The Best Liars: Self-publishing and My New Dilemma
I’ve become tainted against self-publishing. That is probably clear to those of you who read this blog, since I’ve written a number of posts about self-publishers (see this label for others), but it has now become clear to me on a different level. I’ve said numerous times in the past that there are good self-publishers […]
Inception, An Addendum: Musicology (Part Two)
Not long ago I posted the first part of an analysis of the music in Christopher Nolan’s film, Inception. Before that I had analyzed the film’s emotional over- and under-tones and had reviewed the film (giving it a glowing review, actually). Now, I present to you the second part of my analysis of the score […]
Inception, An Addendum: Musicology (Part One)
(You can read my review of Inception here and my other analytical post about the issue of emotion in the film here.) (Note: Because this particular post has become far longer than I had originally intended, I’m going to split it into two parts.) The Musicology of Inception: A Simple Score, or Musical Genius? (Part […]
In Glowing Support of NPR (National Public Radio)
CREDO is running a petition to be sent to the White House asking for seat recently vacated by Helen Thomas in the White House press briefing room (where you see Gibbs answering questions and what not) to be given over to NPR (National Public Radio). Other organizations vying for a spot include Bloomberg News and […]
Race and Not Thinking About It: Why That’s B.S.
In this day and age, it seems like we (and by “we” I mean mostly white people) make a big deal about not thinking about race. Perhaps we do this out some sort of subconscious regret about the past (white guilt, if you will) or perhaps because we actually believe that we don’t think about […]
What makes a good science fiction movie?
During class today, I had a discussion with my students about what makes The Hangover a fine example of contemporary comedy (not my words, per se, but that’s what we were going with in order to illustrate the topic: evaluation arguments). When I got home, I started to think about this very subject, but in […]