Gibson on Google

"Appeals to my Kafka glads" is exactly why William Gibson is awesome. Great read about the current and future status of Google.

Sharity

It's been a while since I've been up to date on this blog and it's starting to feel like I should do something with this space or take it down. I'll start the renaissance of this blog by passing along some interesting links I've come across lately. Mostly these are links to other blogs that I regularly read and also a couple of this I'm compiling for use in class. I'll expand on all these topics in later post, but for now - enjoy.

Punk Friction - terrific music blog focusing on my favorite era in musical history. Lot's of great downloads - including some fairly rare live performance. I think you will like it.


Music...isms - Another good punk blog, this one focuses more on the VERY obscure and experimental. Hours of reading here for those inclined to search for it.

Fred Schneider Interview

Looks like I'll be interviewing Fred Schneider of the B-52's this week on Radio UTD. Working out the details now, and will post more as soon as I have a final date and time. I'll post our conversation here and, of course, you can hear it on Cold War Radio next wednesday at 2pm CST.

Gordon Gano On CWR

About a month ago I got the opportunity to interview Gordon Gan, formerly of the Violent Femmes, on Cold War Radio. I think it turned out to be a great interview once it got going. I particularly like the stuff at the end about 'Country Death Song' as a kind of comfort music.

A transcript is also available on radio.utdallas.edu, where the interview was originally broadcast.

Enjoy, I had a lot of fun doing it.

Click here to download the interview.

The Golden Age

Interesting YouTube Invention sent to me by a friend. The Freaks reference is particularly unnerving. Enjoy.

Interesting Lecture Oppertunity

This turned up in my mailbox today and I wanted to pass it along. Very relevant to class (especially our current section). If you get a chance, I recommend attending. See you there.

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The Gender Studies Program and the Women’s Center at the University of Texas at Dallas

will be co-sponsoring a lecture by

Judy Norsigian

Executive Director and co-founder of the Boston Women's Health Book Collective

Co-author of Our Bodies, Ourselves

“The Impact of the Media on Women’s Health: Sorting Fact from Fiction”

This presentation explores how the media report on selected women’s health concerns. Topics include: body image and cosmetic surgery, pregnancy and childbirth, menopause, tobacco use in women, advertising of prescription and over-the-counter drugs, environmental exposures, and the risks of egg extraction procedures used in infertility clinics and for embryonic stem cell research egg donations. The talk also offers tips for finding reliable women’s health information on the internet.

Judy Norsigian, executive director and a founder of the Boston Women's Health Book Collective, is a co-author of Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Bodies, Ourselves: Menopause and Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth. Judy speaks and writes frequently on a wide range of women's health concerns. She has appeared on numerous national television and radio programs, including OPRAH, the TODAY show, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, THE EARLY SHOW and NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw. She served on the board of the National Women's Health Network for 14 years and currently serves as a board member for Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research.

The presentation will take place on Thursday 23 October from 6 – 7:15 p.m. in the McDermott Suite (MC4.4, fourth floor of McDermott Library, near the top of the stairs). It is free and open to the public.

Information on parking and driving directions can be found at:

http://www.utdallas.edu/visitors-index.html

Gender & Videos

Here are the videos we used in class. Our goal was to examine the narrative of these videos, specifically looking for how ideas like masculinity and femininity are depicted in these stories. How do the narratives of these stories jive with the list we brainstormed in class (the tragic frame of gender). How could the comic corrective be applied to disrupt the tragic reading?

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