Author Archives: Reverend

Blog Road to Nowhere

Posted on September 6, 2008 by Reverend

Two weeks into the semester and UMW Blogs is a non-stop post party. And while I get excited about the activity and the overall usage, it’s often the tidbits that get me going. Like Fumanchu’s random video post about the … Continue reading →

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Risky Mermaid

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Reverend

Serena Epstein produced a magical mashup re-contextualizing The Little Mermaid by setting it to the soundtrack of the Risky Business trailer for professor Anand Rao’s Visual Rhetoric course. Behold the magic of this brilliant mashup; Ariel is framed in a … Continue reading →

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Mildred Pierce Double Feature

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Reverend
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Bad Boys (1983)

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Reverend

I liked Sean Penn in Fast Times a Ridgemont High, Jeff Spicoli was possibly one of the single most beloved and influential film characters of the 80s. But it wasn’t until seeing him in Bad Boys that I became a … Continue reading →

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And now a word from our sponsors…

Posted on September 3, 2008 by Reverend

Produced in 1973 [by Richard Serra and Carlota Ray Schoolman], “Television Delivers People” is a seminal work in the now well-established critique of popular media as an instrument of social control that asserts itself subtly on the populace through “entertainments,” … Continue reading →

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Tale of the FeedWordPress Tape

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Reverend

Image courtesy of Looking for Fish tacos at ELI 2006, aka CogDog. Well, I have finally gotten a free minute to get this all down, and get it down I will in hopes that I can drum up some help … Continue reading →

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I <3 Consumerism

Posted on August 31, 2008 by Reverend

Well, I have been sucked into the UMW Blogs vortex. The first week or so just thrills me to no end, people start coming out of the woodwork, and I have fun commenting, reading, and getting a sense of what’s … Continue reading →

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UMW Blogs: A Forest of Feeds!

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Reverend

Today it really hit me that UMW Blogs is back and roaring. I rolled through the jungle filled with RSS and picked lovingly from the fruit of connected people thinking about wild stuff. And I knew it for sure when … Continue reading →

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Claudia Emerson: Poet Laureate of Virginia

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Reverend

It’s been hectic on the Mary Washington campus these last few days, and in all the hustle and bustle of classes starting up a pretty honor for one of our faculty was announced. Professor Claudia Emerson was named the poet … Continue reading →

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In the Meantime…

Posted on August 27, 2008 by Reverend

…this is how I’m feeling right about now: And kinda like this: Yo La Tengo – Deeper Into Movies Found at skreemr.com And even a little like this: The Roots – Double Trouble Found at skreemr.com Oh yeah, and this: … Continue reading →

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