Elliott H. Powell
@ehphd.bsky.social
Professor, UMN American Studies// I study race, sex(uality), & pop music // Author of *Sounds from the Other Side* (winner of the IASPM-US Guthrie & AMS Brett awards) // he/him
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Wonderful book about the richness and complexity of Black-South Asian cultural connections (in case that topic might be in the water atm), in music specifically.
by the extraordinary @ehphd.bsky.social
by the extraordinary @ehphd.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Wonderful book about the richness and complexity of Black-South Asian cultural connections (in case that topic might be in the water atm), in music specifically.
by the extraordinary @ehphd.bsky.social
by the extraordinary @ehphd.bsky.social
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Popping in for a minute to say that it really sucks that the murder bill passed Congress and ALSO to thank every single person who tried to stop the bill from passing. What you did matters. Finally, I wrote a few words: open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu... - I hope they might offer some encouragement.
People are in motion, everywhere.
Some thoughts on discouragement and also on noticing…
open.substack.com
July 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Popping in for a minute to say that it really sucks that the murder bill passed Congress and ALSO to thank every single person who tried to stop the bill from passing. What you did matters. Finally, I wrote a few words: open.substack.com/pub/prisoncu... - I hope they might offer some encouragement.
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We knew this about this Supreme Court. I guess everyone is on the same page now that the courts will not "save" us. The question is really how to save ourselves. On that, we need a lot more people doing a lot of different things for many years.
A column I wish I never had to write: The SCOTUS has washed its hands of its duty to be a check against tyrannical actions of the executive. As someone who has dedicated my career to protecting the rule of law, I’m profoundly shaken. Heaven help our nation. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/25/o...
The courts will not save us from tyranny - The Boston Globe
The Supreme Court just washed its hands of its role in upholding the rule of law, the foundational principle that laws are meant to be followed by everyone, the government included, if we are to have ...
www.bostonglobe.com
June 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
We knew this about this Supreme Court. I guess everyone is on the same page now that the courts will not "save" us. The question is really how to save ourselves. On that, we need a lot more people doing a lot of different things for many years.
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New special issue from JPMS!! This was one of the last things that @ehphd.bsky.social, @ericdharvey.com and I started before finishing our terms. Congratulations to Alisha Lola Jones, @burrata.bsky.social, Matthew Jones for their work with Georgina Born and @anthroposound.bsky.social on this!!
📣 New SPECIAL ISSUE of Journal of Popular Music Studies on MUSIC, DIGITALIZATION & IP IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH! Articles by Geoff Baker, Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier, Pablo Infante-Amate, Aditi Deo, Oliver Bown and me, w/an intro by Born and me. Dig in! online.ucpress.edu/jpms/issue/3...
Volume 37 Issue 2 | Journal of Popular Music Studies | University of California Press
online.ucpress.edu
June 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
New special issue from JPMS!! This was one of the last things that @ehphd.bsky.social, @ericdharvey.com and I started before finishing our terms. Congratulations to Alisha Lola Jones, @burrata.bsky.social, Matthew Jones for their work with Georgina Born and @anthroposound.bsky.social on this!!
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This issue is a big deal. First, it’s guest-edited by Georgina Born and @anthroposound.bsky.social , two of the best of their respective generations of musical anthropologists. Second, the contributor lineup is outstanding.
📣 New SPECIAL ISSUE of Journal of Popular Music Studies on MUSIC, DIGITALIZATION & IP IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH! Articles by Geoff Baker, Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier, Pablo Infante-Amate, Aditi Deo, Oliver Bown and me, w/an intro by Born and me. Dig in! online.ucpress.edu/jpms/issue/3...
Volume 37 Issue 2 | Journal of Popular Music Studies | University of California Press
online.ucpress.edu
June 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This issue is a big deal. First, it’s guest-edited by Georgina Born and @anthroposound.bsky.social , two of the best of their respective generations of musical anthropologists. Second, the contributor lineup is outstanding.
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The Journal of Popular Music Studies, which I co-edit with Dr. Alisha Lola Jones, has openings for three positions -- an associate book reviews editor, an associate editor of the "field notes" section, and a web editor.
Details at the link, spread the word:
iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/JPMScallsfor...
Details at the link, spread the word:
iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/JPMScallsfor...
International Association for the Study of Popular Music - US Chapter - JPMS Calls For Editors Summer 2025
iaspm-us.wildapricot.org
June 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Journal of Popular Music Studies, which I co-edit with Dr. Alisha Lola Jones, has openings for three positions -- an associate book reviews editor, an associate editor of the "field notes" section, and a web editor.
Details at the link, spread the word:
iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/JPMScallsfor...
Details at the link, spread the word:
iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/JPMScallsfor...
