An offhand comment in Joel Schalit’s blog entry led me to check out the work of Scientist. “Scientist Rids the World of the Curse of the Vampires” is an amazing album. Black Uhuru was my favorite reggae act back in the day, and actually my first exposure to dub before I knew it was a …
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I didn’t know you could do that in Musicology
In all the commotion around here I haven’t had much of a chance to say anything about my trip, which was delightful. My tour of Europe (okay, the UK and the Netherlands) was one of the most intellectually rewarding experiences of my life. Partly, it was the timing. In the last 3 weeks of April …
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A Small Town With an Embassy Row
Earlier this week was the annual Weinstein lecture, and so members of my family converged on Washington DC. As is our wont, Carrie and I took advantage of the opportunity to go book shopping and found ourselves at Kramerbooks. After selecting a nice pile of reading, we decided the best plan of action would be …
More on the Strike
from Saturday’s Gazette
I hate not being able to blog about this in more detail
In the meantime, a story from MacLean’s, which is sort of like a Canadian Newsweek.
Strike Hits Chronicle
Here’s the latest. It’s a little too American — this isn’t about McGill’s relationship to the Bush administration or gated communities (sorry Marc, you’ll have to be more creative with your metaphors) but rather the politics of labor within Quebec and Canada and McGill’s place in it — but it’s getting covered nonetheless. More when …
TA Strike
The TA strike started on the day I left for Europe and has gotten complicated, as these things do. I haven’t posted anything since as chair I also speak for the department and so I am being extra careful. In the meantime, you can read about it here.