What were YOUR “Quake Books?”
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What were YOUR “Quake Books?”

ByWayne Willis

I was recently introduced to the concept of a “Quake book” — a book (or other work of art) that profoundly changed the way you look at things.   “Occasionally I stumble across something really wild. Gray matter lurches and heaves.  Neural pathways are destroyed and rebuilt.  When the tremors finally stop, nothing looks the same.”

What were YOUR quake books?   List yours here.  See what books “shook” your classmates … and why.   Who knows, you might see something you’ve been meaning to read!

Yale Loses A Prominent African Historian and Compassionate “Gentle Giant”

Yale Loses A Prominent African Historian and Compassionate “Gentle Giant”

ByTimothy Weiskel

I wanted to share a short “In Memorium” note for one of the professors who taught us while we were at Yale. His name is Prosser Gifford.  He went to Hotchkiss School and then Yale and then to Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar.  Then, after a stint at Harvard Law School, he returned to finish…

Echo in the Canyon     

Echo in the Canyon     

ByJohn O'Leary

Echo in the Canyon is an 82-minute rock doc that traces the music of this period—1965 to 1967—through the songs of The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Beach Boys, and Mamas and Papas.  These pop pioneers lived, hung out, and swapped songs (and occasionally lovers) in the Hollywood Hills in a woodsy region known as Laurel Canyon.  It quickly became an innovation nexus that changed music forever.
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I was hooked from the start, beginning with the opening chords of “Turn! Turn! Turn!” through “The Bells of Rhymney” and “Wild Mountain Thyme.” These Byrds’ classics played well against the sweeping aerial visuals of Laurel Canyon. Highlights […]