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PAUL db WATKINS

PAUL db WATKINS

  • TEACHING
    • Courses
      • 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
    • Pedagogy
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      • Books
      • Film
      • Music
    • Poetry
      • Dissonant Harmonies
      • (re)vision & the abstract truth
        • (Re)Vision & the Abstract Truth Video
      • Sing Bass
      • the multiplicity of everyday life
    • Opinion/ Other
  • CV
  • MUSIC
    • DJ Techné
      • Music
      • Photos
    • Vis-One
      • Music
      • Photos
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An absolute titan of music has left the planet: Pharoah Sanders (1940-2022). Thanks for the powerful spiritual jazz and always rewarding music. His work with Floating Points and The London Symphony Orchestra on Promises is a late-career masterpiece and shows that Sanders was always innovating and taking the music to new places. I took the first photo back in 2013 at the Guelph Jazz Festival. I got to hang out with him backstage and even though his music was on another celestial plane, he was super down-to-earth. My vinyl is still boxed up, and so I am re-sharing two older posts, the first displaying some of his solo work and collaborations with John and Alice Coltrane. You can see that he signed my copy of Village of the Pharoahs. The last photo is of Promises (2021), which was one of the best albums released in 2021. If you’ve never listened to a Pharoah Sanders record and are wondering where to start, I’d recommend that you check out the always awe-inspiring, Karma (1969). Rest in Power. #pharoahsanders #restinpeacepharaohsanders #jazz #guelphjazzfestival #karma #floatingpoints #spiritualjazz
I’ve been wanting this Lovage album on vinyl for a while and so I was pretty stoked that it got reissued. #nathanielmerriweatherpresentslovage #loveage #musictomakelovetoyouroldladyby #kidkoala #mikepatton #jennifercharles #dantheautomator
Listen to what brings you Joy. #joydivision #closer
Definitely not the only reason, but certainly a big reason, I wanted to collect tapes was for certain releases that seem to really fit the cassette format. The main one for me was one of my all time favourite albums: Enter the Wu-Tang: 36 Chambers. I now own the original LP and cassette, and, even more rare, the “Protect Your Neck” LP single released on Wu-Tang Records before they signed with Loud. Wu-Tang Forever! #cassette #wutang #enterthewutang #36chambers #rza #hiphop #enterthewutang36chambers
‘90s cassette throwback! I definitely played these three albums a lot back in grades 7 through 9. What’s your favourite of the three? #cassette #cassetteculture #greenday #dookie #smashingpumpkins #siamesedream #offspring #smash #cassettes #90smusic
I’ve been working a lot more from home now that classes are done and so I’ve had more time to listen to records. Two ambient records I’ve been listening to recently are Brian Eno’s Film Music (1976-2020) and jazz duo Bremer/McCoy’s Utopia. Both are fantastic! #brianeno #brianenofilmmusic #bremermccoy #ambient #studymusic #jazz

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