2012 EMP Pop Conference

Eric Lott teaches English at the University of Virginia. His books include Love and Theft: Blackface Minstrelsy and the American Working Class (Oxford, 1993) and The Disappearing Liberal Intellectual (Basic Books, 2006). He is currently at work on a project titled Tangled Up in Blue: The Cultural Contradictions of American Racism.   "Andy's Mick: Warhol Builds a Better Jagger" A funny thing happened after Exile on Main St. in the early 1970s: the Rolling Stones turned from being a...
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Wayne Marshall is an ethnomusicologist, blogger (wayneandwax.com), and DJ. While working on a book about music and digital youth culture, he's currently teaching at Brandeis University. He co-edited and contributed to Reggaeton (Duke 2009) and has written for The Wire, the Boston Phoenix, and journals such as Popular Music and Callaloo.   Abstract: | | "Music as Social Life in an Age of Platform Politricks" The advent of socially networked media sharing sites such as YouTube and...
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Max Pearl is managing editor of Cluster Mag, a publication focused on contemporary music, art, culture, and identity. His work has appeared in the Boston Globe, Time Out and Boston\'s Weekly Dig. Abstract: | | "New Jack City: Frenzied Cultures, Transitory Spaces (or, how I learned to stop worrying and embrace the hype cycle)" The media madness surrounding magazine cover story acts Odd Future and Kreayshawn in Spring and Summer of 2010 were thrilling in their urgency. They were big news only...
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Julianne Escobedo Shepherd has written about music, pop culture, and politics for Spin, Billboard, Vibe, MTV, New York Times, AlterNet, Guernica, Interview, and many more. Formerly the Executive Editor of the Fader, she now free lances from her apartment in Brooklyn.   Abstract: | | "Cunt Music: When Vogue House Dips Meet Dipset" Since Jennie Livingston’s groundbreaking 1990 documentary Paris is Burning, outsiders have viewed NYC ball culture through a narrow lens, seeing its...
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Alexis Stephens is a blogger (ongakuclub.wordpress.com), contributor to Cluster Mag, and her work has appeared in NYRemezcla.com.   Abstract: | | "New Jack City: Frenzied Cultures, Transitory Spaces (or, how I learned to stop worrying and embrace the hype cycle)" The media madness surrounding magazine cover story acts Odd Future and Kreayshawn in Spring and Summer of 2010 were thrilling in their urgency. They were big news only months ago, and now blogging and tumbling...
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