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IASPM-US/POP Conference Round-Up: Tavia Nyong’o

March 29, 2012

In the next few weeks, in the follow-up to the IASPM-US/POP Conference in NYC March 22-25, we’ll be posting several round-ups from those who attended. The goal is to provide a mosaic of several different experiences instead of a single, authoritative account. So each of these will be subjective, focusing on one person’s navigation of [...]

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Post-Conference Post

March 26, 2012

Many thanks to Eric Weisbard, the Clive Davis Institute at NYU, and the executive, program, and coordinating committees of IASPM-US and EMP for a ridiculously fantastic conference weekend. A few things to consider: 1. If you had a good time but aren’t currently a member of IASPM-US, join us! It’s easy, and it helps us [...]

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The Conference Is Here!

March 22, 2012

It’s conference time for IASPM-US and EMP. Join us at the Kilmer Center at NYU this weekend for, as Colbert puts it, “less rock, more talk.” Except he’s wrong, of course. Check out the schedule to see when you can hear papers, when you can hear from musicians like Esperanza Spaulding, GZA, and Questlove, and [...]

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IASPM-US/POP Conference Preview: Zaheer Ali

March 21, 2012

In the coming weeks, we will be previewing several papers that will be read at the 2012 IASPM-US/POP Conference in New York. This preview is courtesy of Zaheer Ali, whose paper “MPLS (Minneapolis): As Site and Sound” is scheduled for the Minneapolis Royalty: Prince lunch session, 1:00-2:00 on Saturday, March 24 in KC 808. The [...]

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IASPM-US/POP Conference Preview: Summer Kim Lee

March 20, 2012

In the coming weeks, we will be previewing several papers that will be read at the 2012 IASPM-US/POP Conference in New York. This preview is courtesy of Summer Kim Lee, whose paper “‘Singin’ Up On You’: Queer Intimacies of the Sonorous Body in ‘The New Sound Karaoke’” is scheduled for the Turn It Up! One: Listening [...]

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IASPM-US/POP Conference Preview: Elizabeth Lindau

March 19, 2012

In the coming weeks, we will be previewing several papers that will be read at the 2012 IASPM-US/POP Conference in New York. This preview is courtesy of Elizabeth Lindau, whose paper “‘Mother Superior’: Maternity as Performance Art in the Work of Yoko Ono” is scheduled for the Yoko, Dollybirds, and a Female Elvis session, 11:15-12:45 [...]

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IASPM-US/POP Conference Preview: Wendy Hsu

March 19, 2012

In the coming weeks, we will be previewing several papers that will be read at the 2012 IASPM-US/POP Conference in New York. This preview is courtesy of Wendy Hsu, whose paper “Transforming Diaspora: The Kominas’s Translocal Socio-musical Geography” is scheduled for the Indie Rock and the Translocal session, 2:15-3:45pm on Saturday, March 24 in KC 808. [...]

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IASPM-US/POP Conference Preview: Benjamin Court

March 16, 2012

In the coming weeks, we will be previewing several papers that will be read at the 2012 IASPM-US/POP Conference in New York. This preview is courtesy of Benjamin Court, whose paper “Feeling the Political in ‘Can You Feel It?’” is scheduled for the Clubways session, 4:00-6:00pm on Friday, March 23 in KC 803. How do [...]

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EMP Too Good for Colbert

March 16, 2012

If you haven’t seen it yet, Stephen Colbert sent some love/hate our way this week when he complained about not having his paper accepted to this year’s IASPM-US/POP conference.

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Call for Round-Ups and Official Conference Hashtag

March 15, 2012

The 2012 IASPM-US/POP Conference is only a week away! We’d like to feature a handful of round-ups of the conference in the week or two after it ends, so we’re looking for volunteers to step up. The round-up need only be 700-1200 words giving an overview of the ideas, sessions, and general vibe of the [...]

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IASPM-US/POP Conference Preview: Kathryn Ostrofsky

March 14, 2012

In the coming weeks, we will be previewing several papers that will be read at the 2012 IASPM-US/POP Conference in New York. This preview is courtesy of Kathryn Ostrofsky, whose paper “Taking Sesame to the Streets: Young Children’s Interactions with Pop Music in the Urban Classrooms of 1970s New York” is scheduled for the NYC [...]

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IASPM-US/POP Conference Preview: Alex W. Rodriguez

March 13, 2012

In the coming weeks, we will be previewing several papers that will be read at the 2012 IASPM-US/POP Conference in New York. This preview is courtesy of Alex W. Rodriguez, whose paper “‘Deconstructing the Hang: Urban Spaces as Cross-Cultural Contexts for Jazz Improvisation” is scheduled for the Jazz Alleys session, 4:00-6:00 on Saturday, March 24 [...]

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IASPM-US/POP Conference Preview: Lindsay Bernhagen

March 11, 2012

In the coming weeks, we will be previewing several papers that will be read at the 2012 IASPM-US/POP Conference in New York. This preview is courtesy of Lindsay Bernhagen, whose paper “‘Everyone Here is a Little Weird’: Gender and Musical Intersubjectivity at the Girlz Rhythm ‘n’ Rock Camp” is scheduled for the Women’s Networks session, [...]

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IASPM-US Conference Preview: Cookie Woolner

March 8, 2012

In the coming weeks, we will be previewing several papers that will be read at the 2012 IASPM-US/POP Conference in New York. This preview is courtesy of Cookie Woolner, whose paper “‘Ethel Must Not Marry’: Black Swan Records and the Queer Classic Blues Women” is scheduled for the Black Manhattan session, 2:15-3:45 on Saturday, March [...]

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IASPM-US/POP Conference Preview: Raymond Knapp

March 6, 2012

In the coming weeks, we will be previewing several papers that will be read at the 2012 IASPM-US/POP Conference in New York. This preview is courtesy of Raymond Knapp, whose paper “The Sound of Broadway’s Mean Streets” is scheduled for the Broadway Bound session, 2:!5-3:45 on Friday, March 23 in KC 808. Although Broadway musicals [...]

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