Musician of ambient, drone, and elaborate / weird sounds. Scholar of music, philosophy, intellectual history, cultural history. Author of Deep Refrains.

Joined August 2020
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Michael Gallope retweeted
Notable that the NYT amid their voluminous coverage of Tuesday’s primaries doesn’t appear to have published more than a few sentences about Chris Rabb’s blowout left-wing socialist victory in the most Democratic congressional district in the nation and what that might mean.
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Michael Gallope retweeted
Death is always lurking. We see it in violence, in the wounds of the world, in the cry of pain that rises from every corner because of the abuses that crush the weakest among us, because of the idolatry of profit that plunders the earth’s resources, because of the violence of war that kills and destroys. #Easter
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Michael Gallope retweeted
For @thenation I wrote about antisemitism smears against @hasanthehun, an attempt to protect both Israel and Dem establishment from legitimate criticism. The fake antisemitism outrage machine, however, no longer shuts up the left—it empowers the far right thenation.com/article/politi…
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Michael Gallope retweeted
Joe Biden and every single liberal politician or media figure who demonized anti-genocide protesters as anti-semitic extremists, who called for or engineered mass repression of the campus encampments, is deeply complicit in Trump’s repression today. Absolutely shameful.
NEWS: Last night, DHS detained a Palestinian who helped lead Columbia encampment. Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too. His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.zeteo.com/p/breaking-dhs-det…
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Michael Gallope retweeted
Adolph Reed said like 20 years ago that the Reps were evolving into a Christofascist party (not his term, but his meaning) and the Dems were evolving into old-style Reps. Prescient.
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Michael Gallope retweeted
NYC folks! I am coming to town for THIS GREAT BOOK LAUNCH for @michaelgallope which will feature talking and playing by Benjamin Piekut, @kwamicoleman, @Ryan_Lonewolf, @eisenbergsounds, and me. Would be lovely to see you at Roulette on Thursday. roulette.org/event/book-laun…
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Michael Gallope retweeted
Biden is set to go down in history as the president who not only presided over a genocide but who allowed Israel to drag the US into a giant regional war. And he could stop it all with a phone call.
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Michael Gallope retweeted
Join us this Thursday, May 23rd at 5pm CT for a conversation with @michaelgallope on "The Musician as Philosopher." Michael will be joined in conversation by Travis A. Jackson. RSVP Here: ow.ly/eXn150R2IeA
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RT @daraghjgrant: What a disgraceful day @Uchicago. To attack your student like a literal thief in the night. So craven, so pathetic, so in…
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21 Apr 2024
Monday, April 22, 5 PM ET: Explore the interplay of music & philosophy during 1960s NYC with @michaelgallope & Elliott H. Powell @ehphd as they discuss "The Musician as Philosopher: New York's Vernacular Avant-Garde, 1958–1978." More info & the Zoom link: tinyurl.com/fe8p396s
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Michael Gallope retweeted
A short thread about yesterday’s discussion of the Kalven Report @uchicago3ct.
Was reminded of this paragraph in the Kalven Report at last night @uchicago3ct event. Setting aside the many other things one can (and panelists did) say about the report, this raises a question: When, if not now, will @UChicago speak out in defense of the university... 1/n
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Michael Gallope retweeted
25 Jan 2024
It’s been 100 days since I signed on to the ceasefire resolution. In that time more than 25,000 thousand Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers. I will continue to call for a ceasefire until there is an end to the atrocities and lasting peace. I urge my colleagues to do the same.
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Michael Gallope retweeted
At the University of Chicago, we’ve formed a Faculty for Justice in Palestine. What a joy it’s been to find comrades among my colleagues. fjpuchicago.noblogs.org/post…

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Michael Gallope retweeted
Civilian victims of war are not “collateral damage." They are men and women with names and surnames, who lose their lives. They are children who are orphaned and deprived of their future. They are individuals who suffer from hunger, thirst and cold, or are left mutilated. #Peace
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Michael Gallope retweeted
From last month. It's good to remember this all began as an attempt to silence pro Palestinian points of view on campus, to bully and lie and frighten people into accepting unpopular and extremist pro Israel policy.
Replying to @samhaselby
It's notable that none of these guys, Ackman, Pinker, Christakis, Flier, Summers, know anything about the Middle East or speak any of its languages and yet have appointed themselves authoritative experts. Where is the respect for expertise and scholarship they claim to represent?
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