iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Kyle Barnett @kylebarnett.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Learned today that Phillip Glass visited my university at one point, and I know nothing more than this, but my mind is blown with the possibilities.

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Kyle Barnett @kylebarnett.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Someday I will go to a Pacers game with @ericdharvey.com and it will be a proper Naptown freakout of a time. (May this come to pass.)

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Kyle Barnett @kylebarnett.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Currently overwriting. I know I’m overwriting. But it’s how I get this right. Or close to right. I have to do the cutting in revision.

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Kyle Barnett @kylebarnett.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Here’s Damon Krukowski’s recent conversation with Liz Pelly, on her book The Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Cost of the Perfect Playlist.

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Music Is Too Important To Be Left To The Marketplace

A Conversation with Liz Pelly

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Kyle Barnett @kylebarnett.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Pacers win! And…Billy Joel has a banner at MSG?

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Kyle Barnett @kylebarnett.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

So, I became a full professor earlier this year. Now I’m going through a year or two of notes reminding me to track down this book, that movie, this podcast, that band. Tons of restaurant names too. A cry for help, clearly, from weirdo Kyle. But now that I’ve pleased the normies, I’m back!

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Kyle Barnett @kylebarnett.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

In May, it does feel like a bit magic when the Indy 500 is about to happen, the Indiana Pacers are playing the Knicks in the eastern conference finals, and the Indiana Fever are back on the court.

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Kyle Barnett @kylebarnett.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Dreaming of a peripatetic summer, always. Sometimes my need to travel is met. Hong Kong would be great, but Tell City would do in a pinch.

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Ian Moody @ianmoody.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Tufts student detained by US immigration authorities must be released, judge rules. Rümeysa Öztürk has been held for over six weeks after she co-wrote an opinion piece criticizing her school’s response to Israel’s war in Gaza. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

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Tufts student detained by US immigration authorities must be released, judge rules – live

Rümeysa Öztürk has been held for over six weeks after she co-wrote an opinion piece criticizing her school’s response to Israel’s war in Gaza

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

newsrooms of the world did u know that when Rümeysa Öztürk gets out you can pay her to write an editorial, and then publish it? did u know that if all of you did this it would be a whole thing and a good one

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Kyle Barnett @kylebarnett.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Here's Reddy Kilowatt, introduced to me way back when by the good people at Indianapolis Power & Light. Apparently Reddy was an international figure, meant to educate us on electricity’s wonders and dangers.

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Kyle Barnett @kylebarnett.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

At the end of every semester, the same feeling: Now, where was I?

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'

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X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research

Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover

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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

There’s literally a post for every occasion.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 02/04/2025

me to the united states: this could be us but you playin’

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 28/03/2025

"Hardy shot to fame singing airy, carefree pop before she took control of her career, hung out with 60s rock aristocracy and became a sophisticated singer-songwriter of rare sensuality and melancholy." Françoise Hardy: France’s girlish yé-yé star was a groundbreaking musical artist:

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Françoise Hardy: France’s girlish yé-yé star was a groundbreaking musical artist

Hardy shot to fame singing airy, carefree pop before she took control of her career, hung out with 60s rock aristocracy and became a sophisticated singer-songwriter of rare sensuality and melancholy

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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 18/03/2025

"The Jaynetts' ’60s pop single 'Sally Go ‘Round the Roses' is equal parts all surface and inscrutable depth, which is why a range of artists cover it to this day." The Enduring Mystery of the Jaynetts’ “Sally Go ‘Round the Roses”:

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The Enduring Mystery of the Jaynetts' "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" » PopMatters

The Jaynett's '60s pop single "Sally Go 'Round the Roses" is equal parts all surface and inscrutable depth, which is why a range of artists cover it to this day.

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Kyle Barnett @kylebarnett.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Your old pal Kyle got his full professor badge today.

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Ann Powers @annkpowers.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

I love you Finland

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Derek Kompare @dkompare.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The architect of some of the greatest tracks of the 1970s. RIP.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Being in the room with a man who is actually strong and brave — which MAGA only pretends to be — reveals Trump and Vance for the babies they are.

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Kyle Barnett @kylebarnett.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

The sound of free-jazz geese flying over campus.

