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Pop Conference 2019

2:00pm PDT

Gendered Spaces JBL TheaterTyina Steptoe • H. Meg Orita • Alyxandra Vesey • Marissa Lorusso Listening for the Dead Demo LabS. Alexander Reed • Jack Curtis Dubowsky • Meagan Sylvester • Daniel Fisher The Sounds of the City in “Death” and “Rebirth” Learning LabsRJ Smith • Alex Blue V • Allie Martin • Jeffrey Melnick “There will be no death”: Prince’s Afterlife in Place, Deed, and Image Sky ChurchMichaelangelo Matos • Kristen Zschomler • Emma Balázs • Suzanne Wint

3:45pm PDT

Korean Spectres: Manifestations and Apparitions of Korean Pop Music Demo LabRobin James • Heather Willoughby • Anthony Yooshin Kim • Myoung-Sun Song • Valerie Soe Musical Mournings in an Age of Loss JBL TheaterDaphne A. Brooks • Ned Raggett • Erik Broess • Emily Mackay • Elijah Wald The Death and Afterlife of Music Collections Learning LabsDwandalyn Reece • Oliver Wang • Ali Colleen Neff • Joe Schloss • Allen Thayer Wake Up to Reality: Forty Years of Musical Responses to HIV/AIDS Sky ChurchMatthew Jones • Jason King • Alfred Soto • Chrissy Shively • Ann Powers • Francesca Royster • Barry Walters

5:45pm PDT

Opening Reception Culture Kitchen

7:30pm PDT

GOING UP YONDER: HOW MUSIC MAKERS AND WRITERS CONFRONT LOSS AND GRIEF Sky ChurchAnn Powers • Daphne A. Brooks • Ishmael Butler • David Toop • Efrim Manuel Menuck • Steve Perry

9:00am PDT

Cultural Memorials Demo LabMeagan Sylvester • John Dankwa • Amy Frishkey • Kembrew McLeod Minoritarian Aesthetics and Sound Politics Learning LabsSummer Kim Lee • Joshua Javier Guzmán • Fiona I. B. Ngô • Joshua Chambers-Letson The Life and Death (and Maybe Even Rebirth) of Country Music JBL TheaterCharles Hughes • RJ Smith • David Cantwell • Jada Watson • Jewly Hight “Ain’t Got No, I Got Life”: Vitality, Exuberance, and Life Force/Àse in Black Popular Music Sky ChurchJason King • Daphne A. Brooks • Sonnet Retman • Zandria F. Robinson

11:15am PDT

Death in the Dance Learning LabsJess Dilday • Michaelangelo Matos • Chrissy Shively • Erin MacLeod • Rachel Shimp Digital Deaths Demo LabRegina N. Bradley • Robin James • Amy Coddington • Liz Pelly • Nina Posner What Becomes Legend Most: “Music Matters” Writers on Musical Afterlives JBL TheaterEvelyn McDonnell • Fred Goodman • Karen Tongson • Tom Smucker • Donna Gaines Raise Your Voice: Music and Mass Violence Sky ChurchKatherine Meizel • Kimberly Mack • Carl Wilson • Alfred Soto • Eric Hung

2:00pm PDT

Facing Death JBL TheaterJack Hamilton • Vivien Goldman • Grace Elizabeth Hale • Robert Christgau Gospels Demo LabChristina Zanfagna • Mike McGonigal • Gene Booth • Steacy Easton Music's Afterlives: The Museum Effect Sky ChurchDwandalyn Reece • Theodore Gonzalves, • Michelle Habell-Pallán • Jacob McMurray • Timothy Anne Burnside The Rebirth of the B-Side Learning LabsWill Stockton • D. Gilson • Rebecca Wallwork • Jordan Ferguson • Evie Nagy • Jovana Babović • Shawn Taylor

3:45pm PDT

Death Narratives and Undead Mythologies Sky ChurchOliver Wang • Ginger Dellenbaugh • Greil Marcus • DeWayne Moore • Joseph Thompson The Ghosts of Centuries Past Learning LabsMatthew Jones • Bethany McLemore • Emily Margot Gale • Sara Marcus • John Shaw You Do It To Me Every Time: Detritus, Resurrection, and the Haunting Sounds of Race Demo LabErin MacLeod • Summer Kim Lee • Iván A. Ramos • Douglas S. Ishii Still Here: A Roundtable for Rashod Ollison JBL TheaterRegina N. Bradley • Jack Hamilton • Emily Lordi • Mark Anthony Neal • Ann Powers • Karen Tongson • Carl Wilson

