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
The past[a] is [in] a foreign country.
November 10, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The past[a] is [in] a foreign country.
I hate Schumer as much as the next leftist, but he has been known to occasionally pull off those sorts of stunts. Fingers crossed.
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I hate Schumer as much as the next leftist, but he has been known to occasionally pull off those sorts of stunts. Fingers crossed.
Imagining Joyce Carol Oates as Hodor, heroically holding the door shut so we can all flee.
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Imagining Joyce Carol Oates as Hodor, heroically holding the door shut so we can all flee.
My theory about Joyce Carol Oates is that all her bad posts are her charging up like Godzilla's spines until she lets loose with a radioactive blast that leaves the world's richest Nazi a pile of ash
November 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
They are so, so tiny.
November 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
They are so, so tiny.
And of course this is all extremely triggering for those of us in academia where faculty governance is being eroded in a very similar manner.
November 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
And of course this is all extremely triggering for those of us in academia where faculty governance is being eroded in a very similar manner.
I have no inside knowledge of what happened or the veracity of the allegations, but if true they are extremely serious issues for a scholarly society.
November 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I have no inside knowledge of what happened or the veracity of the allegations, but if true they are extremely serious issues for a scholarly society.
To summarize, the drama as I know it is allegations that (1) the program committee was prevented from actually overseeing the selection and organization of the conference program, and (2) that the AMS ethics committee officially approved by membership is being shut down with no public discussion.
November 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
To summarize, the drama as I know it is allegations that (1) the program committee was prevented from actually overseeing the selection and organization of the conference program, and (2) that the AMS ethics committee officially approved by membership is being shut down with no public discussion.
don’t let him near any subway sandwiches.
November 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
don’t let him near any subway sandwiches.
Joseph Kerman is rolling over in his grave.
November 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Joseph Kerman is rolling over in his grave.
Maybe also should say publicly for the record that the AMS program committee members were very conspicuously absent from the business meeting.
November 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Maybe also should say publicly for the record that the AMS program committee members were very conspicuously absent from the business meeting.
People were definitely circling around afterwards wondering what was going on. To be fair I didn’t stay for the awards, which were done kind of separately.
November 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
People were definitely circling around afterwards wondering what was going on. To be fair I didn’t stay for the awards, which were done kind of separately.
Also, hate being mysterious, so I think okay to say (and I don’t know much) that the rumors have to do with the ethics committee, and also a question as to who actually put the conference program together.
November 9, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Also, hate being mysterious, so I think okay to say (and I don’t know much) that the rumors have to do with the ethics committee, and also a question as to who actually put the conference program together.
I think one thing I can say—just as an attendee, not on the council—is that the business meeting was short and seemed abbreviated, and the rumors that are swirling around ethics issues were not addressed, as many people expected them to be.
November 9, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I think one thing I can say—just as an attendee, not on the council—is that the business meeting was short and seemed abbreviated, and the rumors that are swirling around ethics issues were not addressed, as many people expected them to be.
😬 fingers crossed.
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
😬 fingers crossed.
She’s a kook! Gotta love it.
November 9, 2025 at 12:07 AM
She’s a kook! Gotta love it.
And I gather that her pop singing career came…after Sam and Cat? How did she do that?
November 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
And I gather that her pop singing career came…after Sam and Cat? How did she do that?
My daughter was into it right when the Wicked press tour was going on, and so just in general I am (favorably) flummoxed by her.
November 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
My daughter was into it right when the Wicked press tour was going on, and so just in general I am (favorably) flummoxed by her.
My 9yo was very into it as well; never figured that out.
November 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
My 9yo was very into it as well; never figured that out.
I have loved so much every single thinkpiece of his I have read.
November 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I have loved so much every single thinkpiece of his I have read.