ENGL 1A: THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Music News: 12.06.12


  • Pop Danthology mashes up 55 of 2012's biggest hits (LA Music Blog)
  • Newly out Frank Ocean snags six Grammy nominations (Advocate)
  • By the numbers: American Idol winners'  chart success by the numbers (Today)
  • Let bygones be bygones: Metallica joins Spotify (CNET)
  • Spin names its 50 best albums of 2012 (Spin)
  • Mariah Carey, backed by Jimmy Fallon and The Roots, rocks "All I Want for Christmas is You" (Rolling Stone)
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Course Information

DH De La O,
The Department of English & Comparative Literature
at San José State University

Fall 2012 Schedule:

Sec. 02 (40396): Mo/We 7:30 – 08:45 AM, SH 444

Sec. 12 (48848): Mo/We 9:00 – 10:15 AM, DMH 347

Office: Faculty Offices 111

Office Hours: Tu 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM; Th 10: 30 AM – 11:30 AM

Phone: 408.924.5019

Email: dhdelao@gmail.com

Selected Posts

  • Close Read Essay
  • Editorial Essay (The Hip Hop Wars)
  • Expository Essay (This is Your Brain on Music)
  • PowerPoint Presentations, Pt. I: Sec. 02
  • PowerPoint Presentations, Pt. I: Sec. 12
  • Reflection 01: Been Around the World—Exploring International Music
  • Reflection 02: As Heard on TV—Music and Commercials
  • Reflection 03: Just Sing, Sing a Song—The Disappearance of Singing in Public
  • Reflection 04: Girl, You Rock—Understanding Feminist Anthems
  • Reflection 05: California, Here I Come—Songs of the Golden State
  • Reflection 06: Reel Songs—Music in Movies
  • Reflection 07: Guilty as Charged—Confessing Our Musical Guilty Pleasures
  • Reflection 08: Snowed Out—The Inundation of Christmas Music
  • Reflection 09: Yesterday—Reflections on Reading and Writing about Music (Optional Extra-Credit Assignment)
  • Week 01: The Beatles
  • Week 02: Madonna
  • Week 03: Buddy Holly
  • Week 04: The Beastie Boys
  • Week 05: 2Pac
  • Week 06: Michael Jackson
  • Week 07: Rodgers & Hammerstein
  • Week 08: Judy Garland
  • Week 10: Adele
  • Week 11: Led Zeppelin
  • Week 12: Bee Gees
  • Week 13: Stevie Wonder
  • Week 14: Lady Gaga
  • Week 15: Johnny Cash
  • Week 16: Whitney Houston
  • Week 17: Bob Dylan

Blog Archive

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      • Thank You for a Great Semester
      • Week 17: Bob Dyaln
      • Reflection 09: Yesterday—Reflections on Reading an...
      • Music News: 12.06.12
      • For Your Final Exam Preparation
      • Week 16: Whitney Houston
      • Music News: 12.01.12
    • ►  November (12)
    • ►  October (11)
    • ►  September (16)
    • ►  August (7)

Dropbox Documents

  • Close Read Essay: "The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket" (Document)
  • Close Read Essay: "The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket" Sample Close Read (Document)
  • Close Read Essay: Instrumental Songs (Playlist)
  • Close Read Essay: Lyrical Songs (Playlist)
  • Close Read Essay: Song Lyrics (Document)
  • Close Read Essay: Song Samples (Playlist)
  • Close Read Essay: The Elements of Music (PDF)
  • Close Read Essay: The Elements of Music (PowerPoint)
  • Editorial Essay: The Hip Hop Wars (Playlist)
  • Short-Answer Responses: Owen Noone and The Marauder (Playlist)
  • Syllabus: Fall 2012 (Document)
  • Writing: Citing Sources in MLA: The Basics (PowerPoint)
  • Writing: Easy Fixes - 10 Grammar Rules to Know (PowerPoint)
  • Writing: MLA Style 101 (PowerPoint)
  • Writing: Sample PowerPoint Presentation (PowerPoint)

eReader

  • "A Guide to Writing about Music, Pt. 2: Thinking" (Invisible Oranges)
  • "Does Music Define You?" (NPR Music)
  • "Does Pop Sound Louder, Dumber, and More and More the Same? One Study Says So" (Slate)
  • "Friends' Tips, Radio Still Drive Musical Choices" (USA Today)
  • "Growing Up Gaga" (New York)
  • "Music Defines Me" (AggieCentral)
  • "Musicians' Brains Might Have an Edge on Aging" (US News & World Report)
  • "Six Songs of Me" (GuardianMusic)
  • "Stanford Researcher Maps Melodies Used in Holocaust to Control Prisoners" (Stanford University)
  • "The NPR 100: The Most Important American Musical Works of the 20th Century" (NPR)
  • "The Songs That Define Me" (Lulu's Views)
  • "The Songs That Define Us" (ConversantLife)
  • "The Sound of a Generation" (NPR Music)
  • "Writing about Music" (University of Calgary)
  • "You Are What You Hear: What Your Favorite Music Says About You" (NPR Music)

Writing Resources

  • DailyGrammar
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, San Jose State University
  • Grammar Bytes!
  • Grammar Girl
  • MLA Block Quotations, Northern Oklahoma College
  • MLA Citation Generator, Palomar College
  • MLA In-text Parathetical Citation, Duke University
  • MLA Style Guide, Purdue University
  • MLA Works Cited Page, Cornell Univeristy
  • Online Writing Lab, Purdue Univeristy
  • Writing Center, San Jose State University

Music Resources

  • BBC Radio
  • Billboard
  • Guardian: Music
  • Learn Listening Online
  • MTV
  • New Musical Express
  • New York Times: Music
  • NPR Music
  • Q
  • Rolling Stone
  • Smithsonian Global Sound
  • Spin
  • Stereogum
  • The Source
  • Variety: Music
  • VH1
  • Vibe

Online Music Services

  • Bandcamp
  • Grooveshark
  • iTunes
  • Last.fm
  • Live365
  • Mixlr
  • MOG
  • MySpace
  • Pandora
  • Rdio
  • Rhapsody
  • Slacker
  • SoundCloud
  • SoundHound
  • Spotify
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