D Bowie plays him in "The Prestige," too

Tesla, Psychotic Supper

If you have not come across the story of Nikola Tesla, stop whatever you are doing, google it, & read it.

Fascinating.

Many years ago when I 1st heard of these guys I had to do "research" to figure out what was up w/ the name.

I actually spent a few minutes debating the relative merits of several of their CDs:

Five-Man Acoustical Jam started that whole rock-bands-w/-acoustic-guitars craze before you were born.

The Great Radio Controversy has "Love Song," 1 of the 1st songs I learned all the way through--solo & all, as I had been primarily a rhythm player--back in that proverbial day.

Mechanical Resonance, the debut album that has the absolutely rockin' "Modern Day Cowboy" & the semi-hit "Little Suzi."

& I chose Psychotic Supper because it's a great title, it may make you look up some Tesla (the man) details--also, listen to "Edison's Medicine" for a brief summation--& it has "What You Give," the best of their power ballads.

Wow . . ."power ballads" . . . will do a few posts on them later.

Props to Ashlyn for the band idea: she saw them live the other night & has photos & a guitar pick to prove it.

Juniors:
Peace.

Self-surrender.

Restraint.

Durn fine poem.

Durn fine.

Details about the "culmination" of The Waste Land--your choice of essay, poem, or soundtrack--to come.

More, 'easier" poems to come, also.

Then, in about 3 weeks . . . Macbeth.

Sophomores:
We finished the 1st reading of Antigone.

(Wait . . ."1st" . . huh??)

You will submit the quotations that we have been going over in class since we began the play NEXT MONDAY 1 NOVEMBER.

You wrote down the directions, & we showed you the Prologue in terms of quotes & also the response.

We also finished the "Drama Notes,: & you will take the quiz on those next TUESDAY 2 NOVEMBER.

Oh, & the last bonus-point opportunity passed w/ no answers, so here's another: 5 points to the 1st to identify the "guy" up top of the page--the one w/ the purple shirt & green tie, flies buzzing around his head.

ID the name of the character & his source material in the comments below.

be cool