Jacques Dupuis
@jacquesdupuis.bsky.social
clinical assistant professor of music theory/musicology at Purdue Fort Wayne : {long C19 German and American music and theater, film music and sound} : disaffected Montanan : he/him
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On the topic of bad pedagogy philosophies/concepts, this weekend at AMS-SMT a speaker on a pedagogy panel earnestly invoked learning styles as a guiding concern, and if you don’t know, that’s an unfounded and unsupported theory, so careful talking about visual and kinesthetic or whatever learners.
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
On the topic of bad pedagogy philosophies/concepts, this weekend at AMS-SMT a speaker on a pedagogy panel earnestly invoked learning styles as a guiding concern, and if you don’t know, that’s an unfounded and unsupported theory, so careful talking about visual and kinesthetic or whatever learners.
When would a black sheep ever be seeing a goldfish
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
When would a black sheep ever be seeing a goldfish
The piano playing therapy dog from AMS-SMT is at the airport 🚨
November 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The piano playing therapy dog from AMS-SMT is at the airport 🚨
Reposted by Jacques Dupuis
Amplifying a few documents shared by fantastic colleagues on
Facebook detailing what's happened with the AMS program committee and ethics committee #amssmt2025
drive.google.com/file/d/1SLzL...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Facebook detailing what's happened with the AMS program committee and ethics committee #amssmt2025
drive.google.com/file/d/1SLzL...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
MEMO%20to%20the%20Board%20from%20the%20Program%20Committee.pdf
drive.google.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Amplifying a few documents shared by fantastic colleagues on
Facebook detailing what's happened with the AMS program committee and ethics committee #amssmt2025
drive.google.com/file/d/1SLzL...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Facebook detailing what's happened with the AMS program committee and ethics committee #amssmt2025
drive.google.com/file/d/1SLzL...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Overheard at my hotel check-in that our conference friends in town for AMS/SMT this year are Comic-Con 😎
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Overheard at my hotel check-in that our conference friends in town for AMS/SMT this year are Comic-Con 😎
Reposted by Jacques Dupuis
Breaking News: Benson Kipruto and Hellen Obiri, both runners from Kenya, won the men’s and women’s races at the New York City Marathon. Marcel Hug and Susannah Scaroni were the wheelchair champions. See photos and live updates.
NYC Marathon: Live Updates
Marcel Hug and Susannah Scaroni were the wheelchair champions, Hug for a seventh time and Scaroni for a third.
nyti.ms
November 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Breaking News: Benson Kipruto and Hellen Obiri, both runners from Kenya, won the men’s and women’s races at the New York City Marathon. Marcel Hug and Susannah Scaroni were the wheelchair champions. See photos and live updates.
Reposted by Jacques Dupuis
NYC Marathon podium:
🥇 Hellen Obiri 2:19:51 (course record)
🥈 Sharon Lokedi 2:20:07
🥉 Sheila Chepkirui 2:20:24
🥇 Hellen Obiri 2:19:51 (course record)
🥈 Sharon Lokedi 2:20:07
🥉 Sheila Chepkirui 2:20:24
November 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
NYC Marathon podium:
🥇 Hellen Obiri 2:19:51 (course record)
🥈 Sharon Lokedi 2:20:07
🥉 Sheila Chepkirui 2:20:24
🥇 Hellen Obiri 2:19:51 (course record)
🥈 Sharon Lokedi 2:20:07
🥉 Sheila Chepkirui 2:20:24
I’ve never used academia dot edu and what used to be complacency in not using it turned into a conscious decision…it’s aging like fine wine
November 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I’ve never used academia dot edu and what used to be complacency in not using it turned into a conscious decision…it’s aging like fine wine
Just discovered that Conway Twitty's version of "Danny Boy" was a number one hit for one week in 1960 in Italy. I was not prepared for how it goes. Amazing:
Conway Twitty Danny Boy
YouTube video by Marcello “MR Marcello” Felici
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Just discovered that Conway Twitty's version of "Danny Boy" was a number one hit for one week in 1960 in Italy. I was not prepared for how it goes. Amazing:
For some reason, “disappearing” seems to me to have the same insecure passivity as millennials saying “adulting” and I wish people would use a more incisive word
The Federal Trade Commission removed several blog posts in recent months about open source and potential risks to consumers from the rapid spread of commercial AI tools.
The FTC Is Disappearing Blog Posts About AI Published During Lina Khan’s Tenure
The Federal Trade Commission removed several blog posts in recent months about open source and potential risks to consumers from the rapid spread of commercial AI tools.
wrd.cm
October 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
For some reason, “disappearing” seems to me to have the same insecure passivity as millennials saying “adulting” and I wish people would use a more incisive word
This is like 2007 levels of bizarro CFB now, with both IU and Vandy being actually good. If only Kansas State were around to see this
October 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This is like 2007 levels of bizarro CFB now, with both IU and Vandy being actually good. If only Kansas State were around to see this
Good beer, good purpose
Bell’s Beer founder grants largest financial award ever to jazz pianist
The inaugural Larry J. Bell Jazz Artist and Young Jazz Artist awards were presented this past week at a ceremony in New York. The recipients will perform at the 2026 Gilmore Piano Festival.
