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Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Ethel Waters and Manufacturing Meaning in Popular Music: Some Thoughts

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“Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone” is a pop song written by Sam Stept and Sidney Clare, describing the singe...
Monday, June 16, 2014

Monumental Stupidity and Control of the Past

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What imperial purpose was served by deciphering the ancient Egyptian language, for example, and then restoring to the Egyptians kno...
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

The Original Dixieland Jazz Band and the Period Ear

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  New York Sun , November 4 1917 (section 5, p. 2) “Livery Stable Blues” by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, released in 1917, ...
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Whose Voices Are Missing from the Public Square?

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If you have the time, I highly recommend taking a look at classicist Mary Beard's lecture on “The Public Voice of Women.” It is lo...
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Friday, March 21, 2014

A Southern Song (without A Mammy, A Mule, Or A Moon)

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“No experienced writer would ever think of using Massachusetts in a song title, and yet this state is just as picturesque and romanti...
Monday, March 10, 2014

I Thought I Heard James McKune Say: A Review of In Search of the Blues by Marybeth Hamilton

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In the Beatles mockumentary “All You Need Is Cash” – tracing the story of the “prefab Four,” the Rutles – the narrator (played by E...
Monday, February 10, 2014

Return of Old Fogey, or a Letter to Jon Keller

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It seems Old Fogeyism and the generational issues associated with it are around us everywhere these days.  The 50 th anniversary of the Bea...
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