Tag Archives: Music

Stubbing My Toe on the Stumbling Block of Tradition

Posted on October 18, 2008 by Amy Spiegel

I love tradition. If ever we do anything the same way twice (the same holiday routine, the same vacation spot, the same meal two Saturdays in a row), I immediately want to canonize it and say that we have to … Continue reading →

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Popular Music and Survival of the Fittest

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Jim Spiegel

Long before I ever became an academician I loved rock n’ roll-from the crunch and sizzle of Jimmy Page guitar riff to the soul-soothing wail of Aretha Franklin.  But most of all, I loved the songs themselves, from love ballads … Continue reading →

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