Jamie Blake

Assistant Professor of Musicology, Capital University

[Jamie Blake @jamietblake]

Not a surprising turn of events today, but a deeply disappointing one. It terrifies me for my girls that our courts and legislators care more about what a few racist elitist men thought a few hundred years ago than their personhood and safety today.

[Lauren McKenzie @TheMcKenziest]

@derekkbaker_ @Not_CharLatte What if we stopped pretending we need to interpret what a bunch of slave owners from hundreds of years ago wanted and instead built a world where we can all live a life worth living :)

[Jamie Blake @jamietblake]

@ldaviesmusic @Mtnsbeyondmtns @pjmurphy249 @DavidBarondeau Let’s keep in mind that UNC buses are free to all *who can afford to live in Chapel Hill*—which is becoming more and more difficult for graduate students, contingent faculty, and those generally on the lower end of the salary spectrum.

[Jamie Blake @jamietblake]

@gcornish91 Congratulations Gabby! Can’t wait to read it.

[Jamie Blake @jamietblake]

@whats_opera_doc @AllisonPortnow @christa_a_b @BrianJones48 @KimFrancisPhD @lefresne79 @musicillogical @DocShadey @doctorbusman @dan_guberman @DavidVanderHamm This is the tried and true formula.

[petipaw @petipaw]

@gcornish91 I was living in a country at war when I was a kid. I asked my mum which side was going to win. She answered, No one ever *wins* a war. I didn’t get it back then now I understand that regardless of the outcome the human price is always too high, all around.

[The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent]

⚡️Zelensky: "What do we hear today? It's not just rocket explosions, fighting, and the roar of aircraft.

This is the sound of a new Iron Curtain, which lowers and closes Russia from the civilized world."

[Jamie Blake @jamietblake]

Applications open Jan 5. *All qualified Durham residents encouraged to apply* https://t.co/WNCWMLCaCM

[The Pilecki Institute @ThePileckiInst]

Yesterday our very own @WW2girl1944 appeared on a panel at the #ASEEES21 confecence in New Orleans with @KarenLUslin & @jamietblake. Thank you to the moderator @Beethovenian.
Also one of our Graduate Academy students @lidukha_ took part in her own panel on Gulags!
#conference

[Jamie Blake @jamietblake]

@basking_shark @queend236 This reminds me of my aunt that calls Target “Tar-JAY” like bad French is way more luxe

[Jamie Blake @jamietblake]

@sudoclassical @grittyphilly1 @GrittyNHL But would Gritty actually throw down with his own Grandpa?

[Jamie Blake @jamietblake]

Amazing! The LoC is a magical place.

[A-dumb is more like it @composerface]

And here’s another thing, people making more “commercially viable” art is not necessarily a compromise. Some people like doing, are good at it, and feel fulfilled doing it. Stop being weird about people making art the way they choose to. That’s literally the point of art. 4/6

[Jamie Blake @jamietblake]

@gcornish91 Congratulations!

[Jamie Blake @jamietblake]

@NaomiRendina Falling. Not heights- I can be very high up, including planes, balconies, rooftops, etc, and not feel anxiety if I don’t feel like I could fall. But walking down a steep-ish slippery hill can make me hyperventilate and stadium seating makes my heart pound if I look down.

[Jamie Blake @jamietblake]

So excited to get @musicolojen’s groundbreaking new monograph today!

[Jamie Blake @jamietblake]

@TrevorRNelson And along the same lines, we somehow insist on on perpetuating the idea that teeth (and sometimes eyes, I guess?) are not part of our medical health? Taking care of them is, like, supposed to be optional?

[Jamie Blake @jamietblake]

@gcornish91 If it looks like totalitarianism and quacks like totalitarianism