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Nick Tochka

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Ethnomusicology, popular music studies, creative nonfiction. Eastern Europe / Albania, United States, and Multicultural Australia.

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I have never gotten more love on the podcast than I have for mentioning Bunnicula, the vampire rabbit who sucks the juice out of vegetables. 🐰 🩸

23.02.2026 23:42 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
Back cover of Musical Lives of Charles Manson, insta post from Cracked and Spineless Books in Hobart, Tasmania

Back cover of Musical Lives of Charles Manson, insta post from Cracked and Spineless Books in Hobart, Tasmania

Excited to start seeing my new book out in the wild! Thanks @crackednspineless.bsky.social! My students tell me this is the best bookstore in Tasmania :)

23.02.2026 03:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Greek Left, Whitlam and the Dismissal: a radical legacy Whitlam meant a great deal to working-class migrant communities.

Continued musings from my ongoing work on the community origins of multiculturalism and 1975 - bittersweet, to have something published in @meanjin.bsky.social - meanjin.com.au/essays/the-g...

24.09.2025 11:42 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Final page proofs submitted, now in press! Really looking forward to this being out in the world. Preorder now!

19.09.2025 11:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Professors: I'd like a desk and some bookcases for my books.

Universities: We'RE BUiLdINg A sPACe CeNTeR!!!

02.09.2025 10:38 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3
Draft of an index, beginning with the term acid and ending with Zarathustra

Draft of an index, beginning with the term acid and ending with Zarathustra

Indexing, indexing, indexing, from "acid" to "Zarathustra" for my new book, Musical Lives of Charles Manson out with @bloomsburymus.bsky.social in February 2026!

02.09.2025 06:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Did Charles Manson personify the violence that rock counterculture inflicted on American society? Or did his music diagnose the dehumanizing effects of society’s broken institutions? Discover more in The Musical Lives of Charles Manson.

Pre-order now: bit.ly/4l8mFXH

29.08.2025 07:05 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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08.08.2025 12:57 πŸ‘ 1137 πŸ” 129 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 6
Bumper sticker reading If you can read this, pull over so I can tell you all about my research based art practice

Bumper sticker reading If you can read this, pull over so I can tell you all about my research based art practice

20.08.2025 11:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Did Charles Manson personify the violence that rock counterculture inflicted on American society? Or did his music diagnose the dehumanizing effects of society’s broken institutions? Discover more in The Musical Lives of Charles Manson.

Pre-order now: bit.ly/4l8mFXH

25.07.2025 12:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Tibetan spaniel reading a book

Tibetan spaniel reading a book

Today's reading buddy

20.08.2025 10:45 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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09.08.2025 16:30 πŸ‘ 110 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

My new book, coming out early 2026…

08.08.2025 22:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œThey are afraid of it, because it tells the truth,” - Charles Manson

What truths did the Manson Family's music tell? And how did stories about their music help Americans understand the meaning of the Sixties?

Pre-order The Musical Lives of Charles Manson: bit.ly/4l8mFXH

08.08.2025 17:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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08.08.2025 22:06 πŸ‘ 1481 πŸ” 217 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3
A beautiful golden Tibetan spaniel relaxing in the sun 🌞

A beautiful golden Tibetan spaniel relaxing in the sun 🌞

Mr Tibbie is ready for the weekend, TGIF!

08.08.2025 05:31 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Currently in our summer sale 🌞

A candid reevaluation of dance music as an everyday culture that reproduces social inequalities.

Shop: www.bloomsbury.com/dance-music-...

30.07.2025 15:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We were neither of us at all clever, we were too happy.

18.02.2025 13:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0