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“In Minnesota, students are set to pay more for less.”
Tuition Increases and Layoffs Are Coming to a Broad Set of Universities
www.nytimes.com
June 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
“In Minnesota, students are set to pay more for less.”
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Stop whatever you doing & check out
@scquarterly.bsky.social summer issue on the Hip-Hop South. Talm bout some of the leading voices on southern Hip-Hop celebrating 30 years since Dre declared “the South got something to say." Available to read FREE on Project Muse
@scquarterly.bsky.social summer issue on the Hip-Hop South. Talm bout some of the leading voices on southern Hip-Hop celebrating 30 years since Dre declared “the South got something to say." Available to read FREE on Project Muse
June 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Stop whatever you doing & check out
@scquarterly.bsky.social summer issue on the Hip-Hop South. Talm bout some of the leading voices on southern Hip-Hop celebrating 30 years since Dre declared “the South got something to say." Available to read FREE on Project Muse
@scquarterly.bsky.social summer issue on the Hip-Hop South. Talm bout some of the leading voices on southern Hip-Hop celebrating 30 years since Dre declared “the South got something to say." Available to read FREE on Project Muse
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Guys!!!! You guys!!!!! The Introduction to *Speculative Relations* has dropped!!!!! You can read it here: www.dukeupress.edu/speculative-...
Speculative Relations
www.dukeupress.edu
June 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Guys!!!! You guys!!!!! The Introduction to *Speculative Relations* has dropped!!!!! You can read it here: www.dukeupress.edu/speculative-...
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i wrote about sly stone and brian wilson and the supposed mystery of genius www.vulture.com/article/bria...
The Double Standards of White and Black Genius
Brian Wilson and Sly Stone were musical innovators whose public reputations diverged drastically towards the end of their careers.
www.vulture.com
June 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
i wrote about sly stone and brian wilson and the supposed mystery of genius www.vulture.com/article/bria...
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Sly Stone, pioneering leader of funk band Sly and the Family Stone, has died at 82
Sly Stone, pioneering leader of funk band Sly and the Family Stone, dies at 82
Sly Stone, the pioneering leader of the funk band bearing his name, Sly and the Family Stone, has died, according to his family. Stone was 82 years old.
abcnews.go.com
June 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Sly Stone, pioneering leader of funk band Sly and the Family Stone, has died at 82
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So excited to share this new project: the We Help Us hotline, a phone line collecting stories of LGBTQIA mutual aid in Minnesota! chrisdstedman.substack.com/p/announcing...
Announcing the We Help Us story hotline
A new project collecting stories of LGBTQIA mutual aid in Minnesota
chrisdstedman.substack.com
June 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
So excited to share this new project: the We Help Us hotline, a phone line collecting stories of LGBTQIA mutual aid in Minnesota! chrisdstedman.substack.com/p/announcing...
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Speaking of Ferris Bueller's casual racism and white entitlement, @michaelddwyer.bsky.social wrote a great piece about FBDO, Adventures in Babysitting, white flight, and Chicago's commuter class. Check it out!
www.mediapolisjournal.com/2023/09/comm...
www.mediapolisjournal.com/2023/09/comm...
June 5, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Speaking of Ferris Bueller's casual racism and white entitlement, @michaelddwyer.bsky.social wrote a great piece about FBDO, Adventures in Babysitting, white flight, and Chicago's commuter class. Check it out!
www.mediapolisjournal.com/2023/09/comm...
www.mediapolisjournal.com/2023/09/comm...
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And we're back! My latest in the Chronicle is now live: "How to Promote Your Scholarly Book," ft Libra-coded advice such as "use social media" & "or don't use social media." No doubt other publishers will have lots of tidbits to add. Pls share/reach out for a PDF. www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
Advice | How to Promote Your Scholarly Book
An acquisitions editor offers eight tips for marketing-shy academics.
www.chronicle.com
June 5, 2025 at 12:37 PM
And we're back! My latest in the Chronicle is now live: "How to Promote Your Scholarly Book," ft Libra-coded advice such as "use social media" & "or don't use social media." No doubt other publishers will have lots of tidbits to add. Pls share/reach out for a PDF. www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
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🚨OPEN ACCESS🚨
As part of our new forum on "Media and Fascism," @cassiusa.bsky.social writes about how trans cultural production might best answer the ascendant fascist aesthetics of nonsense and sensation.
There's no paywall, check it out!
academic.oup.com/ccc/article/...
As part of our new forum on "Media and Fascism," @cassiusa.bsky.social writes about how trans cultural production might best answer the ascendant fascist aesthetics of nonsense and sensation.
There's no paywall, check it out!
academic.oup.com/ccc/article/...
