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The Chronicle of Higher Education
Do Parents Matter?
Scholars Need to Explain What Research Really Shows
Wendy M. Williams
Rags-to-riches stories always strike a responsive chord in Americans' hearts. We love to hear about the drug-company representative who writes a best seller in his spare time, the young gymnast who competes despite a serious injury and wins an Olympic gold medal, the son of a poor widow in Arkansas who becomes the leader of the free world. We love underdogs. Best of all is an underdog with a message that frees us from responsibility and self-doubts. The most recent example of this phenomenon is Judith Rich Harris, the suburban mother, grandmother, and textbook writer who has been at the center of one of the year's major media frenzies.
If you have a pulse, you've heard of her by now, anointed by the media as the "Parents don't matter" maven on the basis of her recent book The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do (Free Press). Her thesis is that parents' importance in shaping their children's development has been greatly exaggerated. She argues that, beyond the contribution of genes, children's behavior is shaped much more by peers, friends, and schools than it is by parents.
As evidence, Harris cites the fact that children of immigrants adopt the language and ways of the dominant culture outside their homes. She also notes that children often behave one way at home with their parents and entirely differently in the world at large. The effects of children's birth order, for example, are evident in the home, where the eldest child typically bosses the others around, and the younger ones submit. In other environments, however, the younger children are not especially submissive, nor is the oldest child particularly bossy.
Part of the reason for Harris's wide appeal may be that she explicitly encourages people to relax about child-rearing. In fact, Harris has been quoted in The New Yorker as saying about people who avoid or delay childbearing because of the amount of time and effort involved: "If they knew that it was O.K. to have a child and let it be reared by a nanny or put in a daycare center, or even to send it to a boarding school, maybe they'd believe that it would be O.K. to have a kid."
Harris's critics -- including eminent developmental psychologists such as Jerome Kagan, of Harvard University -- have dealt out examples of parents' pivotal role like cards on a casino table.
The critics also have noted that the measures of parental influence in the studies that Harris relied on were not nearly sophisticated enough to detect some of the subtle ways that parents affect their children. Some studies asked parents to describe themselves and their children -- asking questions such as "Are you afraid to take risks?" -- and then used the answers to measure how similar the children's personality and behavior were to those of their parents. Such questions yield overly general descriptions, which often do not correspond to observers' more-subtle evaluations of people's behavior. Further, the critics point out, in stressing the importance of peer groups, Harris has minimized the fact that parents play a role in choosing their children's peers -- for instance, by moving to a particular neighborhood or sending a child to a particular school. In sum, many of Harris's critics believe that she adopted an extreme and oversimplified position, ignoring data that contradict her views, to capitalize on the shock value of an unexpected premise ("Parents don't matter"). Her persuasive and articulate presentation of her ideas at times obscures the fact that we have substantial evidence of parents' importance.
However, the intellectual controversy alone doesn't explain Harris's rocket ride to fame. She and her handlers (including her agent and publicists) realized that her views would have more of an emotional than an intellectual impact on most Americans. One reason is Harris's dramatic life story, the stuff movies are made of.
Begin with a flashback to young Judith, a graduate student in the psychology department at Harvard in the late 1950s. The acting chairman of the department, George Miller, writes her a letter telling her that she doesn't cut the mustard as an experimental psychologist. Harris leaves Harvard, marries, raises a family (consisting of one biological and one adopted daughter), and writes textbooks from her home in suburban New Jersey. During her children's school years, Harris is stricken with an immune-system disorder that leaves her almost completely confined to bed.
Flash forward to the 1990s. Despite her lack of vigor, she writes a careful, creative, and controversial article -- containing the ideas she later presents in her book -- and sends it to one of the best journals in psychology, Psychological Review. Although she has no Ph.D. and no current academic affiliation, the journal publishes her article. She then submits it for the prestigious George A. Miller Award, given by the American Psychological Association for the best journal article in general psychology. In the summer of 1997, she learns that her article has won.
When she gives her address accepting the award at the A.P.A.'s annual convention the following August, she reads from the letter she received 38 years earlier from George Miller, booting her out of Harvard and telling her that she lacked the makings of a good experimental psychologist. The audience erupts. Cameras flash. The media spaceship lifts off and carries her to the covers of major magazines, talk shows, interviews, documentary films. Harris captures the American spirit, the ultimate underdog in the spotlight of an academic rags-to-riches story.
