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Katie Reed

@katiereedwrites.bsky.social
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Musicologist, writer, movie lover, part-time sewist.

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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's out in the world! Congrats to all, especially intrepid co-editors Kate Galloway and Reba Wissner! There's fascinating work in here -- from Perry Mason to Taylor Swift, from Legend of Zelda to Rocky Horror, from Star Trek to the OC, from Bowie to Olivia Rodrigo, and so, so much more!
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Adaptation, Rearrangement, and Music Across Screen Media
Adaptation, Rearrangement, and Music Across Screen Media explores the various ways in which adaptation and rearrangement shape the role of music across a range of screen media and communities of viewi...
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Are you looking for something to do tomorrow afternoon? Join me to talk all things Velvet Goldmine and cult media! I'll be at Fullerton Public Library at 1 pm tomorrow to talk about my new book and the ways that music and film can help us see ourselves. I'd love to see you there!
Title slide for presentation: “that’s me!”: finding identity and community in cult movies and music. The background image is a still from VELVET GOLDMINE: Arthur Stuart (Christian Bale) stepping out for the first time in his glam rock togs
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Are you looking for something to do tomorrow afternoon? Join me to talk all things Velvet Goldmine and cult media! I'll be at Fullerton Public Library at 1 pm tomorrow to talk about my new book and the ways that music and film can help us see ourselves. I'd love to see you there!
Title slide for presentation: “that’s me!”: finding identity and community in cult movies and music. The background image is a still from VELVET GOLDMINE: Arthur Stuart (Christian Bale) stepping out for the first time in his glam rock togs
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Cool venue or coolest venue? Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever cemetery for Shudder to Think!
Fireplace (lit red), gong, and thrones at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Love to have a hobby that allows me to think “wide-legged bronze pants would be cool” at like 10 am and make them by that evening.
Sparkly bronze pleated pants on a hangerPhoto of a sewing pattern and sparkly bronze fabric
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Love to have a hobby that allows me to think “wide-legged bronze pants would be cool” at like 10 am and make them by that evening.
Sparkly bronze pleated pants on a hangerPhoto of a sewing pattern and sparkly bronze fabric
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Gautam Hans @gshans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A really wonderful remembrance from Victor Garber at "Godspell" — he's an excellent writer and this made me want to seek out the film. www.vulture.com/article/vict...
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The Role That Changed Everything
Getting cast as Jesus in Godspell, I recognized that my life would never be the same.
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Me: I taught Cole Porter today and now “Anything Goes” is stuck in my head My husband: you mean the opening number from TEMPLE OF DOOM?!
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
My favorite thing I’ve learned today? That the International Ladies Garment Workers Union staged a revue called “Pins and Needles” in 1937. They took it to the FDR White House in 1938!
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
My favorite thing I’ve learned today? That the International Ladies Garment Workers Union staged a revue called “Pins and Needles” in 1937. They took it to the FDR White House in 1938!
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
My husband told me Blizz Con was happening locally. I heard “Liz Con” and imagined thousands cosplaying as Liz Taylor. Caftans, huge jewels, the smell of White Diamonds in the air… I am so disappointed.
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
My husband told me Blizz Con was happening locally. I heard “Liz Con” and imagined thousands cosplaying as Liz Taylor. Caftans, huge jewels, the smell of White Diamonds in the air… I am so disappointed.
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Saw the MANHUNTER 4k restoration at @thefridacinema.org tonight and wow wow wow this movie remains so beautiful. And Brian Cox remains the best Hannibal Lecktor, but everybody knows that.
Beautiful still from Michael Mann’s MANHUNTER with Kim Greist and Dennis Farina silhouetted against a sunset over the water.
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Please note: your puppet will not be able to play the theremin. It requires human hands. (Never change, FB Marketplace.)
FB Marketplace listing for a Moog Theremini. Disappointed seller could not get his puppet to play the Theremini without human assistance.
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Teaching about ragtime today and a student called Scott Joplin “ScoJo”. I snort laughed in front of the class.
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Immediately incorporated into today’s American Popular Music class. Thank you, @tressiemcphd.bsky.social!
