Begin blogging!

Hi everyone-hope you had a great weekend. Now that we are entering our third week of classes, it is time to start blogging! Remember that you have to provide 2 posts each week (Sunday-Saturday). You can comment/question anything we've read for class, discussed in class-or anything related to the class that might spark discussion.

A few non-class related things: Slow hand (Eric Clapton) and Jeff Beck will be performing in Toronto on Sunday, February 21st. If any of you have the opportunity to go-I strongly encourage you to do so. I saw Clapton when he came to Buffalo a few years back, and it was one of the best concerts I have ever seen-I still have my t-shirt that I bought off a guy in the street (the vendors inside the concert venues are always so pricey!). Also, I am not sure if any of you watched the Hope for Haiti fundraiser this past Friday, but you can purchase one song or an album covering all of the songs performed by various artists on itunes-and the money all goes to Haiti. Just something to think about. Also-on Monday, February 3rd, the Hip Hop Student Association is sponsoring a really exciting event here on campus. There will be a panel discussion on hip hop, its political value, and the contentious issues that surround hip hop as both a genre and political medium. Edryes Wajed will also be speaking (or perhaps performing) at this event-remember he is a local hip hop artist who will be coming to our class towards the end of the semester. I will be sure to tell you more about this amazing event in class.

Until tomorrow-happy blogging!
Katie