Her ideas make fascinating reading, and her work clearly deserves attention from developmental psychologists and other scholars of child development. But the degree of attention paid to her in the news and entertainment media suggests that more is at work than her having creative ideas and expressing them well. To understand what really has happened with Harris and the starburst she created, we must look at the characteristics of modern American culture that provided the fuel for this media event.
On the positive side, a part of every one of us wants to believe that the American experience enables anyone -- even a grandmother in failing health -- to rise to the top of the charts, if only she works hard enough. Harris's smiling, impish face exemplifies the comeback-kid ethos. It is a happy story that parents everywhere can share with their children (that is, if they are still bothering to talk to their children).
However, beyond our love affair with spunky underdogs lies, I believe, a far more troubling reason for the attention Harris has received -- what I see as Americans' hunger for excuses that allow us to abdicate personal responsibility. We are quick to trumpet our successes, but even quicker to dodge blame for our failures. Harris's thesis that parents do not affect how their children turn out is the perfect antidote to some of the horror stories that we have trouble explaining. Adopt the "Parents don't matter" mantra, and mothers and fathers are no longer responsible for adolescents who execute well-planned shootings of classmates and teachers. Nor are parents responsible for teenagers who abuse drugs or alcohol and kill themselves or others when driving while drunk or high.
Harris's "Parents don't matter" views can be used to bolster a vision of development that reduces it all to either genetic or environmental determinism: "It's all peers and schools" or "It's all in the genes." Anything, as long as "It isn't my fault!" Many parents feel guilty about how their kids turned out; Harris's message relieves that guilt. The hopelessness we all share makes us crave the quick and easy answer that someone else must be to blame.
Frustrated and overworked parents may take solace in the message that they cannot control how their kids turn out, but years of research show that this simply isn't so. Psychologists must work harder to disseminate that research to the public, rather than communicate it exclusively to other scholars. And although children are not mere putty in their parents' hands, parents must not hide behind the excuse that they have no meaningful influence on their kids. If parents do not accept their substantial, if not omnipotent, role in child development, our society will create the children it deserves.
What will be the legacy of Harris's work? With luck, her experience may help educate the public about the way in which science operates. In interviews with me and my colleagues, many journalists expressed the view that because Harris won an important award, her research must contain the ultimate answers.
In fact, Harris took a bold position, which she argued creatively and forcefully. Awards in science do not go just to people who uncover what seems to be an ultimate truth; awards also go to people who argue bold ideas. It is to the credit of those who recognized the value of her ideas, despite the fact that they may have disagreed with some or most of them, that Harris received the recognition that she did from academic psychologists. But we do not yet have the final word on how much influence parents have on their children's development. Additional answers will come from more-sophisticated research on child development, carefully distinguishing and contrasting the influences of genes, parents, peers, and communities.
Unfortunately, the Harris phenomenon illustrates Americans' tendency to be uncritical consumers of messages that get us off the hook. The ready excuse supplied by Harris enables all parents to heave a sigh of relief and throw up their hands at their children's exploits. As a scholar, Harris herself advocates a critical exchange of meaningful ideas. I fear that her conclusions may be adopted, unchallenged, by too many American parents desperate for an escape from personal responsibility for their children's actions.
Parents must resist using this escape hatch. They must seek out information documenting the rich history of research that substantiates the many, varied influences that parents have on children. Raising well-behaved, responsible children takes time and energy, both of which are in short supply among many parents today. But the less time and energy that parents spend on their children, the more those children will be sculpted by peers, communities, and our society at large.
The media give us what we want and what we will pay to hear; Harris supplied the goods this season. Our hunger for her message illustrates both our great strength and our marked weakness as a nation. Little is more appealing in our culture than the message that, in the land of opportunity, anyone can aim for and attain any goal. But no one wants to be held accountable for failing to achieve it.
Wendy M. Williams is an associate professor of human development at Cornell University and the co-author, with Stephen J. Ceci, of Escaping the Advice Trap (Andrews McMeel, 1998).
Copyright 1998 by Wendy M. Williams, Ph.D., all rights reserved.


