Alice Cooper – School’s Out For Summer
Education is going crazy out here in Los Angeles. The district actually just put out a bulletin yesterday cancelling summer school for elementary and middle schools!
While students may be rejoicing in the moment, there will be some reckoning to do when as 8th graders they don’t have enough credits [...]
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Jackson Browne: Running On Empty
So Monday was the marathon here in Los Angeles, an event that I witnessed for the very first time this year, positioned above one of the surface street bridges that crosses Venice Blvd., under which the marathoners directly passed! There were 3 folks I was specifically looking for, a TFA buddy [...]
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Philip Glass: from Orange Mountain Music Archive: Closing
Finally, it’s a long weekend, and one that is not filled to the brim with any trainings, meetings, or otherwise time-consuming ventures.
Perhaps some volleyball, perhaps some biking, perhaps a movie, who knows? Definitely catching up on some reading that I’ve been missing just doing, but hopefully getting [...]
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The Beatles – When I’m Sixty-Four
Be forewarned. This is a geeky post. And on that note, I’ve got to say I’m more than a little disappointed at the utter lack of birthday gifts and cards I received this past Sunday. None. Zero. Where are you people? Seriously?
Well, to be perfectly honest, this past Sunday (May [...]
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Public Enemy – Fight the Power
Let me introduce you to Mr. Luong (the one in the white t-shirt), the new history teacher and union rep at our school (we share the same kids), being arrested this past Friday. In the eyes of our 7th graders, he’s now amazingly cool!
Let’s see if I can accurately follow [...]
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Bodies of Water – Dear Boy
So even if our students aren’t demonstrating incredible amounts of aptitude on didactic academic exams, they certainly do display a large amount of creativity. Such was the case today with Mr. Roeder’s 8th graders (who took their exam with him in my classroom), after which I found the above artifact.
I’m [...]
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Gustav Holst: The Planets – Jupiter
Work hard….play hard. That’s pretty much my modus operandi. And thank goodness, because “playing hard” got to consist of watching the Lakers win a wonderfully solid game last evening against Houston, followed by catching the new reboot of Star Trek with my roommate and some of his acting/writing buddies. [...]
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What’s this??????
Yes, oh yes! It’s exactly what you think it is. Finally, actual physical (well…..digital) proof that I actually play music a little bit out here in Los Angeles. So last night, my roommate Ken and I played a coffeehouse in Venice. Lots of fun, five tracks, and best of all, they recorded it for [...]
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