Robin James
@robinjames.bsky.social
editor & scholar. Pop music, gender, philosophy. Books: GOOD VIBES ONLY; THE FUTURE OF ROCK & ROLL; THE SONIC EPISTEME; RESILIENCE & MELANCHOLY. Writing a 33 1/3 on The Breeders. Bylines all over, views could only be mine lol. its-her-factory.com
(Sorry modern rock/rivethead band nerd is 5000% my vibe lol)
January 22, 2026 at 11:42 PM
(Sorry modern rock/rivethead band nerd is 5000% my vibe lol)
so while the alt-right uses performances of bad taste to reject anything like shared norms or preferences, affect theory & new materialism's anti-representationalism is another, neolib, form of privatization & the rejection of sensus communis
January 16, 2026 at 9:05 PM
so while the alt-right uses performances of bad taste to reject anything like shared norms or preferences, affect theory & new materialism's anti-representationalism is another, neolib, form of privatization & the rejection of sensus communis
what's fascinating is that good critical work at the time such as this from Ruth Leys shows how affect theory reproduces Heidegger's ontic/ontological distinction in Deleuzian terms. This is also a critique I've had of SONIC WARFARE.
January 16, 2026 at 8:44 PM
what's fascinating is that good critical work at the time such as this from Ruth Leys shows how affect theory reproduces Heidegger's ontic/ontological distinction in Deleuzian terms. This is also a critique I've had of SONIC WARFARE.
Sorry but I’m not that kind of doctor, sounds like something to talk to your therapist about
January 11, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Sorry but I’m not that kind of doctor, sounds like something to talk to your therapist about
Still have the idea brewing: it contrasts how Kimball/Milk Street explicitly names “philosophy” as two white guys thinkin high-falutin thoughts vs ATK who clearly has a well defined philosophy that centered on situated knowledges of a diverse staff, which they implement as an ethos
January 11, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Still have the idea brewing: it contrasts how Kimball/Milk Street explicitly names “philosophy” as two white guys thinkin high-falutin thoughts vs ATK who clearly has a well defined philosophy that centered on situated knowledges of a diverse staff, which they implement as an ethos
Wearing an outfit I bought at H&M in 2006 to the New Year’s party tonight
December 31, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Wearing an outfit I bought at H&M in 2006 to the New Year’s party tonight
Thanks! Kylie’s “Can’t Get You Outta My Head” has to be it
December 30, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Thanks! Kylie’s “Can’t Get You Outta My Head” has to be it
Starting off with some big beats
December 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Starting off with some big beats
Hey my claim in the vibes book that biopower is being remade around lineage (rather than norms) seems uh maybe on to something
December 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Hey my claim in the vibes book that biopower is being remade around lineage (rather than norms) seems uh maybe on to something
This is from 1989, Claremont McKenna sociologist Fredrick Lynch’s “Invisible Victims: White Males and the Crisis of Affirmative Action”
Same grift almost 40 years old
Same grift almost 40 years old
December 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This is from 1989, Claremont McKenna sociologist Fredrick Lynch’s “Invisible Victims: White Males and the Crisis of Affirmative Action”
Same grift almost 40 years old
Same grift almost 40 years old
Cf The Use of Pleasure p. 82, “active freedom…was a way of being a man in respect to oneself”
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Cf The Use of Pleasure p. 82, “active freedom…was a way of being a man in respect to oneself”
Pretty commute this morning
December 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Pretty commute this morning
"You'll be visited by three spirits"
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"You'll be visited by three spirits"
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
There is an arcade in the NCA book exhibit and tbh the constant playing of the famous two-note JAWS riff is already driving me bonkers 🦈 🫠
November 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
There is an arcade in the NCA book exhibit and tbh the constant playing of the famous two-note JAWS riff is already driving me bonkers 🦈 🫠
There are 4 types of guys online. No exceptions.
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 AM
There are 4 types of guys online. No exceptions.
SUNDAY 5-7p Eastern I’ll be on Inhailer.com with a show celebrating trans people’s contributions to indie music bc it’s transgender awareness week
November 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
SUNDAY 5-7p Eastern I’ll be on Inhailer.com with a show celebrating trans people’s contributions to indie music bc it’s transgender awareness week
TOMORROW at 6pm at Symposium Books in Providence, RI!
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
TOMORROW at 6pm at Symposium Books in Providence, RI!
Come celebrate Black Iconoclasm’s two book awards at NCA, including the 2025 NCA Critical & Cultural Division book prize! That Thursday 4-5pm in the Palgrave booth in the book exhibit.
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Come celebrate Black Iconoclasm’s two book awards at NCA, including the 2025 NCA Critical & Cultural Division book prize! That Thursday 4-5pm in the Palgrave booth in the book exhibit.
This attempts the same thing that “it’s 2025 and the industry has given up on genre but I’m still going to rant about how bad poptimism is” does - it dresses up manosphere misogyny in supposedly more erudite terms.
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This attempts the same thing that “it’s 2025 and the industry has given up on genre but I’m still going to rant about how bad poptimism is” does - it dresses up manosphere misogyny in supposedly more erudite terms.
Had some EBM, Prince’s Batdance up shortly
October 26, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Had some EBM, Prince’s Batdance up shortly
TONIGHT 5-7p Eastern listen to me spin my Halloween show on Inhailer.com
October 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
TONIGHT 5-7p Eastern listen to me spin my Halloween show on Inhailer.com
Halloween party tonight, here’s my costume as a ChatGPT output
October 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Halloween party tonight, here’s my costume as a ChatGPT output