Robin James
@robinjames
editor & scholar. Pop music, gender, philosophy. Books: GOOD VIBES ONLY; THE FUTURE OF ROCK & ROLL; THE SONIC EPISTEME; RESILIENCE & MELANCHOLY. Writing a 33 1/3 on The Breeders. Bylines all over, views could only be mine lol. its-her-factory.com
I mean the history of Western philosophy has gotten a lot wrong but one thing it has gotten right is that acceptance of one's mortality and fallibility is like ground zero of being a functional self and member of society
Technically the home for ethics scholarship is in philosophy departments and there are numerous people far to the right of this in tenure line jobs in philosophy in the US and Europe
TOMORROW JULY 19 from 5-7p Eastern you can hear me spin new & classic indie on Inhailer.com. On that date in 1993, Smashing Pumpkins released SIAMESE DREAM, tho WOXY listeners preferred the Bosstones, U2, and Matthew Sweet
Most women who have experience in academic philosophy can stop this cold, every debate me bro in a philosophy class has tried this on us
In the PHL airport and saw this and the first thing I think of is ofc the TN fight song not Eye of the Tiger
Is it a surprise that now the extreme right has loudly claimed 90s alt rock as envisioned by airplay as theirs we have Olivia here retconning that grunge-centric vision and telling a new narrative that centers women
Went back to reread the McCumber and whew is that report just history repeating itself
This is wild, in state tuition at Miami was 6k/ year 96-00, I turned out smart but not rich (maybe those are related)
I am reminded of Kara Keeling's argument that digital technologies co-opt techniques traditionally found in radical Black aesthetic practices (Queer Times, Black Futures, the chapter on Grace Jones)
Its been ages since I worked on a journal article from scratch but here goes (I may even try to submit this to JAAC? Or maybe JCMS?)
Yes, those are my peonies on the cover of the book, currently blooming peony on the right
Watching the Ray’s Music Exchange scene again and it clicked? The Midwest approach to pop music is grounded in postwar Black dance genres not prewar blues.
THIS WEEKEND!! It’s the most important holiday of the year, at least for me, the INDIE 500. Join me and the Inhailer crew as we count down the top 500 indie songs of all time. I have laps 212-198, which should air sometime Sunday around my usual 5-7p Eastern.
Idk about inside of me but I live with three dogs (l to r) 1. A bossy rat terrier/chihuahua mix who often travels with me 2. A friendly but thick headed pit bull mix who warbles 3. A supermut who is both incredibly shy in new situations and incredibly needy at home
At the University of Copenhagen today to talk about publishing and about my own research. @holmesjessica.bsky.social has been an amazing host!
On my New England street the etiquette is that we take the fact that we are stuck together on that shared chunk of earth to mean more than what metaphysical beliefs we have or what our “culture” is.