Bob Wiseman

It is very useful in writing to suspend judgement and pour out content even if you suspect it is horrible content and not up to scratch. It is just filling […]

Often since I returned to school I have seen slogans implying a goal to decolonize. It is a strange word to me. I don’t see how one could believe decolonizing […]

Considering the students I teach constantly privilege hip hop over everything else, I start thinking naturally about the structures and the creativity of these forms. One thing I especially enjoy […]

I watched a young woman on X explain her views on Israel and Gaza. She reminded me of myself and the wild bronco of political thought I have tried straddling […]

The poetry reading was interesting. I read from my book. Charlie remembers our first conversation from 35 years ago about W.P. Kinsella. Impressive memory. He even remembers we were not […]

Reading Glenn Loury’s memoir. Blows me away. I half hoped when I entered graduate school to encounter people in this music space that would challenge my ideas but more often […]

Transferring Un Village Francais for a friend following our conversation a week ago about WW2 stories. I liked this series so much, supplied me so many stories and details. More […]

Applied for a full time position at Seneca. Hope I get it. Solve a lot of problems to get a full time salary though you never know when Drake might […]

The album presentation this week is OK Computer by Radiohead. The students doing it do not seem typical fans of that record. Should be fun. I used to avoid this […]

I like staying up all night writing. I like trying to stretch better. Working on the pancake. Will I ever get it? Working on arpeggios too. Will I ever?