Barry Mauer
Barry Mauer earned his Ph.D. in Cultural Studies at the University of Florida, 1999. He is now an associate Professor of English at the University of Central Florida. He has released two albums of original music: Fantasy Life and Paris Museum.
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Worst Date EverProm Down the Tubes
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Worst Date EverProm Down the Tubes
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Glenn Miller's Propaganda Efforts During World War IIAn overview of Glenn Miller's career in the military.
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Taylorizing the Movies: Hollywood and the Factory Production SystemA discussion of Hollywood as a factory system that balanced the rational efficiency of Taylorist production and the lavish sensuality depicted in the films themselves.
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Richard Dyer's Theory of Movie StarsAn explanation of charisma, or "star appeal."
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The History of Swing MusicA History and Analysis of Swing Music
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The Glenmont Popes @ the Cotton Club, Atlanta. 2/21/98The Glenmont Popes burn hot and fast.
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The Derailers at the Star Bar, AtlantaThe Derailers deliver satisfying retro rockabilly and country.
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Musical Structure and Ideological Force: Glenn Miller's "In the Mood"This essay arose from the insight that structuralist methodologies could bridge the gaps among various forms of communication, including music, writing, and film. It shows how "In the Mood" gets its ideological force from the structure of Miller's band.
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Sinatra's Programmed Uncertainty: The Fermata and Other DeviationsAn experimental essay that combines information theory with musical style to produce insights about Frank Sinatra's ballad singing.
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Louis Armstrong: The Editor as StarAn explanation of how Armstrong elevated the performer-as-editor above the composer in jazz music.
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Andy Razaf, Race, and Double ConsciousnessA brief essay about the writing of Razaf's classic song "(What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue"
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Rock and Roll and the Amateur AestheticThis article refers to the birth of rock and roll to describe how cultural inventions can arise from novel mixtures of amateur and professional aesthetic practices.
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Electronic Archival Practices in the Invention of Popular MusicThis article discussed the ways in which rock musicians, here identified as belonging to "electronic culture," use archives differently from artists who belong to a culture of alphabetic literacy.
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Notes on Comedy: William Miller's Screenwriting for Film and TelevisionNotes on William Miller's discussion about the theory and practice of screenwriting for comedies.
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Bertolt Brecht Dramatic StructureBertolt Brecht believd that any narrative either disguises and obscures the structure of social forces or reveals and exposes them. Brecht's drama aims to reveal and expose the social forces underlying everyday events.
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Elvis and Sam Phillips: Methods of Invention at Sun RecordsThe key to the invention of rock and roll was the development of a "personal culture," which enabled the early rockers to think and communicate differently from commonly accepted modes.
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Why Universities Use Socratic DialogueA discussion of Socratic dialogue, its history in ancient Greece and use in modern universities, including a discussion of its fragility.
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A Brief Introduction to Surrealism and Its Political ImplicationsA discussion of Surrealist politics and its relation to other modern political movements, including fascism and communism.
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The Birth of French New Wave CinemaAn introduction to early French New Wave filmmakers.
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A Summary of The Art of Memory by Frances YatesMemory was enormously important in classical rhetoric. Orators had to deliver long speeches with total accuracy. In her book, The Art of Memory, Frances Yates explains that artificial memory depended upon the recollection of images.