I Owe You Nothing
1 hour ago
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Homework
According to Dr. Fredriksen, at 22, I should know "who's who" at music schools. Then he asked me who was on the faculty at Indiana and when I hesitated to answer he said I should really just be able to rattle off names. Man. Time to google/youtube/stalk some teachers. It is pretty sad, my lack of exposure to these things...but I always kind of wonder how people just build up that sort of knowledge, not just about music teachers, but about anything! Sometimes I really crave an old film to watch, and apart from browsing Netflix or a movie store, or getting a recommendation from a film major friend, I'm not always sure how to pick something that's good. I can get on some pretty good search engine binges, imdbing, etc., and learn cool stuff, don't get me wrong, but before the internet, seriously, what did people do?
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I can remember what I did to learn I was without internet - it was always knowledge from books and newspaper/magazines. And all people did this to get some knowledges about new movies, concerts or smth.
ReplyDeleteI guess that's the bad part about the internet (for journalists)--it feels like it's free, since you pay one monthly rate and get access to so much, so it seems like a waste to go and pay for more information in a magazine or newspaper.
ReplyDeleteBut, I also still use newspapers for listings of new movies and upcoming events and such. Still, newspapers aren't going to tell me about older movies; there just isn't something comparable to imdb that's not online, unless you want to go to the library and do hardcore research.