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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
  • WRITING
    • Interviews
    • Reviews
      • 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
  • BLOG: RIFFINGS
  • Videos
  • Photos

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Classic. #somethinelse #cannonballadderley #milesdavis #jazz
Listening to this bonafide classic with this BIG KID who has no fear of new music. That said, she definitely prefers the Trolls soundtrack, but exposure is important. #talkingheads #fearofmusic #djellabella
Now playing: Gil Evans, New Bottle, Old Wine (Tone Poet Series reissue). #gilevans #newbottleoldwine #tonepoet #jazz
I was happy to grab the #RSD reissue of Max Roach’s We Insist! - Freedom Now Suite. It’s a quiet sounding pressing on clear vinyl. There are a lot of political jazz records—a somewhat recent example being Wadada Leo Smith’s Ten Freedom Summers (2012)—but a major landmark album is the 1961 Civil Rights-focused album, We Insist!: Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite. The standout—for me and many—on the album is “Triptych: Prayer, Protest, and Peace,” which is an improvised collaboration between Roach on drums and Abbey Lincoln on vocals. Abbey Lincoln’s voice is remarkable, and the wordless performance feels visceral. The song climaxes with Lincoln’s screams and cries, as she traces the parallels between the African American experience and slavery and apartheid in South Africa. If you have never heard it, be prepared as it is a fairly intense, but essential listen. #maxroach #freedomnowsuite #weinsist #jazz #abbeylincoln #improvisation #rsd2022
Now playing, Gang Starr, Step in the Arena. #gangstarr #stepinthearena #hiphop
Starting my weekend off proper: DILLA TIME with some breakfast out. #dillatime #jaydee #dilla

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