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PAUL db WATKINS

PAUL db WATKINS

  • TEACHING
    • Courses
      • Fall 2026
        • FILM 101: Introduction to Film Studies (Fall 26)
        • ENGL 390: GRAPHIC MEMOIR
      • Spring 2026
        • FILM 201: Film Studies (Genre)
        • ENGL 394 (S26N01): Twin Peaks: Its Influence & Quality TV
        • ENGL 396: Adapting and Being Human in an Inhuman World
      • Fall 2025
        • ENGL 115 (F25N13): Navigating a Storied World
        • FILM 101: Introduction to Film Studies (Fall 25)
      • Fall 2024
        • FILM 101: Introduction to Film Studies
        • ENGL 390: GRAPHIC MEMOIR
      • Spring 2024
        • FILM 201: Film Studies
        • ENGL 392: Sound & Remix
      • Fall 2023
        • Film 101: Introduction to Film Studies
      • Spring 2023
        • FILM 220 (S23N01): “Pure Cinema,” Voyeurism, and Cinematic Influence
        • ENGL 330: Possible futures: Resistance & Reimagining in Speculative Fiction
      • 2018-2022
        • Spring 2022
          • ENGL 125 (S22W03) AT THE CROSSROADS: MUSIC, LITERATURE, & POPULAR CULTURE
          • ENGL 125 (S22N05) AT THE CROSSROADS: MUSIC, LITERATURE, & POPULAR CULTURE
          • ENGL 398 (S22N01): “Pure Cinema,” Voyeurism, and Cinematic Influence
          • ENGL 332: Topics in Indigenous Literatures (S22N01)
        • Fall 2021
          • ENGL 115 (F21N06): THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE AND STORIES IN OUR LIVES
          • ENGL 115 (F21N17): THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE AND STORIES IN OUR LIVES
        • Spring 2021
          • FILM 220 (S21N01): “Pure Cinema,” Voyeurism, and Cinematic Influence
          • ENGL 332: Topics in Indigenous Literatures (S21N01)
        • Fall 2020
          • ENGL 115 (F20D02): THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE AND STORIES IN OUR LIVES
          • ENGL 115 (F20N29): THE IMPORTANCE OF LANGUAGE AND STORIES IN OUR LIVES
          • ENGL 125 AT THE CROSSROADS: MUSIC, LITERATURE, & POPULAR CULTURE
        • Spring 2020
          • ENGL 115 (S20D01): The Importance of Language and Stories in Our Lives
          • ENGL 280 (S20N01): Literature on Trial: Banned or Challenged Books
        • Fall 2019
          • Film 101: Introduction to Film Studies
          • ENGL 394 (F19N01): Twin Peaks: Its Influence & Quality TV
        • Spring 2019
          • ENGL 115 (S19D01): The Importance of Language and Stories in Our Lives
          • ENGL 220 (S19N01): CanLit Now!
          • ENGL 398 (S19N01): Film Studies: Voyeurism, Representation, and Cinematic Influence
        • Fall 2018
          • Film 101: Introduction to Film Studies
          • ENGL 231: Possible futures: Resistance & Reimagining in Speculative Fiction
        • Spring 2018
          • ENGL 115 (S18D01): Language and Stories
          • ENGL 135 (S18N02): Literature and Criticism: Graphic Novels
          • ENGL 396: Literature and Film
      • 2013-2017
        • Spring 2017
          • ENGL 332: Topics in Indigenous Literatures
          • ENGL 115 (S17D50): After Eden
        • Fall 2017
          • ENGL 115 (F17N13): Language and Stories
          • ENGL 125 (F17N05): (Un)Settling BC: Robinson, Compton, and Kogawa
          • ENGL 390 (TOPICS IN WORD & IMAGE): GRAPHIC MEMOIR
        • Fall 2016
          • ENGL 115 (F16N02): AFTER EDEN
          • ENGL 125 (F16N04): Other Canadas / Canada’s Others: King, Edugyan, and Kogawa
          • ENGL 125 (F16N08): Other Canadas / Canada’s Others: King, Edugyan, and Kogawa
        • Summer 2016
          • ENGL 125 (F16N04): Other Canadas / Canada’s Others: King, Edugyan, and Kogawa
        • Spring 2016
          • ENGL 115 (S16D50): After Eden
          • ENGL 390 (Topics in Word & Image): Transformations
        • Fall 2015
          • ENGL 115 (F15N17/ N20): THE MYTH OF PROGRESS
          • ENGL 115 (F15N31): THE MYTH OF PROGRESS
          • ENGL 135 (F15N01): Jazz and Social Change
        • Summer 2015
          • ENGL 115 (M15N73): THE MYTH OF PROGRESS
          • ENGL 125 (J15N70): Voice in Text: “Interfusional” Writing, Myth, and Culture
          • ENGL 125 (J15N71): Voice in Text: “Interfusional” Writing, Myth, and Culture
        • Spring 2015
          • ENGL 115 (S15D50): STORIES, IDENTITY, AND PROGRESS
          • ENGL 115 (S15D01): STORIES, IDENTITY, AND PROGRESS
          • ENGL 125 (S15D02): Voice in Text: “Interfusional” Writing, Myth, and Culture
        • Fall 2014
          • ENGL 115 (F14N08): WRITING AND REMIXING A LIFE
          • ENGL 115 (F14N09): THE MIX: HIP-HOP PEDAGOGY, TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS, AND UNIVERSITY WRITING
          • ENGL 135 (F14N02): SONIC AFRO-MODERNITY AND SOCIAL CHANGE
        • ENGL 2130: Literature and Social Change
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Fall 2021

