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ThoughtLights: July 2008
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Monday, July 28, 2008. The world seems to be abuzz with questions of who should assign quality and how. First, we had the stream of critiquing the critics. Sandow's latest post. Next we have this excellent summary and cautionary tale. Finally, I'll offer up this interesting article. Victorian England without Hardy and Dickens? Posted by Dan B. at 2:17 AM. Friday, July 25, 2008. Musicology for Art's Sake. No The Dadaists were inspired by it, perhaps, and began their own movement. And without any guide,.
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ThoughtLights: October 2008
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Friday, October 31, 2008. Sorry for the lack of posts. I've been writing and then rewriting the dissertation proposal, on a strict self-imposed deadline. But it's good, and better for the reduction, in part because I'm curbing my own tendencies to reference things I feel I a) should in order to be a successful musicologist and b) want to because I put the effort into reading them and I like what they have to say. It's nice when hobbies don't just give you release but help put your work in perspective (an...
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ThoughtLights: February 2008
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Saturday, February 23, 2008. Oscars are coming, and I realize I have yet to relay to you my top ten for the year. My initial reaction is that it was an odd year of particularly good summer movies, high on entertainment, and a strangely bleak and less-inspired fall. Anyway, here they are:. 9 Four Months, Three Weeks, Two Days. 8 The Bourne Ultimatum. One of the better action films of recent memory, Paul Greengrass's installment of part three features some of the most satisfyingly involving chase sequences...
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ThoughtLights: August 2008
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Monday, August 4, 2008. I was intrigued by this article. In the NY Times. It seems one man has come upon the idea that value might be suggested by the repeated use of the images in textbooks. In the Listen textbook we use with the nonmajors, they select Haydn's Symphony 95. It's not, in my opinion, his most clever or engaging, nor his most beautiful, nor his most performed. But it does the job, possibly better than the alternatives. And there we may come to see the value in this work. But one of the real...
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ThoughtLights: June 2008
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Thursday, June 26, 2008. Re/searching for an audience. Catching up, I was pleased to notice these two posts. Ralph Locke at Dial M asks the pertinent question "Why do we do research? Which echoes previous posts elsewhere about why we blog, right? The answer may be here. I have some such performances, but that will come another day. Posted by Dan B. at 12:52 AM. Sunday, June 22, 2008. For starters, there's this article. Another mixed uplift and worrisome article from the times (most notable is one. I thin...
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ThoughtLights: January 2008
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Thursday, January 31, 2008. Catchup Post II: At the Met. No, not that Met. The other one. The art one. In the Verlyn Klinkenborg (which is a fantastic name for arts criticism, although he appears to be a non-fiction author) Appreciations column, he writes:. Furthermore, is there a way we can make that tradition feel relevant and present for the visitor-off-the-street? I've read a few things. Thomas Hoving's Art for Dummies. Posted by Dan B. at 4:35 PM. Tuesday, January 29, 2008. There were a few things I...
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ThoughtLights: April 2008
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Sunday, April 27, 2008. Pictures, Take II. Thinking about this stuff reminded me this morning of an New York Times article from Larry Kramer from about a year ago about museums. Posted by Dan B. at 7:55 AM. Friday, April 25, 2008. Is far more general and deserving of a serious inquiry. He writes:. We have to communicate the edginess of Monet. There's a disconnest in using familiar images seen on calendars, tote bags, dorm room walls, and claiming they're like music that students find challenging (how...
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ThoughtLights: September 2008
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Monday, September 22, 2008. So today, I wrote two paragraphs. Not much, but it's very rewarding to actually have started it. More to come? Posted by Dan B. at 11:43 PM. Thursday, September 18, 2008. I miss teaching this semester. Posted by Dan B. at 11:29 PM. Wednesday, September 10, 2008. Academia Out of Bounds. Where people select pieces to hear, get together and talk about it. Posted by Dan B. at 9:56 AM. Sunday, September 7, 2008. 50 posts. To celebrate I give you an inexplicably bizarre ad. Posted b...
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ThoughtLights: May 2008
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Saturday, May 31, 2008. I presented my paper on Vertigo this afternoon at the Music and the Moving Image conference here in lovely NYC (a beautiful day spent inside in the dark, but interesting at least). If you want to see any of it (including me! You can see it online for a limited time: http:/ steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/scoring/conference/video. Posted by Dan B. at 12:54 AM. Thursday, May 22, 2008. Posted by Dan B. at 12:46 AM. Monday, May 19, 2008. It all comes back again. I'm starting with just gettin...
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ThoughtLights: March 2008
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Sunday, March 23, 2008. Campaign trailing, campaign teaching. Two things about me: I try to keep up with politics, and I'm fairly stoic in my disposition. It surprises people, I think, when I have strong opinions because I'm not the overly vocal type. In fact, Im usually torn between promoting my stance and feeling like I shouldn't foist opinions on other people. Posted by Dan B. at 12:10 PM. Monday, March 17, 2008. Weekend concert wrap up. Image for the way Britten ends the opera with an unsettling dawn).