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Solidarity to everyone teaching popular music courses this semester. Welcome to week one! (Crying and scrapping tomorrow’s lecture)
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
God I love 9 TO 5. Dolly knows how to handle a sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot. (This could really use a rerelease and a nice restoration!)
Still from 9 TO 5 showing Dolly hog tying a sexist egotistical lying hypocritical bigot (Dabney Coleman)
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Sara Habein @sarahabein.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
😭😭😭
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Dolly Parton The Highwomen She's an Eagle Live at the Newport Folk Festival 2019
YouTube video by Angus Mcbiscuit Video
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A few weeks ago, I added Dolly (in Best Little Whorehouse in Texas) to my 100 embroidered ladies. While we all remember her voice, songwriting, and philanthropy, please also enjoy her acting. BLWiT is a DELIGHT. RIP, Dolly. We miss you already.
Blue embroidery hoop with an embroidered Dolly Parton in costume from BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXASA still from BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS: Dolly Parton looking like an absolute dish (of course)
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Channeling badass Peggy Olson energy to start my school year next week!
A small blue embroidery hoop with a rendering of Peggy Olson carrying her belongings out of McCann, smoking, looking badass. A still from MAD MEN of Peggy Olson carrying her belongings out of McCann, smoking, looking badass.
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
OC locals: join me at the Fullerton Public Library next month to talk VELVET GOLDMINE and cult media! I am super excited to bring this book to my local library and a broader audience. Long live libraries! As always, book is available @bloomsburymedia.bsky.social or your favorite shop (or library!)
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Town&Gown - "That's Me!": Velvet Goldmine, Cult Media, and Finding Ourselves
There’s a particular, personal joy in seeing oneself in art that seems meant for just you. In the 1998 film Velvet Goldmine, characters find themselves reflected in music,...
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Post the best picture you’ve ever taken of your pet. (Can’t choose. Both are options for Max’s album cover for his moody singer-songwriter debut. He does a lot of staring into the distance, contemplating.)
A scruffy terrier stares out the window, his chin resting on his paws on the windowsillA scruffy terrier poses in front of shelves full of movies, his chin resting on the arm of a light gray couch
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Post the best picture you’ve ever taken of your pet. (Can’t choose. Both are options for Max’s album cover for his moody singer-songwriter debut. He does a lot of staring into the distance, contemplating.)
A scruffy terrier stares out the window, his chin resting on his paws on the windowsillA scruffy terrier poses in front of shelves full of movies, his chin resting on the arm of a light gray couch
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
This is why I love shopping vintage patterns: (A handwritten note) “is this dress too sexy for Carol’s wedding festivities?” (Response in a different hand) “NO” (Idk, it’s pretty sexy. Carol might be scandalized.)
A 1970s Vogue American designer pattern by Jerry Silverman with open back, shown in red and in a white-backed print. Handwritten note reads “is this dress too sexy for Carol’s wedding festivities? NO”
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Pretty pleased with Toto. (Only 78 more ladies to go on my project!)
A blue embroidery hoop, help by a hand with orange nail polish, holds a tiny embroidered Dorothy from THE WIZARD OF OZ. She has her dog Toto in a basket.
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Pretty pleased with Toto. (Only 78 more ladies to go on my project!)
A blue embroidery hoop, help by a hand with orange nail polish, holds a tiny embroidered Dorothy from THE WIZARD OF OZ. She has her dog Toto in a basket.
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I had to. Brian Slade of VELVET GOLDMINE
Blue embroidery hoop holding a figure in an asymmetrical purple jumpsuit with mic stand Still from VELVET GOLDMINE showing Brian Slade in asymmetrical purple jumpsuit
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Alexander McQueen, Spring/Summer 2001: VOSS Red and black ostrich feathers on skirt, medical slides painted red on bodice (Mine is chain stitch skirt in variegated red, glass beads for bodice)
Blue embroidery hoop with a figure in red/black dress and glass bead bodiceRunway image of the inspiration dress, McQueen S/S01
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
VELVET GOLDMINE made the CSU’s summer reading list! Check it out, and check out all the other cool books: (You can get my book from @bloomsburymedia.bsky.social , bookshop, amazon, or your local bookstore!)
