I’ve just finished a short book by Stanley Fish worth recommending to everyone aspiring to or currently living an academic life. Save the World on Your Own Time (OUP, 2008) is Fish’s paean to the academy, written from a perspective of forty years’ academic experience, including a five year stint as Dean of the College [...]

This post responds to David Byrne’s recent TED talk. True to TED’s mandate, Byrne has given us an idea worth sharing. His central thesis is that musicians adapt to the built environment of their performances. His claim is appealing on an intuitive level, and he introduces some evidence to help substantiate it: small clubs like [...]