Labels

We relics of the Counter Culture instinctively rebel against labels. But some labels are our friends--like the labels on this site. Try clicking on one of the labels at the bottom of any post; you'll see all the posts that mention That person or topic. Over in the sidebar I've used that label technology to produce two lists, one which will provide you with all the posts naming the individual Eddy, and another showing all the posts about a particular field of creative activity, say "Music."

Authors must provide labels. As you post items, I hope you'll use the labels box at the bottom left of the editing screen so we can have a nice index to the site. Feel free to add new names and activites. (If you've lost you're invitation to become an author, let me know and I'll resend it.)

New Song from Southern Ivy League

Here's a new song from Matt's band, Southern Ivy League.  Matt sings lead on this sort eerie number about people who become spacemen. Also a striking piece of cover art.

Steve's Father's Day Essay

Here is Steve's latest radio essay, this one on Father's Day, fatherhood, and Mark.  Be sure to check out the archive to the right for any you may have missed or want to hear again.

Tweeting Ulysses

June 16 is celebrated worldwide as Bloomsday, the day that James Joyce's fictional protagonist Leopold Bloom wandered about Dublin like the wandering Ulysses who became the title of Joyce's celebrated and beloved novel. This year fans of Ulysses decided to celebrate the novel not just by reading it aloud, as is the practice, but to "recast" it as thousands of tweets. Read more here.

Two Eddys in Jeff Marching Band

Both Tyler and Michael are in the Jefferson High Marching Band this year, Tyler as a freshman and Michael as a junior. Both play clarinet, following in the path set by their cousin Max and, in a previous generation, their uncle Mark--before he took up the banjo! Max also plays some banjo. Is this a trend among clarinetists?

Matt to Oxford?

It appears pretty likely that Matt will be invited to participate this fall in Georgetown College's unique Tutorial Program at Regent's Park College, Oxford University (shown in picture). The program is unique in that American participants learn alongside regular Oxford students using the tutorial method that Oxford and other traditional English universities are famous for. Participants are selected by Georgetown faculty and faculty from Regent's Park College at Oxford on the basis of writing samples and interviews. Selected students are trained in the tutorial method before their experience so that they can succeed in Oxford. Should be a great experience for Matthew, who may come back with a high-toned British accent. Here's a link on Georgetown's tutorial program.

More About Paul's Play

The play that Paul will appear in a play in the Theater for the New City's 2011 Dream Up festival for new plays, running August 14 through September 4. You can read more about the festival and New City here. New City is where Paul's first New York play (Angry Young Women in Low Rise Jeans with High Class Issues) was staged (coincidence), and it appears to have a pretty distinguished history. If the play's festival run is successful, it will get a regular run.

In it Paul is the lead in one of three plot strands that seem unrelated to each other. He plays a man who makes stop-action films with Barbie dolls; his character mainly delivers a monologue. Rehearsals start soon. He continues to audition for other roles whenever he can. Paul, please correct whatever I got wrong.

Miles at Berklee Bass Camp

Miles is attending Berklee College of Music's three-day Bass Lines camp this Friday through Sunday in Boston. It's rumored that Berklee may be on Miles' shortlist for a music school in a couple of years. Camp should provide a nice preview. If you want to know more, here's the website for the camp.

Lots of Practice Time for Michael

Michael reports that he's been assigned a piece to play for the Indiana State School Music Association's Solo and Ensemble contest, which isn't until late next January. However, his teacher wants him to audition with it for the Keller Competition that the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra holds every year (for performers under 22), and the piece must be memorized. The winner gets to perform the piece with the Symphony. Did I get that right, Michael?

Ian the Reader

It seems that Ian has been named the top reader at his school. Congratulations, Ian! We'd love to hear some more detail about this recognition.

Paul Has a New Acting Role

Phillip says that Paul has gotten another acting gig, but he has no details. Can anybody help us out here? Paul?

Max Eddy: Wunderblogger

As a blogger for Geekosystems website, Max is the only Eddy currently making his living from writing (Bonnie and I have both been writer/editors at various times). Here is a link to Google news that should pull up a search of Google News listing everything with Max's byline that appears in the Geekosystems website. It works most of the time.

An Archive of Steve's Radio Essays

I'm in the process of archiving Steve's wonderful audio essays that air on WBBA. It's over in the right column. I'm perhaps half-way done, but I'll wrap it up soon. Thought everyone would enjoy having the "collected works" in one spot, and it's impressive to listen to them in order as I've been doing. Keep it up, Steve--Andy Rooney is bound to retire one day.