My students had read, and we’d all fruitfully discussed, Carl Wilson’s 33 1/3 book on Celine Dion: so far, so good. We were sauntering through the subsequent reading and writing assignments (and yes, in response to those comments: I’ll post the syllabus sometime soon, but I think I’d like to finish the semester first, and [...]
It’s been so long since I posted, I hardly remember how. If John Lennon were still with us, I think he’d say that blog silence is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans. But at lunch today with a friend, I told a story that I realized might be of interest to [...]
Annnnnnnnnnnnnnd…. we’re back. Before I abruptly walked off the set last week, reader Ken made a request: “I’d be interested to see your list of buy-on-release artists. I was just thinking yesterday how I may have finally reached the point where I am not constantly or primarily in search of new artists. I can probably [...]
As usual, Radiohead said it best: While you make pretty speeches I’m being cut to shreds You feed me to the lions A delicate balance And this just feels like spinning plates I’m living in cloud cuckoo land And this just feels like spinning plates Our bodies floating down the muddy river Which is just [...]
It had to happen: one of my favorite bloggers (and good friend and colleague) Kathleen Fitzpatrick, who is away on leave this year (and currently, I believe, in Germany?), blogged about the Pippin essay yesterday, more or less simultaneously with my post. I’m not going to read hers until after I finish this, for fear [...]
Hey friends, No post: not even a picture! I’m on a weekend work trip, and giddily ran off without my laptop. It’s technically possible to post from my phone, but — well, that’s just not going to happen. So radio silence today and Sunday: I’ll be back with you Monday morning. –K Tweet This Post
Sorry, folks: No time for a post today. But check out yesterday’s: an as-yet underappreciated classic of the genre. Tweet This Post
I’m sorry, mes amis: I drove 997 miles solo today and am now collapsing into my comfy Marriott bed. The long drive did give me some things to think about, and I’ll be back with you tomorrow. But now I must die, for just a little while. — Kevin Tweet This Post
As you read this, faithful friends, I’m driving a Toyota Corolla 1003 miles to Portland, Oregon, to deliver it to my daughter & her husband. In the runup to that road trip, time is at a premium. (And I’m unlikely to encounter any amusing/chilling pro-gun sloganeering along the way.) So, as the Who would have [...]
Long after any- and everyone else interested had seen it, Robyn & I got the 2003 movie My Architect: A Son’s Journey from Netflix last week and gave it a look. Based on a (for me) outstanding premise—we’re going to learn more about the architect Louis Kahn and his famous friends!—the movie proceeds to disappoint [...]