I feel like there is some journalistic flotsam out there somewhere that’s I’m forgetting about, but for now current issue of the LA Record has a review of Lavender Diamond’s show last week and a preview of the Walkmen’s show for which the Ol’ Lady and I head out for momentarily. Went down to SD [...]
Wanted to make a couple of links easily accessible for when/if I teach the Tipping Point next year. Actually, if you are interested in the state of public art and Banksy, this link might be interesting. If you’re curious to hear Gladwell’s take on Freakonomics, then look no further. And if you are going to [...]
Looks like the LA Record is slowing down on uploading their issues (it’s only one page people!), but I believe I have a Dios Malos preview in the current issue. Head on down to Amoeba and grab a copy … new Bill Callahan and Joanna Newsom albums out today! Also, I have a few CD [...]
It was a joy today to find out that Los Campesinos! have signed to Arts & Crafts for North American releases. The band’s EP is going to be released state-side in July and that makes July a good month in my book (not to mention Harry Potter, Sonic Youth @ the Greek, Daft Punk in [...]
Today three of my intersession students were issued truancy tickets while trying to get to my class. Up until this week, our theater class was being held off campus at the South Central Library and was problem free. It’s interesting that in the two days our class was actually held at school it has been [...]
Review of Nurse With Wound at Amoeba for the L.A. Record. [LINK TO BE INSERTED ONCE LARECORD.COM UPLOADS THE CURRENT ISSUE] Not sure what’s coming out next… maybe a handful of reviews for Urb? Maybe a review of Thursday’s Lavender Diamond gig at the Redcat? Are YOU going to the show? Why the hell not?
While out sipping down Horny Goats in the Windy City, my colleagues and I came up with a list of theme party themes – this is specifically in response to a certain presenter’s upcoming ’80s theme party. The list is a follows: Johnny Depp Films, Sub category: Johnny Party (Johnny Depp, Johnny Walker, Johnny Rockets [...]
Below is a series of email exchanges between Daye and I over the past week and a half. The focus (initially) is on the second episode of the new television adaptation of This American Life. The exchange is lengthy and meanders (happily) into various strands of irrelevant minutiae (much like a genuine conversation should). As [...]
Attended a panel today where one of the presenters from Korea discussed creating a teacher education program with Critical Pedagogy. This guy laid it out like it really is on a global level. It was nice to see a nuanced approach to Freire’s ideas being practiced and discussed in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) [...]
So it’s been just shy of a week since I watched a mere ten minutes of Daye’s JROTC footage. And though she’d given me permission to blog about the footage here days ago (Daye’s ago… lol), life has caught up with me and my private blog-o-go-round has been put on a brief hiatus. Finding a [...]