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March 06, 2006
Beyond the three hours . . .
Carolyn Holbrook
Who is she? Carolyn Holbrook is an assistant professor of English and teaches courses including English 1110, Creative Writing and an occasional FYSEM.
How does she listen to music? On CDs, primarily.
Where? In her room and car. “Wait, let me modify that a little bit,” she said, “you can hear my stereo all over.”
What did she start listening to? She listened to a lot of vinyl. Her step-father was a left-handed jazz guitarist who played with big bands around the Twin Cities. She listened to a lot of what might get labeled ‘world music’, especially Latin and African, and has enjoyed seeing those styles fused with others. For example, she has been enjoying a “fascinating” compilation of music from Ghana. When ‘highlife,’ a jazzy, traditional Ghanaian style, is crossed with American-style hip-hop by young, aspiring rappers, the result is called Hip-life.
What is she listening to now? Professor Holbrook is listening to a new CD featuring hip-hop artists working with the songs from Brazilian bossa nova star Sergio Mendes’ album Sergio Mendes and Brasil ‘66. She also plays a CD by Foreign Exchange, an MC from the US and a Dutch producer who recorded across the Atlantic without ever spending time together in the studio. They write songs together electronically in a variety of genres.
Stephen Kellert
Who is he? Stephen Kellert is an assistant professor of philosophy and teaches classes in logic, Philosophy of Science, modern philosophy, concepts of nature, and some Senior Seminars.
How does he listen to music? On CDs, and on his iPod (a mini). “I just got rid of my tape player,” he said, “so no more cassettes.”
When? Driving in the car, working out. Not when he’s writing, though.
What did he start listening to? Professor Kellert made the observation that everybody listens to a lot of different styles of music; “Who says I only listen to 80s girl bands?”
He described his musical history like this, “I’ve always listened to a lot of different things, but I’ve always listened to the Beatles.”
What is he listening to now? One of his recent musical discoveries is Franz Ferdinand; another is Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake. While the music itself isn’t new, Professor Kellert really enjoyed the new, modernized production. They are in his iPod rotation right now, along with old David Bowie.
-Compiled by Will Hein
Posted by dwright at March 6, 2006 09:40 PM
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