My buddy Martin Reaves jammin’ just a little bit on his father’s old Gibson guitar — the guitar he learned to play on 40 years ago. Marty and I went to middle and high school together. During high school, veryone around campus started calling him “Marty Van Halen” after he and his band played theirContinue reading “Song du jour: Martin Reaves”
Daily Archives: May 4, 2014
Course Observation: Philip Roth
Lisa Scottoline’s “English Class with Mr. Roth” (May 3, 2014 NYT) recalls the author’s experience as an undergraduate student attending two of Philip Roth’s literature courses at the University of Pennsylvania in the 1970s. Scottoline concludes her essay with this description of the aftereffects Roth’s teaching: Looking back, I’ve come to understand that he wasContinue reading “Course Observation: Philip Roth”
The Philosophy of Contemporary Song 