Week 16: Billy Joel

Week 16: Billy Joel
TU 12.1/TH 12.3
Read: OWEN—Pg. 101 – 200
Class: SHORT ANSWER RESPONSES; Reading discussion; Presentations
Due: INFOGRAPHIC (Note new due date; email Thu 12.3 by 5 PM)

Upcoming:

Week 17: Sam Smith
TU 12.8 (LAST REGULAR DAY OF CLASS)/TH 12.10 (SEC. 63 ONLY; FINAL EXAM TIME)
Sec 63 Final Exam Time: Th 12/10 from 7:15 – 9:30 AM
Class: Presentations
Due: REFLECTION 8 (Due Tue 12.8)

Week 18: Beyoncé
TU 12.15/TH 12.17 (FINALS WEEK)
Sec 38 Final Exam Time: Tu 12/15 from 7:15 – 9:30 AM
Class: Class review

Music News 11.23.15 (Adele Edition)

• How Adele and the BBC pranked a group of Adele impersonators (Entertainment Weekly) 
• Adele smashes Beyoncé's iTunes sales record (People)
• 25 release is on track to be the fastest selling album in America—ever (Guardian)
• Adele and Drake in a virtual lovefest (Rolling Stone)
• Hear Adele's stunning raw mic feed from this weekend's Saturday Night Live (Independent)
• Also ... Saturday Night Live shows how Adele can silence your conservative relatives during Thanksgiving (YouTube)

Week 15: Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Hill, "Doo Wop (That Thing)" (1998)

Week 15: Lauryn Hill
TU 11.24/TH 11.26 (THANKSGIVING—NO CLASS)
Read: OWEN—Pg. 101 - 150
Class: Reading discussion; Presentations; Excerpts from BBC Four Sessions: Bruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band (BBC Four)

Upcoming:

Week 16: Billy Joel
TU 12.1/TH 12.3
Read: OWEN—Pg. 101 – 200
Class: SHORT ANSWER RESPONSES; Reading discussion; Presentations
Due: INFOGRAPHIC (Note new due date; email Thu 12.3 by 5 PM)

Week 17: Sam Smith TU 12.8 (LAST REGULAR DAY OF CLASS)/TH 12.10 (SEC. 63 ONLY; FINAL EXAM TIME)
Sec 63 Final Exam Time: Th 12/10 from 7:15 – 9:30 AM
Class: Presentations
Due: REFLECTION 8 (Due Tue 12.8)

Week 18: Beyoncé
TU 12.15/TH 12.17 (FINALS WEEK)
Sec 38 Final Exam Time: Tu 12/15 from 7:15 – 9:30 AM
Class: Class review

Music News 11.17.15

• Social media campaign pushing Eagles of Death Metal's Duran Duran cover, "Save a Prayer," to top of UK charts (OfficialCharts)
• Also ... London soccer fans at France vs. Englnd match unite in "La Marseillaise" to honor French terror victims (BBC News)
• Justin Bieber drops twelve dance videos in support of his new album, Purpose (Cosmopolitan)
• Taylor Swift partners with Scholastic to donate 25,000 books to NYC schools (Entertainment Weekly)
• Zayn Malik's previews a clip of his first solo single, "Befour" (People)
• Tool announce 2016 tour, Primus to open (Consequence of Sound)

Week 14: Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn, "You Ain't Woman Enough" (1966)

Week 14: Loretta Lynn
TU 11.17/TH 11.19
Read: OWEN—Pg. 51 – 100 Class: Reading discussion; Presentations; Writers workshop
Due: INFOGRAPHIC (Draft 1, B&W print or in electronic form)

Upcoming:

Week 15: Lauryn Hill
TU 11.24/TH 11.26 (THANKSGIVING—NO CLASS)
Read: OWEN—Pg. 101 - 150
Class: Reading discussion; Presentations; Excerpts from BBC Four Sessions: Bruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band (BBC Four)
Due: INFOGRAPHIC (email by 5PM on Tue 11.24)

Week 16: Billy Joel TU 12.1/TH 12.3
Read: OWEN—Pg. 101 – 200
Class: SHORT ANSWER RESPONSES; Reading discussion; Presentations

Week 17: Sam Smith TU 12.8 (LAST REGULAR DAY OF CLASS)/TH 12.10 (SEC. 63 ONLY; FINAL EXAM TIME)
Sec 63 Final Exam Time: Th 12/10 from 7:15 – 9:30 AM
Class: Presentations
Due: REFLECTION 8 (Due Tue 12.8)

Week 18: Beyoncé
TU 12.15/TH 12.17 (FINALS WEEK)
Sec 38 Final Exam Time: Tu 12/15 from 7:15 – 9:30 AM
Class: Class review

Music News 11.14.15

• Terrorists kill over 100 people at Eagles of Death Metal concert in Paris (Rolling Stone)
• Also ... All band members survived attack (JustJared)
• Judge dismisses copyright lawsuit against Taylor Swift (Entertainment Weekly)
• Empire's ratings hit new low—is it vulnerable? (Complex)
• Justin Bieber: "I just want people to know I’m human. I’m struggling to get through the days."
• Number one 50 years ago this week: The Sound of Music soundtrack (Billboard)

 

Week 13: Jay-Z

Jay-Z (Ft. Alicia Keys), "Empire State of Mind" (2009)

Week 13: Jay-Z
TU 11.10/TH 11.12
Listen: DB—Owen Noon and The Marauder music primer
Read: OWEN—Pg. 1 – 50; eR—“Infographics: Separating the Great from the Mediocre” (The Next Web), “What Makes a Great Infographic?” (DashBurst), “The 90 Best Infographics on the Web” (Creative Bloq), “You Suck at Infographics” (Wired)
Class: ENGLISH DEPT. ASSESSMENT; Reading discussion; Presentations; Watch—“David Holt: The Joyful Tradition of Mountain Music” (TED Talks); Lecture—“Infographics 101”
Due: REFLECTION 7A or 7B

Upcoming:

Week 14: Loretta Lynn

TU 11.17/TH 11.19

Read: OWEN—Pg. 51 – 100 

Class: Reading discussion; Presentations; Writers workshop

Due: INFOGRAPHIC (Draft 1, B&W print or in electronic form)

Week 15: Lauryn Hill

TU 11.24/TH 11.26 (THANKSGIVING—NO CLASS)

Read: OWEN—Pg. 101 - 150 

Class: Reading discussion; Presentations;  Excerpts from BBC Four Sessions: Bruce Springsteen with The Seeger Sessions Band (BBC Four)
Due: INFOGRAPHIC (email by 5PM on Tue 11.24)

Week 16: Billy Joel

TU 12.1/TH 12.3

Read: OWEN—Pg. 101 – 200

Class: SHORT ANSWER RESPONSES; Reading discussion; Presentations

Week 17: Sam Smith

TU 12.8 (LAST DAY OF CLASS)/TH 12.10 (SEC. 63 ONLY)

Sec 63 Final Exam Time: Th 12/10 from 7:15 – 9:30 AM

Class: Presentations

Due: REFLECTION 8

Week 18: Beyoncé

TU 12.15/TH 12.17 (FINALS WEEK)

Sec 38 Final Exam Time: Tu 12/15 from 7:15 – 9:30 AM

Class: Class review