Popular Music Studies
News Archive (05)
first half-year 2001
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21-June-2001 |
John Lee Hooker ...
... passed away. This is what his agency writes: John Lee Hooker passed away peacefully in his sleep this morning (June 21st). There is no further information available at the moment and we will communicate any update with regard to any services that might be open to the public on our web-site, www.rosebudus.com, as soon as that information is available. More information:
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18-June-2001 |
Ian
Inglis ...
... is currently talking to Wallflower Press (a London-based publisher which specialises in film theory and film history titles) to produce an edited collection under the general title "Popular Music And Film". They agree with him that there is a place for a volume which brings together commentaries, perspectives and insights into
He has already sought out and received outlines for chapters from several potential contributors; and would be very keen to hear from any other colleagues who might wish to put forward a proposal.Some of the ways in which popular music has figured within film and which could be usefully explored might include:
Other themes could include:
If any of you are interested in putting in a proposal at this stage, could you please let him have a working title plus 150-ish word outline by June 29? He anticipates an eventual collection of around a dozen chapters, each 7,000-9,000 words in length, plus an introduction. While accounts of pre-war film and music are not ruled out, he would expect the main emphasis of the book to be from the 1950s onwards. Over the Summer he will put together a more detailed framework for the book as a whole, trying to include and respond to as many ideas as possible At the moment of course things are still provisional, but Wallflower are very, very keen on the idea, sensing, I think, a large market in both film studies and popular music studies in Europe and the US. To get in touch, mail to: |
13-June-2001 |
Nominations for the 2000 IASPM Book
Award ..
... are requested by IASPM-US for the "best" popular music related titled published this past year. Nominations can be emailed to the address below. Nominations should include the full title of the book, the author, and the publisher. Nominations will be accepted until July 15, 2001. John
Sloop |
8-June-2001 |
IASPM
- UK & Ireland sent out ...
...a final reminder for contributions to their newsletter (which should be published around the beginning of July). Editor Paul Hodkinson is particularly interested in
Please email any such material, and anything else you think members would be interested in, to paul.hodkinson@northampton.ac.uk, preferably within the next week. |
IASPM-US
...
... calls for nominations to candidacy, for election to the following positions on the Executive Committee of the US chapter of the Association:
Nominations will remain open for thirty days from this notice. Candidates for office must be CURRENT members of IASPM-US by the close of the nominating period. Nominations should include contact information for the proposed candidate to confirm their willingness to run and for solicitation of a biographical statement. Self-nominations are welcome and should be accompanied by a one paragraph biographical statement, highlighting qualifications for the position sought. All nominations should be sent to IASPM-US: President
Paul Fischer POSITION DESCRIPTIONS: Secretary- The Secretary shall attend and take detailed, accurate minutes of meetings of the Association's Board of Directors, Executive Committee, and membership. The Secretary serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Association.The Secretary is also charged with drafting Amendments to the association's Bylaws which arise from these meetings, and maintaining an accurate, updated set of those Bylaws. The Secretary is the primary communications officer of the Association during periods between meetings, handling the Association's official notices and correspondence. Other duties as assigned. Treasurer- The Treasurer shall maintain charge of and responsibility for all funds and other assets of the Association, maintaining accurate records of the income, deposits and disbursements of the Association's accounts. The Treasurer shall maintain accurate financial records for the Association and report to the President, Board of Directors, or Executive Committee as requested. The Treasurer serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Association.The Treasurer also takes primary responsibility in the preparation and filing of State and Federal tax documents for the Association each year. Other duties as assigned. Open Seat- The open seat holder serves on the Executive Committee of the Association. Duties are flexible, consisting largely of committee and project assignments, as assigned. The "most recently elected" Open Seat holder also serves on the Board of Directors of the Association. Student- The student seat holder serves on the Executive Committee of the Association. The student seat holder must be actively enrolled in a degree program at the time of nomination and election. Duties are flexible, consisting largely of committee and project assignments, as assigned. ALL TERMS ARE TWO YEARS IN LENGTH |
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7-June-2001 |
Programme,
Report and Proposal ...
... to serve the 11th Biannual IASPM conference in Turku/Finland (July 6-10, 2001), and the IASPM General Meeting in Turku (July 9, 2001) are ready for download: http://www.iaspm.net/doc/downloads.html. To read it, it is necessary to have the Acrobat Reader on the Computer. The Programme is only prelimanary, and a few more changes are rather likely. For updates and abstracts go: http://www.iaspm.net/2001 |
23-Mai-2001 |
Music Video (Studies) in
the New Millennium ...
...is the title of an edited collection planned by Roger Beebe (Film and Media Studies, University of Florida) and Jason Middleton (The Literature Program, Duke University, North Carolina). Deatails: Roger
Beebe |
16-May-2001 |
Genre
...
... a journal on forms of discourse and culture, published by the University of Oklahoma, wants to call the popular music studies audience to pay attention to an upcoming special issue 21st
Century Schizoid Bands: Submissions are welcome. Deadline is December 1, 2001. Click on this hyperlink to visit the full call for paper: http://www.ou.edu/cas/english/genre/rock_call.htm |
7-May-2001 |
This year's
POPkomm ...