Week Three of the Big Dig on Catherine St.
Despite the record breaking September heat the construction workers continue in front of Central Office. The work back in front of the office again today. This continues to make it tricky getting in and out of the office continues to be a challenge.


Does city living trim greenhouse gas emissions?
A recent study says that it does.
First, they found that the biggest difference between city and suburban living is in transportation emissions. Compared with center-city dwellers, suburbanites used 3.7 times more transportation energy. Low density development requires more and longer car trips compared to higher density areas. Even transit is more carbon-intensive in suburbs.
Second, the greenhouse gas impacts of building materials—all the wood, steel, concrete, glass, and the like—are tiny, compared with the energy used in resident's daily lives. In fact, the "embodied energy" in the building materials isn't much more than a rounding error. It's still important to reduce the environmental impacts of building materials and construction, but when weighing the long-term climate impacts of new construction, the most important consideration is how we live once we're in the buildings. That means the energy that goes into construction may be less important than the location of the building.
To, me, the most interesting thing about the study is the relative importance of transportation to GHG emissions. Whether the emissions are counted per square foot of living space or per person, low density development generates more emissions and requires more energy in large part because of residents dependence on car trips and longer, diesel-burning transit trips. The study suggests that the kind of transit trips are important with high density dwellers relying on shorter electric powered street cars or subways rather than longer bus trips.
It is notable that the overall trend between densities has not been fully reversed by changing the functional unit, which suggests a high level of overall energy use and GHG emissions intensiveness for low density development. This is largely due to the significantly higher level of automotive transportation emission and energy use association with low density development compared with high density development.
So while the study has its limits—it compares just two neighborhoods in a single city– it points, as other studies do, to the evidence that sprawl and car dependence are closely linked, and are responsible for a disproportionate share of GHG emissions.
Here's an observation, based on a calculation from the numbers in the bar chart above, about the difference in square meters per person in the two living environments being compared.High density: 43 square meters per person. (=374.1/77.7)Low density: 80 square meters per person. (=8637/107.3)Thus, downtown residents live in radically less space.
[John] I think that's the point, at least for the Building Operations piece of the chart. But then "radically less space" can still be quite a bit of space. 43 square meters per person works out to nearly a 2000 sf house for a family of 4.
Wish I had remembered this a little earlier, but San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom will be chatting online, http://www.cpcwebcast.com/state/, at 2 p.m. today, in part on the issue above.
How would a widespread coversion to hybrids and electrics alter the transportation picture?Did this study in any way examine prices of accommodation per square meter as between urban and suburban parts of Toronto?


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News / event text: Hillingdon Railway Modellers - Test Track Open Day – Saturday 16th February 2019. Yiewsley Baptist Church Hall (side entrance), 74 Colham Avenue, Yiewsley, Hillingdon, London UB7 8HF. Entrance £5. Open 10.00 – 15.00hrs. Bring your O, OO or N gauge locos and trains to run on our club's three separate test tracks. DC and DCC available, but sorry no "live steam". Please note that this is NOT an exhibition, but a good opportunity to meet fellow friendly modellers, chat, and test out your models. Expert help is on hand from knowledgeable club members if you have any problems with your models. Refreshments will be available all day. Nearest station: West Drayton (12 minutes' walk). Local bus services 222, 350, U1, U3 & U5.


