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Consuming "Subculture: The Meaning of Style (New Accents)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (lucyann2) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:51:42 GMT

Subculture: The Meaning of Style (New Accents)

by Dick Hebdige

Consumed "Music in the School (Oxford Music Education)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (lucyann2) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:50:23 GMT

Music in the School (Oxford Music Education)

by Janet Mills

A story about "Fame [Theatrical Release]"

nobody@allconsuming.net (lucyann2) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:44:23 GMT

Fame [Theatrical Release]

by Kevin Tancharoen

This film starts out badly and then gets worse and then there comes a point where it’s so bad that it starts to get good again. I accept that I’m not their target audience and that I’m maybe too jaded and cynical and elderly for this film. I did laugh but for the wrong reasons.

Consumed "Fame [Theatrical Release]"

nobody@allconsuming.net (lucyann2) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:44:23 GMT

Fame [Theatrical Release]

by Kevin Tancharoen

NOT WORTH IT!

Consumed "Company of Liars"

nobody@allconsuming.net (lucyann2) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:50:06 GMT

Company of Liars

by Karen Maitland

Consumed "I Started Out with Nothin and I Still Got Most of It Left"

nobody@allconsuming.net (lucyann2) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:15:00 GMT

I Started Out with Nothin and I Still Got Most of It Left

by Seasick Steve

Consumed "Johnny Flynn"

nobody@allconsuming.net (lucyann2) — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:14:10 GMT

Johnny Flynn

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Apple's Acre"

nobody@allconsuming.net (lucyann2) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:57:51 GMT

Apple's Acre

by Nurses

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Transforming Music Education:"

nobody@allconsuming.net (lucyann2) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:44:07 GMT

Transforming Music Education:

by Estelle R. Jorgensen

WORTH IT!

Why I recommend "Transforming Music Education:"

nobody@allconsuming.net (lucyann2) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:44:07 GMT

Transforming Music Education:

by Estelle R. Jorgensen

Estelle Jorgensen isn’t a lady who minces her words. She tells it like it is (or how she sees it) and if you’re a music teacher or traininng to be a music teacher then the intorduction may well put you back up a little. Sometimes I think she writes in a provoking manner just to check if we’re all paying attention. This book is essential reading to anyone interested in the sociology of music and the rationale behind music education in the west.

Consumed "Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians"

nobody@allconsuming.net (lucyann2) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:34:54 GMT

Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians

by Composer: Steve Reich

WORTH IT!

Why it's taking me forever to finish consuming "Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians"

nobody@allconsuming.net (lucyann2) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:41:35 GMT

Steve Reich: Music for 18 Musicians

by Composer: Steve Reich

I know this is meant to be a very well respected piece but I can only get so far with it before I just become so irritated by the repetitiveness that I have to stop.

I’ve listened to it all now – to be honest, it “did my head in” quite a bit. I don’t think I’d go out of my way to listen to it again. Undoubtably it’s an artistic musical work of great merit but I think the components that make up the whole part are just too aggitating for me to enjoy the music. It’s worth a listen but for the most part I didn’t enjoy listening to it.

Consumed "Good News For People Who Love Bad News"

nobody@allconsuming.net (lucyann2) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:34:37 GMT

Good News For People Who Love Bad News

by Modest Mouse

WORTH IT!

Consuming "Music, Gender, Education"

nobody@allconsuming.net (lucyann2) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:33:00 GMT

Music, Gender, Education

by Lucy Green

Why I want to consume "Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, and Sexuality"

nobody@allconsuming.net (lucyann2) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:31:59 GMT

Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, and Sexuality

by Susan McClary

I’ve never really gotten into feminist theory and even in the field of music I have made a conscious effort to avoid my writing and research straying into this particular field. This is odd because as a performing and composing musician I’m all too aware of the huge gender inequalities within music and musicology. It’s not that I’m not interested in feminism within music but more that I’m perhaps a little afraid of compromising my reputation and status as a musician within the musical circles and societies I operate in by raising questions about whether I am treated differently, judged differently, viewed differently by my predominantly male contemporaries. I do not want to risk raising the questions that might highlight the “elephant in the room” (or elephant on the stage) that I use my femininity to my advantage on the stage and in my creative practice and yet, perhaps, the price I pay for that is that I do suffer prejudice, resentment and downright misogany by men and sometimes women who do not like to see a female performer who does not conform to the traditional “behaviours” such as modesty, passiveness, shyness and weakness.
I’d like to think that I further feminist issues in music by being a technically proficient and confident ragtime guitarist and singer, but I don’t think I’d want to risk my music by becoming more outspoken on the issue which is perhaps a sad reflection on just how far there is to go in the struggle for gender equality within music.

Consuming "Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, and Sexuality"

nobody@allconsuming.net (lucyann2) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:09:26 GMT

Feminine Endings: Music, Gender, and Sexuality

by Susan McClary

A story about "Apple's Acre"

nobody@allconsuming.net (lucyann2) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:08:14 GMT

Apple's Acre

by Nurses

I bought this on the strength of the track Technicolour. I’ve listened to a few track so far. I don’t really understand why this band is really famous. Their music is brilliant! I love their choice of instruments.

Finished listening now – This is my new favourite band.

Why I want to consume "Music, Informal Learning and the School: A New Classroom Pedagogy (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (lucyann2) — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:26:23 GMT

Music, Informal Learning and the School: A New Classroom Pedagogy (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)

by Lucy Green

Lucy Green has written some pretty interesting things about the sociology of music, in particular music and feminism and the tensions between the western classical music tradition and popular music. Although these topics might sound like they belong in acadmeic discussions alone I would disagree. Why would we want to tell the entire internet what we’re consuming and what we like consuming if we did not think that these choices reflected positively on us? In previous writing Lucy Green states that we like music not just because we like the order, pattern and sound of the music but also because we perceive particular music as having cultural and intelectual meanings which are not dependent on the noise itself. In music education in the UK western classical music has been held up as the superior music. Lucy Green seeks to illustrate ways in which informal music practices and learning methods can and should be incorporated into the school music curriculum.
The teaching of cultural values in school is, I believe, a political act. Middle Class teachers teach us middle class values, in turn the middle class children succeed and the working class children become more and more culturally impoverished. In the UK our class system means that children do not compete on a level playing field when it comes to their education. It’s not fair. EVERYONE does music! Everyone listens to it, plays it, hums it, sings it, everyone participates in music but only a small minority would consider their music activity as cultural activity. I’m interested in reading any book which explores issues of how social class affects the way in which we participate in cultural activities. What I can’t decide about Lucy Green is whether or not she secretly thinks that western classical music is superior and that popluar music might be the bait in which to engage the student in music lessons so that they can be “converted” into classical music lovers.
This kind of stuff keeps me awake at night! Music and social class – both of these things have had a profound affect on my life.

Consuming "Music, Informal Learning and the School: A New Classroom Pedagogy (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (lucyann2) — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:23:11 GMT

Music, Informal Learning and the School: A New Classroom Pedagogy (Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series)

by Lucy Green

Consumed "A Garland of Song"

nobody@allconsuming.net (lucyann2) — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:21:07 GMT

A Garland of Song

by The Owl Service

WORTH IT!

Why I recommend "Import Export"

nobody@allconsuming.net (lucyann2) — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:37:40 GMT

Import Export

This isn’t worth consuming in the same way that Bedknobs and Broomsticks is worth consuming but, if you want some gritty, dark, european cinema then this is pretty compelling if not a little depressing. It’s worth watching mainly for some really good performances that haunt you a bit afterwards. Also some of the scenes are so well observed and shot so well that the tension is almost beautiful.