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
“They’re all gonna laugh at you!” (My first attempt at beading for CARRIE’s pigs blood)
Blue embroidery hoop with a woman in a pink dress and beaded “pigs blood” a la Carrie WhiteMovie poster for Brian de Palma’s CARRIE (1976)
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Cher, of course.
A blue embroidery hoop with a small Cher Horowitz of CLUELESS in her yellow skirt suitStill from CLUELESS showing Cher in yellow, holding a big 1995 cellphone
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
And Holly Golightly with Cat at the end of BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’s
Blue embroidery hood with a woman in trench coat holding an orange cat in the rain (Holly and Cat from BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S)Still from BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S: Holly holding Cat in the rain
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
“She’s dead. Wrapped in plastic.”
A blue embroidery hoop holding an embroidered Laura Palmer of TWIN PEAKS, dead and wrapped in plastic
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Many years ago, a student literally passed out during the eyeball scene in UN CHIEN ANDALOU. (I swear, I did prepare them for it!)
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
And my favorite: MIDSOMMAR flower finale
An embroidered MIDSOMMAR flower tent dress, entirely in French knots
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
“She’s dead. Wrapped in plastic.”
A blue embroidery hoop holding an embroidered Laura Palmer of TWIN PEAKS, dead and wrapped in plastic
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I’m visiting my mom and embarking on an embroidery project that is too ambitious for my skills: outfits for 100 ladies. I’ve done a few that are just fun experiments, like my curly girly:
An embroidery hoop with a figure in a blue and white dress with curly brown hair
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Celebrating a decade with Max with a Max-sized croissant! (He got edible treats, too)
A scruffy schnauzer mix poses on a leather couch. In front of him is a huge stuffed croissant toy
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Ten years with this beautiful boy. How lucky we were to find each other! He’s been the sweetest, weirdest, grumpiest little old man for the past decade. We love him more than I can say. Grateful to Humane Society of Utah for my perfect pup.
An extra scruffy pup stands in the back seat of a car. The Wasatch range can be seen through the window
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Work in progress
A sewing project on a dress form: a brightly colored geometric print taking shape as a shirt dress.
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Soaking up the last of the June Gloom with my boy
A schnauzer mix sits in a patio chair with blue cushions. An e reader and coffee mug are in the foreground
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Dana Stevens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Buster Keaton didn't stand still while a two-ton housefront collapsed on top of him with a window cut out to barely clear his shoulders on each side so you could tell me that AI is "inevitable."
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Name film with a title that is a full sentence.
Cover image for Arrow release of YOUR VICE IS A LOCKED ROOM AND ONLY I HAVE THE KEY
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
FB Marketplace in Los Angeles is truly something else.
A FB marketplace listing selling Dr Dre’s pink sink
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Christian Lipski @christianlipski.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Last mirror before Maxwell: @katiereedwrites.bsky.social it's more like dancing :)
I am holding up the book Velvet Goldmine by Katherine M. Reed. Behind it are various items including a Velvet Goldmine postcard, Elvis Presley magnet, Bowie Rolling Stone issue, old ActUp silence=death sticker.
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
I was very excited to enjoy my new comfy cushions on the patio furniture. Maxwell got there first. Guess it’s his seat now.
A scruffy schnauzer mix sits in a wood patio chair with a bright blue seat cushion. Sunshine and plants are visible behind him
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Celebrating with pizza and beer: the David Bowie stout, a beer that appears to be made for me specifically.
A checkered tablecloth and two beers and a dish of garlic knots on itPorters, Stouts & Seasonal

The David Bowie
Porter - American
5.5% ABV • Bottle Logic Brewing
• Anaheim, CA •
Porter finished with cacao nibs, espresso beans, chocolate chai spices, and maple
syrup.
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Katie Reed @katiereedwrites.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Honestly, talking about my book here has been so much fun, and a kind of microcosm of online Velvet Goldmine fandom. Lots of people passionately excited about the same film/music I love!
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