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Dan DiPiero

@dandipiero.bsky.social
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Musician, writer, and teacher. Site | dandipiero.com Substack | dandipiero.substack.com Big Feelings: Queer and Feminist Indie Rock After Riot Grrrl | press.umich.edu/Books/B/Big-Feeling…

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Justin Sherin @wychstreet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Excited the Rubber Soul remix/special edition is finally out but if you really want to get weird & look at the songs in a new way listen to just Paul & Ringo - www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSgF...
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rubber soul but it's only bass and drums
YouTube video by RBStems2
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Dan DiPiero @dandipiero.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
this is alsooo so good. (I am catching up.) "It is a performance of joy so excessive, so desperate, that it reveals the void it attempts to cover." www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-ban...
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The Banal Horror of Jimmy Fallon
Under the sterile blue lights of his studio, Fallon laughs endlessly at the same pseudo-jokes, rubs elbows with Trump and Sam Altman, and ushers in the death of culture.
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Dan DiPiero @dandipiero.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
the new crj is very, very good
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Dan DiPiero @dandipiero.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is good www.theringer.com/2026/05/22/n...
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Who’s to Blame When an Ivy League President Drives Into His Students?
“Ah! He just ran over my fucking foot!”
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Paul David Flood @pauldavidflood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We're seeking a new Associate Editor to join the Journal of Popular Music Studies Editorial Team! See the attached call for applications. iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Calls-and-An...
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International Association for the Study of Popular Music - US Chapter - JPMS Call for Associate Editor
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Fun @funkelly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I contend that people would be more afraid of it if long covid symptoms presented uniformly. of the irl people I KNOW OF covid gave 1 cardiac issues, 1 got MCAS, 1 Bell’s palsy, 1 lost sense of smell, 1 has bilateral tremors, & 1 became narcoleptic. no fucking thanks. I’m as disabled as I wish to be
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“We’re at a period where our molecular understanding is unprecedented,” said Dr. Paul Mischel, a physician scientist at Stanford. “But the infrastructure is really falling apart.” “It’s a problem — it’s a big, big problem,” he added. “People should be really angry.”
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New Cancer Drugs Are Revolutionary. Why Don’t More Patients Get Them?
Targeted gene therapies are highly effective at stopping cancers, but the very abundance of the treatments, plus cost and sluggish change, are hindering access.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This will be a thread of essays I recommend to students in my creative nonfiction workshop:
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Dan DiPiero @dandipiero.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Really delightful chat about jukebox technologies and the prehistory of club DJS dandipiero.substack.com/p/jukeboxes-...
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13 | Jukeboxes and Listening Technologies with Dr. Sarah Lindmark
How listener needs shape technologies; how technologies shape music
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Dan DiPiero @dandipiero.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As a Clevelander, I'm allowed to post this one more time: dandipiero.substack.com/p/taylor-swi...
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Taylor Swift’s Wedding Should Break Our Collective Fever
The cultural politics of her music have always been about the power of the generic.
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DCapTO @dcapto.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A lot of you don’t know you have Long Covid. 😮‍💨
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sean guynes @guynes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Plenty of university presses, too, are clamoring to "not get left behind" and respond to the "inevitability" of AI, rather than, y'know, standing on business and saying "No, we actually have a stake in stopping this."
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"Pfas companies are launching a “tidal wave” of forever chemicals production to meet demand from the AI industry, a campaign organisation has warned...a survey of the 10 biggest manufacturers found most had plans to increase production." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn
Big manufacturers planning to produce more of the forever chemicals to meet demand from datacentres
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Since it can be hard to believe that political and corporate elites would actively give up on our shared future on this singular planet, we made a short film so folks can hear from the end timers and judge for themselves. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor: the future according to end times fascism
In a new video, Klein and Taylor outline a ominous evolution taking shape on the far right – and how to stay loyal to this planet and each other
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Dan DiPiero @dandipiero.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
maybe instead of investing money into the hallucinating s*icide robot microsoft could roll out a version of their flagship product that doesn't crash every four fucking seconds. continuing to have to use word and continuing to hate it with my whole heart is a metaphor for big tech thank you for etc
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Dan DiPiero @dandipiero.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
o no, i'm thinking about crushes again. i can't figure out how to write about them but I want to so badly because they're overlooked as a political concept. here are some of the reasons the crush is inherently political:
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It should be unimaginable that in 2025 alone, seven former NFL players under 48 died as a result of suicide. That is an unforgivable figure the football industrial complex is entirely responsible for. And yet, nothing material changes. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/s...
