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Crime Syndicates and My Buick

Several weeks ago, I walked out of Wal-Mart to find that my 1996 Buick Skylark wouldn’t start. The starter worked, but it sounded like it wasn’t getting any fuel. So we had it towed in and the mechanic replaced a faulty ignition switch. Strange, I thought, since the starter didn’t seem to be the problem, …

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Posted bytobyrushAugust 28, 2008Posted inUncategorized1 Comment on Crime Syndicates and My Buick

The Tao of Grading Systems

Most people seem to enjoy my classes, but most of my students are in agreement regarding their hatred of the seven-point grading system I have used. I can understand their dislike for it, and I can understand the reasons. I don’t generally go into detail in my classes about the reasons for using this system, …

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Posted bytobyrushAugust 21, 2008Posted inmusic theory, UNCLeave a comment on The Tao of Grading Systems

New Shirts

Two new designs join the Music Theory SuperMegaPlex! The first is for anyone who has incorrectly analyzed a dominant thirteen as one of those elusive iii9 (or, worse yet, iii6/9) chords. You know who you are… The other is a shout out to one of my most underappreciated peepz, tenor clef. Don’t be dissin’ my …

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Posted bytobyrushAugust 20, 2008Posted inshirtsLeave a comment on New Shirts

Back in the Saddle

Some blogger I am, not posting anything since March! I’m resolving to change that now, though… fall semester starts on Monday and there is plenty to talk — er, blog — about. First, of course, is that I’m back at UNC for another final year, filling in as Interim Director of Music Technology while the …

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Posted bytobyrushAugust 20, 2008Posted inRed Pen, UNCLeave a comment on Back in the Saddle

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