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Kyle Barnett @kylebarnett.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Full of everyday remembrances of Ealing. Then occasional shocks of hearsay. French composer Georges Auric, who scored Ealing films, bragged that his war-time composing efforts led to a steady opium supply via “special dispensation from King George VI.” I’m highly skeptical, but stranger things...

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Kyle Barnett @kylebarnett.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Roberta Flack (1937-2025). I was late to her work, finding those early albums in thrift shops. Was blown away by what I’d missed. Peace.

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Kyle Barnett @kylebarnett.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Faye Webster at Paristown Hall, Louisville. The wonderful mei ehara opened the show.

Faye Webster seen on an overhead screen while performing in Louisville last night. Below, cellphones were everywhere as fans tried to capture the experience.

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danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

My heart ached when I was reminded that Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for trying to make academic knowledge more accessible to the public. Meta, meanwhile, is doing it for their own bottom line. I'm going to guess that no one at Meta will be looking at spending 35 years in jail for this.

An image of Aaron Swartz with the following text: "Meta illegally downloaded 80+ TB of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train their AI models. In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

uncut willie dunn vibes rn. "i pity the country" (1971) youtu.be/0qsZsfn6PC4?...

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Willie Dunn - I Pity The Country [1971]

YouTube video by Estradas Flamejantes

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Kyle Barnett @kylebarnett.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Cognitive dissonance in the way everyday life goes on vs. how “constitutional crisis” registers as we move through it.

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Read the book Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @jphillll.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Kendrick certainly just made all the worst people in this country mad, so that’s some nice icing on the cake

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Kyle Barnett @kylebarnett.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

This Good Music compilation is *only available today*: a 90-song compilation (!) of unreleased material by an impressive array of artists. Proceeds benefit LA Food Bank and California Community Foundation’s Wildfire Fund. #nowplaying goodmusiccomp.bandcamp.com/album/good-m...

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Good Music to Lift Los Angeles, by Good Music

90 track album

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Kyle Barnett @kylebarnett.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

The latest episode of Severance is a doozy. I didn’t count the “wows” while I watched, but there were many.

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Will Kouf @silveremulsion.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Celestial has a new Shaw Brothers YouTube sharing full movies with subs in glorious DVD quality! Lots of rare titles so far, like the 1st film Chang Cheh directed for Shaw (co-directed w/ Yuan Qiu-Feng), the musical The Butterfly Chalice. Haven't seen it yet (or any of the others), so this is neato!

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Shaw Brothers Cinema

Your free destination for the best of classic Chinese cinema — Welcome to Shaw Brothers Cinema! Enjoy full-length films from the legendary Shaw Brothers Film Library, owned by Celestial Pictures. With...

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jesse jarnow @bourgwick.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

journey through the outer darkness on last night's frow show, 3 hours of new sounds & other comforts, including entwined goodbyes to susan alcorn & marianne faithfull, only on @wfmu.bsky.social. wfmu.org/playlists/JJ...

glitched television screenshot of newscaster where mouth has overtaken face

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Kyle Barnett @kylebarnett.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

ECHO: The Magazine You Play on Your Phonograph Vol. 1, No. 3 (1960).

Cover of ECHO, the phonograph-magazine, which depicts a phonograph arm tracking across a record. This issue’s features are listed (in the names of those written up, from Brigitte Bardot to Shelley Berman. “6 Actual High Fidelity LP Records.” Price listed as $1.50.

A screenshot from ECHO phonographic-magazine, featuring a black and white photo of France Nuyen in the bottom half of the frame, with other celebrities featured in the issue (Brigitte Bardot, Eva Gabor, etc.) listed in white on a turquoise background in the top half of the frame.

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Kyle Barnett @kylebarnett.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Why in the world would this come to mind in the here and now (excluding our North American neighbors)?

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LCD Soundsystem - North American Scum (Official Video)

YouTube video by LCD Soundsystem

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

And it begins. FBI class action lawsuit against the retaliatory purge. First Amendment Violation of Due Process Rights to Privacy www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...

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Kyle Barnett @kylebarnett.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Ladies and gentlemen, Hedy Lamarr for General Electric.

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Kyle Barnett @kylebarnett.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Impressed with my alma mater @utexasrtf.bsky.social this morning. The university just acquired Lorne Michaels’ SNL collection. The department has a new Foley stage and Dolby Atmos mix studio. Also great to see friends working on film preservation, student docs, industry connections, etc.

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