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That Washboard

07/05/2012

We have music venues like this here, and I took this picture. Axé.

My professors had no idea how to work anywhere but an R1. By the time I got the Ph.D I had taken courses at five universities, but they were all R1 so that was the world I knew. The standard advice for professors is about how to work at an R1 and I am constantly … More Toda la vida

Yet further advice

07/05/2012

I am not a full professor at an R-1 but I am beginning to realize that for a series of reasons having to do with the kinds of experience I have had, I am one of the savviest people there are. I was born savvy and trained that way, and when you add to that … More Yet further advice

Camilo Castelo Branco

07/05/2012

This is just from Wikipedia, but consider the amazing and yet typically 19th century writer´s life. Camilo was born out of wedlock and orphaned in infancy, although his origins lay ultimately in Northern Portugal’s provincial aristocracy (his father, Manuel Joaquim Botelho Castelo Branco, was the son of an illustrious household in the environs of Vila … More Camilo Castelo Branco

Further advice to all faculty

06/05/2012

1. No matter what anyone says, it is unwise to put on your grant except as auxiliary staff or footnotes, people who have not at least passed fourth year review or about the status and progress of whose projects you do not know absolutely everything. 2. People experimenting with new programs need to learn to … More Further advice to all faculty

André Thierry, Corey Ledet

29/04/2012

So after the work of the festival was done I ended up at this after event almost nobody seemed to know about, involving the family of the late great Clifton Chenier, where I met his niece who was magical. The bands were channelling Clifton and it was amazing. I have not seen anything like this … More André Thierry, Corey Ledet

Líneas

29/04/2012

I was doing some work last night involving the musician in question (F. J.) and it was very interesting. I do not have time to describe the whole event and all of its aspects, which were many and deep. I do want to note one small perception so I do not forget: as a performer, … More Líneas

California forever.

24/04/2012

Dear Administration, Everything you have heard about me, namely that I am a devil from the University of California, is true. That sturdy Golden Bear, whose football games I disdained back in the day, watches me from the sky even now. If you give me the faculty I want from this campus, I can recruit … More California forever.