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CTE in football players is a health crisis. It’s time for us to stop watching
A new study offers more evidence that America’s biggest sport produces life-altering head trauma. The NFL will never turn itself off, so it’s on fans to do so
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Thrilled to announce the 26/27 lineup for the American Literature and Culture Seminar at the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard. Join us if you are in town!!
September 15: Saeed Jones (Harvard); response by Namwali Serpell (Harvard)
October 28: Lara Langer Cohen (Swarthmore); response by Charline Jao (Tufts)
December 2: Lee Edelman (Tufts); response TBA
February 17: Carla Kaplan (Northeastern); response by Susan Tomlinson (U-Mass, Boston)
April 14: Dan DiPiero (Boston University); response by Sarah Lindmark (Boston College)
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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
How Vaccines Work 🧬🧫🧪🔬💉🥽
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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Reviewed the new Phoebe Bridgers www.npr.org/2026/08/13/n...
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Phoebe Bridgers remembers everything
Bridgers' third solo album is her account of a time in which she retreated from the public eye, reeling from the effects of fame, a complicated love life and the sudden death of her father.
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Dan DiPiero @dandipiero.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I'm thinking about running an undergraduate class on indie music in the spring. Please recommend any readings you find essential! And thanks!
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Alyx Vesey @alyxvesey.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I haven't gotten around to blogging about Charli. I might later (I reckon she'll get some year-end coverage). For now, please read @robinjames.bsky.social and @dandipiero.bsky.social on her and The Strokes 🤘🎸 Robin: www.its-her-factory.com/2026/08/rock... Dan: dandipiero.substack.com/p/rock-music
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Rock Vibes: on Charli and The Strokes
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Dan DiPiero @dandipiero.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A little uncomfortable with firing this one off so quickly, but I haven't been able to stop thinking about these two records since I started. Let me know what you think? dandipiero.substack.com/p/rock-music
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ROCK MUSIC
The Strokes and Charli xcx offer contrasting lessons in the technological expression of gendered feeling
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Dan DiPiero @dandipiero.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The new Strokes is the first of theirs that I've really disliked. I'm probably not gonna write about it because my reasoning isn't very interesting (auto-tune). Instead I thought I'd share an old essay ostensibly on their last record. I still like this one: lareviewofbooks.org/blog/essays/...
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Bracing For Impact: Music, Millennials, and What Comes After COVID-19 | Los Angeles Review of Books
Dan DiPiero talks about music nostalgia during the pandemic and how it shapes his attitudes and politics.
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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
In 2023 while in NOLA, a Lyft Driver and I had a conversation about leaving home. It led to him telling me about his terminal diagnosis. “An editor told me once that if you want to understand a war, interview the grave diggers. I’d add that if you want to understand a city, interview the drivers.”
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Mister Anthony
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Dan DiPiero @dandipiero.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The bad news is that nobody went for my pitch. The good news is that I got to make another collage :)
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Dan DiPiero @dandipiero.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Working overtime on tiresome takes this week dandipiero.substack.com/p/taylor-swi...
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Taylor Swift’s Wedding Should Break Our Collective Fever
The cultural politics of her music have always been about the power of the generic.
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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
a full body blow to knowledge, production, worldwide, not just a huge American loss
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Dan DiPiero @dandipiero.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
posting for the void
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Use and Uselessness
On Fascist Aesthetics in the Age of AI
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Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This is what passes for NPR discussion on higher education: does anyone have a better idea to lower costs than to cut funding and shut down whole programs? “Nope.” Haha It is literally within living memory that public universities were free of charge and fully funded by state
MALONE: Does anybody have a better idea for how to get grad school costs down?
TURNER: No.
[LAUGHTERJ
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Dan DiPiero @dandipiero.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
OK 1860 words and that's it, promise. Outlet recommendations very welcomeeeee 🙏🏼🙏🏼
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Dan DiPiero @dandipiero.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Who would be amenable to 1500 words on Taylor Swift('s wedding) at this point? (They're not complimentary words, but the piece is also about the cultural politics of "the generic", so more than just a dunk.)
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Jeremy Glover @jgrantglover.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This is the second time in as many months that a city transportation planner and cycling advocate has been killed while riding. Last month Chicago lost Riley O’Neil, now the Boston cycling community had lost Louisa Gag. Gutting, infuriating, and completely preventable. No paywall: archive.ph/AJHAy
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Dan DiPiero @dandipiero.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Brushed up on photoshop in the most minimal way possible so I could soft-launch the next, more aesthetically uniform version of cry baby. dandipiero.substack.com/p/i-like-the...
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I Like the Olivia Rodrigo Record
In part because it asks good questions: in this pop landscape, what does it mean to reference the past?
