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Riffs @popmusicjournal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

📚 NEW REVIEW 📚 Lambros Fatsis (University of London) reviews "Like Lockdown Never Happened: Music + Culture During Covid" by Joy White.

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Riffs @popmusicjournal.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

📚 NEW REVIEW 📚 Tom Astley (Northumbria University) reviews “I Know How To Live: The Life of Kristen Pfaff” by Guy Mankowski, with a forward by Jason Pfaff.

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Riffs @popmusicjournal.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

📖 FRESH 📖 Riffs Special Issue – Zine Your Thesis – June 2026 Featuring an editorial by Iain A. Taylor and contributions from José Rama Domínguez, Alice Gibson, Rebecca Williamson, Yuyuan Xue, Polly Bodenger, and Gary Lloyd. riffsjournal.org/special-issu...

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Riffs @popmusicjournal.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

⚡ MEET THE ISSUE! ⚡ Tom O'Boyle recounts " Life lessons from the diaries of a madman" Available now via the link in bio!

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Riffs @popmusicjournal.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

⚡ MEET THE ISSUE! ⚡ Jasmine Shadrack kicks of part two of the special issue with “'What is This that Stands Before Me?': Ozzy Osbourne and the legacy of heaviness" Available now via the link in bio!

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Riffs @popmusicjournal.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

⚡ MEET THE ISSUE! ⚡ Part 2 of the Ozzy Osbourne special issue — "Diaries of Mad Fans and Academics" — features reflections from Jasmine Hazel Shadrack, Tom O’Boyle, and Peter J Newton with Louis Clark Jn. Available now via the link in bio!

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Riffs @popmusicjournal.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

⚡ MEET THE ISSUE! ⚡ "When Black Sabbath wasn’t the founding band of heavy metal" by Gérôme Guibert Available now via the link in bio!

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Riffs @popmusicjournal.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

⚡ MEET THE ISSUE! ⚡ Jeremy Wallach discusses "Metal’s trickster hero" Available now via the link in bio!

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Riffs @popmusicjournal.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

⚡ MEET THE ISSUE! ⚡ Black Sabbath's first manager, Jim Simpson, goes down memory lane with "Ozzy Osbourne" Available now via the link in bio!

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Riffs @popmusicjournal.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

⚡ MEET THE ISSUE! ⚡ "Jez Collins: On Ozzy, Sabbath and the history of Birmingham as a music city" Available now via the link in bio!

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Riffs @popmusicjournal.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

⚡ MEET THE ISSUE! ⚡ Part 1 of the Ozzy Ozbourne Special Issue, "Back to the beginnings of Black Sabbath and heavy metal: Birmingham and beyond," features contributions from Jez Collins, Jim Simpson, Jeremy Wallach, and Gérôme Guibert. Available now via the link in bio!

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Riffs @popmusicjournal.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

⚡ MEET THE ISSUE! ⚡ Editors Asya Draganova and Benjamin Torrens share their Sabbath and Ozzy stories in "Back to the beginning, a night at 'the bench', and Sabbath memories: A scattered diary of the genesis of this publication." Available now via the link in bio!

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Riffs @popmusicjournal.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

⚡ MEET THE ISSUE! ⚡ Asya Draganova and Benjamin Torrens open the Ozzy Osbourne Special Issue of Riffs with "Into the Journal: An Editorial Note." Available now via the link in bio!

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Riffs @popmusicjournal.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

⚡ MEET THE ISSUE! ⚡ Edited by Asya Draganova and Benjamin Torrens, this special issue of Riffs explores the legacies of Ozzy Osbourne through a range of short written pieces, interviews, and visual contributions. Over the next few weeks, we'll be sharing snippets of each contribution.

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Riffs @popmusicjournal.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Join the contributors and editorial team for the launch of 'Ozzy Osbourne: Special Issue of Riffs Journal' this Friday, 3 July, in Birmingham, from 16:30–18:30. Reserve your free ticket now: www.tickettailor.com/events/birmi...

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Riffs @popmusicjournal.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Special Issue Publication Announcement 💥📢 An Ozzy Osbourne special issue Edited by Asya Draganova + Benjamin Torrens This special edited issue of Riffs aims to explore the legacies – both positive and problematic – of the music and the man Read on our website – riffsjournal.org/special-issu...

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Riffs @popmusicjournal.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

In perfect timing, York St John (UK) are hosting the Grunge Included 2026 conference and have a live call for presentation abstracts – www.yorksj.ac.uk/events/upcom...

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Riffs @popmusicjournal.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Call for full contributions! Vol 9 Issue 2: Puget Sound Stories Editors Amalia Kozloff + Sharon Kong-Perring (Museum of Pop Culture) invite papers, photo essays, narrative pieces (poetry/prose), archival projects, creative explorations Deadline: 1st August 2026 CfP: riffsjournal.org/news-latest-...

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Riffs @popmusicjournal.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Dominic Deane reviews Sounds Northern: Popular Music, Culture and Place in England’s North (2018), identifying the contribution that this book makes to the study of the North (moving scholarly focus away from London) and the limitations of the book's inclusions: riffsjournal.org/book-review-...