Music – Phill 365

Day 330: Soundtrack IV: the ending

December 20, 2017December 20, 2017 phillmemoir

Back again to my Soundtrack to Phill. Again, the rules: 40 songs, no repeat artists (though side projects and solo work from bands is acceptable). Songs must fit onto the list because of one or[…]

Day 329: Soundtrack III

December 19, 2017December 20, 2017 phillmemoir

Back again to my Soundtrack to Phill. Again, the rules: 40 songs, no repeat artists (though side projects and solo work from bands is acceptable). Songs must fit onto the list because of one or[…]

Day 84: Lies my "parents" told me part III: The Ol' Master's Tools argument

April 16, 2017 phillArmchair phillosophy

So once upon a time, Audre Lorde, an amazing scholar and thinker, said this. In the process, ironically, someone who was not part of the “Master” construction which she was critiquing (this is something many[…]

For anyone ever in my FYC class– the year I graduated from HS

May 20, 2013 phillfeatured

So I don’t expect many people– and certainly not students just starting college– to ever see the email I’m speaking of, but any of my peers or those who are my elders in the academy[…]

I am a sucker for guys with a twang in their voice, or: in defense of Counting Crows

April 2, 2011 phillMusic

Note before starting: I’ve loved Counting Crows since I first heard them, or first heard Adam do one of their songs, anyway, as the Himalayans on one of my “crawl the local record store” adventures[…]