x-posted with Music:
CFP: Music in the Whedonverse (collection)
From bands at The Bronze in Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Angel
singing karaoke at Caritas to the traditional-style fiddling and guitar playing in Firefly, music is an integral part of Joss Whedon's universes. This collection seeks essays from both established and emerging scholars on the uses of and contributions made by music in the Whedonverse. Discipline-specific and interdisciplinary views are
encouraged to address issues of power, relationships, identity, gender, communication, religion, multiculturalism, sanity and madness, and other topics present in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, and Serenity. Topics might include, but are not limited to:
- Music and performance
- Gender/identity/race and music (including traditional identity topics as well as those of non-human characters)
- Genre representations
- Scoring for action sequences
- Music and communication
- Musical characterization
- Music and camp
- Music and transformation
- Character vocality
- The use of silence and music in unique ways
- Levels and mixing of diegesis and non-diegesis
The deadline for submissions is August 15, 2008. The collection will be published by Scarecrow Press with an anticipated publication date in 2009.
Essays should be between 7,000 and 9,000 words and follow Chicago Manual of Style format. Only electronic submissions sent in a .doc (Word) formats will be accepted. Authors are encouraged to include photographs, but will be responsible for acquiring all materials and permission for use. Please send a cover letter including the title of the essay, an abstract of not more than 200 words, an author c.v, and
author biography of not more than 100 words along with the complete blind essay (author's name should not appear) to Kendra Preston Leonard at caennen_at_gmail.com.
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My write-up of the Buffy Reunion at Paleyfest last night.
Hey, all! I need a basic head count of those folks who plan on attending this year's F2F in Madison. I'll be talking to the hotel today to start hammering out the details and one of those will be how large a block of rooms we can guarantee. Could those of you planning to attend pop into the F2F thread and give me a holler? Thanks much!
Held over another week by popular demand (ok and scheduling conflicts) tonight is the final Firefly watch n' post for Objects In Space arguably one of the best episode of the bunch. It starts at 7pm on the west coast, 10pm on the east coast and somewhere in between for you no-coasters (you are invited even though your drinks tend to leave water marks on tables). By not showing up tonight the terrorist truly win. Thanks.
It's on your side. You know as much as it to you reveals. It flies, is money, and waits for no man. And it's our Super-Special Topic for The High Hat No. 10: It's Time.
Yes, 10! Can you believe it? Ten issues of America's little webzine that could! And we want YOU to be a part of this Ultra-Special Issue.
Of course, if you're not interested in writing about our Extra-Special Topic (Had we but world enough and it...), we're also interested in your thoughts on movies, music, tv, books and arts, and life itself.
Please send your pitches to highhatsubmissions@gmail.com by April 30th. We're looking for finished articles by May 15 so we can go to press in June. It is of the essence, so be on it!
Ever yours,
The Editors
Victor D. Infante returns to his occasional column, "How to Succeed As A Failing Writer" with an aptly named installment: Long Time Quiet Now: A brief break in the silence. Go read!
This is mostly for anyone who might have sent me baby clothes...
I regularly read a blog written by Mel who runs a non-profit that provides doula services and bags of clothes to poor women in South Africa. I am planning on sending her a package of used baby clothes - stuff that Frisco has now outgrown. However, much of that stuff was very kindly sent to me by buffistas. I just want to be sure that no one has a problem with me sending their clothes on to South Africa. (I did get a few things that were requested to be returned when we are done with them. I am, of course, not sending those things to SA.)
Anyway, please e me if you would like anything back. I'll be mailing the package on Wednesday, I think.
Does everyone know that the cover of this week's Newsweek has an offer from Target for a reusable shopping bag. Using the cover of the magazine as a mailer, you can send in your plastic Target bags in for a coupon for one of Target's reusable bags.
One offer per household.