Bollywood generally sticks with the 'try and tested'. They often follow the cliche path that would give them the guaranteed success. That's the reason many actors get stereotyped and continue giving the same kind of performances over and over again. But there are a few Bollywood actors who dare to step out of the comfort zone, break a few norms and establish a niche for themselves. That's why they always top the race when it comes to versatility. Here is a list of best Bollywood actors who might not be mainstream enough, but are versatile enough to give the superstars a run for their money.
Manoj Bajpayee has tried everything. From playing black and white characters to venturing into the grey zone, he changes himself as per the demand of the role. He doesn't shy away from playing taboo roles as he was seen playing in the movie, Aligarh. The intensity with which he delivers the performances is worth-applauding. Manoj Bajpayee is still a highly underrated actor who is still not counted amongst the mainstream A-listers. But his talent and skills are unmatchable. And that's why, his ardent fans go to the theatres to watch his movies.
Nawazuddin Siddiqui's talent is getting the recognition it deserves. Be it working in movies like Manjhi in which he dominated the screen space or sharing the silver screen with actors like Salman Khan, Aamir Khan and Shahrukh Khan, Nawazuddin Siddiqui is becoming a popular choice amongst the directors. People love to watch him on the screen not only because of his talent, but also because of the fact that he was an outsider who didn't have the conventional looks that are required to be in Bollywood. Yet, Nawazuddin Siddiqui is speeding ahead and is giving terrific performances.
Irrfan Khan is working in Bollywood as well as Hollywood movies. His acting skills leave us in awe. He is becoming one of the most recognized stars across the world. Yet, he is not valued enough in Bollywood. We don't get to see much of Irrfan Khan which leaves us really craving for more. Be it his cameo in Haider or his full-fledged role in Talvar, Irrfan Khan gives his cent percent to every role that's offered to him. He is a source of inspiration for every actor who acts in movies not for money, but due to his passion.
Naseeruddin Shah has tried everything in his long career. Be it his relatable character in the movie, Waiting, or his villainous role in Sarfarosh. Naseeruddin Shah gets consumed in every role. That's why he is counted among the iconic actors of Bollywood.
Kay Kay Menon is just amazing. Give any role to him, and this man knows how to do justice to it. All of us loved to hate him in Haider, but it's high time that Bollywood starts giving him roles that are not antagonistic in nature. Because we are sure that Kay Kay Menon can do any role with ease.
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Q: Determine whether a shutdown is pending Windows has the command shutdown /t to shutdown or restart the computer after a certain delay. A pending shutdown can be aborted with shutdown /a.
But how can I determine whether and when a shutdown is currently pending or scheduled, without aborting it?

A: A rather more complicated way of finding out whether or not a shutdown is scheduled is to debug winlogon.exe and check the status of the ShutdownInProgress flag. You'll need debugging tools for Windows.
I haven't tried it but this MSDN blog post explains what happens behind the scenes when Windows shuts down and how to debug winlogon.exe (which is the "user-mode process that handles the task of interactive users logging on and logging off"). The debugger command to get the status of the flag seems to be:

dd winlogon!ShutdownInProgress l 1
01062b3c  00000000

If you know how to debug kernel processes in Windows, you could try it out. This beginner's guide to debugging with CDB and NTSD might help.

A: How can I determine whether and when a shutdown is currently pending or scheduled, without aborting it?
I don't think it is possible to determine when the shutdown will happen.
You can determine if a shutdown is scheduled using the following algorithm:

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*Run a "test" shutdown using shutdown /t xxx with a large value for the time.

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*For Windows 7 or later the maximum time allowed was increased from 600 seconds to 315,360,000 seconds (10 years)

*If there is already a shutdown pending then shutdown /t xxx will fail with errorlevel 1190:

A system shutdown has already been scheduled.(1190)

*If you don't get the above error then you know there was no previous shutdown scheduled, so you need to delete the "test" shutdown using shutdown /a.
The above can be done in a batch file:
@echo off
rem perform a "test" shutdown with a large time
shutdown /t 999999
rem if there is already a shutdown pending then %ERRORLEVEL% will be 1190
if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 1190 (
  echo A shutdown is pending
  ) else (
  rem cancel the "test" shutdown
  shutdown /a
  echo No shutdown is pending
  )

Note:

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*I haven't tested the above batch file as I don't wish to shutdown my PC at this time.

Further Reading

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*An A-Z Index of the Windows CMD command line - An excellent reference for all things Windows cmd line related.

*Errorlevel - Almost all applications and utilities will set an exit code when they complete/terminate.

*if - Conditionally perform a command.

*shutdown - Shutdown the computer.

