Derek Kompare

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he/him/his, media scholar, teacher, administrator, spouse, parent, fan, procrastinator, player of games, physical media stan, kind curmudgeon, aging radical, short term skeptic, long term optimist, 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 ally

#MediaStudies
#MediaIndustries
#Commodon
#HigherEd
#Television
#Film
#Music
#VideoGames
#DoctorWho
#StarTrek
#CrimeFiction

workhttps://www.smu.edu/film
researchMedia systems and how they age.
places that are homeDallas, New Mexico, Los Angeles, London, Tucson, Madison
HASTAC sitehttps://hastac.hcommons.org/members/dkompare/
Gotta admit that “since you spent $12, would you like a giant spoon?” was not a question I anticipated when we went out for frozen yogurt tonight.

A+ autocorrect/freudian slip from the Chronicle's marketing team this morning.

#HigherEd

Arrived for our annual pilgrimage. 😋

#NewMexico

Apt that my random wallpaper this Monday morning is a shot out of my LAX Marriott hotel window at sunset on the last night of my last (to date) #gally1, exactly four years ago.

I hope everyone fortunate to go this year had a great time!

D’vana Tendi, Mistress of the Winter Constellations, joins my desktop council of advisors.

#StarTrek #LowerDecks

Followed a hunch in the recesses of my memory to dig in an old folder in a closet to unearth the manual to my 40 year old turntable. I want to get this cartridge replacement right this time.

#Vinyl #Music

Shout-out to this excellent new media history book by Eleanor Patterson. It’s a fascinating dive into media fans getting around official distribution regimes to foster their own cultures of collecting and community.

#Books #Bookstodon #MediaStudies #Radio #Television #StarTrek

Tonight’s album mix.

#Music