UK-Bound!

Recently, I found out that I will be presenting at the 15th Biennial IASPM (International Association for the Study of Popular Music) International Conference in Liverpool, England. That's right! I am not only going to England...I am going to Land of the Beatles! And presenting at a university where there is an entire INSTITUTE OF POPULAR MUSIC. YES!

Now that I know even more Brits, I plan to couch-surf at least part of my way through England (not Liverpool though, since I don't know anyone that lives there) and also visit Dublin and possibly Glasgow. I'm applying for research grants again since I am waiting to hear about a conference in London I submitted to the week prior to the Liverpool conference and also hope to conduct the scholarly interviews with Tori Amos for my dissertation in Cornwall. Those three items grouped on a grant application make a pretty convincing argument, I hope! It would certainly be fantastic to spend three weeks in the UK instead of a week!

I am über excited about this...I've been wanting to go to England forever!!!