![]() ![]() Ruminating on the 18th century ("back in the day"), Byrne remarks that "meanwhile, some folks around that same time were going to hear operas." At its best, this approach cuts through the metaphysical waffle that often passes for music criticism and helps tease out what is common to punk clubs and La Scala. How Music Works is wonderfully wide-ranging, covering the prehistoric origins of music, Madonna's contracts, the musicality of animals, pie charts of earnings from his recent collaboration with Brian Eno, Pythagorean acousmatics, the compositional limitations of Midi software, Algerian pop, the Filipino People Power revolution, the ethics of philanthropy, 16 pages of tips on how to create a happening nightclub, and music's physiological and neurological effects ("not really my brief here", but he sneaks in a few pages anyway).Īnyone familiar with Byrne's song lyrics or spoken-word theatre projects will recognise his artfully artless narrative tone. In the introduction, Byrne lists all the things his book will not tackle, but he ends up tackling most of them regardless. "Sophisticated innocent" is the Talking Heads singer's trademark identity. ![]() David Byrne's book, although it's a self-conscious art object (backwards pagination, upholstered cover and so on) contains plenty of plain-spoken, sensible observations: a dichotomy typical of the man. ![]() G iven the vastness of the subject, calling a treatise How Music Works seems intellectually arrogant, but it could also be seen as disarmingly frank, a fresh perspective from a down-to-earth mind. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Professor Mohanty has been a part of the founding and evolution of ICS, the Developing Countries Research Centre at University of Delhi and Gabeshana Chakra and Development Research Institute in Odisha. Former Chairperson and Director of ICS and former Editor of China Report, he has been on visiting assignments in several universities and research institutes in India and abroad including University of California, Berkeley Institute of Far Eastern Studies, Moscow, Oxford, Beijing, Copenhagen, Lagos University of California, Santa Barbara and the New School, New York. Until 2004, he was Director, Developing Countries Research Centre, and Professor of Political Science at University of Delhi where he taught until his retirement. He is also Chairperson, Development Research Institute, Bhubaneswar, and Honorary Fellow, Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS), Delhi. As Vice-President of the Council for Social Development (CSD) and Editor of CSD’s social science journal Social Change, published by SAGE, he brings a wealth of experience from both policy and practice perspectives. Manoranjan Mohanty Manoranjan Mohanty is a renowned political scientist and China scholar whose writings have focused on theoretical and empirical dimensions of social movements, human rights, the development experience and the regional role of India and China. ![]() ![]() ![]() What makes it even worse is that while the problems the first week were not my fault, this time the whole mess happened because I did something stupid. Guess what? The next two weeks were just as difficult. TO: Maktel Geebrit, on my beloved Planet Hevi-HeviĪfter my first week on Earth, I thought things might settle down a little. But how can you hide the fact that you’ve shrunk your teacher? ExcerptįROM: Pleskit Meenom, on the deeply weird Planet Earth If word gets out of this misuse of alien technology, it could ruin Pleskit’s mission. Weintraub no bigger than a pair of pencils! Instead of cutting a mean kid down to size, they end up making Tim and their teacher Ms. Shrinking rays are tricky machines, and this one turns out to be more than the boys can handle. ![]() So they borrow a shrinking ray from the embassy. After one dig too many from Pleskit’s bully, Pleskit and his best friend Tim decide to teach Jordan a lesson. Not even taking a trip to the mall and getting some Earth-style clothing is enough to stop Jordan’s teasing or blend in at school. But bullies like his classmate Jordan Lynch make it clear he never will. ![]() Pleskit and Tim’s plan to prank a bully goes horribly awry in this second book of the hilarious, fast-paced, and accessible sci-fi series Sixth-Grade Alien from the bestselling author of Aliens Ate My Homework, Bruce Coville.Īll Pleskit Meenom wants to do is fit in on his new planet. ![]() ![]() ![]() But no one knows Hollyn Tate, the real face behind the media star.or the anxiety that keeps her isolated. ![]()
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