This is the selection of music WXPN out of Philadelphia has decided to play for me these past two weeks at work:
Beck - "Que Onda Guero" and "Girl"
Radiohead - "No Surprises"
Elliott Smith - "Miss Misery"
Sufjan Stevens - "Chicago"
My Morning Jacket - some song from "The Sandworm Cometh"
Talking Heads - "Blind"
I've been serenaded while filling in student parking information and purging student files at the New England School of Acupuncture. Such endeavors can be dull and tedious, but I like to spice them up by reading a little student history. Some of the more intriguing items are the various B.A.'s the students earned in college. One girl majored in Radio and TV production at UNC Chapel Hill. And now she's doing acupuncture? Others majored in English, which reinforced my belief that English majors can pretty much do whatever they want after college - as long as they go to graduate school.
This weekend I'm going to Washington, D.C. to visit siblings and to attend the National Book Fair. Look at http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/authors.html. David Brooks, Thomas Friedman, Tom Wolfe - I'll get to meet them all. Right now I'm in the middle of Bobos in Paradise by Brooks. As most of you know, his insight into contemporary culture is peerless. Can't wait to get that one signed.
Are you sure you should be divulging this kind of information about students?
Well, Andrew, I took out the questionable part, just for you, even though it's not really secret information. It had crossed my mind, though, which was I didn't put his first name.