Monday, April 23, 2007
assignment for friday, april 27:
DRAFT of SECOND PAPER for the 4th quarter due FRIDAY!!!!
read pp. 34 - 65 in Early
vocab: oxymoron, perilous, rectitude, proffering, philistine, coalesced, acumen, scion, nepotism, epochal, melismatic, cholos, portentous
discussion questions:
what is Early's view of the black middle class and how does it differ from Amiri Baraka's? (blues people)
how did berry gordy jr. build his record company?...what were the lessons he learned from: boxing? Ford? Washington?
DRAFT of SECOND PAPER for the 4th quarter due FRIDAY!!!!
read pp. 34 - 65 in Early
vocab: oxymoron, perilous, rectitude, proffering, philistine, coalesced, acumen, scion, nepotism, epochal, melismatic, cholos, portentous
discussion questions:
what is Early's view of the black middle class and how does it differ from Amiri Baraka's? (blues people)
how did berry gordy jr. build his record company?...what were the lessons he learned from: boxing? Ford? Washington?
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
assignment for monday, april 23:
read pp. 9 - 33 in "one nation under a groove" by gerald early
vocab: miscegenation, inchoate, paean, sybarite, egregious, status quo, imprimatur
discussion questions:
how are african americans and italian americans similar? (sinatra/davis)
how does ocean's 11 become a metaphor for popular culture and music?
read pp. 9 - 33 in "one nation under a groove" by gerald early
vocab: miscegenation, inchoate, paean, sybarite, egregious, status quo, imprimatur
discussion questions:
how are african americans and italian americans similar? (sinatra/davis)
how does ocean's 11 become a metaphor for popular culture and music?
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
assignment for spring break:
finish reading the nisenson biography of coltrane.
for your first paper of the 4th quarter, listen to and analyze the "Olatunji Concert." Nisenson didn't know it existed and it is coltrane's last recorded performance, one month before he died from liver cancer. how does this recording contradict nisenson's speculation about where coltrane's music was headed?
www.hotcuprecords.com/music/olatunji1.mp3
www.hotcuprecords.com/music/olatunji2.mp3
we will then begin reading: "One Nation Under a Groove: Motown and American Culture" by Gerald Early.
finish reading the nisenson biography of coltrane.
for your first paper of the 4th quarter, listen to and analyze the "Olatunji Concert." Nisenson didn't know it existed and it is coltrane's last recorded performance, one month before he died from liver cancer. how does this recording contradict nisenson's speculation about where coltrane's music was headed?
www.hotcuprecords.com/music/olatunji1.mp3
www.hotcuprecords.com/music/olatunji2.mp3
we will then begin reading: "One Nation Under a Groove: Motown and American Culture" by Gerald Early.
