Prep

• Benedict Carey, ‘In Music, Others’ Tastes May Help Shape Your Own’, New York Times (14 February 2006) 
• Shamus Khan, ‘The New Elitists’, New York Times (7 July 2012)
• Audio: ‘How to Listen to Music in 4 Easy Steps’, Switched on Pop 50

In Class

1. Attendance
2. Q&A: How subjective can taste be for social animals like ourselves?
3. Reading Notes for Next Time

For Next Time

• DUE: Semester Goals HW
• Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton, ‘Hip-Hop Roots: Adventures on the Wheels of Steel’, in Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey (Grove Press, 2006)
• Audio: Rich Nice, Merry Go Round Mix (11 August 2020)
• Video: Grandmaster Flash, ‘A Letter to Kool Herc from Grandmaster Flash’ (14 August 2017)