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IT'S RAINING IN many parts of the country this morning, with particularly heavy showers in the east and northeast.
Met Éireann says these will clear as the day goes on and there'll be sunny spells in some areas. Highest temperatures will reach nine to 11 degrees Celsius.
There'll be patches of frost and fog tonight as temperatures will dip to between one and six degrees, and more rain is expected by the morning.
Tomorrow will see some sunny spells in the east and north in the morning and later in the west and southwest, but it'll generally be a cloudy day with some outbreaks of rain. Temperatures will range from around nine to 11 degrees.
Wednesday night will be mild and cloudy but there'll be outbreaks of rain, heavy in places. Temperatures will dip to around five degrees.
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From a marvelous faucet of gold pours a wave whose clarity is more pure than a soul; The turquoise and silver form ribbons in the basin coming from this faucet of gold... (Persian poet Azraqi, the 11th century).
Have you ever wondered how the sounds attributed to animals differ throughout the world? Now we can find out!


Marc Jacobs has churned out many a memorable collection, but there was one, in particular, that's firmly imprinted into every fashion girl's memory: the 1993 grunge collection he designed during his tenure at Perry Ellis.
"The 'Grunge' collection epitomized the first time in my professional career I was unwavering in my determination to see my vision come to life on the runway, without creative compromise," Jacobs said in a statement. The press release also reminded us of the fact that Jacobs was famously fired when critics "panned" the 1993 show—but who's laughing now? Perry Ellis International was also on board with the resurrection and congratulated Jacobs for his "first of its kind collection that changed the direction of contemporary womenswear." Scroll down to shop the new pieces in all of their '90s glory, from plaid flannel to ultra-thin spaghetti straps.


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Rockabilly Legend Lorrie Collins Dies.
Just a few years ago my dear friend Mr. Jason Galaz, utilized his Muddy Roots brand to share with us one of the Legends of Country and Rockabilly Music Mr. Larry Collins. To simply say that he and his siblings made no contributions to any genre would be simply mute. He took the stage by storm and shred with us JUST WHY they call him "Flying Fingers", and sang for us "Delta Dawn" and so many other classic songs he wrote.
But before all of that at the same time as Hank Williams was in his short lived prime of fame during the early 1950's, Miss Lorrie and her brother Larry performed as the Collins Kids. And they were also prominently in the spotlight across stages in America.
She was the steady girlfriend of TV heart throb Mr. Ricky Nelson, also on television she appeared as his girlfriend on the TV show The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet, and made her debut in 1958. She played dual roles on the show as twins, and in the first episode they duet ted on the original Collins song "Just Because". She covered up the name Collins on her guitar with her left hand.
In 1959, she married Mr. Stu Carnall whom manged Johnny Cash in his heydays, and was twice her age of seventeen at the time. She began performing and touring with her younger brother Larry as the Collins Kids through the 1960's until she began having children. She retired from performing in 1970 to become a full time mother, however in 1992 she reunited with brother Larry and played many festivals like the Guitar Creek Festival hosted by Mr. Deke Dickerson.
Larry was a guitar wizard at an early age playing a trademark double neck Morsite guitar like his mentor Mr. joe Maphis, and Miss Lorrie was known for her high note proficiency as a singer. Their hits in the 1950's were targeted for children with songs like "Beetle Bug Bop" and "Hop Skip And Jump". After Miss Lorrie stopped performing Mr. Larry went on to write some of Country music's most beloved classics like "Your'e The Reason God made Oklahoma".
Both the Collins Kids are the 43rd and 44rth inductees into the Rockabilly Hall Of Fame. She is regarded among the many females to have pioneered the way for the many wonderful female fronted Rockabilly acts we have today. To be honest, I enjoy female fronted bands more than males in some instances, and I don't consider it a special genre.
She passed away last night August 4rth, and at this time service arrangements have not been released to us. Last night Mr. Deke Dickerson himself posted this:
Dammit, Dammit, Dammit–this one hits like a ton of bricks. I knew Lorrie Collins had been sick but had no idea that she might leave us. Lorrie Collins passed away today, according to brother Larry Collins, and the two of them made up one of the greatest rockabilly acts of the 1950's–The Collins Kids! They made superb records back then (us rockabilly types all know 'em, but if you don't, go to youtube and look up "Mercy" or "Rock Boppin' Baby"), appeared on the Town Hall Party show (now flooding the youtube with great videos from their '54-'59 heyday), and came back strong for a bunch of reunion shows from 1993 until just a few years ago, many of which I was honored to be standing behind them playing doubleneck Mosrite guitar.
Lorrie, on her own, in my opinion is one of this country's greatest underrated female singers. In her prime, I honestly would stack her up right next to the greatest–Patsy Cline, Wanda Jackson, Brenda Lee, Connie Smith, Janis Martin–but as show business goes, she never had the right timing or the right opportunity to make her own solo voice a household name. She dated Ricky Nelson, she married Johnny Cash's manager, and she was so beautiful and charming that every dumb hillbilly boy like myself just fell in love with her.
My heart goes out to her family and especially brother Larry. A closer brother and sister I've never seen. Rest in Peace, Lorrie. I hope we get to do "Hot Rod" again if we meet again up yonder.
Music Festivals 2018: Kickin' It On The Creek.
Rockabilly Legend Wanda Jackson Announces NEW Music With Producer Joan Jett.

