You Have A Beautiful Five Hour Drive. What ONE Band/Artist Do You Choose?In the world of streaming/Spotify, our attention spans have given way to listening to music that is reduced to singular songs. A generation…Nov 24Nov 24
“Just Try It” In Mathematics Doesn’t Work If We Are Serving BroccoliI should me more upset with Dan Meyer’s latest blog because it’s an attempt to launch a new phrase of mathematical stickiness to selling…Nov 13Nov 13
FOMO to JOMO: How Math Conferences Became An Unbearable Popularity Contest of Selling OurselvesTo be honest, the impetus/momentum to write this article is coming off my experience of attending my first music festival in 20 years this…Nov 11Nov 11
Mathematics Conferences Have Traded Mathematical Substance For Pedagogical StyleMath education has been hijacked by fame-seeking folks. The plane is going down, carrying uninspiring cargo…Oct 53Oct 53
50 Songs Longer Than Six Minutes — That You’ve Never Heard OfToday I saw this post on my Twitter(X), and I almost wished I was drinking coffee — so I could say I spit it out!Sep 28Sep 28
A Trauma Surgeon and a Mathematician Validate Each Other’s True Love — Heavy Underground Music.The story I am about to tell you is true, but I wouldn’t blame you if you thought I was making it up.Sep 281Sep 281
A New Podcast Series Coming Soon That’s Going To Be Hated By Mathematics EducationOver 20 years ago, I was told by my friend and mentor, Peter Harrison, that mathematics was dead. That it should go the way of Latin…Sep 53Sep 53
Why I Spent The Last Three Years Of My Life Writing a Rock Music BookThis blog is intended as a crossover blog to the musical community — that this book is heavily dedicated to — and not so much for math…Sep 3Sep 3
I Now Might Be The First Author of Historical Books On Mathematics and Rock and RollMy latest book, Sonic Seducer: Lust For Life With Our Heaviest Moments, Memories, and Magic of Rock and Roll is a strange fourth book to…Aug 26Aug 26
Rock Is Far From Dead, But Mainstream Knowledge/Curiosity About it Died In The 20th CenturyCalling out Eddie Trunk in 2024 is like shooting fish in a barrel. He’s still talking about Winger. No, seriously, he is. And, if someone…Aug 22Aug 22