Eric Weisbard
@eweisbard.bsky.social
From Hunter High to WPRB, alt-weeklies, Spin Alternative Record Guide, Pop Conference, and professing. Top 40 Democracy. Songbooks. Next book up: Hound Dog
I don't know how to post my albums and songs list without shattering the word limit here, but if you can follow this link and scroll you'll see. open.spotify.com/playlist/6Ok...
Spotify – Web Player
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December 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I don't know how to post my albums and songs list without shattering the word limit here, but if you can follow this link and scroll you'll see. open.spotify.com/playlist/6Ok...
For you, today, I suggest Connections
December 20, 2025 at 5:54 PM
For you, today, I suggest Connections
The last 36 seconds are a family affair for real
November 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The last 36 seconds are a family affair for real
Oops, try this link: ericdharvey.substack.com/p/everything...
Everything Looks Perfect From Far Away
An essay on "Peak Indie," inspired by Chris DeVille's book Such Great Heights
ericdharvey.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Oops, try this link: ericdharvey.substack.com/p/everything...
Also, will these substack essays be findable years from now? Eric, maybe pitch a fuller version of this to Ari Kelman at Reviews in American History . . .
October 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Also, will these substack essays be findable years from now? Eric, maybe pitch a fuller version of this to Ari Kelman at Reviews in American History . . .
Eric Harvey on indie, via Chris DeVille's book. I'd add the jazz hipster (hot and cold) link, Village Voice (Mailer, Hentoff, and Crouch) into Pop Conference into now university scholarship on the bigger picture DeVille sacrifices for close coverage. But thank you!
open.substack.com/pub/ericdhar...
open.substack.com/pub/ericdhar...
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Eric Harvey on indie, via Chris DeVille's book. I'd add the jazz hipster (hot and cold) link, Village Voice (Mailer, Hentoff, and Crouch) into Pop Conference into now university scholarship on the bigger picture DeVille sacrifices for close coverage. But thank you!
open.substack.com/pub/ericdhar...
open.substack.com/pub/ericdhar...
To put this another way . . . Derek Scott
October 6, 2025 at 7:39 PM
To put this another way . . . Derek Scott
The Pop Conference deadline is less than three weeks away: October 22. Please, join me in spreading the word today. PopCon thrives on its ties to both lifelong presenters and dynamic new presenters. Got something good to speak to our Mayhem? Send in a proposal! www.popconference.org
PopCon | 2026
PopCon is the premier music writing and popular music studies conference.
www.popconference.org
October 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The Pop Conference deadline is less than three weeks away: October 22. Please, join me in spreading the word today. PopCon thrives on its ties to both lifelong presenters and dynamic new presenters. Got something good to speak to our Mayhem? Send in a proposal! www.popconference.org
Popular Music Books in Process returns September 10! If you have not been added to the mailing list, please send me a note. iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...
Popular Music Books in Process Series
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September 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Popular Music Books in Process returns September 10! If you have not been added to the mailing list, please send me a note. iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...
psst: new Pop Conference call. Repost please. www.popconference.org
PopCon | 2026
PopCon is the premier music writing and popular music studies conference.
www.popconference.org
August 30, 2025 at 3:07 AM
psst: new Pop Conference call. Repost please. www.popconference.org
I should probably avoid much comment on that New Yorker piece; have to prep for my Rock, Soul, Hip-Hop, and Country course, where this week we are reading the first chapter of the textbook, Major Labels, by one K. Sanneh.
August 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I should probably avoid much comment on that New Yorker piece; have to prep for my Rock, Soul, Hip-Hop, and Country course, where this week we are reading the first chapter of the textbook, Major Labels, by one K. Sanneh.
Streaming and awesome
I don't know, you probably don't care, but thanks to an online friend I'm listening to a collection of devastatingly funky music made in Harare, Zimbabwe's townshps between 1975-1980. I know loads of 1980s Zimbabwe music--a top place and time--but this is mostly new to me.
August 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Streaming and awesome
Thanks! Streaming it now, will spread the word.
August 12, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Thanks! Streaming it now, will spread the word.
The 1970s genre, cocaine? Yes, interesting and boring.
