The Shakespeare Conference: SHK 20.0091 Monday, 2 March 2009
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Date: Wednesday, 25 Feb 2009 20:49:32 -0700
Subject: 20.0077 Titus Andronicus
Comment: RE: SHK 20.0077 Titus Andronicus
I was also speechless, and hit delete immediately.
Kelly Chesnutt
[Editor's Note: Gosh, Titus Andronicus sounds like a rather typical punk
band to me, deserving a listen, at least. Of course, Titus Andronicus,
the name notwithstanding, cannot compare to one of my latest favorites,
Vampire Weekend -- Indie, new wave, reggae combining African popular
music and European classical music. And how can anyone not like a band
with four guys from Columbia who have a terrific sense of humor, look
like preppies, perform in button-down shirts and khaki pants, and sing a
song about the Oxford comma: "Who gives a fuck about an oxford comma? /
I've seen those english dramas too / They're cruel" -- Of course, "Too"
is sung as two syllables to rhyme with cruel
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_i1xk07o4g&feature=related> Now that
I'm on the subject, for anyone with a love of all kinds of music, let me
recommend my friend Bob Boilen's "All Songs Considered," a weekly
program, available as streaming audio, a podcast, or a broadcast, and
according to its NPR website a show that "melds contemporary music, live
concerts, videos and artist interviews to offer a truly eclectic music
mix." Bob left "All Things Considered" about a year ago to dedicate
himself full-time to ASC, which he founded in 2000 as a response to
queries about the music he selected for transitions between ATC
segments. Since New Year's, Bob has introduced a few new features, some
of which have inspired me to think about analogous offerings on
SHAKSPER. If you haven't listened, you can find information "All SOngs
Considered"at the NPR website:
<http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=37&agg=1&ps=jt> ]
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