Jacques Dupuis
@jacquesdupuis.bsky.social
clinical assistant professor of music theory/musicology at Purdue Fort Wayne : {long C19 German and American music and theater, film music and sound} : disaffected Montanan : he/him
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Somehow have never watched THE BIG SLEEP (1946) before tonight and was so relieved to go to Wikipedia and learn that everyone else found the whole thing v confusing, too.
December 8, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Somehow have never watched THE BIG SLEEP (1946) before tonight and was so relieved to go to Wikipedia and learn that everyone else found the whole thing v confusing, too.
The same headache that every home I’ve lived in has given me is the use of drywall anchors to mount towel fixtures (rings, hooks, rods, etc.). Find a dang stud, would you?
December 7, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The same headache that every home I’ve lived in has given me is the use of drywall anchors to mount towel fixtures (rings, hooks, rods, etc.). Find a dang stud, would you?
Georgia did their part. Everyone wins.
In the tragic position of being happy that Texas Tech is winning sports because it benefits my team.
December 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Georgia did their part. Everyone wins.
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Sorry Yale, you guys will get Montana State next year.
December 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Sorry Yale, you guys will get Montana State next year.
In the tragic position of being happy that Texas Tech is winning sports because it benefits my team.
December 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
In the tragic position of being happy that Texas Tech is winning sports because it benefits my team.
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Bowl Games end.
The Never Ending Pasta Bowl doesn’t.
The Never Ending Pasta Bowl doesn’t.
Kind of astounding that Olive Garden has never sponsored a bowl game
December 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Bowl Games end.
The Never Ending Pasta Bowl doesn’t.
The Never Ending Pasta Bowl doesn’t.
My hunch about the universities capitulating is that the leadership assumes that in three years norms will return and they can walk back everything. I dunno if I believe all that.
this guy is betting on a future with accountability for today’s crimes, so we should too
Dimon on why JPMorgan Chase is not funding WH Ballroom:
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
We have an issue, which is anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful how anything is perceived, and also how the next DOJ is going to deal with it.
November 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
My hunch about the universities capitulating is that the leadership assumes that in three years norms will return and they can walk back everything. I dunno if I believe all that.
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Enjoying my people’s annual IP Parade, which expresses thankfulness for the intellectual property totems that ensure continuity of our social world.
November 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Enjoying my people’s annual IP Parade, which expresses thankfulness for the intellectual property totems that ensure continuity of our social world.
Fabulous essay with so many links!
The Hidden History of Women Game Designers - JSTOR Daily
Nineteenth-century women turned music lessons into interactive entertainment, complete with spinning wheels and ivory counters.
daily.jstor.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Fabulous essay with so many links!
More and more often colleagues ask if I as a humanist use genAI and I always flatly and without flinching say, “No. Never.” Honestly, having it clean up an email or whatever, I don’t care if you do that. But this? I will never do this. Ever. I don’t care what the circumstances are.
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
More and more often colleagues ask if I as a humanist use genAI and I always flatly and without flinching say, “No. Never.” Honestly, having it clean up an email or whatever, I don’t care if you do that. But this? I will never do this. Ever. I don’t care what the circumstances are.
take your pick of Jimmy Cliff songs to listen to in celebration of his life. it'll be a good one.
Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who preached joy, defiance and resilience in such classics as “Many Rivers to Cross,” “You Can Get it If You Really Want” and “Vietnam” and starred in the landmark movie “The Harder They Come,” has died at 81.
Jimmy Cliff, reggae giant and star of landmark film ‘The Harder They Come,’ dead at 81
Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who starred in the landmark movie “The Harder They Come,” has died at 81.
trib.al
November 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
take your pick of Jimmy Cliff songs to listen to in celebration of his life. it'll be a good one.
Have watched NOMADLAND probably six or seven times (I teach it) and never noticed this. Zhao directed ETERNALS, which came out the year after. Interesting!
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Have watched NOMADLAND probably six or seven times (I teach it) and never noticed this. Zhao directed ETERNALS, which came out the year after. Interesting!
