Phil Gentry
@pmgentry.bsky.social
musicologist at the University of Delaware, citizen of West Philly.
http://instagram.com/philipmgentry
Current projects:
-250 Years of History and Performance in Philadelphia
-Anti-Communist Blacklisting in the Music Industry, 1945–1960
http://instagram.com/philipmgentry
Current projects:
-250 Years of History and Performance in Philadelphia
-Anti-Communist Blacklisting in the Music Industry, 1945–1960
Hard to not read this in a Robin voice.
Holy Eucharist
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Hard to not read this in a Robin voice.
The shame. The millennial shame. I should be better than this. I will do better than this.
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The shame. The millennial shame. I should be better than this. I will do better than this.
Jeffrey Epstein‘s approach to punctuation is driving me bonkers.
November 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Jeffrey Epstein‘s approach to punctuation is driving me bonkers.
Remember when they fired the president of Harvard for… two inadequate citations in her 30yo dissertation?
Why hello there former US Treasury Secretary, president of Harvard, and director of the National Economic Council Larry Summers.
Sharing with alt so we can all bask in his hidden insights that we are NOT allowed to share.
And here's the source link:
oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
Sharing with alt so we can all bask in his hidden insights that we are NOT allowed to share.
And here's the source link:
oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
November 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Remember when they fired the president of Harvard for… two inadequate citations in her 30yo dissertation?
I know SEPTA has a lot going on, but can we talk about how they had an extra-long trolley blitz this summer, and then this weekend closed the tunnel again for more repairs, which are now stretching two days beyond the scheduled date with no end in sight?
November 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I know SEPTA has a lot going on, but can we talk about how they had an extra-long trolley blitz this summer, and then this weekend closed the tunnel again for more repairs, which are now stretching two days beyond the scheduled date with no end in sight?
I mean, I have some hope that if we develop enough AI bots, eventually they will just talk to each other and leave us humans alone.
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I mean, I have some hope that if we develop enough AI bots, eventually they will just talk to each other and leave us humans alone.
Reposted by Phil Gentry
I asked about this, and one of our excellent librarians discovered that in fact AI summaries/"Research Assistant" can be switched off at the level of the library. Something to request. support.proquest.com/s/article/Eb...
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I asked about this, and one of our excellent librarians discovered that in fact AI summaries/"Research Assistant" can be switched off at the level of the library. Something to request. support.proquest.com/s/article/Eb...
I try to live life without regrets, but a major regret I have is buying a minivan. One year in and I hate it so much.😭
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I try to live life without regrets, but a major regret I have is buying a minivan. One year in and I hate it so much.😭
Weaponizing the practice of “anointing” the way Dr. Kamayama did is antithetical to mainstream Christian theology. This article speaks both to the everyday heresies promoted by many non-denominational churches and also the times reporter’s religious illiteracy! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/n...
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Weaponizing the practice of “anointing” the way Dr. Kamayama did is antithetical to mainstream Christian theology. This article speaks both to the everyday heresies promoted by many non-denominational churches and also the times reporter’s religious illiteracy! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/n...
David McCormick thinking the people he represents in Pennsylvania want more New Yorkers to move here. 😂 www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
Dave McCormick wants New Yorkers unhappy with Zohran Mamdani’s win to come to Pennsylvania
Sen. Dave McCormick tries to entice New Yorkers unhappy with the upcoming Mamdani administration with Pennsylvania's winning football teams, universities, and advancements in AI.
www.inquirer.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
David McCormick thinking the people he represents in Pennsylvania want more New Yorkers to move here. 😂 www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
Reposted by Phil Gentry
for my colleagues & friends in the American Musicological Society, a small (but big) update about what has transpired at this year’s meeting www.facebook.com/share/p/17Gz...
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www.facebook.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
for my colleagues & friends in the American Musicological Society, a small (but big) update about what has transpired at this year’s meeting www.facebook.com/share/p/17Gz...
I’ve been sitting in a plane on the tarmac for about three hours now due to mechanical issues, and they just announced that they are going to try, no joke, turning the plane off and then on again.
November 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I’ve been sitting in a plane on the tarmac for about three hours now due to mechanical issues, and they just announced that they are going to try, no joke, turning the plane off and then on again.
Truly the worst part of the AMS organizational drama is the mocking by music theorists…the world is upside down… 😞
November 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Truly the worst part of the AMS organizational drama is the mocking by music theorists…the world is upside down… 😞
Trying to imagine the will-to-alcohol involved in getting to the airport for a 6am flight early enough to have time to sit down at the bar for a few beers.
