Favorite Music, Books, and Films

Me again. Or actually "I again," which works as both my initial and a pronoun using this abbreviated sentence structure. Cool!

I digress.

I just want to remind you that you need to bring in a list of (some of) your favorite music, books, films, and whatever else you are into ("Lost," "Gray's Anatomy," "Scenes from a Marriage," "Alf," etc.). I would also like you to list where these bands, authors, and films come from. And if you feel like it, where they take place/are filmed/or whatnot.

That's all tonight. Thanks.

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Ian's Picks
Recent Favorite: Radiohead (Oxford, England). In Rainbows.
Honorable Mention: Kimya Dawson (Olympia, Washington & Upstate New York). Remember That I Love You.
Honorable Mention: Budapest Eskimos (Budapest, Hungary). Any of their DJ sets. Find them on Pandora!

Film: Lost in Translation. American. Film Location: Japan.
Honorable Mention: The Last King of Scotland. Not sure. IMDB here I come!

Readings for this week...

It was great to meet you all today. I think we are going to have a great class. The vibe just felt right.

We'll see for sure, though, when you come on Friday. If you are ready to talk about the readings, I will be stoked.

FOR FRIDAY PLEASE READ

Harm de Blij "Why Geography Matters": Chapter 1.

• Offers A good introduction to... well, yeah, the title doesn't leave much for speculation, but aside from the title, this book is pretty darn good.

The Introductory Reader in Human Geography

• Introduction to the Book -- read this. I may have said you don't have to in class, but I lied.
  
• Intro to section one (read this but if you skip any reading, skip these three pages)
• Chapter 1: "The Four Traditions of Geography" (or: how to oversimplify something that is far more exciting)
  
• Chapter 2: Geography's Perspectives (or: how to complicate something that should be far more exciting)
• Chapter 3: Geography & Foreign Policy
  
• Chapter 4: Reflections of an American Geographer on the Anniversary of September 11th