ENGL 115 (F21N06)

ENGL 115 (F21N17)

INTR 100 (F21N01)

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Today, Tom Waits’s last released studio album to date, 𝔹𝕒𝕕 𝕒𝕤 𝕄𝕖, turns 15. His track “Hell Broke Luce” is one of his most incendiary, focusing on the horrors of war (namely Iraq at the time) and PTSD. It also takes direct aim at American imperialism, the fetishization of war, and the US military-industrial complex. Adding one more voice to the chorus of listeners posting about and praising the new Fontaines D.C. album. First impressions: it’s a departure in some ways, but it also feels like a natural follow-up to Romance, albeit with a darker, more existential tone. I’ll need to, of course, dive deeper. What are your thoughts on this one? “No, they’re never gonna keep us all down.” Mac Miller’s album, 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔻𝕚𝕧𝕚𝕟𝕖 𝔽𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕖, recently turned 10. Every track is a kind of love song, but none describes a perfect love. Rather, they explore love that is often messy, sex-obsessed, and, at times, even cosmic and transcendent. In Miller’s discography, it’s somewhat underrated and features some real bangers, like “Dang!” After a few long weeks, I needed something a little fun and spirit-lifting, and Curió Curió hit the spot, particularly with their single “Bem Querer,” which is also my selection for #FortyFiveFriday, hosted by the one and only @marcotossa. Drawing inspiration from 1970s Brazil, their music blends samba, MPB, disco, and tropical sounds into a very modern and infectious fusion. Shout out to @spagboylognese for this recommendation. 🕺 20 years ago today, on October 3, 2006, Flying Lotus released his debut album, 𝟙𝟡𝟠𝟛. It’s a cosmic, underground hip-hop instrumental album that firmly announced Flying Lotus’s presence on the scene and signalled great things to come. This is the original pressing. Today’s spin is 𝕋𝕙𝕖 ℂ𝕠𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 (a 2005 greatest hits compilation) from Canadian icon Alanis Morissette. My wife (@megfyfewatkins) can absolutely crush a Morissette song at a karaoke open mic, especially “You Oughta Know,” which is both impressive and a fair warning not to mess up. 😆 “After what happened in the last hundred years, the simple fact that we are here today is a political statement. As First Nations peoples, everything we do is political” (Liner notes, Nation II Nation). Some albums are classics. Some are masterpieces. A select few are earthmovers that shake the foundation of music and distill truth and beauty into sound. Many would agree that Stevie Wonder’s 𝕊𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕂𝕖𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕃𝕚𝕗𝕖, which turns 50 today, is one such album. The culmination of one of the best five-album runs in music history, it’s a culturally rich, sonically adventurous, and politically charged manifesto that affirms life. This original press includes a 24-page lyric booklet and bonus 7” record.

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