Today’s selection for the 30 Day Song Challenge was much harder than I anticipated, but for reasons you might not expect. It certainly is NOT the case that I don’t have plenty of songs that remind me of someone. It IS the case, however, that when you say “this song reminds me of [some person],”…
Read MoreThose of you who have been with this blog for a while already know that I’ve written a lot about sad songs here before. In fact, there was a moment a few years ago when this blog enjoyed a little celebrity as my site was the first thing that came up when you Googled “sad…
Read MoreBack again with the 31 Days in Seuss Challenge for Day 3. Today’s prompt calls for me to versify “my music.” Last month on this blog I participated in the 30 Day Song Challenge, so there’s plenty to read there if you’re interested in my more extended music commentary. (It’s not in verse, though.) Since…
Read MoreThe whole process of choosing today’s song was like a little gift from the Universe. I’ve spent most of my time since yesterday ONLY listening to “songs that make me happy” in order to make my selection for the 3rd day of the 30 Day Song Challenge. Seriously, what a fantastic way to spend 24…
Read MoreDay 2 of the 30 Day Song Challenge asks for “your least favorite song” and I really thought this one was going to be harder to choose than it actually was. I mean, there are whole genres of music that I don’t like– speed metal, experimental jazz, anything Celtic, the endless musical masturbation of jam…
Read MoreFor the month of June, I’m participating in a meme called the 30 Day Song Challenge. I’ll be posting my songs each day to my Facebook profile and Twitter feed, but I thought I’d also post them here on the blog where I have a little more room to explain the why’s and wherefore’s of…
Read MoreIt’s been a minute since I updated this blog. There are lots of reasons for that– I was tied up with the American Values Project (and its New York Values iteration) for a while, then the Memphis Grizzlies were in the NBA playoffs, then end-of-the-semester grading was upon me, then graduation and curriculum seminars, etc–…
Read MoreHere’s a slide show of the images we’ve gotten so far for the American Values Project. The project has it’s own website now, too, where you can submit new photos directly through that site. We’re developing a whole new set of plans for this project (and managing to find some money for it as well!)…
Read MoreNew Yorkers: How do you make one of the world’s largest cities into a community? First, you show its residents what they have in common. New York is a city of over 8 million people, and each one of them values something. The particulars of what they value may differ dramatically– sometimes even conflict dramatically–…
Read MoreFor those of you who have been following the development of my “American Values” project, I have exciting news: WE’RE TAKING IT TO NEW YORK CITY! On May 7th, curator Tally Beck (of Tally Beck Contemporary) and I will exhibit a slightly-more-limited-in-scope version of the American Values project that we’re calling “New York Values” at…
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