John Paul Meyers
@johnpaulmeyers.bsky.social
Ethnomusicologist. Associate Prof. of Af-Am Studies at UIUC. Midwestern repatriate. My book, "Same Old Song: The Enduring Past in Popular Music," is out now! https://www.amazon.com/Same-Old-Song-Enduring-American/dp/1496850874/ref=sr_1_2?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.8
I mean, Gayle seems fine? Unless I'm missing something.
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I mean, Gayle seems fine? Unless I'm missing something.
Hey man, I'm trying to eat lunch over here!
November 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Hey man, I'm trying to eat lunch over here!
Me neither, but if we're not talking about her (good, bad, or otherwise) she doesn't make money.
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Me neither, but if we're not talking about her (good, bad, or otherwise) she doesn't make money.
Two women's home basketball games at my employer. $12 GA tickets, pep band, t-shirt canon, silly promotions and games on the scoreboard.
November 3, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Two women's home basketball games at my employer. $12 GA tickets, pep band, t-shirt canon, silly promotions and games on the scoreboard.
This looks fantastic! Looking forward to reading everything here! I hope the journal gets the kind of durable institutional support that has sometimes been lacking from Black art-focused journals, such as BMRJ and Callaloo.
October 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This looks fantastic! Looking forward to reading everything here! I hope the journal gets the kind of durable institutional support that has sometimes been lacking from Black art-focused journals, such as BMRJ and Callaloo.
Saw him last week in Urbana. I thought the drummer was amazing. Could have done without the 10 minute vocoder solo. :)
October 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Saw him last week in Urbana. I thought the drummer was amazing. Could have done without the 10 minute vocoder solo. :)
Should definitely do it! I loved teaching adult beginner students. You can really make a lot of progress, if you're motivated to practice a bit every day (or most days).
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Should definitely do it! I loved teaching adult beginner students. You can really make a lot of progress, if you're motivated to practice a bit every day (or most days).
Oh no, that means I have to grade midterms now!
October 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Oh no, that means I have to grade midterms now!
Looks like cursed AI. Why are there two basses, one of which seems to have the bell of a brass instrument growing out of it? Why does one of the f-holes of the bassist on the edge go out all the way to edge of the instrument's body, creating a chunk of wood susended in mid-air?
October 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Looks like cursed AI. Why are there two basses, one of which seems to have the bell of a brass instrument growing out of it? Why does one of the f-holes of the bassist on the edge go out all the way to edge of the instrument's body, creating a chunk of wood susended in mid-air?
Here are the last two pages on D'Angelo from my book. Not trying to self-promote here, but @upmississippi.bsky.social and Craig Gill did a great job with this book. So if you found this writing about D'Angelo interesting, you'd probably like the rest of it. www.amazon.com/Same-Old-Son...
October 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Here are the last two pages on D'Angelo from my book. Not trying to self-promote here, but @upmississippi.bsky.social and Craig Gill did a great job with this book. So if you found this writing about D'Angelo interesting, you'd probably like the rest of it. www.amazon.com/Same-Old-Son...
Jimi Hendrix and Joe Biden are almost exactly the same age. Hendrix is 7 days younger.
October 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Jimi Hendrix and Joe Biden are almost exactly the same age. Hendrix is 7 days younger.
Literally, wtf does he mean by this: “But the military of the 2020s has been as overburdened by the imperatives of progressivism as schools were by the duties of racial integration in the 1970s.”
October 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Literally, wtf does he mean by this: “But the military of the 2020s has been as overburdened by the imperatives of progressivism as schools were by the duties of racial integration in the 1970s.”
oh jfc. the chick fil a guy?
October 7, 2025 at 2:38 AM
oh jfc. the chick fil a guy?
Marijuana possession? Weed has been legal in Illinois for 5 years.
October 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Marijuana possession? Weed has been legal in Illinois for 5 years.
If you make t-shirts with this, I will buy one!
October 2, 2025 at 6:43 PM
If you make t-shirts with this, I will buy one!
Not the point, but uh, what 91 year old wants to live in a row house? They're going up and down stairs all day?
October 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Not the point, but uh, what 91 year old wants to live in a row house? They're going up and down stairs all day?
"You can still get a big cheap McMansion but your neighbors will want a race war and think knowing calculus is a sin." Damn.
October 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
"You can still get a big cheap McMansion but your neighbors will want a race war and think knowing calculus is a sin." Damn.
Seeing him in Chicago on Halloween, looking forward to it!
October 1, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Seeing him in Chicago on Halloween, looking forward to it!
Questions? I feel like they're pretty specific in their username.
September 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Questions? I feel like they're pretty specific in their username.
Underrated comment.
September 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Underrated comment.
Terrible. We went to high school together 25 years ago. Durba was brilliant then, and from following her career, she has done amazing research and been recognized as an outstanding teacher and mentor since. What is Harvard doing denying tenure to such a productive and engaged scholar?
September 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Terrible. We went to high school together 25 years ago. Durba was brilliant then, and from following her career, she has done amazing research and been recognized as an outstanding teacher and mentor since. What is Harvard doing denying tenure to such a productive and engaged scholar?