So, I’ve written previously about Kimbra, and her excellent live mash-up of Grizzly Bear’s “Two Weeks” and Tears for Fears’ “Head Over Heels”. But she’s so creative that I’ve got to talk about her again. You may recall her as half of 2012’s impossible-to-avoid collaboration with Gotye, “Somebody That I Used to Know.” ) Originally from […]
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I Am Chemistry by Yeasayer
This lumbering behemoth is a 4/4-time hymn to all that is menacing. It’s built around a simple progression of four minor chords and is a haunted house in musical form. It starts out sounding like Dead Can Dance Performing in the Sahara Desert; and when the vocals start, well I can’t quite place who he […]
An Idea for a Silent Retreat
Lately I’ve been feeling a little overwhelmed between work, grad school, various volunteering commitments and trying to maintain healthy relationships with friends. Add to that the news cycle of the last year, and it’s easy to see why I’ve been feeling a little run-down. I’ve also, because of this fast-paced life I’m in the midst […]
A Political Debate Show for the 21st Century
This is a proposal I put together for a class on Rhetoric and Composition. The proposal is for a scripted debate show, using actors, with the aim of demonstrating respectful debate among disagreeing parties. I intend to update the slide show and to add more explanatory text; however, for now, I wanted to share the […]
Duffy and Goldblatt on Writing
“The Good Writer” by John Duffy I appreciate the openness to something as potentially divisive as ethics and virtue, especially when, as the author rightly points out, there is already an implicit ethics in operation. I also appreciate on 233-4 his explanation of Aristotle’s teleology; that is to say, eudaemonia is achieved when one does well […]