Loan Me A Dime
Released in 1969, “Loan Me A Dime” appeared on the second album by Boz Scaggs. Controversy of whether Scaggs gave appropriate credit to Fenton Robinson, who released his signature piece “Somebody Loan Me A Dime” in 1967, still abounds. Despite the controversy, this song was a favorite of my friends and a welcome change to the 2-3 minute cuts designed for mainstream radio play. While he is not featured in the video below, Duane Allman joined Scaggs on the original, album version of the...
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Since my work and education fall within the humanities, I had to check with a colleague who teaches quantitative methods that the correct term to describe a distribution with two distinct peaks was indeed a “bimodal” distribution. She said an extreme example would be a class where about half of the students received an “A” for the course and the other half an “F.” I recently encountered a bimodal distribution when I visited Amazon.com to order the Blu-ray version of the film, “The Tree of Life.” Looking at the customer reviews, I discovered about half gave the film 5 stars and the other half 1 star. Some even suggested a new category, “O stars.” I’m not sure if Terrence Malick was going for a...
Read MoreTimescapes Video
I do not recall how I came across this video on the web, but was very impressed with not only the quality of the video in 1080p but also how the video was made. You will need to visit Tom Lowe’s website to get more details and behind the scenes information about the time-lapse photography. I highly recommend you view the video in full screen mode and choose either 720 or 1080 HD quality....
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Dave Lawrence works for the Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a Communication Skills Specialist and earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication from The Ohio State University.