Alyx Vesey

1959 HITS ARCHIVE: The Big Hurt - Toni Fisher (a #2 record) YouTube video by The45Prof

For example

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Shoutout to the student who told me to “pull up” to Olive Garden during his shift tonight

The frat dudes are bumping Steely Dan’s “Reelin in the Years” I guess spring has sprung

It really helps you see what's missing in a different way

I love the part of writing something that feels like you've put together most of the puzzle except for a few random pieces

Tune in to Popular Music Books In Process today at 5:30p ET for a conversation between @areum.bsky.social and Samantha James about Areum's new book, K-Pop Fandom: Performing Deokhu from the 1990s to Today. All biases welcome!

Schedule link: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...

🤣 Happy to scream in a glass enclosure with you

Just overheard a student say to her friend that “there’s two months left of college, time to get my shit together.” #relatable

Cool CFP alert

Side hustles Some thoughts about gender and creative ambition in Boogie Nights

Good morning! Inspired by Molly Lambert’s great JennaWorld podcast, I wrote a post about Boogie Nights and creative ambition that’s my poem to Amber Waves, Rollergirl, Jessie St. Vincent, and Becky Barnett.

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I was their age when that album came out 😮‍💨

Listening to a college band perform Green Day’s “Basketcase” and thinking about how all of them were born after 1994

'Zodiac' and the art of the insert shot Zodiac (2007) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443706/ Directed by David Fincher Edited by Angus Wall Song - Soul Sacrifice by Santana Inspired by vimeo.com/85311313…

Every time I hear Santana’s “Soul Sacrifice,” I remember the time in grad school when I played a Zodiac insert shot montage for a discussion section and someone came in to tell me to turn it down

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I’m reading Carrie Rickey’s Agnès Varda biography before work pulls me away from recreational reading for a few weeks and one reason she’s the GOAT is the time she said “Leave me my anger” when her husband tried to console her about a CNC rejection. She channeled her anger into writing Le Bonheur. 💪🏻

My imaginary 2026 Rock Hall ballot

1. Jeff Buckley
2. Mariah Carey
3. Lauryn Hill
4. Joy Division/New Order
5. Wu-Tang Clan
6. Sade
7. Luther Vandross

Difficult cuts: INXS (get New Order in first), Melissa Etheridge (hope Brandi Carlile inducts her)

When you’re famous they let you do it

A word that appears multiple times in my episode guide

Seamless transition into "Murder Was The Case" for the trial wowowow

VH1 - 1994: Behind the Music (2001) YouTube video by Pets, Animals, Travel, Docs, & Rare Musical Stuff

I'm watching Behind the Music's 1994 episode and I regret to inform you that they used Coolio's "Fantastic Voyage" to score OJ's Bronco chase

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His third competition and this time it’s personal 🌶️

Yes

Had no business going this hard

Jack Donaghy holding two mugs

Me playing a teacher in a PSA my students are shooting

a woman is making a funny face while standing in front of a basket of food . Alt: Carrie winks

Today a big tall dude student said he recently started watching Sex and the City and described the show as “delightful!”

Shot of Faye Miller and Don Draper seated in the conference room, with Megan at her desk behind and between them

A shot I think about often

Ah, yes. That tricky evergreen task of turning 30 pages of word jazz into a tight five.

In case you missed it, here’s last night’s PMBIP chat with Amani, Emily, and Brandon about Whitney and R&B vocal groups. Topics include: reinvention, interpolation, crossing over, Marvin, hip-hop, gospel, new jack, The Prince of Egypt, and the Star-Spangled Banner.

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