Prep
- Benedict Carey, ‘In Music, Others’ Tastes May Help Shape Your Own’, New York Times (14 February 2006)
- Audio: ‘How to Listen to Music in 4 Easy Steps’, Switched on Pop 50
- Attendance
- Small Group Introductions
- Overview: Final Project
- Q&A/Introductions: How to Listen to Music
- Reading Notes for Next Time
- Video: Style Wars (Henry Chalfant and Tony Silver, 1983). The seminal documentary of graffiti and b-boying’, writes Jeff Chang in one of our upcoming texts (‘Zulus on a Time Bomb’). You should be able to view this film for free on vudu.com, but if there’s a problem, here’s a link that’s currently working on YouTube.