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Making its debut as part of the English Department's 26/27 curriculum...

Academic friends! If you're asked to recommend an introductory book or collection on film studies, what are you going with?

Well now. Seems like a good moment to repost the CFP for the first scholarly collection on the band! www.iaspm.net/call-for-pap...

RIP Sonny Rollins youtu.be/sbfY465lgUY?...

The Bridge (Remastered)YouTube video by Sonny Rollins - Topicyoutu.be

Music and cultural studies folks! Jasmine Hazel Shadrack and I are co-editing the first scholarly collection of essays on Faith No More. Please share across your networks. It'd be great to hear from anyone here who might be interested in contributing. www.iaspm.net/call-for-pap...

This May 4th, I’m very happy to launch the CFP for a major scholarly conference on Star Wars, which will take place at Durham University in 2027. Please share widely across your networks and indeed to anyone who might be interested! starwarsat50.webspace.durham.ac.uk

Call for Papers - Star Wars at 50: Forces, Forms, LegaciesA one-day scholarly conference at Durham University scheduled for May 7th 2027.starwarsat50.webspace.durham.ac.uk

New Alvarius B record sounds *great.* suncitygirls.bandcamp.com/album/malari...

Malarial Dream, by Alvarius B.9 track albumsuncitygirls.bandcamp.com

Found myself with a batch of new lectures to write over Easter, which is tough with marking coming in. But I'm excited to introduce the undergrads on our Postcolonial & World Literatures module to Tanya Tagaq...

Rolling playlist of my musical highlights of 2026 is operational... tidal.com/playlist/804...

2026Playlist - 2026 - 15 itemstidal.com

Reupping in light of the Oscars. Also, this piece by Peter Coviello in Film Quarterly is my favourite reflection on OBAA thus far: online.ucpress.edu/fq/article/7...

Two old faithfuls for this week's teaching

One thing I couldn't cover in the Pynchon and Star Wars article: One Battle After Another. Given OBAA's debt to Vineland, the paternity plot in the film is ultimately tied to Pynchon's riff on the "I am your father" moment in The Empire Strikes Back...

Really happy to say that my article on Pynchon and Star Wars is out now in Studies in American Fiction. I'm grateful to SAF for supporting a long and idiosyncratic piece. Honestly, it's kind of my life's work thus far! (2025 date is presumably because of a backlog.) muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

A very rare (depressingly rare) thing: Support for low income students who want to study at MA level. Please share with anyone who might be able to get this info to aspiring postgrads. www.durham.ac.uk/study/schola...

Not sure if anyone involved is active here but the Burning Nerve Ending Magic podcast devoted to Sun City Girls is just absolutely excellent. The calibre of guests is so high: James Toth, Gregg Turkington, Sam Shalabi, Marc Masters etc. Highly recommended for SCG heads (and indeed for the curious).