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The Northern Soul Project
One of the terms in my blog’s subtitle is “Lifelong Learning.” When I started writing here a couple of years ago, I thought I’d be talking much more about that topic than I’ve turned out to, as it’s a...
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The Northern Soul Project – Some Background (post #2)
To recap: I stumbled across the term “Northern Soul” a week ago while trying to see if the Dusty Springfield part of the Pet Shop Boys’ “What Have I Done to Deserve This,” was actually one of her old...
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The Northern Soul Project – Sociology of an Underground Music Culture (post #3)
I found another BBC documentary about Northern Soul. This one aired September 25, 2013, on BBC2 in the United Kingdom. It is titled “Northern Soul: Keeping the Faith” and appears to have been part of...
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Ndamukong Suh – A Lifelong Learner to Learn From
Today’s Wall Street Journal has an article on the back page of the “Personal Journal” section titled “The Bruiser and the Billionaire.” A truly inspiring read for anyone interested in lifelong...
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The Northern Soul Project – Streaming 24/7 Northern Soul Radio (Post #4)
A quick post to share my latest Northern Soul find: a radio station that streams classic Northern Soul music online, ad free, 24/7. A partnership between San Francisco radio station KALW (91.7FM) and...
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How Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer teaches like a humanities professor
As yesterday’s 59–0 Ohio State victory over Wisconsin shows, something is working very well in the Ohio State coaching strategy. A story in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal provides some insight into...
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How to specify “start” and “stop” times in embedded YouTube videos in WordPress
I planned to write a post on allusion and homage in literature and film today, but now I’m going to postpone that till another day—because I’m so absolutely thrilled with myself that I figured out how...
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How to disable “related” videos at the end of embedded YouTube clips
Yesterday I posted on my newfound knowledge about how to specify the starting and ending points in an embedded YouTube video. I was pretty excited to be able to play just a 40-second segment of video...
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Communication lessons learned from the Indian Ocean tsunami and other natural...
It has been ten years since the December 26, 2004, Indian Ocean tsunami. Many “anniversary” articles today will look back at this even, so this post doesn’t cover the same ground. Because my academic...
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General Tom Thumb rescued from deadly Milwaukee hotel fire!
In doing some class prep I came across a book titled Vintage Milwaukee Postcards, by Larry Widen, which talks about, among other interesting pieces of Milwaukee history, the famous (in its day) Newhall...
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The Northern Soul Project – The Father-Son Shredded Wheat Commercial (Post #5)
Warning: this television ad (or, “advert,” as they apparently say in England) will make your heart melt. Apparently just released within the past week, this Shredded Wheat cereal commercial profiles a...
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So many milks! And coffee, coffee, coffee!
Americans don’t realize how rich we are. It’s so easy not to feel rich when we read about luxury homes sold in London, Paris, or New York for eight or even nine figures. Millions and millions and...
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“Sleep Walk” and a Fender Guitar
So I was at my office on campus today and walked into our main department office to get something from the printer. Our administrative assistant always has the radio tuned to our school’s radio...
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Bloom Where You’re Planted!
My equipment is no fancier than A) my older-model iPhone (a 5c, not even the 5s, which apparently had a better camera) and B) my Kodak Easyshare Z915 Digital Camera, which is no longer supported by the...
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Waiting for the Elevator (And My First-Ever Exhibit Submission)
While waiting for the elevator in my building, I decided to check my texts. Apparently the last app I’d used was my camera, because it was still active when I opened things up. The image that flashed...
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How use of color in Spotlight amplifies theme
I’m showing Spotlight in my political science class this week and next. We don’t have a lot of time to talk about the press in our course, but I wanted to work in some reflection on the place of news...
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Cool Google Docs “Insert Symbol” Feature
I was just working on something in Google Docs and needed to insert a letter “a” with a circumflex. I clicked on “insert symbol” and searched for “a,” but none of the options were what I needed. Then I...
View ArticleUnleashing the potential of VR (virtual reality)
Virtual reality (VR) is going to shape itself into an art form that is quite different from contemporary cinema. We can’t really predict yet how things will turn out, although my bet is that movies as...
View ArticleWon’t you be my neighbor?
Fifty years ago today “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood,” the most caring children’s television show ever, made its debut. You’ve probably seen this before, but it’s worth watching again: Fred Rogers...
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YouTube: In the Beginning
I’m teaching a mass media course this quarter, and while doing class prep recently, I needed to look at something in the internet archive, aka the “Wayback Machine.” (Wikipedia article here) Have you...
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