Critical Theories in Education
Guy Dinmore’s report from NOLA for the Financial Times is a vivid description of the current conditions there, but it is also notable for a couple of other reasons. It is the first mention I’ve seen of the conditions in the eastern burb of Chalmette (outside of media in BC, which is covering the urban […]
Europe all shook up about the King Roll over Beethoven Austrians are preparing an extravagant Elvis Week to mark the 28th anniversary of Presley’s death By WILLIAM KOLE Monday, August 15, 2005 The Globe and Mail Page R4 Associated Press VIENNA — Mozart would be mortified. Beethoven would probably spin like an LP in his […]
None of the lawsuits brought by the recording industry against individual users of peer-to-peer technologies (like Kazaa and Limewire) have actually gone to court. Instead the RIAA has relied intimitation to get “little guys” to settle out of court. Looks like a Westchester soccer mom isn’t giving in to boilerplate lawsuits the RIAA have used…and […]
From MRZine: “The activists’ MC: An interview with Son of Nun” Most progressive-minded hip-hop fans and culturally-inclined activists have not heard of Baltimore rapper Son of Nun. After listening to the Son’s first album, “Blood and Fire,” I can only say this: they will. Despite this being his first album, Nun — a high school […]
Thurston Moore–founding member of the rock group Sonic Youth and head honcho of EcstaticPeace.com, a music, art, and literature website–has a new book, Mix Tape: The Art of Cassette Culture, which inspired me to dig out some old mix tapes buried in boxes deep in the basement. [See my entry for April 26 for more […]
My current sonic diet includes: The White Stripes Get Behind Me Shelby Lynne Suit Yourself Robert Cray Twenty Dwight Yoakam Blame the Vain M. Ward Tommy Guerrero & Gadget and The Jazz Cannon The “You’ll Never Take Us Alive” Battle (EP) Frank Black Honeycomb Thievery Corporation The Cosmic Game Jim White […]
NYT’s Pareles: The Court Has Ruled So Enter the Geeks The court found that the file-sharing companies Grokster and Streamcast could be sued for copyright infringement because they offered marketing and technical advice that clearly induced their customers to share files illegally, so the companies could attract larger numbers of users and thus more advertising. […]
I thought if anybody could write an entire book about one song and make it interesting it would be Griel Marcus … and he has. Like a Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan at the Crossroads treats the number one song of all time according to Rolling Stone magazine as a sonic event, ushered in by the […]
First, you should know I like Elvis and not just in a postmodern ironic way, though I understand that take on the King. The British music rag NME recently carried an item on the Top 100 Most Successful Acts of All Time, based on the total number of weeks an act has spent on the […]
Last night, using a peer-to-peer filesharing program called Limewire, I downloaded three mp3 files of tunes by 80s glam metal band Motley Crue. This morning I was relieved to find out that I still can’t be prosecuted for this act, except on the basis of taste. Unlike the current situation in the USA, file sharing […]
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