Robin James

@robinjames
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writer & editor. I wrote the book about WOXY and am writing another one on vibes. Author of The Sonic Episteme, Resilience & Melancholy, and many articles at Real Life, The Guardian, Jezebel, LARB, etc.

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I have a new piece about Tom Tom Club, Mariah Carey, and play as the stewardship of creativity:

https://itsherfactory.substack.com/p/tom-tom-club-mariah-carey-and-play

Tom Tom Club, Mariah Carey, and play as the stewardship of creativity

...plus a little Maria Lugones and Kyra Gaunt

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I would love someone to pitch me a songwriting textbook.

Also would love to see a proposal for a Handbook of Sound & Listening in Rhetoric & Communications.

"Expecting individuals to radiate with good vibes despite being both abandoned and policed is a quintessential example of neoliberal resilience discourse."

A fascinating piece by @robinjames that is about Woodstock 99, alt-rock radio, and also much more. Both history and allegory.

#Neoliberalism #Music #Apocalypse

https://www.its-her-factory.com/2022/11/what-90s-alt-rock-radio-woodstock-99-and-the-telecom-act-have-to-do-with-contemporary-right-wing-media/

What 90s alt rock radio, Woodstock 99, and the Telecom Act have to do with contemporary right-wing media

CFP Announcement: Handbook of Critical Music Industry Studies:

Abstract Deadline: Dec 15

https://cpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/blog.uta.edu/dist/7/5109/files/2022/11/CFP_Handbook-of-Critical-Music-Industry-Studies_Page_1.jpg

I'll be both here and at Twitter.

Just feeling old and grumpy and not wanting to have to learn a whole new platform I guess.

I wrote about 90s alt rock radio, Woodstock 99, the Telecom Act, and what this all has to do with contemporary right-wing media:

https://open.substack.com/pub/itsherfactory/p/what-90s-alt-rock-radio-and-woodstock?r=1ejb2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

What 90s alt rock radio and Woodstock 99 reveal as direct historical precedents to 2020s right wing media

There's a direct line from "Break Stuff" to personalities like Joe Rogan, & it's about flipping devalued white masculinity based on exclusion into a profitable asset.

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Hey y'all thought I'd check back in. Anybody here?
That point in a project when you are really really looking forward to what you can do next, after this thing is done.
woke up to see my friend's face on the NYT. i'm unfamous enough that it was shocking and cool.
I have all my lesson plans for the next two months but I feel really mentally unprepared to start the new semester today.