Phil Gentry
@pmgentry.bsky.social
musicologist at the University of Delaware, citizen of West Philly.
http://instagram.com/philipmgentry
Current projects:
-250 Years of History and Performance in Philadelphia
-Anti-Communist Blacklisting in the Music Industry, 1945–1960
http://instagram.com/philipmgentry
Current projects:
-250 Years of History and Performance in Philadelphia
-Anti-Communist Blacklisting in the Music Industry, 1945–1960
Baltimore Avenue; it’s got something for everyone!
November 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Baltimore Avenue; it’s got something for everyone!
The butter turkey I forgot to put out on the table for Thanksgiving 2024, and which has been biding its time in the fridge ever since, watching Thanksgiving 2025 come and go.
November 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The butter turkey I forgot to put out on the table for Thanksgiving 2024, and which has been biding its time in the fridge ever since, watching Thanksgiving 2025 come and go.
Thankful for a cold Thanksgiving—fridge space multiples to include the poorly insulated parts of the house!
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Thankful for a cold Thanksgiving—fridge space multiples to include the poorly insulated parts of the house!
Particularly excited for Thanksgiving because I attended a silver polishing workshop a few weeks ago. #reasonfortheseason
November 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Particularly excited for Thanksgiving because I attended a silver polishing workshop a few weeks ago. #reasonfortheseason
Not to be a snob, but not sure that Wicked: For Good counts as “the best of independent, foreign, and documentary film”?
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Not to be a snob, but not sure that Wicked: For Good counts as “the best of independent, foreign, and documentary film”?
One does not feel confident that the OU administration has their faculty member’s back…
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
One does not feel confident that the OU administration has their faculty member’s back…
The shame. The millennial shame. I should be better than this. I will do better than this.
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The shame. The millennial shame. I should be better than this. I will do better than this.
Weaponizing the practice of “anointing” the way Dr. Kamayama did is antithetical to mainstream Christian theology. This article speaks both to the everyday heresies promoted by many non-denominational churches and also the times reporter’s religious illiteracy! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/n...
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Weaponizing the practice of “anointing” the way Dr. Kamayama did is antithetical to mainstream Christian theology. This article speaks both to the everyday heresies promoted by many non-denominational churches and also the times reporter’s religious illiteracy! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/n...
First thing I see when I turn on the tv in a hotel room in Minnesota.
November 7, 2025 at 12:19 AM
First thing I see when I turn on the tv in a hotel room in Minnesota.
Oh to be a 12yo walking around west philly, dressed as a chicken.
November 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Oh to be a 12yo walking around west philly, dressed as a chicken.
Fun seminar meeting today; we divided up into groups and each took up a Philly Bicentennial LP to investigate.
October 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Fun seminar meeting today; we divided up into groups and each took up a Philly Bicentennial LP to investigate.
My 12yo just tested his Halloween costume by walking into Loco Pez and dancing like, well, a chicken. Who says Baltimore Ave is dead.
October 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
My 12yo just tested his Halloween costume by walking into Loco Pez and dancing like, well, a chicken. Who says Baltimore Ave is dead.
Doing my part for the vitality of Baltimore Ave
October 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Doing my part for the vitality of Baltimore Ave
Kids could…not be dragged.
October 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Kids could…not be dragged.
Would anyone like to take over raising this child for me.
October 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Would anyone like to take over raising this child for me.
Update: a week and a half later, she suddenly showed up in our backyard this morning, just in time for my wife’s birthday. All is right with the world.
October 15, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Update: a week and a half later, she suddenly showed up in our backyard this morning, just in time for my wife’s birthday. All is right with the world.
Came back from dropping off child at school and realized I had leashed the dog up and forgot to take her with us.
October 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Came back from dropping off child at school and realized I had leashed the dog up and forgot to take her with us.
West Philly, our beloved indoor cat “London” is MIA, and might have gotten out on the 4700 block of Baltimore—please let me know if you see a fluffy gray cat who looks way too soft for the street life.
October 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
West Philly, our beloved indoor cat “London” is MIA, and might have gotten out on the 4700 block of Baltimore—please let me know if you see a fluffy gray cat who looks way too soft for the street life.
lol, Facebook memory from 2010 😭
October 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
lol, Facebook memory from 2010 😭
“Why don't you pass the time by playing a little solitaire?”
October 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
“Why don't you pass the time by playing a little solitaire?”
It’s really just rich white people using colleges to attack desegregation all the way back to…1951.
October 1, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It’s really just rich white people using colleges to attack desegregation all the way back to…1951.
Real missed opportunity for some judicious camera panning here.
September 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Real missed opportunity for some judicious camera panning here.
I credit my having left Twitter for not having to think about Ori Feibush much this last year, and it’s slightly hilarious to be reminded out of the blue of what a toxic influence he can be in the city. www.inquirer.com/real-estate/...
September 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I credit my having left Twitter for not having to think about Ori Feibush much this last year, and it’s slightly hilarious to be reminded out of the blue of what a toxic influence he can be in the city. www.inquirer.com/real-estate/...
How funny is it that the Reichstag building, like, the one with the fire and the Nazis and all that, was modeled after Philly’s Please Touch museum. 😂
![Wikipedia quote: In 1882, another architectural contest was held, with 200 architects participating. This time, the winner—the Frankfurt architect Paul Wallot—would actually see his Neo-Baroque project executed. The direct model for Wallot's design was Philadelphia's Memorial Hall, the main building of the 1876 Centennial Exhibition.[4]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ybsrj6vqjuuwomliu5lqjuxy/bafkreidgoy2qpwousbojg2xm5fnznmkz373c4ziqjeebj3ftzt3wvm3bbu@jpeg)
September 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
How funny is it that the Reichstag building, like, the one with the fire and the Nazis and all that, was modeled after Philly’s Please Touch museum. 😂