yesterday . . .

. . . there was no post: I was working the basketball game.

Yesterday's music:



Rainbow, Catch the Rainbow: The Anthology.

Ritchie Blackmore is 1 of the most underrated rack musicians of the past 40 years.

His work w/ Deep Purple is legendary, & his influence on rock guitar cannot be overstated.

Yeah, Yngwie is his fault, but that's OK.

Anyway, w/ Ronnie James Dio, then Graham Bonnet, & eventually joe Lynn Turner singing, Rainbow rocked.

Key tracks:

Dio: "Man on the Silver Mountain," "Stargazer," & "Long Live Rock N Roll."

Bonnet: "Since You Been Gone," "All Night Long," & "Eyes of the World."

Turner: "Can;t Happen Here," "Stone Cold," & "Street of Dreams."

Now, Ritchie Blackmore plays medieval music w/ his wife, Candice Night, in the seemingly aptly--though mayhaps sexist & possessive in a way--Blackmore's Night.

Yep, medieval music.

Juniors:
DO NOW:
In  How to Read Novels Like a Professor, Thomas C. Foster explains this relationship:
Much of the continuing appeal of the novel lies in its collaborative nature; readers invest themselves in the characters’ stories, becoming actively involved in the creation of meaning. At the same time, they are rewarded by pleasures that are more intimate than the essentially vicarious genres of drama and film. (xiii)


We defined "vicarious" & discussed further takes on interpretation, readers, & writers.



The precritical response, & now the "traditional" approaches.




Sophomores:
Nouns, pronouns, adjectives, oh my.

Remember demonstrative & interrogative.

Personal, indefinite.

Concrete, abstract.

All that fun stuff.

Ahead, there be verbs. . .

Grammar rocks!!!

be cool