My first post, and a bit of a meta-post. Navel gazing, and probably not even worthy of the term manifesto, though it leans in that direction:
In my two seminars this semester–”Rock Studies,” and “Jazz and the World”–I asked on the first day, “why study this?” An innocuous quesiton, and one that has plenty [...]
Archive for August, 2007
Welcome
Posted in Uncategorized on August 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Welcome to People Listen to It, a blog about music, scholarship, and the world. All of the writers on this blog are academics and musicians, and we hope to find the sweet spot where very short essays touch on topics of very big concern.
Check back regularly, as we intend to keep up a regular [...]