Such a pithy example of a poetry explication |
Wish one of my students had written this about Eliot. But. Anyway, such a great example of academic writing at its best. I just found this and I love the way it sums up the poem. Her...
Posted by Brand X on Fri, 04 May 2007 12:59:00 PST |
V.T., violence, teaching |
OK, Friday afternoon I got into an altercation with a student of mine in my 4:40 class. It's bugged me all weekend (lucky I stayed busy). Today was, oddly for a Monday, better. ...
Posted by Brand X on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 08:44:00 PST |
A night at Cine with Korean horror and Michael Stipe (Athens horror) |
Tonight I saw The Host, a South Korean (well, North Korea ain't producing many movies that make it over here) horror movie and one of the scariest, most bizarre films I've seen in many moons.&nbs...
Posted by Brand X on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:11:00 PST |
Sum Bad Anglish |
Yes, I listed this under "writing and poetry." Closest thing myspace has to a category for this lot. Yet remember that Regents' exams are no more writing than they are poetry!&nbs...
Posted by Brand X on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 01:13:00 PST |
The D (text) |
First, the pictures are in reverse order. So the first one with the JB and KG on the dimly lit stage was the LAST encore. That was the last thing we saw on the stage at the end of the...
Posted by Brand X on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 06:24:00 PST |
Tenacious D |
Two Kings? Or TWO GODS OF ROCK! ...
Posted by Brand X on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 05:57:00 PST |
A Ticket to Nashville (text) |
This past weekend I headed to Nashville to hang with my bro Kevin. Some things I got to do over the course of the weekend: see Vanderbilt students pretending to be African tribesmen, playing several v...
Posted by Brand X on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 05:41:00 PST |
A Ticket to Nashville |
Kevin playing the metal heavy Nashville Skyline Printer's Alley The Story of Printer's Alley ...
Posted by Brand X on Sat, 16 Dec 2006 05:21:00 PST |
Jeremy Enigk |
Some photos from the show. I like the new album. Near the end of the set, he asked the crowd if they wanted to hear any Sunny Day Real Estate songs, and the place erupted. As Neil would say, I peed a ...
Posted by Brand X on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 03:01:00 PST |
Magnificent Desolation |
On my childhood and choice of profession:
When getting my nose in a book
Cured most things short of school,
It was worth ruining my eyes
To know I could still keep cool,
And deal out the old r...
Posted by Brand X on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 04:25:00 PST |
