"Here's Looking at You, Syd" by Tom Stoppard |
"At a certain street junction in Notting Hill in London there is nothing to memorialize what turned out to be one of the defining fractures in the story of rock music. I think about it every time I pa...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:42:00 GMT |
"Last Post for the Oddball Empire" by Maya Jasanoff |
"When did the British empire end? Was it on the night of August 15 1947, when India and Pakistan gained independence, and devastated Britons felt as if their world was 'coming apart'? Was it in the au...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Oct 2007 18:15:00 GMT |
"Looking Up From the Gutter: Philosophy and Popular Culture" by Stephen Asma |
"In 2001, Open Court published The Simpsons and Philosophy. I think I received six or seven copies for Christmas that year. Other philosophy professors I know (and there aren't many, since we're all l...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 14:46:00 GMT |
"Beyond the Musical Avant-Garde" by Terry Teachout |
"What really happened to classical music in the 20th century? The survey histories of modern music that were published in the 1960's mostly took for granted the historical inevitability and ultimate t...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 19:31:00 GMT |
"Mystic Nights: The Making of Blonde on Blonde" by Sean Wilentz |
"Blonde on Blonde borrows from several musical styles, including '40s Memphis and Chicago blues, turn-of-the-century vintage New Orleans processionals, contemporary pop, and blast-furnace rock & roll....
Posted by on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:30:00 GMT |
"Virtual Friendship and the New Narcissism" by Christine Rosen |
"For centuries, the rich and the powerful documented their existence and their status through painted portraits. A marker of wealth and a bid for immortality, portraits offer intriguing hints about th...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:47:00 GMT |
"The Problem with Music" by Steve Albini |
"Whenever I talk to a band who are about to sign with a major label, I always end up thinking of them in a particular context. I imagine a trench, about four feet wide and five feet deep, maybe sixty ...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:57:00 GMT |