“Schicki-Micki-Maus” is such a top tier idiom
Kia EV4 im Test: Schicki-Micky-Maus im E-Auto: Mal kein SUV, sondern ein elektrisches Familienauto im Kompaktwagen-Look: Der Kia EV4 bietet eine Antriebsoption, zwei Akkugrößen und viele digitale Spielereien, darunter Infotainment-Besuch aus Entenhausen.
Kia EV4 im Test: Schicki-Micky-Maus im E-Auto
Mal kein SUV, sondern ein elektrisches Familienauto im Kompaktwagen-Look: Der Kia EV4 bietet eine Antriebsoption, zwei Akkugrößen und viele digitale Spielereien, darunter Infotainment-Besuch aus Entenhausen.
www.spiegel.de
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
“Schicki-Micki-Maus” is such a top tier idiom
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Hannah Hidalgo hits a two with 1.9 secs left to give Notre Dame the lead over USC
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Hannah Hidalgo hits a two with 1.9 secs left to give Notre Dame the lead over USC
Netflix’s IN YOUR DREAMS (2025) really hitting close to home with the plot line of professor parents moving their families to more remote places for jobs 😬
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Netflix’s IN YOUR DREAMS (2025) really hitting close to home with the plot line of professor parents moving their families to more remote places for jobs 😬
I’ve never given so many caveats and hedged so much on teaching as I did today in my film music class when I introduced against the grain readings. It’s so exhausting.
November 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I’ve never given so many caveats and hedged so much on teaching as I did today in my film music class when I introduced against the grain readings. It’s so exhausting.
More trouble today when we were making Nashville number charts for “I Can’t Go for That” and dealing with its Aeolian/Mario cadences
THIS HAPPENED TO ME LAST WEEK. Thanks a lot, Beach Boys, “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”
November 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
More trouble today when we were making Nashville number charts for “I Can’t Go for That” and dealing with its Aeolian/Mario cadences
Wikipedia editors again coming home with the most vital information
November 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Wikipedia editors again coming home with the most vital information
Thinking back on a paper at AMS-SMT about Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry. Fully half of of Qs were prefaced “I haven’t seen this, but…” and one even asked about the sets for the movie. Was baffled then, still baffled why you’d ask a Q if you know nothing about the subject. (There are no sets.)
November 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Thinking back on a paper at AMS-SMT about Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry. Fully half of of Qs were prefaced “I haven’t seen this, but…” and one even asked about the sets for the movie. Was baffled then, still baffled why you’d ask a Q if you know nothing about the subject. (There are no sets.)
Two weeks in a row Jeremiyah Love has a Heisman moment
November 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Two weeks in a row Jeremiyah Love has a Heisman moment
Remarkable
The Indiana Senate will forgo a two-week session to discuss mid-census redistricting because of a lack of votes, defying orders from the Trump Administration to change the state’s Congressional maps.
Indiana Senate calls off redistricting session due to lack of votes to pass maps
The Indiana Senate will forgo a two-week session to discuss mid-census redistricting because of a lack of votes, defying orders from the Trump Administration to change the state’s Congressional map…
trib.al
November 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Remarkable
Ya know something I feel would help with the issue of people not watching? Mitigating the bloat, like Best Picture having ten nominees.
Academy nudges voters to actually watch all the Oscar contenders this year
NBC News obtained a copy of an email the academy sent members that provided guidance on what steps they need to take ahead of the final voting deadline March 5.
www.nbcnews.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Ya know something I feel would help with the issue of people not watching? Mitigating the bloat, like Best Picture having ten nominees.
On the topic of bad pedagogy philosophies/concepts, this weekend at AMS-SMT a speaker on a pedagogy panel earnestly invoked learning styles as a guiding concern, and if you don’t know, that’s an unfounded and unsupported theory, so careful talking about visual and kinesthetic or whatever learners.
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
On the topic of bad pedagogy philosophies/concepts, this weekend at AMS-SMT a speaker on a pedagogy panel earnestly invoked learning styles as a guiding concern, and if you don’t know, that’s an unfounded and unsupported theory, so careful talking about visual and kinesthetic or whatever learners.
When would a black sheep ever be seeing a goldfish
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
When would a black sheep ever be seeing a goldfish