Music for 1.29.2010: Bob Mould’s Sugar and the Princeton Record Exchange
Michael Gallagher I want to confess that I am a huge Sugar fan. I love Husker Du as well, but let me stress that the Bob Mould-led trio of Sugar was the…
January 2010
The Rosenbach Museum in Philadelphia and Joyce’s Ulysses
File this one under “How did I not know this was within striking distance of my home?” I stand in amazement at the number of small, medium, and large museums…
British Library Learning Resources: Interactive Timelines and Tools for Teachers
I follow the British Library on Twitter and through an RSS feed for their press releases as I do for quite a few other library groups with innovative directions (Columbia…
My Korean (in-law) Family tree: 서상돈(1850-1913) of Daegu
In the spirit of genealogy, families, and connectedness, I have turned my attention momentarily away from the pursuit of all things Gallagher and towards my wife’s distinguished family tree. My…
Modern literacies and music composition: To compose and to perform?
I have been doing some thinking about modern literacies recently. What does it mean to be literate in an information driven world? Does literacy pertain to technological skills, the ability…
Music for 1.21.2010: Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate
For this Thursday, I bring you music from two favorites of mine. Ali Farka Toure and Toumani Diabate are absolute legengs in Africa, both hailing from Mali. Below are the…
Living Memories and Archived Multimedia: The Edison Collection from the Library of Congress
Trolling through a section in the Library of Congress on Immigration (great learning tool), I rediscovered a collection that I had encountered before, namely the The Motion Pictures and Sound…