August 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The 1970s genre, cocaine? Yes, interesting and boring.
I hope this registers. Reviews matter, even if less clicked on. They’re the active interpretive work of reception. Preserve them!
The Times's reassignment of four critics is one thing, but its downgrading of the so-called traditional review is altogether another:
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
In Defense of the Traditional Review
Far from being a journalistic relic, as suggested by recent developments at the New York Times, arts criticism is inherently progressive, keeping art honest and pointing toward its future.
www.newyorker.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I hope this registers. Reviews matter, even if less clicked on. They’re the active interpretive work of reception. Preserve them!
Agreed, with more to say on Facebook!
July 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Agreed, with more to say on Facebook!
Quick reminder that if you want to be part of our music book series, there is about a week to send in a proposal. Go for it! iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Calls-and-An...
International Association for the Study of Popular Music - US Chapter - PMBiP 2025-2026
iaspm-us.wildapricot.org
July 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Quick reminder that if you want to be part of our music book series, there is about a week to send in a proposal. Go for it! iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Calls-and-An...
I mean, Martha Wainwright, "B.M.F.A." and Wire, "Mannequin" are gold standard (and why the Feelies left their version of the latter off the new one is beyond me).
June 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I mean, Martha Wainwright, "B.M.F.A." and Wire, "Mannequin" are gold standard (and why the Feelies left their version of the latter off the new one is beyond me).
Reposted by Eric Weisbard
For anyone writing a book about music, you might find this invitation to present of interest! I participated in the @iaspm-us.bsky.social "Popular Music Books in Process Series" a couple of years ago, and it was a wonderful experience. 🎶
June 17, 2025 at 1:23 PM
For anyone writing a book about music, you might find this invitation to present of interest! I participated in the @iaspm-us.bsky.social "Popular Music Books in Process Series" a couple of years ago, and it was a wonderful experience. 🎶
Reposted by Eric Weisbard
The Journal of Popular Music Studies, which I co-edit with Dr. Alisha Lola Jones, has openings for three positions -- an associate book reviews editor, an associate editor of the "field notes" section, and a web editor.
Details at the link, spread the word:
iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/JPMScallsfor...
Details at the link, spread the word:
iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/JPMScallsfor...
International Association for the Study of Popular Music - US Chapter - JPMS Calls For Editors Summer 2025
iaspm-us.wildapricot.org
June 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The Journal of Popular Music Studies, which I co-edit with Dr. Alisha Lola Jones, has openings for three positions -- an associate book reviews editor, an associate editor of the "field notes" section, and a web editor.
Details at the link, spread the word:
iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/JPMScallsfor...
Details at the link, spread the word:
iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/JPMScallsfor...
Our popular music books series has a new call out for this coming school year, details here: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Calls-and-An... Consider taking part and please let others know, too!
International Association for the Study of Popular Music - US Chapter - PMBiP 2025-2026
iaspm-us.wildapricot.org
June 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Our popular music books series has a new call out for this coming school year, details here: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Calls-and-An... Consider taking part and please let others know, too!
By the way, if you are curious about what the hell I and others are going on about as we mourn, Joshua's music book series appearance, our most watched ever, lives in the link attached here. Rock and roll in a nutshell. youtu.be/d6qc8EqN_XI
Joshua Clover on Modern Lovers' "Roadrunner" w/ Elizabeth Nelson, Eric Weisbard, PMBiP, 09/20/21
YouTube video by Eric Weisbard
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April 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
By the way, if you are curious about what the hell I and others are going on about as we mourn, Joshua's music book series appearance, our most watched ever, lives in the link attached here. Rock and roll in a nutshell. youtu.be/d6qc8EqN_XI
Sometimes, he made me feel a bit feeble, but that was okay, too, I just valued the time I got to spend with him. And when I followed him in the Duke Single Series he started, he tagged his comments on the working file Jane Dark. I will miss him so much.
April 28, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Sometimes, he made me feel a bit feeble, but that was okay, too, I just valued the time I got to spend with him. And when I followed him in the Duke Single Series he started, he tagged his comments on the working file Jane Dark. I will miss him so much.