Current Projects

I am currently and actively working on three research and writing projects, two of which are direct expansions of my initial published work on 1950s and 1960s culture and intellectual history, which can be found in my chapters in Anxiety Muted: American Film Music in a Suburban Age. If all goes as currently planned, I will complete another book on American television music within the next two years, as well as an essay on aesthetics.

I am grateful for having had the opportunity on October 15, 2015, to give a presentation to the Society for Musicology at the College of Music at Florida State University. I previewed a part of a chapter that will form part of the new book I mentioned in the paragraph above.

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Christmas Holiday Blog, 2016

Merry Christmas! I hope you enjoy the images of Christmases long ago scattered within this post. If you keep reading, you’ll learn more about them! Part I A friend of mine recently asked me what traditions my family followed for Christmas. I was hard pressed to come up with anything terribly specific or interesting. We don’t […]

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Audio Sample: My Science Fiction Novel

I’ve enjoyed reading science fiction and watching it on film and television for a long time. While I was in high school, I even wrote some sci-fi and fantasy stories, but I set that part of my creative life aside when I went to college and spent more and more time on my music. For years, […]

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What I’ve Been Watching (March and April): “Mr. Robot”

A Review: Mr. Robot What makes compelling television? One critical component—at least for dramatic series—is a lively ensemble cast with a set of compelling characters whose different backgrounds, motivations, aspirations, and flaws writers can explore (either in groups or individually) over a course of episodes. Twists and turns are also important, as is placing characters […]

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