Nadav Appel is a cultural critic and popular music scholar, teaching at Bar Ilan University, Open University of Israel, and Sapir Academic College. Among his latest publications: «The Geek’s Guide to Love: Knowledge and Failure in the Magnetic Fields’ 69 Love Songs» in Alex DiBlasi and Victoria Willis, eds. Geek Rock: An Exploration of Music and Subculture (Lanham and London: Rowman and Littlefield, 2014), pp. 135-146; «Ga, Ga, Ooh-La-La: The Childlike Use of Language in Pop-Rock Music» in Popular Music 33/1 (2014), pp. 91-108.