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busman

busman

i am a Ph.D. student in musicology at UNC-CH. oh the exciting life of studying art music in the 21st century! i enjoy reading books, talking to smart people and listening to inordinate amounts of lectures in an effort to gain the necessary knowledge to mount a global conquest. i love talking to people about things i don't understand.
  • Chapel Hill, NC, USA
  • member since October 13 2009

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  • Sagecoveredhills

    Sagecoveredhills says

    I haven't read Velvet Elvis, but read my first Rob Bell book last month--SexGod--a good marketing title!

    posted 3 weeks ago. ( send a note )
  • ianjsimpson

    ianjsimpson says

    Cool. Thanks forthe tip. I'll download and have a listen.

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Laura and Eric

    Laura and Eric says

    Thanks for the freindship request. I was glad to see that someone with an actual music education had positive things to say about "The Rest is Noise." I really enjoyed that book, but I don't have the background to put it into any critical context. With the exception of Glass and Adams, I came to the book as a complete neophyte, and I initially had to rely heavily on the accompanying website to familiarize myself with much of the music. Thanks to that one book, I have been steadily expanding my musical horizons past the 19th century into the 20th. I haven't quite made it into the 21st century yet, so - based on your profile - I'll be looking towards your shelf with interest.

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • ianjsimpson

    ianjsimpson says

    Hey. You asked about Reason, Faith and Revolution. I actually found it a bit unfocused. There was some good ideas and it was well written, but the arguments were sullied by his obsession at shouting at Dawkins and Hitchins. These people should stop yelling at each other and get down to the point...
    Have you read or planning to?

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • James F

    James F says

    Hi busman,

    Glad to be friends with you. Actually, it's more like 90 in common -- we just chose different editions. Almost everything except the children's books, which I read as they come in at work and never bother to record.

    The Adorno is still only on my plan to read -- probably next year. I am very interested in him both because of my (amateur) interest in musicology and my interest in philosophy (my major when I was in college.) He couldn't be any worse than Hegel's Phenomenology! The one I most want to read is the one on Beethoven and philosophy -- I don't remember the title -- but it seems to be unavailable; I've ordered it twice for the library and had it cancelled both times. It's the one that was quoted so much in Said's On Late Style, which I read earlier this year.

    I usually stop all my other reading about the end of November and read a project for a month or two on music; this goes back to when my sister was in college majoring in music and I would buy all the used books on music I could find, read them in November and early December and give her a big box of them for Christmas. This year I'm going to read a series on world music with CDs and then some biographies of Beethoven. (Last year was Mozart and Haydn; I'm gradually working my way forward chronologically.)

    I probably won't be on shelfari for the next week and a half; I'm on vacation, flying out there (Raleigh) tomorrow for my niece's wedding Saturday, then taking the train up the coast to visit friends in DC and Portland and flying back to Salt Lake City next Friday. My brother's family has lived in NC for more than 30 years, my other niece went to NC State.

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  • tapbirds

    tapbirds says

    Greetings!
    Thank you very much for the Shelfari friendship request - - I'm honored to accept! Yes, I am currently reading St. Augustine's "Confessions" . . . finally! It is a seminal work, and the version I am reading (Henry Chadwick translator) references the classical influence on Augustine's wording and thinking. How is musicology? Just curious, who are your favorite 21st century composers? I am an Arvo Pärt and Einojuhani Rautavaara fan, have you listened to them much?

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  • Amanda F

    Amanda F says

    Yes! I'm a junior psych major.

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  • Julie

    Julie says

    We're all ignorant until we know better, right? It's the ignorant people who wallow in their ignorance that can bug a person.

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )
  • Kristel

    Kristel says

    Welcome to 1001 books. You can keep track of the books you have read from the book, 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, join in the discussions on the books we are reading for the month (BOTM) or you can debate the merits of the list as some enjoy doing. We hope you will want to join in the choosing of BOTM and the discussions. The current books are pinned to the top for that month. There are older discussions that can be found by searching discussions. If there is any way the group administrator can help further feel free to ask one of us. If you don’t own the book the list can be found at the top in the group description or at http://www.listology.com/content_show.cfm?content_id=22845. A downloadable list of the second edition is available at http://johnandsheena.co.uk/books/?

    posted 1 month ago. ( send a note )


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