Lava Lava

I’ll be joining Zebo, Hess, and Chump over at Lava, the newly (re)opened audio lounge @ 1270 N Milwaukee Ave, to drop a series of sizzling selections from across the reggae spectrum. Should be a vibes, seen —

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Caribbean Music Seminar

On March 8-9, I’ll be participating in a Caribbean Music Seminar at Royal Holloway College (University of London). On the evening of the 8th, I’ll contribute to an open forum on Jamaican music. On the morning of the 9th, I’ll be delivering a paper about Jamaican culture, versioning, and the notion (and uses) of the […]

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Nocturnal Emission

w/ resident DJs Zebo, Hess, and Chump — More of a head-noddin’ than a hip-shakin’ night, so I’ll be pursuing slow end of the low end theory. @ D’Vine 1950 W. North Ave, Chicago, IL 60601 10pm – 2am. No cover.

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Beat Research, CyberOne

I’ll be presenting my recent findings alongside resident technicians DJ C and DJ Flack and their distinguished guest, DJ Rugged One. Enormous Room 567 Mass Ave, Cambridge 10-1, No cover Earlier in the day, I’ll be talking about (digital) music and the internet to the CyberOne class. Harvard Law School Pound Hall 100

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AMS/SMT in LA

I’ll be discussing and demonstrating “Mashup Poetics and Pedagogical Practice” as part of the SMT Committee on Diversity Special Session at this year’s joint annual meeting of the American Musicological Society and the Society for Music Theory, which is happening in Los Angeles from Nov 2-5. See the program for full details on the conference, […]

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UW’s SoM SEM-Preview Colloquium

On Friday, October 27 at 4pm, I’ll be giving a run-through of my paper for SEM in Honolulu as part of the UW-Madison School of Music’s pre-SEM colloquium. The talk is called “What Is Stolen? What Is Lost? Sharing Information in an Age of Litigation,” and discusses the constraints and possibilities swirling around digital media […]

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Million Poems Show

Poetry reading with Jordan Davis, Gabriel Gudding, and Jim Behrle. I’ll be “reading” over beats, knomesayin? Waxing poetic and whatnot. @ The Bookslut Series, Chicago, IL Mercury Cafe 1505 W Chicago Avenue 7:30pm — Free and open to the public.

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