... is going to happen in Cologne/Germany: August 16-18, 2001. POPkomm claims to be the world's biggest market place for the pop and entertainment industry. The conference parallel to the fair is debating the future of pop music and its business with high level representatives of music, industry and academia. During the whole weekend Cologne's city centre is full of music presented by the POPkomm.Festival. For IASPM members the German speaking IASPM
branch has negotiated special conditions with relatively cheep fees: To register, download, fill in and mail the appropriate form: To read these forms you need to have the acrobat reader on your computer. Its free!!! If you don't have this tool, first download it: Final deadline for registration at IASPM's conditions: June 18, 2001. For questions please contact the manager of the IASPM delegation: Ines
Christen |
4-May-2001 |
20
Years of Madonna: New Approaches to Madonna's Cultural Transformations ... ... is the title of a book project the Department of Music of the University of Newcastle (UK) is calling for papers. It is planned to publish this volume with a major publisher, to tie in with the twentieth anniversary of Madonna's first single release in 2003. Also, the editors hope that it will be possible to present work in progress at the 2002 UK IASPM (International Association for the Study of Popular Music) Conference which will be held at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (United Kingdom). These are themes the book shall deal with: Madonna and:
The editors argue: In the six years since the publication of The Madonna Connection, Madonna, perhaps one of the most consistently transgressive and self-transforming artists of the late 20th century and early 21st century, has presented a set of strikingly new challenges to cultural analysis. The release of Evita in 1996 was at once the culmination of her recurrent interest in Hispanism and the beginning of an unexpected transformation into exemplary matriarch. The arrival of her two children, her second marriage and the release of two critically acclaimed and best-selling albums have renewed media interest in Madonna. This ew attention seems to have been attracted in no small part by the latest persona which seems, on the surface at least, to signal a dislocation with past personae. This putative dislocation generates a new set of resources such as media interviews and publ statements worthy of academic study. New developments in Gender, Queer and Ethnic studies also shed new light on her entire oeuvre. Consequently, there is a fresh need to (re)address configurations of race, gender and sex(uality) in Madonna's work to date. 500-word abstracts are requested by 27th July 2001. Please mail to Freya.jarman@newcastle.ac.uk AND Santiago.fouz@durham.ac.uk or write to Madonna
Project |
3-April-2001 |
Music Video (Studies) in the New Millennium ... ... is supposed to be the title of a publication, Roger Beebe (Film and Media Studies, University of Florida) and Jason Middleton (The Literature Program, Duke University) have sent out a Call for Papers These are their considerations:
Papers and proposals should be sent to: Roger
Beebe
Jason Middleton Essays should be received no later than August 15, 2001. |
21-February-2001 |
Napster
...,
according to CNN (their source: Associated Press), and the file sharing company's press briefing, offers the major record labels -- Sony, Warner, BMG, EMI and Universal -- an anual fee of $150 million for the next five years, while the independent labels may expect $ 50 million per year. To settle a copyright infringement lawsuit Napster is willing to spend more then one billion Dollar. To finance their proposals the company released on Tuesday the idea of a tired membership fee model. |
13-February-2001 |
Scholarly work on either
MP3 ...
... or "on music retail in general" one participant on the IASPM discussion list was asking for. These are some of the responses: Bernhard
Günther
Steve
Jones I had an essay titled "Music and the Internet" in _Popular Music_19(2) and have another forthcoming in _Cultural Studies_ titled "Music That Moves: Music, Distribution and Network Technologies." The materials I found most helpful for those are as follows:
Reebee
Garofalo
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1-February-2001 |
Battling
Hate Online ...
... is the title of a Washington Post article, Road Angel discovered. His summury he posted to the Rocklist: When MTV launched an Internet discussion board, Fight for Your Rights, where users could address issues related to hate and violence, it quickly became a forum for the expression of bigotry and hatred. MTV has decided to censor any of the posts, including those that promote prejudice, hoping that viewers will learn from reading bigoted expressions. Some, however, believe that MTV needs to offer more guidance in the chat area if they want anything good to come out of the discussions. Marc Weiss, the founder and executive producer of Web Lab, a New York-based nonprofit that specializes in creating productive online discussions, says unmediated discussions often "turn into 'flame' wars. The people who are the most passionate start butting heads, and then the people who really want to talk don't want to stay there." [SOURCE: Washington Post (C04), AUTHOR: Kimberly Shearer Palmer] |
27-January-2001 |
IASPM-USA
...
... has a new website: http://www.ucr.edu/ethnomus/IASPM-USA/IASPM-USA.html But this may change sooner or later. Instead you also can click the everlasting URL, as this always routes to the valid URL : http://www.iaspm.net/us |
The Journal of Popular
Music Studies (JPMS) ...
... and its new editorial collective – Murray Forman, Reebee Garofalo, Jeff Melnick, Deborah Pacini Hernandez, and Rachel Rubin – will assume full editorial responsibilities for the first issue of 2001. This first issue will also be the first produced by Taylor and Francis (parent company of Routledge and Garland), one of the largest producers of academic journals in the world. JPMS is committed to publishing outstanding scholarship on popular music from a variety of disciplinary (and interdisciplinary) positions. The editors especially encourage younger scholars to submit their work. To submit a manuscript for consideration, send a disc copy and three hard copies with authorship, institutional affiliation (if applicable), and address on a separate title page. Each manuscript page should be numbered and contain an abbreviated title. References should follow the most recent APA Publications Manual. Please send submissions to: Jeff
Melnick, Editor |
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10-January-2001 |
The regular Midem fair in 2001 ... ... in Cannes/France is going to happen soon: 21 to 25-January-2001. Midem is a Music market as much as a congress. This years keynote speakers are for instance: Peter Gabriel, Herbie Hancock and Michael Robertson (CEO, MP3.com). For programme details, go: http://www.midem.com/midemnet-prog.html . Details for registration: http://www.midem.com/ |
Last time updated on 22-June-2001 © Heinz-Peter Katlewski