Kamala is for they/them: liberalism, fascism, and nonsense
Abstract. The slogan that the Trump campaign used in the 2024 US presidential election to tie rival Kamala Harris to trans activists in its television ads—
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June 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
🚨OPEN ACCESS🚨
As part of our new forum on "Media and Fascism," @cassiusa.bsky.social writes about how trans cultural production might best answer the ascendant fascist aesthetics of nonsense and sensation.
There's no paywall, check it out!
academic.oup.com/ccc/article/...
As part of our new forum on "Media and Fascism," @cassiusa.bsky.social writes about how trans cultural production might best answer the ascendant fascist aesthetics of nonsense and sensation.
There's no paywall, check it out!
academic.oup.com/ccc/article/...
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In case you missed it, here's last week's Popular Music Books in Process. @burrata.bsky.social spoke to @ehphd.bsky.social and Kanjana Thepboriruk about his new book, Bangkok After Dark, and the fascinating life and career of jazz pianist Maurice Rocco. Check it out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-uV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-uV...
Benjamin Tausig w/ Elliott Powell & Kanjana Thepboriruk, Bangkok After Dark, PMBiP 5/13/25
YouTube video by Eric Weisbard
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May 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In case you missed it, here's last week's Popular Music Books in Process. @burrata.bsky.social spoke to @ehphd.bsky.social and Kanjana Thepboriruk about his new book, Bangkok After Dark, and the fascinating life and career of jazz pianist Maurice Rocco. Check it out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-uV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-uV...
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A recording of my @iaspm-us.bsky.social Popular Music Books talk with Kanjana Thepboriruk and @ehphd.bsky.social is now up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-uV...
Benjamin Tausig w/ Elliott Powell & Kanjana Thepboriruk, Bangkok After Dark, PMBiP 5/13/25
YouTube video by Eric Weisbard
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May 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A recording of my @iaspm-us.bsky.social Popular Music Books talk with Kanjana Thepboriruk and @ehphd.bsky.social is now up: www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-uV...
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My book has a pub date and website!
"[D]elivers new and significant insights into how conservative leaders employed the 'liberal media' claim to build a movement that came to dominate US politics and policy formation."
Coming this Fall! MAKING THE LIBERAL MEDIA, by @ajbauer.bsky.social. bit.ly/4iQN62F @columbiaup.bsky.social
Coming this Fall! MAKING THE LIBERAL MEDIA, by @ajbauer.bsky.social. bit.ly/4iQN62F @columbiaup.bsky.social
May 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
My book has a pub date and website!
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"Bangkok After Dark" virtual book talk next Tuesday!
Part of the @iaspm-us.bsky.social Popular Music Books in Process Series
May 13, 5pm ET, in conversation with Elliott Powell @ehphd.bsky.social and Kanjana Hubik Thepboriruk
DM me for the zoom link if you'd like to join
Part of the @iaspm-us.bsky.social Popular Music Books in Process Series
May 13, 5pm ET, in conversation with Elliott Powell @ehphd.bsky.social and Kanjana Hubik Thepboriruk
DM me for the zoom link if you'd like to join
May 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"Bangkok After Dark" virtual book talk next Tuesday!
Part of the @iaspm-us.bsky.social Popular Music Books in Process Series
May 13, 5pm ET, in conversation with Elliott Powell @ehphd.bsky.social and Kanjana Hubik Thepboriruk
DM me for the zoom link if you'd like to join
Part of the @iaspm-us.bsky.social Popular Music Books in Process Series
May 13, 5pm ET, in conversation with Elliott Powell @ehphd.bsky.social and Kanjana Hubik Thepboriruk
DM me for the zoom link if you'd like to join
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Just announced: University of Michigan Faculty Senate resoundingly votes to support Big Ten academic mutual defense compact. 92.8% of over 3,000 votes.
April 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Just announced: University of Michigan Faculty Senate resoundingly votes to support Big Ten academic mutual defense compact. 92.8% of over 3,000 votes.
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If universities can’t protect our students what is even the point?
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UA student reportedly detained by ICE
This is a breaking news story and will continue to be updated. A UA student was reportedly detained by the U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement early Tuesday morning. Alireza Doroudi, a doctora...
thecrimsonwhite.com
March 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
If universities can’t protect our students what is even the point?
thecrimsonwhite.com/120415/news/...
thecrimsonwhite.com/120415/news/...
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And here is a link to my legal defense fund www.gofundme.com/f/support-dr...
Donate to Support Dr. Steven Thrasher's Legal Defense, organized by Kathryn Macapagal
We are U.S. university professors and friends of acclaimed journalist Dr… Kathryn Macapagal needs your support for Support Dr. Steven Thrasher's Legal Defense
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March 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
And here is a link to my legal defense fund www.gofundme.com/f/support-dr...