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Re-opening the Workshop: Medieval to Early Modern
First Lecture on 31 January 2018
Workshop and workshop practices represent a core and dynamic research strand in the history of art. This strand encompasses the study of canonical artists but equally of the anonymous producers whose activities can be deduced from the surviving art objects, thanks to ever developing research questions and methodologies. This topic helps us to think about the agents and their networks (artists, patrons and other market consumers), objects and socio-economic factors (making, buying and trading) as well as the broader cultural issues of the transmission of skills and ideas (the movement of artists, objects and imagery). Our lecture series brings together leading experts in medieval and early modern historical periods in and beyond Europe, particular highpoints for the study of workshop practices, and also those researching workshop continuities and changes in later centuries, including digital mediation.
The aim of our lecture series on the artistic workshop is to speak to an interdisciplinary audience who are interested in thinking about issues such as agency and the commission, production and the use of art works and objects in the widest possible sense as well as those attuned to the theoretical implications these issues have for visual and material culture of all ages/periods. The lecture series will be free and open to a wide public.
Co-organisers: Joanne Anderson and Eckart Marchand
Lecture Series supported by the University of London Coffin Trust Fund
For details on individual lectures visit: SAS events page
Inside Pygmalion's workshop: Ivory carving in Gothic Paris
31 January 17:30-19:30
Venue: Warburg Institute,
Speaker: Sarah Guerin, University of Pennsylvania
Manuel Arias (Museo Nacional de Escultura, Valladolid) Alonso Berruguete, "the son of Laocoon", and his assimilation of classical sources
7 February 17:30-19:30
Venue: Warburg Institute
Speaker: Manuel Arias, Museo Nacional da Escultura, Valladolid
Tessa Murdoch (V&A) Master and Apprentice: Transferring skills in the London Huguenot communities
21 February 17:30-19:30
Speaker: Tessa Murdoch, Victoria and Albert Museum
Andy Murray (Open University) The Socialisation and Specialisation of Workshop Labour at the Charterhouse of Champmol
21 March 17:30-19:30
Speaker: Andy Murray, Open University
Adam Lowe (Factum Arte, Madrid) Mediation and Transformation | Alchemy and New Technology: Factum Arte's workshop practice in an age of 3D recording and printing
9 May 17:30-19:30
Speaker: Adam Lowe, Factum Arte, Madrid
Glyn Davies (Museum of London) 'Goldsmiths, ivory carvers, embroiderers: identity in the medieval workshop'
16 May 17:30-19:30
Speaker: Glyn Davies, Museum of London
Michelle O' Malley (Warburg Institute) Botticelli, his assistants and the business of the workshop
6 June 2018 17:30-19:30
Speaker: Michelle O'Malley, Warburg Institute
Joris van Gastel (Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome) - The Bernini Workshop (Re)visited
20 June 17:30-19:30
Speaker: Joris van Gastel, Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome
Therese Martin (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid) Re-opening the Treasury: Meaning in Materials at San Isidoro de León
Venue Warburg Institute
Speaker: Therese Martin, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid
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BEAUTY LOVE TRUTH
SCENES INSPIRED BY MUSIC
Posted on September 23, 2012 October 7, 2013 by Shannon Manning
The BLT Q&A: Stephan Said by Kaitlin Fontana
The BLT Q&A: Stephan Said By Kaitlin Fontana
The great tradition of the folk music hero is one that has, over the last few decades, diminished. Or, if not diminished, then dispersed—parts of it fleeing to hip hop, parts to literature, parts to the internet and the global uprising. But there is still a strong through line from the Woodie Guthries of our past to the truth-telling, peace activist singer songwriters of our present and future, and that's where Stephan Said—activist, organizer and folk hero—comes in. Born one of four kids in Cleveland to a Muslim Iraqi father and a Catholic Viennese mother, his story is one of self-discovery and examination of peace not just in the world but within himself. Along the path of a long and incredible career Stephan has played in punk bands alongside SST records legends like Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr., he's traveled the country playing everything from thrash to folk, and—oh yeah—he has a Masters in International Affairs from the New School. So he's knows a thing or two about what he sings. His new album, difrent, is out now. We sat Stephan down for a Q&A in advance of his appearance at BLT.
