Monthly Archives: March 2014

Teaching Dead Poets to Spell

There’s a critical scene in the well-loved movie Dead Poets Society in which the schoolmaster of Chelton Academy, played by veteran character actor Norman Lloyd, counsels the young English Lit professor John Keating (the irrepressible Robin Williams.) It seems that … Continue reading

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Contemplating Retirement

We working folks retire at some point. For somebody with a career in the arts, retirement is unlikely to take the shape it takes for those in business or many of the professions. Artists don’t really retire, after all. Yet … Continue reading

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Digital Libraries, Joys and Sorrows

Given the nature of my work, especially in my role as lecturer and commentator on music to general-interest audiences, I spend a lot of time ferreting out, editing, and extracting digital audio for use in my presentations. To that end, … Continue reading

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