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Trying to imagine the will-to-alcohol involved in getting to the airport for a 6am flight early enough to have time to sit down at the bar for a few beers.
There was a long line for the dog therapy room at this conference, and I kept hearing applause, and it turned out that the golden retriever was playing a toy piano.
November 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There was a long line for the dog therapy room at this conference, and I kept hearing applause, and it turned out that the golden retriever was playing a toy piano.
Always struck that musicologists possess some of the most sophisticated knowledge of performance possible, and many/most of us have long careers in performers as musicians or as teachers in the classroom, and yet, when it comes to performing our scholarship at a conference…utter nightmare.
November 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Always struck that musicologists possess some of the most sophisticated knowledge of performance possible, and many/most of us have long careers in performers as musicians or as teachers in the classroom, and yet, when it comes to performing our scholarship at a conference…utter nightmare.
First thing I see when I turn on the tv in a hotel room in Minnesota.
November 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
First thing I see when I turn on the tv in a hotel room in Minnesota.
I’m sorry, but no victory tours for Josh Shapiro until we get a state budget. That’s his job, including the part where he figures out how to get leverage over Republicans. (A not-insignificant part of the job for higher office as well.)
I talked to @JoshShapiroPA on his victory lap, after a set of PA off-year elections that he invested in and won.
Republicans saw what they were up against and "chose to pick a different fight.”
Got into some other topics... www.semafor.com/article/11/0...
Republicans saw what they were up against and "chose to pick a different fight.”
Got into some other topics... www.semafor.com/article/11/0...
Exclusive: Shapiro rejoices after going ‘all-in’ to turn Pennsylvania bluer
The governor, universally seen as a 2028 candidate, is stepping into the limelight after a successful off-year Election Day.
www.semafor.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I’m sorry, but no victory tours for Josh Shapiro until we get a state budget. That’s his job, including the part where he figures out how to get leverage over Republicans. (A not-insignificant part of the job for higher office as well.)
Enjoying @ehphd.bsky.social’s #amsmt25 on Prince and the Sex Wars, and thinking about how Susan McClary’s scholarship was so formed by her time in Minneapolis in the 80s, and Prince, and the larger art scene, and attacks from Reaganite women activists like Lynn Cheney, then-head of the NEH.
November 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Enjoying @ehphd.bsky.social’s #amsmt25 on Prince and the Sex Wars, and thinking about how Susan McClary’s scholarship was so formed by her time in Minneapolis in the 80s, and Prince, and the larger art scene, and attacks from Reaganite women activists like Lynn Cheney, then-head of the NEH.
My favorite detail of this story is RFK immediately ducking out of the room, clearly assuming that whatever happened would be pinned on him, just out of instinct.
November 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
My favorite detail of this story is RFK immediately ducking out of the room, clearly assuming that whatever happened would be pinned on him, just out of instinct.
The font on these conference badges is insanely small and I am very much a “need a quick reminder to match name and face” kind of guy. 😭
November 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The font on these conference badges is insanely small and I am very much a “need a quick reminder to match name and face” kind of guy. 😭
I forgot to bring a book for the plane ride to AMS, and so I am resorting to reading the last issue of JAMS which I had on my iPad—lest any of the dozen musicologists on this flight think I am reading it for pleasure.
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I forgot to bring a book for the plane ride to AMS, and so I am resorting to reading the last issue of JAMS which I had on my iPad—lest any of the dozen musicologists on this flight think I am reading it for pleasure.
I realize why Trump/Miller targeted Chicago—blue city in a blue state, longstanding target of racists—but choosing the Pope’s hometown also presses roughly on a very fragile joint of the Republican coalition. Hubris!
"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S.
“Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I realize why Trump/Miller targeted Chicago—blue city in a blue state, longstanding target of racists—but choosing the Pope’s hometown also presses roughly on a very fragile joint of the Republican coalition. Hubris!
Looking forward to reading thinkpieces about Lily Allen and the End of Rich Lady Polyamory Discourse in Mamdani’s New York.
November 4, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Looking forward to reading thinkpieces about Lily Allen and the End of Rich Lady Polyamory Discourse in Mamdani’s New York.
It is not passing judgment one way or another on Suda or the rebranding to note that this seems like a deeply unhealthy Board, which is very worrisome for the arts in Philly.
The Art Museum CEO was terminated via email for “cause” this morning.
Sasha Suda Out as CEO of the Philadelphia Art Museum
The museum director was terminated via email for “cause” this morning.
www.phillymag.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It is not passing judgment one way or another on Suda or the rebranding to note that this seems like a deeply unhealthy Board, which is very worrisome for the arts in Philly.