Tell us something you think is beautiful.
A pure voice singing the truth, that is love. The child in each of us that sees the world the way that it could be.
Tell us a lyric of yours that includes the word love.
"We don't need a revolution. All we really need is evolution. And we don't need a new messiah, we all got the answer down inside us. We don't need a new distraction. We just need to get to action. All we need is love."
What's your first memory of something beautiful?
Nature. I grew up in Appalachia as a little kid, in far western Pennsylvania, in the country. I remember distinctly the joy of being surrounded by trees, swimming, sweet air, rivers, breezes, mountains, birdsongs, blue skies.
What's one thing in your life that is beautiful, you love and is true?
My most beautiful wife and friend in the world, and a daughter, both of whom lighten every day and keep me moving ahead.
How did you become a musician? Why do you keep doing it?
I never became a musician. I was sort of born one, I started writing songs by the time I was three years old on the piano and could pick up any instrument and teach myself how to produce melody on it quickly. So I guess music sort of chose me, and I've never been able to get away from it.
Have you ever played during a live theatre show before? What are you expecting?
I acted as a kid, and my first acting role with a professional theater company was playing the son of a mad scientist in Dürrenmatt's The Physicists, when I was twelve. In one scene, I played a Bartok piece on recorder, swaying back and forth in tears standing on a couch swirling in the madness surrounding me visiting my father in the sanatorium. I was swept up in it, probably also because there were at least partial similarities to my own life. I was swept up in it just as when I play music.
What do you love most about making music?
I don't have to think or try when I'm making music. It takes me away. In music, I can construct my own reality, surround myself with my dreams, perspectives. I think most artists would say the same thing regardless of their medium.
When did the truth get you in trouble?
When I was a kid, visiting family friends for Thanksgiving, the much-older kids locked me in the garage. The only way out was through a window that I had to remove. The father later found the window had been removed, and having just repaired it and put it in place, he was pissed. He came into the house, angrily raising his voice, and said, "Who took the damn window out?!" I couldn't have been more than 7 or 8, maybe younger, but said, "I did," explaining why and what had happened, afraid of his response. Well, of course, the parents around all remarked how wonderful it was that this kid was so honest. My mom used to tell that story over and over. My cherry tree moment.
You are well known as a peace activist and as a musician. Which role do you feel more comfortable in? Are they easily combined?
They cannot be separated for me, because I would only make music in service to the highest aspirations of humankind, that's how I look at it. This is why I won't sell out to make a quick buck from a system that perpetuates inequality, for example. I sing to unite people and to build that great movement humankind has talked of and waited for for thousands of years. I have no other goal. There is no other goal, so my music and activism are one and the same, whether I sing a love song, lay down an Afro-reggae dance groove, or sing an anthem to global unity.
Your new album, difrent, includes songs in Arabic, French and Spanish as well as English. How is songwriting and singing different in these languages? Do you write more easily in one language than another?
Songwriting and performing in different languages involves the entire cultural psychology of the language, so it's a real challenge, but an extremely rewarding one. I studied many years of Latin when I was younger, and lived in France and Italy in my late teens as a migrant worker, so my grasp of Romantic languages is without a doubt the best. French in particular, which I studied for years, and also because I speak French with my daughter.
Catch Stephan at BLT, September 27 at 8pm, PIT (123 E 24th St).
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Kaitllin Fontana is a Beauty Love Truther who is also the author of "Fresh at Twenty: The Oral History of Mint Records," out now on ECW Press.
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