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Email: lzynda@iusb.edu

Address: Philosophy Department
Indiana University South Bend
1700 Mishawaka Ave.
P.O. Box 7111
South Bend, IN 46634

 

This is my personal page.
Below you'll find information about
the music I'm listening to,
the movies I'm watching, and
the books I'm reading.

Music

Here's a list of the 25 CDs (or compositions, whichever is most appropriate) that I've listened to most recently, starting from the most recent. (Last updated: November 21, 2009)

  1. My Bloody Valentine - Isn't Anything

  2. Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2

  3. Sunn O))) - Monoliths & Dimensions

  4. The Wrens - The Meadowlands

  5. High Places - High Places

  6. Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires

  7. Sebadoh - Bakesale

  8. The Antlers - Hospice

  9. Nirvana - Live at Reading

  10. The Congos - Heart of the Congos

  11. PJ Harvey - White Chalk

  12. Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

  13. Fennesz - Endless Summer

  14. The Clash - From Here to Eternity: Live

  15. Leonard Cohen - The Essential Leonard Cohen

  16. Yo La Tengo - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out

  17. Weezer - Weezer (Blue Album)

  18. Life Without Buildings - Any Other City

  19. Jay-Z - The Black Album

  20. Islands - Return to the Sea

  21. The Flaming Lips - Embryonic

  22. The Polyphonic Spree - The Beginning Stages of...the Polyphonic Spree

  23. Madvillain - Madvillainy

  24. Madonna - Celebration [Deluxe Edition]

  25. Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun

Film

The column at left lists the films I've seen most recently in theaters; the one on the right lists those I've most recently watched on DVD or video. For each film, I include my rating (out of four stars). Clicking on a title will take you to a web page about the film.

My Ten Most Recently Watched Theatrical Releases
(Last updated: November 8, 2009)

  1. Paranormal Activity (***½)

  2. A Serious Man (***½)

  3. Zombieland (**½)

  4. The Invention of Lying (**½)

  5. The Informant! (***½)

  6. The Hurt Locker (***½)

  7. Extract (**½)

  8. Public Enemies (**½)

  9. Moon (***)

  10. Whatever Works (**½)

My Ten Most Recently Watched Films on DVD
(Last updated: November 7, 2009)

  1. Man on Wire (****)

  2. Fight Club (***½)

  3. Night of the Living Dead (****)

  4. Evil Dead 2 (**½)

  5. Quai des Orfèvres (***)

  6. The Girlfriend Experience (***½)

  7. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (****)

  8. Crimes and Misdemeanors (****)

  9. Blue Velvet (****)

  10. Yellow Submarine (***½)

Recreational Reading

These are the 10 books I've read most recently for enjoyment and not (at least primarily) for research or teaching. (Last updated: November 18, 2009)

  1. Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives, by Michael Specter

  2. The Death of Conservatism, by Sam Tanenhaus

  3. The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism, by Bertrand Russell

  4. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Díaz

  5. Songs of Love and Grief, by Heinrich Heine (English translations by Walter W. Arndt)

  6. The Protestant Crusade, 1800-1860: A Study of the Origins of American Nativism, by Ray Allen Billington

  7. The Puttermesser Papers, by Cynthia Ozick

  8. Arcadia, by Tom Stoppard

  9. The Transformation of American Religion: How We Actually Live Our Faith, by Alan Wolfe

  10. This Is Your Brain on Music, by Daniel J. Levitin