Dale Chapman
@decmusicology.bsky.social
Professor of Music, Bates College
*The Jazz Bubble: Neoclassical Jazz in Neoliberal Culture* (University of California Press, 2018)
Doomscrolling glumly with Elbows Up
he/him
*The Jazz Bubble: Neoclassical Jazz in Neoliberal Culture* (University of California Press, 2018)
Doomscrolling glumly with Elbows Up
he/him
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“Co-authored by an MIT economist, the study finds that, per capita, immigrants are about 80 percent more likely to found a firm, compared to US-born citizens,” MIT News reported in 2022. Altogether, immigrants make up one in five business owners, the New American Economy said in 2019 👇🏽
Did you know immigrant-led businesses contribute $1.3 trillion in sales?
@yunao08.bsky.social and @tusk81.bsky.social remind us that on Small Business Saturday, immigrant-led businesses are at the heart of our economy: creating jobs, generating billions, all while keeping communities vibrant.
@yunao08.bsky.social and @tusk81.bsky.social remind us that on Small Business Saturday, immigrant-led businesses are at the heart of our economy: creating jobs, generating billions, all while keeping communities vibrant.
Immigrants Keep On Innovating To Keep The Country Going
Bottom line: We need immigrants.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
“Co-authored by an MIT economist, the study finds that, per capita, immigrants are about 80 percent more likely to found a firm, compared to US-born citizens,” MIT News reported in 2022. Altogether, immigrants make up one in five business owners, the New American Economy said in 2019 👇🏽
Beginning to chip away at that MAGA firewall....
And who is doing the chipping away? That would be Trump himself.
And who is doing the chipping away? That would be Trump himself.
look, I’ve been operating on the assumption that we cannot reach Bush 2 numbers because the media environment makes the floor much higher than it was back then (and Fox won’t throw him overboard the same way)
but, uh, we aren’t through year one and…
but, uh, we aren’t through year one and…
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Beginning to chip away at that MAGA firewall....
And who is doing the chipping away? That would be Trump himself.
And who is doing the chipping away? That would be Trump himself.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Mission of Burma
Elvis Costello
The Roots
Sonny Rollins
McCoy Tyner
Mission of Burma
Elvis Costello
The Roots
Sonny Rollins
McCoy Tyner
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Dokken
Eddie Money
Molly Hatchet
Sonny Rollins
Count Basie Orchestra
Dokken
Eddie Money
Molly Hatchet
Sonny Rollins
Count Basie Orchestra
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen
King Sunny Ade
SPK
Diamanda Galás
George Michael
Anthony Braxton
King Sunny Ade
SPK
Diamanda Galás
George Michael
Anthony Braxton
November 28, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen:
Mission of Burma
Elvis Costello
The Roots
Sonny Rollins
McCoy Tyner
Mission of Burma
Elvis Costello
The Roots
Sonny Rollins
McCoy Tyner
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November 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
[Sigh]
These clowns always think they're proposing something utterly groundbreaking, and then they proceed to post the most hackneyed derivative-ass "solutions" you could possibly imagine
This could have been in a letter to the editor from anytime in the past thirty years
These clowns always think they're proposing something utterly groundbreaking, and then they proceed to post the most hackneyed derivative-ass "solutions" you could possibly imagine
This could have been in a letter to the editor from anytime in the past thirty years
November 27, 2025 at 5:12 PM
[Sigh]
These clowns always think they're proposing something utterly groundbreaking, and then they proceed to post the most hackneyed derivative-ass "solutions" you could possibly imagine
This could have been in a letter to the editor from anytime in the past thirty years
These clowns always think they're proposing something utterly groundbreaking, and then they proceed to post the most hackneyed derivative-ass "solutions" you could possibly imagine
This could have been in a letter to the editor from anytime in the past thirty years
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This is my book from this year, which I poured myself into for nearly a decade, which connected me to an incredible network of people and histories, and which I believe in deeply.
www.dukeupress.edu/bangkok-afte...
www.dukeupress.edu/bangkok-afte...
