CJS
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
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| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | University professor |
| Location | Texas, United States |
| Links | Audio Clip |
| Introduction | In the wake of tenure, now able to de-cloak and stand by abusive and acerbic opinions contained herein. Disclaimer: these are personal opinions expressed in public space--which the members of a free democracy are (once again) permitted to do. If you disagree, complain to me, not my employers. Associate professor and Chair of musicology and Director of the Vernacular Music Center. |
| Interests | Music, vernacular culture, radical politics, education, history |
| Favorite movies | Too many to list comprehensively, but let's start with: O Brother Where Art Thou, Big Lebowski, Wag the Dog, The Seven Samurai, To Have and Have Not, Genghis Blues, Waking Ned Devine, High Fidelity, Apocalypse Now |
| Favorite music | Too many by far to list, but let's start with: Irish traditional music, other "Celtic" musics, pre-WWII blues 'n' jazz, Allman Brothers, Frank Zappa, bebop, hard bop, Coltrane, Dock Boggs, Dwight Diller, Qawwali, Hindustani classical music, Gnawa music, |
| Favorite books | Too many by far to list, but let's start with: Cannery Row, Flashman at the Charge, Lies Your History Teacher Taught You, Long Quiet Highway, The Tassajara Bread Book, The Snow Leopard, anything by Ross Thomas |