Thank You for a Great Semester

Grades are now in. If they're not up all ready, they should be up in a day or so.

I very much enjoyed this semester's classes. I hope you had a good time, too. Luckily, I get to see many of you back in the spring.

Have a safe trip home and a relaxing holiday.

-D

Music News 12.02.13

• Garth Brooks trounces Lady Gaga (and The Muppets) on TV (Entertainment Weekly)
• Arcade Fire and Sienfeld go oddly well together (Gawker)
• The Archbishop of Canterbury: Madonna, Ozzy Osbourne, Katy Perry robbing the Crucifix of its power (Express)
• On NBC, The Sound of Music goes live (Kansas City Star)
• Also ... Carrie Underwood on Sound of Music remake backlash: "I know I'm not Julie [Andrews]. Nobody is and I would never pretend that I was … I know my place. (New York Daily News)
• Now you can own the latest Christmas album from ... the cast of Duck Dynasty (Wall Street Journal) 

Week 16: Nirvana

Nirvana, "The Man Who Sold the World" (1993)

Week 16: Nirvana

Mo 12.02

• Class: Multimedia presentations

• Due: PROCESS ANALYSIS (FINAL DRAFT; ATTACH DRAFT 1 TO BACK)

Tu 12.03

• Class: Multimedia presentations; Class review

• Due: PROCESS ANALYSIS (FINAL DRAFT; ATTACH DRAFT 1 TO BACK)

We 12.04

• Class: Class review

Music News 11.25.13 (AMA Edition)

• Noteworthy performances:
• TLC (with Lil Mama)
• Miley Cyrus
• Jennifer Lopez (tribute to Celia Cruz)
• Imagine Dragons
• Justin Timberlake embarrassingly impersonates a Caribbean accent in acceptance speech (Salon)
• Katy Perry turns Japanese (Fox News)
• Bad Taste?: L ady Gaga and R. Kelly channel JFK and Marilyn Monroe (Mediaite)

Week 15: Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand, "My Man" (1965)

Week 15: Barbra Streisand

Mo 11.25

• Class: Writers workshop; Multimedia presentations; Department reading assessment

• Due: PROCESS ANALYSIS (DRAFT 1; BRING 3 COPIES)

Tu 11.26

• Class: Writers workshop; Multimedia presentations; Department reading assessment

• Due: PROCESS ANALYSIS (DRAFT 1; BRING 3 COPIES)

 We 11.27

• NO CLASS—THANKSGIVING

Upcoming:

Week 16: Nirvana

Mo 12.02

• Class: Multimedia presentations

• Due: PROCESS ANALYSIS (FINAL DRAFT; ATTACH DRAFT 1 TO BACK)

Tu 12.03

• Class: Multimedia presentations; Class review

• Due: PROCESS ANALYSIS (FINAL DRAFT; ATTACH DRAFT 1 TO BACK)

We 12.04

• Class: Class review

Music News 11.19.13

• X Factor UK contestant gets the backing of ... Adele (SugarScape)
• The new interactive video for Bob Dylan's classic "Like a Rolling Stone" debuts (Entertainment Weekly)
• Lady Gaga's much-hyped Artpop flops (Daily Telegraph)
• Conservative group, One Million Moms, protests Kmart's new "Jingle Balls" ad (The Wrap)
• Daniel Day-Lewis' son, Gabe, releases a hip hop video (New York Daily News)
• Remembering "The Gettysburg Address" and Civil War-era music (Los Angeles Times)

Week 14: Radiohead

Radiohead, "Creep" (1993)

Week 14: Radiohead

Mo 11.18

• Class: SHORT ANSWER RESPONSES

Tu 11.19

• Class: Multimedia presentations; SHORT ANSWER RESPONSES

• Due: Reflection 08

We 11.20

• Class: Multimedia presentations

• Due: REFLECTION 08

Upcoming:

Week 15: Barbra Streisand

Mo 11.25

• Class: Writers workshop; Multimedia presentations; Department reading assessment

• Due: PROCESS ANALYSIS (BRING 3 COPIES)

Tu 11.26

• Class: Writers workshop; Multimedia presentations; Department reading assessment

• Due: PROCESS ANALYSIS (BRING 3 COPIES)

 We 11.27

• NO CLASS—THANKSGIVING

Week 16: Nirvana

Mo 12.02

• Class: Multimedia presentations

• Due: PROCESS ANALYSIS (FINAL DRAFT; ATTACH DRAFT 1 TO BACK)

Tu 12.03

• Class: Multimedia presentations; Class review

• Due: PROCESS ANALYSIS (FINAL DRAFT; ATTACH DRAFT 1 TO BACK)

We 12.04

• Class: Class review