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This is my book from this year, which I poured myself into for nearly a decade, which connected me to an incredible network of people and histories, and which I believe in deeply.
www.dukeupress.edu/bangkok-afte...
www.dukeupress.edu/bangkok-afte...
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AI kind of feels like the endgame of this bit Graeber described in the original Bullshit Jobs essay: these people have been so thoroughly cleaved from any sense of purpose that they resent those who have one. They hate artists for their skill and think poverty should be the price of having a calling
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 AM
AI kind of feels like the endgame of this bit Graeber described in the original Bullshit Jobs essay: these people have been so thoroughly cleaved from any sense of purpose that they resent those who have one. They hate artists for their skill and think poverty should be the price of having a calling
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People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
"I haven't read the tweet yet"
"I haven't seen the video yet"
"I haven't seen the executive order yet"
Not just the usual GOP dodging reporter's questions. No sir, this here is a serial procrastinator
"I haven't seen the video yet"
"I haven't seen the executive order yet"
Not just the usual GOP dodging reporter's questions. No sir, this here is a serial procrastinator
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
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November 27, 2025 at 6:48 AM
"I haven't read the tweet yet"
"I haven't seen the video yet"
"I haven't seen the executive order yet"
Not just the usual GOP dodging reporter's questions. No sir, this here is a serial procrastinator
"I haven't seen the video yet"
"I haven't seen the executive order yet"
Not just the usual GOP dodging reporter's questions. No sir, this here is a serial procrastinator
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
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you should support liberal currents!
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
you should support liberal currents!
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A Brazilian woman who is the mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s nephew has been detained by ICE
Mother Of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew Is Detained By ICE
The Brazilian overstayed a tourist visa and is in “removal proceedings,” Homeland Security told CNN.
www.huffpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A Brazilian woman who is the mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s nephew has been detained by ICE
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can’t fucking catch a breath
make it stop
make it stop
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
can’t fucking catch a breath
make it stop
make it stop
The only acceptable Mother Jones article on the subject of RFK Jr.'s sex appeal should be entitled "RFK Jr. is Not Sexy: His Face Looks Like He has Been Sitting in a Sauna Since 1982, Experts Say"
I mean what are we even doing here
I mean what are we even doing here
The women drawn to RFK Jr. see an intoxicating cocktail of romance and danger—whether it's getting attacked by a yak or texting about taking metaphorical bullets for each other.
But to most others, Kennedy is a reckless conspiracy theorist whose appetite for danger will result in a sicker America.
But to most others, Kennedy is a reckless conspiracy theorist whose appetite for danger will result in a sicker America.
The inexplicable sex appeal of RFK Jr.
How can such ferocious desire be attached to this man? Two memoirs by the women who love him offer some clues.
www.motherjones.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The only acceptable Mother Jones article on the subject of RFK Jr.'s sex appeal should be entitled "RFK Jr. is Not Sexy: His Face Looks Like He has Been Sitting in a Sauna Since 1982, Experts Say"
I mean what are we even doing here
I mean what are we even doing here
I'd demand Tony Gilroy team up with David Simon for a reboot of The Wire
(David Simon wouldn't want to do it, I bet, but I am a *despotic* president after all, aren't I?)
(David Simon wouldn't want to do it, I bet, but I am a *despotic* president after all, aren't I?)
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I'd demand Tony Gilroy team up with David Simon for a reboot of The Wire
(David Simon wouldn't want to do it, I bet, but I am a *despotic* president after all, aren't I?)
(David Simon wouldn't want to do it, I bet, but I am a *despotic* president after all, aren't I?)
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sorry to belabor this but
a little birdie* told me that all VUP titles will be 50% off the rest of the year starting on Monday 11/24
*mass marketing email
www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/978082650639...
