Rare Book School:
With one possible exception, the roster of courses offered by Rare Book School in 2005 on our Web site is now complete.
Author Archives: ghw
still more music for x-mas
“White Christmas” (mp3, 4.8M), by Vic Chesnutt.
If you like this track and want to hear more by the same artist, look for these albums, and consider buying them from Athens, GA music store Wuxtry Records:
- Little
- West of Rome
- Drunk
- Is the Actor Happy?
- About to Choke
- The Salesman and Bernadette
- Merriment
- Left to His Own Devices
- Silver Lake
You could also download mp3s from the relevant section of the official website. Read more about him here.
(And no, he doesn’t always sing in a fake Cajun accent.)
MP3 files are posted for evaluation purposes only. Through this site, I’m trying to share and promote good music with others, who will also hopefully continue to support these artists. Everyone is encouraged to purchase music and concert tickets for the artists you feel merit your hard earned dollars. If you hold copyright to one of these songs and would like the file removed, please let me know. Availability is limited.
more music for x-mas
This track is James Brown’s “Santa Claus Go Straight To The Ghetto” (mp3, 3.9M) by Seersucker, taken from the same CD as the previous track.
I’m afraid I don’t remember much about Seersucker, but they were a continuation of Dirt.
MP3 files are posted for evaluation purposes only. Through this site, I’m trying to share and promote good music with others, who will also hopefully continue to support these artists. Everyone is encouraged to purchase music and concert tickets for the artists you feel merit your hard earned dollars. If you hold copyright to one of these songs and would like the file removed, please let me know. Availability is limited.
music for x-mas
“On Christmas Day” (mp3, 5M), by the Opal Foxx Quartet.
If you like this and want to hear more, check out their 1992 CD entitled The Love That Won’t Shut Up, or get something by Smoke, the band formed after OFQ broke up. See, for example, Another Reason To Fast or Heaven On A Popsicle Stick.
You might also seek out the 2002 documentary Benjamin Smoke.
The above mp3 comes from a Christmas CD, put out in the mid-’90s by the Athens ‘zine Flagpole, featuring indie Georgia musicians.
To crib from Bob Mould’s site: MP3 files are posted for evaluation purposes only. Through this site, I’m trying to share and promote good music with others, who will also hopefully continue to support these artists. Everyone is encouraged to purchase music and concert tickets for the artists you feel merit your hard earned dollars. If you hold copyright to one of these songs and would like the file removed, please let me know. Availability is limited.
stick a fork in it…
…2004 is over.
I don’t care what the calendar says. Today (=yesterday) was winter solstice, the first day of the coldest season of the year, the day with the least amount of light. We can only look forward to more and more sun from now on.
I am thankful for my friends and family, my health, and the smart and generous people I work with. But I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that some frustrating shit happened this year. In fact, I could have done without a lot of things that have happened over the last five years or more.
It looks already like 2005 has a chance to be a much better year. I’ll be teaching two interesting classes (English 225 and English 550) during the first semester; the courses meet in the afternoon and evening, and I very much prefer to teach later in the day, rather than the morning. Whether or not I get any of the grants I’ve applied for, I’ve decided to spend several weeks in England this summer, with any luck knocking out all of the remaining research to be done. In the fall I’ll be on leave from teaching, during which time I will be able to focus on finishing my book.
But if 2005 sucks, I will be asking for my money back.