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The Gambia on One Blair a Day: January 2010
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The Gambia on One Blair a Day. Saturday, January 16, 2010. Behold the Book Suit! About a year and a half ago, I noticed some things:. A lot of the schools I visited had at least a few books aside from their government-issue textbooks. Some even had set up libraries. Hardly anyone used them. When they were used, it usually wasn't pretty. Books got torn; books got shelved backwards and upside down; books got lost. I had a lot of time on my hands. I also had a lot of art supplies. And a spine. (Get it?
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The Gambia on One Blair a Day: Here is why my kids are capital-A Awesome
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The Gambia on One Blair a Day. Thursday, February 11, 2010. Here is why my kids are capital-A Awesome. They admire her capacity for kicking ass (look at the purple hair; the determined expression; the detached robot arms). And her sass. Butt-length pigtails and complicated robot wiring? I'm ridiculously pleased that they all, boys and girls, think she's a hero. Civic responsibility, taking one's vitamins, defending the human race (including boys) - one could find worse role mod els in the pop canon.
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ThoughtLights: July 2008
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Monday, July 28, 2008. The world seems to be abuzz with questions of who should assign quality and how. First, we had the stream of critiquing the critics. Sandow's latest post. Next we have this excellent summary and cautionary tale. Finally, I'll offer up this interesting article. Victorian England without Hardy and Dickens? Posted by Dan B. at 2:17 AM. Friday, July 25, 2008. Musicology for Art's Sake. No The Dadaists were inspired by it, perhaps, and began their own movement. And without any guide,.
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ThoughtLights: October 2008
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Friday, October 31, 2008. Sorry for the lack of posts. I've been writing and then rewriting the dissertation proposal, on a strict self-imposed deadline. But it's good, and better for the reduction, in part because I'm curbing my own tendencies to reference things I feel I a) should in order to be a successful musicologist and b) want to because I put the effort into reading them and I like what they have to say. It's nice when hobbies don't just give you release but help put your work in perspective (an...
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ThoughtLights: February 2008
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Saturday, February 23, 2008. Oscars are coming, and I realize I have yet to relay to you my top ten for the year. My initial reaction is that it was an odd year of particularly good summer movies, high on entertainment, and a strangely bleak and less-inspired fall. Anyway, here they are:. 9 Four Months, Three Weeks, Two Days. 8 The Bourne Ultimatum. One of the better action films of recent memory, Paul Greengrass's installment of part three features some of the most satisfyingly involving chase sequences...
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ThoughtLights: August 2008
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Monday, August 4, 2008. I was intrigued by this article. In the NY Times. It seems one man has come upon the idea that value might be suggested by the repeated use of the images in textbooks. In the Listen textbook we use with the nonmajors, they select Haydn's Symphony 95. It's not, in my opinion, his most clever or engaging, nor his most beautiful, nor his most performed. But it does the job, possibly better than the alternatives. And there we may come to see the value in this work. But one of the real...
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ThoughtLights: June 2008
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Thursday, June 26, 2008. Re/searching for an audience. Catching up, I was pleased to notice these two posts. Ralph Locke at Dial M asks the pertinent question "Why do we do research? Which echoes previous posts elsewhere about why we blog, right? The answer may be here. I have some such performances, but that will come another day. Posted by Dan B. at 12:52 AM. Sunday, June 22, 2008. For starters, there's this article. Another mixed uplift and worrisome article from the times (most notable is one. I thin...
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Allegheny Teen Center Reading Program #27 – …
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Uncensored pop culture criticism and comics creation conversation. VACANT Bits #34 Nice and Clean. A Podcast with Kaylie and Nick #191 Au Jus ». Allegheny Teen Center Reading Program #27. April 1, 2014. Tags: Allegheny Teen Center Reading Program. Allegheny Teen Center Reading Program #27.2. 18:38 17.09 MB ]. VACANT Bits #34 Nice and Clean. A Podcast with Kaylie and Nick #191 Au Jus ». Responses to “Allegheny Teen Center Reading Program #27 ”. Feed for this Entry. April 1, 2014 at 12:36 pm. If you're und...
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ThoughtLights: January 2008
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Thursday, January 31, 2008. Catchup Post II: At the Met. No, not that Met. The other one. The art one. In the Verlyn Klinkenborg (which is a fantastic name for arts criticism, although he appears to be a non-fiction author) Appreciations column, he writes:. Furthermore, is there a way we can make that tradition feel relevant and present for the visitor-off-the-street? I've read a few things. Thomas Hoving's Art for Dummies. Posted by Dan B. at 4:35 PM. Tuesday, January 29, 2008. There were a few things I...
