Duke Professor Emeritus and author of From Slavery to Freedom, passed away yesterday at the age of 94. Rest in peace John Hope Franklin.
March, 2009
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Mar 09
Just Finished: Table of Contents with Pages!
I just finished putting the actual pages into the dissertation’s table of contents. Here it is:
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION. AMATEUR MUSICIAN NARRATIVE: THE FACTUAL, FILMIC, FICTIONAL, AND FABRICATED - 1
- The Amateur - 10
- Popular music on film and film on popular music - 17
- Chapters - 24
CHAPTER I. Inauthentic Success/Authentic Obscurity: LADIES AND GENTLEMENT THE FABULOUS STAINS - 30
- All Washed Up becomes Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains - 33
- The production of All Washed Up - 58
- The cult(ure) of The Fabulous Stains - 66
- Conclusion - 71
CHAPTER II. ISHTAR AND THE AMATEUR MUSICIAN AS METAPHOR - 73
- Ishtar and the songwriting team of Rodgers and Clarke - 77
- Elaine May’s “Orwellian” Vision - 92
- A Spinal Tap for songwriters - 96
- Conclusion - 99
CHAPTER III. HALF-COCKED AND A CAPTURING OF THE AUTHENTIC AMATEUR MUSICIAN NARRATIVE - 102
- Give the money to the out-of-town band - 107
- Professional musicians acting like non-musicians pretending to be musicians - 114
- An indie film on a rock tour - 121
- Conclusion - 125
CHAPTER IV. HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH: (EN)GENDERED PROFESSIONALISM AND (TRANS)GENDERED AMATEURISM - 128
- Some slip of a girly boy from Communist East Berlin - 130
- From the clubs to Off-Broadway to film - 143
- Follow My Voice: Hedwig’s legacy - 150
- Conclusion - 157
CHAPTER V. CONCLUSIONS - 160
- The Amateur (Slight Return) - 164
- Potential for future application and study - 170
REFERENCES - 178
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Mar 09
Pitchfork Music Festival 2009
This just in from Pitchforkmedia.com:
Pitchfork 2009 will take place Friday, July 17 through Sunday, July 19, 2009 in Union Park, Chicago, IL.
“Now for the lineup, here is the first round of announced acts for this year’s festival…
Friday: Write The Night: Set List by Request with Built to Spill, the Jesus Lizard, Yo La Tengo, & Tortoise
Saturday: The National, Pharoahe Monch, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart & more to come
Sunday: Grizzly Bear, The Walkmen, Vivian Girls, & more to come”
First one of these that we’ll be back east for. Hmm, I wonder if we can make this happen again this year. Pitchfork really is one of the better run festivals I’ve ever attended. Relatively inexpensive beer, water, and food. A little too much bleed from one stage to another, but that’s to be expected.
Buy tickets beginning Friday, March 13 at noon CDT.
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Mar 09
Last.FM Radio
Just playin’ around with Last.FM when I should be writing and reading and drawing squiggly, little lines all over other written and read words. Here is my Last.FM radio station, whatever that’ll be.
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Warning: the only times I’ve tried it so far, I got George Michael’s “Faith” and a Big Star song. Play at your own risk.
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Mar 09
“You’re So Vain” by The Odd Couple
Completely unrelated to the above picture except that they are both cool things I came across today while struggling from deep within the grips of the procrastination monster… yes, yes, yes. In their Odd Couple characters, Tony Randall and Jack Klugman perform (and truly perform) the Carly Simon song “You’re So Vain.” Through a powerfully narrative performance, the listener is led to truly believe that Randall is wearing an apricot sweater. Listen for his earnest confusion at the back-up singers’ entrance when he asks “what are they doing here?” Brilliant.
Here’s to the beginning of a productive fortnight.