Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville
Allegedly track-by-track response to the classic Stones album Exile on Main Street, this one turned more than a few of the proverbial heads back in 1993.
She was young, attractive, played guitar, & wrote some intimate (& sometimes R-rated) lyrics.
She was one of the original riot grrrls.
& then she sold out to sell records & kinda disappeared.
In 1994 a few grad-school pals & I read our papers at various Ohio college conferences. I had written a take on the post-colonial implications of Rage Against the Machine, my buddy Brian had a cool paper about John Edgar Wideman's Philadelphia Fire, & Aubrey deconstructed the then-nascent mainstreaming of tattooing.
Good times.
Anyway, a guy we met at the get-together of a Bowling Green pop-culture conference had a paper on Exile & the Stones connection, but he had to read at 08:00.
I promised I'd be there because I loved this album.
I slept in & missed it, but I heard it was cool.
(Lyrics in the post title from the track "Mesmerizing.")
Juniors:
Just a few of the topics we touched on today:
Irish & English historical background,
pamphleteers,
indentured servitude,
Catholics & Protestants (PLEASE, not "Catholics" & "Christians"--Catholics are Christians . . . ),
Buddhism,
Confucianism,
Taoism,
Hinduism,
Judaism,
Islam,
faith & the lack thereof,
imps,
cherubs,
hegemonies,
family reunions,
(esp. w/ mixed faiths & ethnicities),
satire & its devices,
verbal irony,
Martin Luther,
Matt & Trey,
Eric Cartman & Archie Bunker,
"make the reader laugh at or feel disgust for,"
essay format,
the IRA,
the NRA (well, I meant IRA& misspoke the 1st time),
European & Asian,
"Hate is a Waste of Time,"
ethos,
pathos,
logos,
D'Artagnan
Sophomores:
Vocabulary, unit 2 quiz.
Period 4 did much better, & period 6 will be graded tomorrow; I hope you all did much better, also.
I'm sure you did.
"The Bet" writing handout: theme & how to write about it. Many student-constructed ideas, some of which are pretty good.
1st draft next Wednesday . . .OR 1.5 Monday . . . unit 3 definitions Tuesday . . . & tomorrow it is
FORWARD!!!
& be cool
Liz Phair... really? I don't know what to say to that. I thought today was more of an Elton John day.
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ReplyDeleteOkay so I'm no religion expert but wouldn't protestants be considered christians as well. Christianity is a word meaning belief in the teachings of jesus christ which all above religions follow. I even looked up Protestant and the definition is a christian belonging to a church that began breaking away from the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th century. Followers of these religion firmly believe they are greatly superior to one another, and that their beliefs will book them on a one way trip to heaven leaving their enemies in their dust. Henry the VIII was born Catholic and created the Protestant church to be granted a divorce from his first of seven wives which the catholic church wouldn't allow. "Christians" have done the same just practicing catholic beliefs in a lenient and modern sense. So why do these followers of religion not see the similarities, or maybe they do and that's why they can't stand neighboring religions?
PS: I will probably be hunted down after this comment
-Albert
Weren't you supposed to look up something tonight and post it?
ReplyDeleteAbout... uhh.
I don't remember.
I'm helpful. (:
Albert--yeah, what I said was that "Catholics" are "Christians'; some folks say "Catholics OR Christians" . . . & the real distinction is between Catholics & Protestants, all of whom are Christians . . . get it now?
ReplyDeleteAlso, if you are hunted down, I will deny all knowledge of your existncce, & I will heretofore reference you as "Soroosh"
Valerie: I do not remember, but if it was 5th pd. that I mentioned it, the cinnamon I bought is "Saigon cinammon"
oh, & an Elton John day is forthcoming . . .
Oh, but for the day you play JB . . . you know I'll definitely comment on that thread. Seriously, I wish that I could be in your class to participate in the discussions that evolve around Swift and the like.
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