http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ethe0008/Section_1/ - Live from Montreal en-us 2010-02-03T15:01:07-05:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ethe0008/Section_1/216687.html Here's a question: how to characterize the Beatles interview habits? A characterization demands sufficient evidence (biographical information, printed interviews, and so on)--here's one piece. In this interview clip from August 1964, John is certainly a great comedian, but it's George... Assorted Nothings ethe0008 2010-02-03T15:01:07-05:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ethe0008/Section_1/173682.html MSNBC's Rachel Maddow delivered her best line in weeks today. She reported on the Czech PM Mirek Topolanek who is soon to host POTUS and who boldly called Obama's stimulus plan a "road to hell", a slander reportedly learned while... Raves ethe0008 2009-03-28T00:50:23-05:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ethe0008/Section_1/168874.html One of my happiest internet discoveries is TED, running under the byline, “Ideas Worth Spreading”. TED is an acronym for Technology, Education, and Design, and is a lively site run by conference organizers in California. Presenters at the TED conference... Short Stories ethe0008 2009-02-28T16:18:46-05:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ethe0008/Section_1/166268.html I have been haunted for over a year by a musicologist’s heart-wrenching blog entry. The author wrote the piece at the tail end of an extended discussion of how to stay afloat in academia. His blog entry impressed me with... ethe0008 2009-02-12T01:34:21-05:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ethe0008/Section_1/162262.html Happy New Year! I don’t “do�? resolutions, but I intend to blog more frequently this year and reacquaint myself with the keyboard home row. It is said that writers enjoy having written rather than writing, so I am pushing myself... ethe0008 2009-01-19T21:38:59-05:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ethe0008/Section_1/160214.html I originally wrote this post in the form of a comment on a site I read called "Dial M for Musicology." “But then no-one seems to be starting any musicology blogs, so oh well.�? Ok, I’ll bite. What does a... ethe0008 2008-12-17T23:14:18-05:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ethe0008/Section_1/159832.html Late October, I felt like the John McCain that suspended his presidential campaign and rushed to the nation's capitol to rescue the economy. Instead of a 'presidential campaign', substitute 'doctorate in musicology'; instead of 'the nation's capitol ', substitute Cleveland,... ethe0008 2008-12-15T10:09:41-05:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ethe0008/Section_1/137880.html Ok, I can't stay long. I've got another essay to write. The province of Quebec is sponsoring a writing competition (QWC), and the grand prize is a $1000 for 1200 words. That almost eighty-four cents per word! Awesome. You have... ethe0008 2008-08-07T09:56:14-05:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ethe0008/Section_1/137481.html Jon Pousette-Dart was an active member of the American popular music machine in the 1970s until his group disbanded in the shadow of MTV's arrival. ethe0008 2008-08-02T10:18:15-05:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ethe0008/Section_1/137427.html When naval vessels go dark, i.e., cease radio communications, the intent is electromagnetic disappearance, and communication moves to non EM-transmitters. Semaphore, flashing light, signal flags . . . all these and more are used in place of standard bridge radios... A Penny for Your Thoughts ethe0008 2008-08-01T12:36:23-05:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ethe0008/Section_1/085472.html So, a lot of us visit YouTube . . . for video entertainment, and for a wide of wide variety of reasons. Some of us (myself included) actually post clips of our own on the site (Try Me!), bearing our... Assorted Nothings ethe0008 2007-08-22T18:36:27-05:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ethe0008/Section_1/084060.html My public service announcement for the day: Because one never knows when one will happen upon a fire, take a refresher course on the fire triangle. Don't forget to follow the link to the fire extinguisher. Safety first, - MjE... Assorted Nothings ethe0008 2007-07-26T20:46:53-05:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ethe0008/Section_1/083899.html [for the first bit, see the Zappa piece below] after some reflection, I've come to the conclusion that I've probably heard more voices than I have experienced "in real life"--that is, face to face, actually being in the presence of... ethe0008 2007-07-25T10:59:01-05:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ethe0008/Section_1/083345.html Interested readers might have already inquired, "Whence the subtitle to this blog 'Live from Montreal'?" After such a pithy opening gambit, I must now admit that I was attempting to fool no one in that first sentence with the plural... Raves ethe0008 2007-07-13T22:23:57-05:00 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/ethe0008/Section_1/083145.html Listening to Frank Zappa's iconoclastic debut Freak Out! (1966) tonight, I couldn't get past my thoughts on the countless ways in which Frank's voice must be remembered. There's a concert tour going around these days called "Zappa plays Zappa" led... Raves ethe0008 2007-07-10T21:11:21-05:00