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 04/07/2026
no matter which way the cultural pendulum swings I am always in the right when it comes to her
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Treble @treblezine.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
A unique paean to outsized feelings
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Treble 100: No. 90, Carly Rae Jepsen - E•MO•TION | Treble
Through the release of 2015's E•MO•TION, Carly Rae Jepsen shook off the one-hit wonder status with a vibrant record that sounds like love
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 24/06/2026
Six years since the start of COVID and this type of misinformation by omission is still rampant. The best protection against airborne pathogens is wearing a high quality mask.
What is the biggest infectious disease risk at World Cup matches?

Health experts say the more realistic worry is about respiratory diseases like the cold, flu, RSV, and COVID. These spread readily through the air—via coughs and sneezes—especially in crowded conditions. Many stadiums are outdoors, which helps cut down on transmission, but being in tight quarters next to someone who is sick could make you sick as well.How can I protect myself from getting sick?

It's advice you've heard since childhood, but doctors say the best defense against germs is washing your hands. Traditional soap and water work on a number of levels, from the physical removal and destruction of microbes on your hands to cleaning away any dirt and grime.
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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her) @themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
When I was at IU, the sample gates pictured here were almost always draped in pride flags. This year IU cut the departments in which I majored (RLGS; CompLit), censored award-winning student newspaper IDS, fired their advisor & now, this fuckery. My alma mater has become a complete embarrassment.
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Dan DiPiero @dandipiero.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
In 1995 there were three one-hit wonders that name-checked both God and public transportation. I wrote about them in this piece and linked them together with my theory about why crushes matter to our living. I’ve been in a writing rut for the past year! But I really like this one! Check it out?
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Dan DiPiero @dandipiero.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Wrote about Joan Osborne's nose ring for Talk Vomit. talkvomit.com/2026/06/21/c...
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Crush/Resurface
Dr. Miller has me writing lists in therapy. Three stock phrases I can use to initiate small talk. Three values that I want to prioritize in the new year. Three crushes I cherished and what they disclo...
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Dan DiPiero @dandipiero.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
I am super grateful for Shayna Maskell's generous review of my book, out in the next issue of Popular Music History. doi.org/10.1558/pomh...
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Dan DiPiero, Big Feelings: Queer and Feminist Indie Rock After Riot Grrrl | Popular Music History
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Dan DiPiero @dandipiero.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
My fourth piece for the inimitable @clereviewbooks.bsky.social clereviewofbooks.com/nonfiction-a...
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Nonfiction at the End of the Humanities: On Sarah Mesle’s “Reasons and Feelings” and Alia Hanna Habib’s “Take It from Me” - Cleveland Review of Books
Throughout, Mesle asks questions I have lost sleep over and ones I did not think to wonder about. Because of how good and important these questions are, I was frustrated at times by a lack of clear an...
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Dan DiPiero @dandipiero.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
made a record of mostly melancholy beeps & boops. anything it raises will be / has been donated. it's the first musical thing i've made & liked since i can remember. maybe you'll like it, too. dipiero.bandcamp.com/album/cry-ba...
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cry babies, by Dan DiPiero
13 track album
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Listening Habit @listeninghabit.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
“there is a gutting of mid‑tier artists – the kind that can have a good, steady career that pays the bills, but is not at superstar level. Now, it’s either really working or you’re just accruing debt – there’s not a lot in between.” www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...
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‘Major labels are trying to scoop up everything’: the chaotic future for indie music companies – and why vinyl isn’t working
As stalwarts Sub Pop and Rough Trade celebrate big anniversaries, insiders speak candidly about the challenges they face. Can streaming ever ensure their survival?
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
My campus just had to make across-the-board 7% budget cuts (after making cuts last year as well) yet UMS found $1.39 million for a 2-year contract with OpenAI.
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Maine public universities nears $1.39M deal for systemwide AI tool
The two-year contract will cost about $1.39 million and serve an estimated 25,200 students and 5,600 employees, likely starting in July.
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Dan DiPiero @dandipiero.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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What is the "pop" in indie pop?
Unsurprisingly: an index of gender and affect
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Science Magazine @science.org · 09/05/2026
Breaking news: Indiana University plant microbiologist Roger Innes has been locked out of his laboratory by the school in response to a request by one of his federal funders. The move comes after Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs. scim.ag/4tsDqRr
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After USDA request, Indiana plant biologist locked out of lab by school
Move comes after Roger Innes complained about the government’s prosecution of Chinese postdocs
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Dan DiPiero @dandipiero.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
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Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew on Making a Band of Friends Last Forever
An all-encompassing interview about the Canadian collective’s first new album in nearly a decade—and why their music means so much to me.
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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 09/05/2026
This website shows you what your browser is leaking about you. sinceyouarrived.world/taken
sinceyouarrived.world
taken.
A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.
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