Hello Lit. friends for Round 2 Jackie, Dave, and Matt:
I hope everyone enjoyed Heavy Metal and You. I also hope you're excited for the lit. circle because i made the mix that Sam makes around chapter 2 or so for everyone in the group(I would make better reference to its exact loction in the text but Old Man Fuentes has my copy! He'll pay!) Except the last song. I didn't see it until it was too late so hopefully you all have an old Smashing Pumpkins album or two lying about. I am personally not into Heavy metal much, but regardless of your preference of music, this book was a great read. I think this book would also open the floodgates for all sorts of audio-based activities ranging from looking at band bios to exploring the stories a collection of music could form, (and creating a story yourself by making your own mix). Chris Krovatin is also a wonderful, young author with a great command for voice, narrative, and dialogue. His use of the standard symbols for play >, pause II, stop [], fast forward >> and rewind <<, were cleverly intertwined to clearly guide his narrative.
I was thinking, as we'll have the mix, maybe we could start the discussions thursday by practicing the air guitar? If that's the route we go, I think James should be on the lead.
Otherwise, for the first round of talks, I am interested in hearing what we all have to say for the audience that this book would attract. As I said, I am not a metal fan, but I loved the book. I felt like it spoke well to all sorts of different idiosyncrasies that we each have, and what happens when these passions/interests clash with others.
Another question I would like to possibly look at is what other intertextual connections might this book have to springboard our young readers forward? (Maybe Nick Hornby and other NPR-esque authors who have a somewhat humorous, if not tormented rapport with their youths- Sarah Vowell, David Sedaris, Dave Eggers). I don't know, I guess that's just a personal interest of mine. Seeing how one text might make bridges into our next read. (It's also fun to trace a few weeks, months of your reading and see that gamut you've traveled).
Finally, maybe we could also start out by discussing what we could do with such a dynamic book in the classroom?
Anyway, for those not in our circle, here is a link for Amazon reviews if you might be interested in reading:
Just in case my "add link" did not work, here is a cut and pasted version as well... www.amazon.com/gp/product/043973648X/sr=8-1/qid=1143618755/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-5755159-6651106?%5Fencoding=UTF8
I think its a text that everyone might enjoy, or at the least envy (the author is the ripe old age of 20-21). Hope to see you all thursday...
-Jesse
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