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CCR751 – Cannon/Clark – Teaching Preaching

Posted by justin on October 2, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Cannon, Katie Geneva. Teaching Preaching: Isaac Rufus Clark and Black Sacred Rhetoric. New York: Continuum, 2002. Introduction In the introduction Cannon makes a couple of moves to situate the reader in the context of Black Sacred Rhetoric. She also dispels some arguments made against the need for teaching to be able to go preaching. I’ll use a list to hit the main points: 1. Clark believes to be a serious homelitician, one needs to develop a... Read More

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CCR751 – Katie’s Cannon

Posted by justin on September 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment

Cannon, Katie Geneva. Katie’s Canon Womanism and the Soul of the Black Community. New York: Continuum International Group, 1997. Print. Katie Geneva Cannon Prelude / Chapter One : Surviving the Blight There is a lot of information in this section. I’ll start with a couple of key terms. Jungle Stance: the posture of knowing you’re in danger without having to be taught. Cannon claims this stance is natural in young A.A. children... Read More

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New Music 8/31/2010

Hello again. I thought I’d share with you some of the new stuff I’ve come across this week. . . 1. Stornoway – Beachcomber’s Windowsill : Sharing their band name with a small city in the North of the Isle of Lewis in Scotland, this Oxford based folk / pop outfit create soft songs with [...]

New Music – 8/16/ – 8/23 2010

1. Haruka Nakamura – Twilight : Nakamura is often referred to as a “composer” more than a “musician” . . . which is probably just as well. This album offers feathery, feeting piano/acoustic guitar pieces accompanied by soft female vocals and a host of clicks, pops, and other lo-fi ambient noise. The piano compositions (they’re [...]

New Music: 8/8 – 8/15

Here are a couple of new releases I’ve listened through this week. . . 1. Of Montreal – False Priest: I haven’t been a huge fan of much that Of Montreal has released since Hissing Fauna Are You the Destroyer? and this album is no different. Though there is some really nice glam/funk/soul stuff on [...]