who teach courses including pop culture aspects. Full description, reviews, and examination copies available at broadviewpress.com/product/pop-...
July 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Occasional reminder for those who teach courses including pop culture aspects. Full description, reviews, and examination copies available at broadviewpress.com/product/pop-...
30% off until Halloween :)
July 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
30% off until Halloween :)
The first hour of this week’s expanded Dark Nation Radio introduces you to the bands that will be featured at Convergence 27—North America’s longest-running goth festival—which will be taking place in Denver. Hours 2 and 3 focus on new dark music. Join ussss....
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
July 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The first hour of this week’s expanded Dark Nation Radio introduces you to the bands that will be featured at Convergence 27—North America’s longest-running goth festival—which will be taking place in Denver. Hours 2 and 3 focus on new dark music. Join ussss....
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
The debut issue of American Gothic Studies has now been published! To access, join The Society for the Study of the American Gothic at www.americangothicsociety.com. Free article from this issue at scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/ags/art....
July 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The debut issue of American Gothic Studies has now been published! To access, join The Society for the Study of the American Gothic at www.americangothicsociety.com. Free article from this issue at scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/ags/art....
Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios
July 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios
Evaluation copies of my Pop Culture for Beginners and Mad Scientist's Guide to Composition textbooks are available through Broadview Press using the following links (and they can be packaged together).
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June 30, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Evaluation copies of my Pop Culture for Beginners and Mad Scientist's Guide to Composition textbooks are available through Broadview Press using the following links (and they can be packaged together).
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This week’s Dark Nation Radio features new material from bands including The Cure, Rotersand, Curse Mackey, Circle of Dust, Ships in the Night, and Lunar Paths. This is a fun one! I hope you’ll give it a spin.
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
June 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This week’s Dark Nation Radio features new material from bands including The Cure, Rotersand, Curse Mackey, Circle of Dust, Ships in the Night, and Lunar Paths. This is a fun one! I hope you’ll give it a spin.
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
In the mix on this week's Dark Nation Radio are new tracks from Pixel Grip, Seeming, Damien Hearse, Bootblacks, Mojave Phone Booth, Haunted House, Extize, Blackbook, Noromakina, Future Faces, N/CTRL, and Affect Effect, among others—I hope you’ll give it a spin!
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
June 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
In the mix on this week's Dark Nation Radio are new tracks from Pixel Grip, Seeming, Damien Hearse, Bootblacks, Mojave Phone Booth, Haunted House, Extize, Blackbook, Noromakina, Future Faces, N/CTRL, and Affect Effect, among others—I hope you’ll give it a spin!
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
Freaky times call for cheeky music, which is why I’m pleased to present the annual Dark Nation Radio GOTHIC BEACH PARTY! The only rule for the Beach Party is to keep it frisky so the playlist ranges widely. I hope you'll give it a spin!
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www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
May 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Freaky times call for cheeky music, which is why I’m pleased to present the annual Dark Nation Radio GOTHIC BEACH PARTY! The only rule for the Beach Party is to keep it frisky so the playlist ranges widely. I hope you'll give it a spin!
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...
www.mixcloud.com/cypheractive...