2012 EMP Pop Conference

Franklin Bruno is the author of Armed Forces, in Continuum’s 33 1/3 series; he is currently writing a book on popular song-form for Wesleyan University Press. His criticism has appeared in The Nation, Oxford American, The Believer, and two editions of Da Capo’s Best Music Writing annual. He has released 14 albums of original songs since 1990, solo and with the bands Nothing Painted Blue and (currently) Human Hearts. His most recent release is the Extra Glenns’ Undercard...
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Philip Gentry teaches music history at the University of Delaware. His research focuses on American music at mid-century, with interests in performance historiography, the cultural practice of identity politics, and queer theory. He is currently working on a monograph that explores music-making in the United States during McCarthyism. Abstract: | | "The Erotics of Chance" “Life is at its most rewarding,” writes Samuel Delaney, “…when large numbers of people...
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Elias Krell is a doctoral candidate in Performance Studies at Northwestern University. He received a Masters in Music and sang opera professionally for three years. His dissertation project, "Singing Strange: Transvocality in American Music Performance" explores the ways in which transgender and gender variant musicians in the Americas perform identities that move against normative or linear narratives through the voice in music performance.   Abstract: | | "Singing the Contours of...
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Emily Tartanella is a freelance writer and educator, specializing in the intersections between film, music, and literature, as well queer and gender studies. Her work has appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Spin, and The Village Voice. She is currently working on an examination of homoerotic images in rock and roll.   Abstract: | | "'A Country Mile Behind the World': A Smithsian Sense of Place " The Smiths were one of the most influential rock groups of the 1980s, challenging...
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