The irrepressibly zany Stephen Colbert has taken an interest in Experience Music Project's Pop Conference, the crucial annual convocation of pop musicology and commentary. Colbert is claiming that his own proposal for a paper, "Self-Love in an Elevator: Apollonian Images of Hedonism, Eroticism, and the Mechanized Urban Lanscape of Post-Comeback Aerosmith," has been ignored in favor of less progressive disquisitions. Be that as it may, the Pop Conference has an exceptionally rich range of offerings this year, including keynote addresses by Esperanza Spalding and Questlove. The festivities will unfold at NYU's Kimmel Center; registration is free.
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