*mass marketing email
www.vanderbiltuniversitypress.com/978082650639...
From Dixie to Rocky Top – Vanderbilt University Press
Listen as you read! From Dixie to Rocky Top: Book Playlist, now on Spotify. The first book to explore the history of college fight songs as a culturally impo...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
sorry to belabor this but
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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one of my unique skills that I bring to the pro-housing movement is a strange ability to post relatively anodyne statements that, for some reason, drive NIMBYs to utter madness, which negatively polarizes normies in favor of pro-housing policies
Sometimes I’m like “maybe I can tell my wife about online” and then I realize some of online is like “the Netflix comedy lady’s villain origin story is being furious at Jeopardy Sam for supporting building more housing” and then I’m like nah.
the left nimby crashout bc Zohran actually wants to build more housing is genuinely so funny
November 25, 2025 at 2:12 PM
one of my unique skills that I bring to the pro-housing movement is a strange ability to post relatively anodyne statements that, for some reason, drive NIMBYs to utter madness, which negatively polarizes normies in favor of pro-housing policies
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Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
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Tl;dr Republicans want to cut the list of "professional degrees" so that many fewer are eligible for the highest level of student loans. Fields cut include nursing, PT, public health. They forced this through a committee but it will have to go through regulatory process. Fight is just beginning.
ED Reaches Consensus On Loan Caps
A very limited number of degree programs would have access to the highest level of loans under a new set of regulations that the Department of Education and its negotiating committee signed off on Thu...
www.insidehighered.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Tl;dr Republicans want to cut the list of "professional degrees" so that many fewer are eligible for the highest level of student loans. Fields cut include nursing, PT, public health. They forced this through a committee but it will have to go through regulatory process. Fight is just beginning.
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Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
Why I became a musicologist:
On the record? The sense that musicology and ethnomusicology were dealing with the big questions about music, culture, politics
Off the record? Embarrassingly, I was taken by a heavily romanticized portrayal of a musicologist in Robertson Davies' *The Lyre of Orpheus*
On the record? The sense that musicology and ethnomusicology were dealing with the big questions about music, culture, politics
Off the record? Embarrassingly, I was taken by a heavily romanticized portrayal of a musicologist in Robertson Davies' *The Lyre of Orpheus*
November 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Why I became a musicologist:
On the record? The sense that musicology and ethnomusicology were dealing with the big questions about music, culture, politics
Off the record? Embarrassingly, I was taken by a heavily romanticized portrayal of a musicologist in Robertson Davies' *The Lyre of Orpheus*
On the record? The sense that musicology and ethnomusicology were dealing with the big questions about music, culture, politics
Off the record? Embarrassingly, I was taken by a heavily romanticized portrayal of a musicologist in Robertson Davies' *The Lyre of Orpheus*
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According to Hiatus Kaiyote bassist Paul Bender, this AI scam problem is “symbolic of how little these tech people give a fuck about actual music and the people who make it.”
Why Is It So Easy to Flood Streaming With AI Slop?
And what the hell is Operation Clown Dump?
www.hearingthings.co
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
According to Hiatus Kaiyote bassist Paul Bender, this AI scam problem is “symbolic of how little these tech people give a fuck about actual music and the people who make it.”
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Tip for any ambitious capitalist out there. You know what there’s going to be an ENORMOUS market for in the near future? Authentic human expression. Most normal people fucking hate AI slop and there’s already emerging a significant backlash against it.
According to Hiatus Kaiyote bassist Paul Bender, this AI scam problem is “symbolic of how little these tech people give a fuck about actual music and the people who make it.”
Why Is It So Easy to Flood Streaming With AI Slop?
And what the hell is Operation Clown Dump?
www.hearingthings.co
November 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Tip for any ambitious capitalist out there. You know what there’s going to be an ENORMOUS market for in the near future? Authentic human expression. Most normal people fucking hate AI slop and there’s already emerging a significant backlash against it.
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Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...