So this weekend and next I’ll be at two of the big yearly meetings of the musicology societies (Society for Ethnomusicology and American Musicological Society–Society for American Music is in the Spring, and I don’t generally go to the Society for Music Theory meetings unless they’re meeting with AMS). I’ve had mixed feelings about [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Heading to SEM and AMS–Warning, Wonky Academic Post Ahead
Posted in Uncategorized on October 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
http://www.myspace.com/coqroq
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Burger King, Cock Rock, Coq Roq, Scratching my head for a while... on October 23, 2007 | 9 Comments »
You’d never believe it if Wikipedia didn’t tell you so. “Cock Rock” is a sub-genre or offshoot of glam, right. What’s unbelievable is that Burger King – the imperial viceroys of fast food have established a band called Coq Roq on Myspace in order to sell Chicken Fries. Oh so much to say. Go to [...]
Berger, Reflexivity, Etc.
Posted in Uncategorized on October 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In Tuesday’s discussion of Harris Berger’s Metal, Rock, and Jazz, the theme of reflexivity arose. As some of us in another class are currently reading an extremely reflexive ethnography, it seemed like a good time to delve into the issue a little more.
I understand the motivations behind reflexive ethnomusicology and anthropology, and I do agree [...]
IPod Nation and Why I Teach
Posted in Uncategorized on October 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Jeeze, it’s been way too long since I posted. October has turned out to be the busiest month of the year.
At any rate, Garrett Warshaw at “Meh, Why Not” has a post about the IPodification of contemporary life. I should say, first, that I really love the title of his blog–”Meh” is one [...]
new gay rock (after glam…the real thing?)
Posted in Gender / Sexuality, Preliminary Glamspectorations, tagged Ani Difranco, Bowling for Soup, Chris Garneau, gender and sexuality, glam, Jason and Demarco, Matmos, Muckafurgason, Rufus Wainwright, sigur ròs, Soft Pink Truth on October 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I wanna be your guy (x2)
I already know the way you walk home.
your three favorite movies and your telephone.
I wanna be your guy (x2)
you may find it funny but i noticed your hair, today.
you were wearing it in a slightly different way.
I wanna be your guy (x2)
maybe i’ll try and call you again.
i wonder if [...]
Rockin’ In The Free World
Posted in Uncategorized on October 9, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Today in our seminar, we closed with a discussion of Pearl Jam’s performance of Neil Young’s “Rockin’ In The Free World” at a festival in Australia in 2006. The concert was a joint effort with U2, and was intended as a benefit to combat world poverty. The encore of Pearl Jam’s set was “Rockin’ In [...]
Similar to a dolphin that isn’t part of the family of fish…
Posted in Uncategorized on October 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
youtube.com/watch?v=-BCbzb_Br-A
Please click on this link to enjoy one of the most hilarious youtubing experiences of life. If you haven’t seen Igudesman and Joo check out their other performance pieces. I first saw this at an orchestra festival with a group of talented classical musicians. I’m sure we all just wished we had thought of the [...]
The Boss and The Big Man
Posted in authenticity, tagged "Thunder Road", Bruce Springsteen, Clarence Clemons on October 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In our seminar a few weeks ago, we examined performances of Bruce Springsteen in regards to conceptions of authenticity as a determining characteristic of rock and rockers.
To better understand the appeal we went to YouTube, the internet-gods’ gift to man, and watched two performances of “Thunder Road,” one from 1976 (http://youtube.com/watch?v=KngiJUNdsu0) and one from 1985 [...]
Who are you? Person vs. Persona at a Live Rock Show
Posted in Zeitgeist, performance persona on October 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I wanted to make a point of attending a live rock show at some point during the semester (a pithy attempt at fieldwork, perhaps). I’m not really the concert-goer-type, so I had to select my first real rock experience carefully. I chose the Smashing Pumpkin’s Zeitgeist tour (Normal, IL 10/04/07) and hoped for the best. [...]
