barefoot professor

wilco

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:17:50 -0400

Entertainment Weekly: "Did I read correctly that you were once mistaken for an usher at the Grammys by P. Diddy?"
Jeff Tweedy: "You did read that correctly, yeah. The first time Wilco was nominated for a Grammy it was for Best Contemporary Folk Album for the Mermaid Avenue album [Wilco's 1998 collaboration with Billy Bragg]. So I was standing outside the bathrooms waiting for my wife and some other guys in the band. And as they went into the bathroom everybody kind of unburdened themselves of their programs and their coats and jackets and stuff, so I'm standing there holding a big stack of programs. And Puffy and his entourage came up to me and took one of my programs. Like I was standing there offering them to people! I guess I just looked like a page. I didn't look like I belonged there, is the main point of the story. I might have been beaten with a diamond-encrusted cane, but things didn't go that way. So I feel lucky."

academic coach taylor

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:45:45 -0400

academic coach taylor

pulp fiction

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:54:41 -0400

pulp fiction:

do two posts for Thursday, April 12, 2012

1) respond to hooks’ critique of tarantino. despite her being a fan of his work, what is her primary argument of the way he treats the patriarchy in his films? for instance, how could that be true in regards to tarantino’s treatment of female and african-american characters in this scene from pulp fiction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMRi-gFeK-M&feature=related ? despite all the “border-crossing” prior to this scene (whether or not you’ve seen the film), how does it seem that the patriarchy is restored at the end?

2) respond to one of your peer’s discussion of hooks’ article, either through the comment function on tumblr or in a post on your own blog (at least one paragraph).

Rape versus Mans/Laughter: Hitchcock's Blackmail and Feminist Interpretation

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:58:18 -0500

Rape versus Mans/Laughter: Hitchcock's Blackmail and Feminist Interpretation

The Poetics of Camp in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:57:40 -0500

The Poetics of Camp in the Films of Alfred Hitchcock

The Representation of Violence to Women: Hitchcock's "Frenzy"

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:57:01 -0500

The Representation of Violence to Women: Hitchcock's "Frenzy"

Hitchcock's World

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:56:28 -0500

Hitchcock's World

Visual "Drive" and Cinematic Narrative: Reading Gaze Theory in Lacan, Hitchcock, and Mulvey

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:55:47 -0500

Visual "Drive" and Cinematic Narrative: Reading Gaze Theory in Lacan, Hitchcock, and Mulvey

The Creature from the Black Lagoon: Marilyn Monroe and Whiteness

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:02:08 -0500

The Creature from the Black Lagoon: Marilyn Monroe and Whiteness

Some Thoughts on Theories of Fetishism in the Context of Contemporary Culture

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:01:29 -0500

Some Thoughts on Theories of Fetishism in the Context of Contemporary Culture

9/11: remembering the dead

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:54:12 -0500

in-class writing: examine a typical obituary online. then examine the new york times “portraits of grief.” discuss the writing style of the portraits. what seems to be the genre conventions? how are they similar or dissimilar to a more typical obituary? why might, in your view, did the authors chose to narrate the victims in this way? most importantly, how do these portraits (and the style in which they’re written) connect to the way we as a culture choose to narrate 9/11?

interactive portraits of grief

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:52:40 -0500

interactive portraits of grief

original portraits of grief

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:52:12 -0500

original portraits of grief

Photo

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:17:34 -0500

disqus comment box

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 00:05:17 -0400

hannahryann:

i just added a comment box to my profile, i’m not sure if everyone’s has this feature.

http://disqus.com/dashboard/ there’s the website for it. it’s totally compatible with tumblr. i think dr. smith wants us to comment on each other’s blogs but not everyone has the option to leave comments. hope this is helpful. btw, it’s free. :)