Wes Phillips

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Wes Phillips  |  Nov 07, 2006  |  1 comments
On our morning rides, Jeff Wong and I pass one point that has recently been covered with geese resting on their migration south. We've been wondering why here? and Why a "V"?
Wes Phillips  |  Feb 01, 2006  |  0 comments
Turns out the theories about this have changed over time. This fascinating article reminds me of the great Simon Frith essay, "Why Do Songs Have Words?" Frith posited that pop song lyrics teach the young men of our decidedly unpoetic era the language of courtship.
Wes Phillips  |  Jul 20, 2006  |  3 comments
Money quote: "Not one student said, I am studying English "because I want to make a lot of money" or 'because my parents made me.'"
Wes Phillips  |  Jul 23, 2007  |  0 comments
Mohsin Hamid, author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, was asked on a book tour, "So tell me, sir. Why do they hate us?" Having spent half his life in America, the Pakistani writer had to think about who "us" and "they" were. This fine essay is the result of that thinking.
Wes Phillips  |  Aug 02, 2007  |  0 comments
Julian Lloyd Webber asks a big question.
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 01, 2006  |  1 comments
I think it's because he's a dangerous psychotic who probably has about a zillion injunctions forbidding him anywhere close to children. . . . Wait, was that a trick question?
Wes Phillips  |  Jun 13, 2006  |  0 comments
I do believe in copyright and I do believe that creators deserve to benefit from their creations. However, very few works of literature remain popular even 20 years after their creation–and the current standard, recently extended by another 20 years, merely prevents legitimate uses, such as this case, where James Joyce's grandson is being pompous little pimple about who is "worthy" to write about his uncle.
Wes Phillips  |  Aug 28, 2006  |  0 comments
Yes, we speak of things that matter,
With words that must be said,
"Can analysis be worthwhile?"
"Is the theater really dead?"
Wes Phillips  |  Nov 11, 2005  |  0 comments
Because I type in "hi-fi" and it gives me this.
Wes Phillips  |  Jan 30, 2006  |  0 comments
Because you get websites like Paul's Boutique Samples and References List, which, of course, attempts to codify every sample, quote, and homage from the Beastie Boys album Paul's Boutique. Probably more than you ever wanted to know, but (IMO) that's what makes it so cool: It was done out of love, pure and simple.

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