6:00pm PDT

Resurrecting Rock Bands JBL TheaterAnnie Zaleski • Dan Booth • Hugo Burnham • Jon King • Dusty Henry Say Their Names Learning LabsAmalia Mallard • James McNally • Isaac Silber • Jade Conlee Sonic Hauntings Demo LabJewly Hight • Devin McKinney • Devon Léger • Anastasia Howe Bukowski • Adam Gill

9:00am PDT

Gone But Not Forgotten Learning LabsZandria F. Robinson • Christina Zanfagna • Josh Langhoff • Micah Salkind • Eric Weisbard On Air, Online, and in the Club: Hauntings, Specters, and the Dynamics of Keeping Musical Connections Alive JBL TheaterKen Wissoker • Eddy Francsico Alvarez Jr. • Jose G. Anguiano • María Elena Cepeda • Yessica Garcia Hernandez Death and the Maiden: How Gender Follows, and Sometimes Leads, Musicians to the Grave Sky ChurchEvelyn McDonnell • Holly George-Warren • Lucretia Tye Jasmine • Solvej Schou • Michelle Threadgould Ghosts of Electricity: On Bob Dylan Demo LabTaylor Black • Evan Donahue • E. Glasberg • Genevieve Yue

11:15am PDT

A Country Song Will Survive: Death and Rebirth in Country Music Learning LabsCarl Wilson • Nick Murray • Amanda Martinez • Jonathan Bernstein Ghosts in the Archive Demo LabGayle Wald • Samantha Silver • Matt Payne • Theodore Gonzalves, Haunted Hearing JBL TheaterDavid Gilbert • Amalia Mallard • Nia I’man Smith • Steven G. Fullwood Ghost Pop Sky ChurchEmily Lordi • Josh Clover • Tyina Steptoe • Ali Colleen Neff • Zandria F. Robinson • Greil Marcus • Paula Mejia • Melissa Weber

1:45pm PDT

Afterlives of the Sample Learning LabsAlfred Soto • Jack Hamilton • Nate Patrin • Zach Schonfeld Reissues and Record Companies Demo LabDamon Krukowski • Melissa Weber • Andrew Flory • Morgan Luker How Survivals, Grief and Legacies Unfold in American Music JBL TheaterKeith Harris • Annie Zaleski • Caryn Rose

3:30pm PDT

80s Afterlives Learning LabsNick Murray • Thomas Inskeep • Andrew Hamlin Global Currents Demo LabDeWayne Moore • Meenasarani Linde Murugan • Mina Tavakoli To Live and Die in Seattle JBL TheaterRobert Rutherford • David Gilbert • Charles R. Cross • Mairead Case #Vivasnoqueremos/Wewantusalive: Collective Versada and Dance Workshop Sky ChurchMichelle Habell-Pallán • Iris C. Viveros Avendaño • Milvia Pacheco • Emilia Lopez Guzman • Ana Gabriela Cano

5:15pm PDT

Reckonings and Revivals in Southern Hip-Hop JBL TheaterAmy Coddington • Tyina Steptoe • Regina N. Bradley • Erich Nunn Immigrant soundscapes of remembrance, presence, and solidarity Learning LabsJose G. Anguiano • Jorge N. Leal • Alina R. Méndez • Alexis N. Meza • Crystal R. Pérez

9:00am PDT

1960s/1970s Learning LabsJosh Langhoff • Tom Kipp • Tim Quirk Funeral Rites JBL TheaterCarlo Rotella • Banning Eyre • Russell Rodriguez • Joseph Schafer • Paul Fess

11:15am PDT

Old Gods and Old Ghosts Demo LabGreil Marcus • Carlo Rotella • Sean Latham • Richard Cobeen Parents and Children JBL TheaterTim Quirk • Ann Powers • Evie Nagy • Keith Harris Reimaginings and Resuscitations Learning LabsDavid Cantwell • I. Augustus Durham • Katherine Reed • Maya C. Gibson