www.mlive.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Good beer, good purpose
The university system timed a big IT change with fall break, which means that email is inaccessible over the long weekend, and I’m wondering how I can convince IT to make email inaccessible for every break
October 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The university system timed a big IT change with fall break, which means that email is inaccessible over the long weekend, and I’m wondering how I can convince IT to make email inaccessible for every break
i have a deep aversion to trader joe's because of the store in West Newton, MA, which is absolutely peak trader joe's in every way i can think of
Trader Joe's Exec1: we'll sell lots of really good stuff at good prices
Exec2: that doesn't sound at all evil. We're a big company, we're supposed to be evil
Founder1: we are going to have the most inadequate, cramped, badly designed parking lots in the fucking world
Founder2: ok that works
Exec2: that doesn't sound at all evil. We're a big company, we're supposed to be evil
Founder1: we are going to have the most inadequate, cramped, badly designed parking lots in the fucking world
Founder2: ok that works
October 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
i have a deep aversion to trader joe's because of the store in West Newton, MA, which is absolutely peak trader joe's in every way i can think of
I know this is a pithy post, but the replies and quotes don’t seem to actually understand that SU is the best comms school and these degrees are basically a specialization of more trad programs (production, marketing, etc.) with highly transferable skills
*returns to killjoy hovel*
*returns to killjoy hovel*
Do not pay $100,000 to become a podcaster for the love of god
Syracuse University, which costs $100,000 per year, has opened a school to give degrees in podcasting and social media influencing 🫥
October 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I know this is a pithy post, but the replies and quotes don’t seem to actually understand that SU is the best comms school and these degrees are basically a specialization of more trad programs (production, marketing, etc.) with highly transferable skills
*returns to killjoy hovel*
*returns to killjoy hovel*
why do people copyedit the job wiki comments (sorry to gripe about my RSS, but honestly)
October 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
why do people copyedit the job wiki comments (sorry to gripe about my RSS, but honestly)
I’m wondering if the answer to this is effectively nowhere, in the sense of no centralized listserv. You’ll hear things if you’re registered directly with whatever organization or committee.
Where are people getting musicology announcements now? CFPs, fellowships, etc. It seems like AMS's move to this career center thing has nothing (maybe bc of pay-to-post?). I still get MUSICOLOGY-ALL, but I hear nothing anymore from North America. Where is that happening now?
September 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I’m wondering if the answer to this is effectively nowhere, in the sense of no centralized listserv. You’ll hear things if you’re registered directly with whatever organization or committee.
Atsuko is the best, time and again. (Also several huge disappointments signing on with this festival, but also several completely unsurprising ones who were already disappointing.)
Okatsuka posted the censorship rules for the controversial comedy festival, noting how many "You can’t say anything anymore!" comedians have signed on.
www.avclub.com/riyadh-comed...
www.avclub.com/riyadh-comed...
Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka posts contract after turning down Riyadh Comedy Festival
Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka posts contract after turning down Riyadh Comedy Festival
www.avclub.com
September 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Atsuko is the best, time and again. (Also several huge disappointments signing on with this festival, but also several completely unsurprising ones who were already disappointing.)
Where are people getting musicology announcements now? CFPs, fellowships, etc. It seems like AMS's move to this career center thing has nothing (maybe bc of pay-to-post?). I still get MUSICOLOGY-ALL, but I hear nothing anymore from North America. Where is that happening now?
September 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Where are people getting musicology announcements now? CFPs, fellowships, etc. It seems like AMS's move to this career center thing has nothing (maybe bc of pay-to-post?). I still get MUSICOLOGY-ALL, but I hear nothing anymore from North America. Where is that happening now?
For all the men who couldn't think of anything else for four months a couple years ago, now is your time:
Assistant Professor, Roman Archaeology (TE) - HigherEdJobs
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www.higheredjobs.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
For all the men who couldn't think of anything else for four months a couple years ago, now is your time:
Teaching Nicole Biamonte's MTO article, "Formal Functions of Metric Dissonance in Rock Music," tomorrow for my analysis class and my student leader for the day is going to use Laufey's "Lover Girl" as a case study, and it's like this song was written with the article in mind. Fantastic.
Laufey - Lover Girl
YouTube video by Minimal Sounds
www.youtube.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Teaching Nicole Biamonte's MTO article, "Formal Functions of Metric Dissonance in Rock Music," tomorrow for my analysis class and my student leader for the day is going to use Laufey's "Lover Girl" as a case study, and it's like this song was written with the article in mind. Fantastic.
Reposted by Jacques Dupuis
JOB: FSU is hiring an Assistant Professor of Music Theory (tenure track)! I am on the committee and happy to answer any questions.
societymusictheory.org/resources/jo...
societymusictheory.org/resources/jo...
Florida State University College of Music | SMT
societymusictheory.org
September 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
JOB: FSU is hiring an Assistant Professor of Music Theory (tenure track)! I am on the committee and happy to answer any questions.
societymusictheory.org/resources/jo...
societymusictheory.org/resources/jo...
Also, re: vaccines, I as an able-bodied person was able to get a COVID vaccine super easily last weekend. That may change, but the pharmacists at the CVS I went to in Indiana were asking *everyone* if they wanted to get it while I was there. Three people picking up scrips did. Bless the pharmacists.
So yes, revisiting old vaccines is a bad omen, but from my standpoint as a parent of littles, an important nuance and insightful stat are totally swamped out by this headline’s seemingly deliberate, inflammatory phrasing
September 19, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Also, re: vaccines, I as an able-bodied person was able to get a COVID vaccine super easily last weekend. That may change, but the pharmacists at the CVS I went to in Indiana were asking *everyone* if they wanted to get it while I was there. Three people picking up scrips did. Bless the pharmacists.
So yes, revisiting old vaccines is a bad omen, but from my standpoint as a parent of littles, an important nuance and insightful stat are totally swamped out by this headline’s seemingly deliberate, inflammatory phrasing
September 19, 2025 at 12:02 AM
So yes, revisiting old vaccines is a bad omen, but from my standpoint as a parent of littles, an important nuance and insightful stat are totally swamped out by this headline’s seemingly deliberate, inflammatory phrasing