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Oct 8, 2023 | wfdd.org | Bobby Allyn |Jason King

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Oct 1, 2023 | popconference.org | Jason King

Pop Conference 2024: Legacy! Legacy! Music, Collections and ArchivesMarch 7-9, 2024 at USC Thornton School of Music, Los Angeles, CaliforniaPop Conference is the premiere music writing and pop music studies conference. Held every spring, the conference features the world's leading scholars, journalists, writers, musicians, as they come together for a long weekend to present papers, roundtables, discussions, and performances about popular music.

Sep 28, 2023 | npr.org | Jason King

On Doja Cat's fourth album, Scarlet, she delights in playing the "demon" her haters and fans accuse her of being. Illustration by Jackie Lay hide caption toggle caption Illustration by Jackie Lay On Doja Cat's fourth album, Scarlet, she delights in playing the "demon" her haters and fans accuse her of being.

Sep 28, 2023 | wfae.org | Jason King

Do yourself a favor and Amazon One Click yourself a copy of "The Devil Finds Work," James Baldwin's trenchant 1976 book length essay of film criticism. I'm fond of the section when Baldwin skewers William Friedkin's 1972 horror classic "The Exorcist," thumbing his nose up at the film's banal, phony take on demonic possession. Baldwin's point: any conscientious person will know that real evil has nothing to do with the film's levitating beds and pea soup vomit special effects.

Jun 18, 2023 | dx.doi.org | Jason King