Jan 28, 2009

Book Pocket

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Jan 26, 2009

Hot For 教師

Tokyo, Japan's very own Van Halen cover band, Van Heysan, performing "Hot For Teacher."

Jan 25, 2009

Cluster - Say Anything

I'm probably one of the few people left who actually keeps the paper & pen journal. One of the many highlights is the ability to Mod Podge magazine clippings of Jim Morrison and Robert Plant onto the pages and wrap my words around them. So it comes as no surprise that I also use the pages of my journal for idea clusters. Below is a sample of such a cluster for my revisions on an essay regarding the 1989 teen classic, Say Anything.

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In case you are curious, that is a heart next to Paul Westerberg's name and I did write "Jeremy Piven's hairplugs."

Jan 19, 2009

Peyton Place Trailer

Theatrical trailer for the 1957 film, Peyton Place.

Jan 12, 2009

Aztec Camera Jumps!

Aztec Camera transforms Van Halen's "Jump" into easy listening.

Jan 3, 2009

Recommended Reading

During the course of my research this week, I came across Michelle Slatalla's "I Wish I Could Read Like a Girl". It is one of the few pieces I've read that discusses the conundrum of the pure act of reading versus the learned performance of reading (a sort of rote reading, if you will). Definitely worth perusing, especially for the disillusioned literary academic such as myself.