Rolling Stones – 2000 Man
In celebration of the end of the year 2009, I thought I’d publish a year-in-review retrospective of this blog. My thanks to all of you wonderful readers this year who keep on reading, and keep on commenting, despite your better instincts. For those of you who have read all of these [...]
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra – Christmas Canon Rock
I took this picture in a mall. A MALL!
Not to worry, there is still one shopping day before Christmas!
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Aimee Mann – Calling on Mary
At the closing of this morning’s church service, celebrating the fourth and final Sunday of Advent, Pastor Mark did something dangerous. He invited anyone in the congregation to come up on stage and to join the choir in a singing of Handel’s “Hallelujah” from Messiah. Unable to resist my [...]
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Joe Satriani – HMC
Wow! I just got an email Christmas card from LAUSD school board member Monica Garcia. Apparently, she sent it to everyone in the school district, including the nearly 5,000 employees she just authorized layoffs for.
Nice.
In other news, and in what is likely just shameless self-promotion, an article detailing the complexity of the [...]
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George Harrison – I’ve Got My Mind Set On You
Yep….this is a laser disc. I can’t say that I had ever seen a whole collection of them prior to this past Saturday evening. The opposite of portable, I suppose the only advantage that they provided over the common VHS that prevailed in that day [...]
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The Easybeats – Friday On My Mind
It’s Friday, and we’ve only got a single week to go until the glorious Christmas break! It’s crazy to believe how quick this semester is going, much to the chagrin of some of my students who are a bit worried about how quickly their final fall grade is [...]
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Radar Bros. – Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
It’s been one year to the day that our illustrious LAUSD Board of Education voted to buyout the remaining years of beleaguered Superintendant Brewer’s contract, effectively issuing a no-confidence vote in him.
Frustration levels were at an all-time high a year ago and many were not at all saddened to [...]
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Sufjan Stevens – Sister Winter
It’s finally winter here in Los Angeles, and for those of you who don’t know what winter is like, imagine a cold and rainy October day in the Northeast or Midwest. That’s basically it.
In the meantime, the steady trudge towards Christmas break and the end of 2009 continues. Current on [...]
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AC/DC – Shoot to Thrill
I will never own a gun. Never. In fact, guns kind of scare me. They’re loud, they’re powerful, and they can kill you.
So I understandably had a bit of hesitation when our school tech coordinator invited a fellow English teacher (pictured above, declining some choice verbs…) and myself to [...]
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Oasis – Champagne Supernova
Two days back! Just two days we’ve been back and already I’m feeling the weight of the final three weeks of school before Christmas, none of which actually have to do with my particular kids or my particular classes.
Part of the fun involved convincing someone at the downtown Beaudry building that libraries [...]
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