Alyx Vesey
@alyxvesey.bsky.social
Feminist music geek
Website | https://sites.ua.edu/avesey/
Substack | https://substack.com/@alyxvesey
PMBIP | https://www.youtube.com/@ericweisbard8091
Extending Play | https://global.oup.com/academic/product/extending-play-9780190085643
Website | https://sites.ua.edu/avesey/
Substack | https://substack.com/@alyxvesey
PMBIP | https://www.youtube.com/@ericweisbard8091
Extending Play | https://global.oup.com/academic/product/extending-play-9780190085643
Reposted by Alyx Vesey
I heard the Waitresses' 1981 "Christmas Wrapping" and got so obsessed with the rhythm on the sax riff (by Mars Williams, RIP) that I spent two hours figuring it out.
(hear it at www.youtube.com/watch?v=nud2... and clock how they prep it with a single 3/4-bar setup)
#MusicTheory folks, enjoy!
(hear it at www.youtube.com/watch?v=nud2... and clock how they prep it with a single 3/4-bar setup)
#MusicTheory folks, enjoy!
December 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I heard the Waitresses' 1981 "Christmas Wrapping" and got so obsessed with the rhythm on the sax riff (by Mars Williams, RIP) that I spent two hours figuring it out.
(hear it at www.youtube.com/watch?v=nud2... and clock how they prep it with a single 3/4-bar setup)
#MusicTheory folks, enjoy!
(hear it at www.youtube.com/watch?v=nud2... and clock how they prep it with a single 3/4-bar setup)
#MusicTheory folks, enjoy!
You know what, I’ll say it: football is weird
December 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
You know what, I’ll say it: football is weird
Be safe, deer out back
December 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Be safe, deer out back
One of the many cool women I want to be when I grow up 😎
leaving this photo of Ann Magnuson here for anyone who needs it
December 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
One of the many cool women I want to be when I grow up 😎
Today I gave a book presentation about Extending Play to my colleagues. As ever, I cannot talk without using my hands 👋🏻👋🏻
December 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Today I gave a book presentation about Extending Play to my colleagues. As ever, I cannot talk without using my hands 👋🏻👋🏻
Reposted by Alyx Vesey
When the music fades out and then quickly comes back in so Donnie Hathaway can make that final, impassioned HEY during "This Christmas." That's the stuff
December 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
When the music fades out and then quickly comes back in so Donnie Hathaway can make that final, impassioned HEY during "This Christmas." That's the stuff
First “Christmas Wrapping” of the season at Publix 🤘🏻
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
First “Christmas Wrapping” of the season at Publix 🤘🏻
Goth daughter hibernation goals
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Goth daughter hibernation goals
In case you missed it, here's last night's PMBIP conversation between Chris Dalla Riva and graphic designer Caileigh Nerney about turning using pop charts data to understand popular culture and how to best visualize that data
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWdN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWdN...
December 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
In case you missed it, here's last night's PMBIP conversation between Chris Dalla Riva and graphic designer Caileigh Nerney about turning using pop charts data to understand popular culture and how to best visualize that data
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWdN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWdN...
Typical--I start writing about musical recommendations and end up finalizing my top ten albums list
December 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Typical--I start writing about musical recommendations and end up finalizing my top ten albums list
TFW one of your students is taking photos of your community choir concert 🙋🏻♀️
December 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
TFW one of your students is taking photos of your community choir concert 🙋🏻♀️
Looked at my Apple Music replay and yep checks out
December 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Looked at my Apple Music replay and yep checks out
For me, the year's thematic concerns are contained in this three-song sequence
December 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
For me, the year's thematic concerns are contained in this three-song sequence
Playlist transitions are an art, not a science
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Playlist transitions are an art, not a science
You're gonna wanna tune in to Popular Music Books in Process tomorrow at 530e because Chris Dalla Riva and Caileigh Nerney are gonna talk about Dalla Riva's new book, Uncharted Territory, and the graphs Nerney designed for it.
Schedule link: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...
Schedule link: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
You're gonna wanna tune in to Popular Music Books in Process tomorrow at 530e because Chris Dalla Riva and Caileigh Nerney are gonna talk about Dalla Riva's new book, Uncharted Territory, and the graphs Nerney designed for it.
Schedule link: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...
Schedule link: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...
Thinking about Tionna Taite, who the University rewarded in 2021 for starting Nineteen Fifty-Six.
premierawards.sl.ua.edu/posts/recipi...
premierawards.sl.ua.edu/posts/recipi...
December 2, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Thinking about Tionna Taite, who the University rewarded in 2021 for starting Nineteen Fifty-Six.
premierawards.sl.ua.edu/posts/recipi...
premierawards.sl.ua.edu/posts/recipi...
New holiday tradition 🎄
We're doing an Advent calendar of iconic Christmas movie dresses and we're kicking things off with Donna Reed's dutiful wife frock in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE and how it highlighted the film's themes, time and place:
tomandlorenzo.com/2025/12/chri...
tomandlorenzo.com/2025/12/chri...
Christmas Movie Dress Advent Calendar Day 1: Donna Reed in IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE - Tom + Lorenzo
We're highlighting a different classic Christmas movie dress every day until Christmas Eve and we figured we'd kick things off with one of the most iconic
tomandlorenzo.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
New holiday tradition 🎄
Before I kick off list season next week, here's a quick rundown of what I read this fall
alyxvesey.substack.com/p/bookshelf-...
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Bookshelf: Fall 2025
aka what I read during sabbatical
alyxvesey.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Before I kick off list season next week, here's a quick rundown of what I read this fall
alyxvesey.substack.com/p/bookshelf-...
alyxvesey.substack.com/p/bookshelf-...
Just saw Sentimental Value and we are living in high times for Labi Siffre needle drops
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Just saw Sentimental Value and we are living in high times for Labi Siffre needle drops
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
Reposted by Alyx Vesey
Again, there is no plan for running our universities without federal funding, or foreign students, at scale. But the public has no idea about this because no. one. is. telling. them. this. They expect their kids are still going to be able to do all the things at college in the next 4 years, & well:
The entire business model of R1 public universities rests on 4 revenue sources:
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
1. Federal grants
2. Private gifts/endowments
3. Tuition (esp. from foreign students)
4. State $
For decades, 📈 in 1-3 offset a secular 📉 in 4. Now, 1 & 3 are being decimated & 4 ain't coming back. The math is clear.
November 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Again, there is no plan for running our universities without federal funding, or foreign students, at scale. But the public has no idea about this because no. one. is. telling. them. this. They expect their kids are still going to be able to do all the things at college in the next 4 years, & well:
I love the part of the holiday party where everyone veers off into a bunch of side conversations
November 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I love the part of the holiday party where everyone veers off into a bunch of side conversations
One thing I’m gonna do if you invite me to Friendsgiving is French up a potato
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 PM
One thing I’m gonna do if you invite me to Friendsgiving is French up a potato