Proceedings of our Last Meeting

Well, our blog has run its course—and performed its primary function, which was to keep us all engaged and talking to each other about the topics and ideas of this class in "American Voices." I am so pleased with the way all of you rose to this very unexpected occasion and together created such an interesting conversation about language and dialect in the time of quarantine.

For those of you who haven't been able to zoom in, last Wednesday we had our final "meeting"—party, really, because all we did was shoot the breeze, crack some jokes, and toast the future, whatever it may bring.

Oh, and play some music. Zoom doesn't permit overlapping audio feeds, so jamming was a complete non-starter. So we took turns. I played a couple, then Nate played one, then Eli—well, I think Eli was about to play something, but then we fell down a rabbit hole and forgot that was ever going to happen. (Sorry, Eli!)

Nate's tune was a cover of Ben King's "Stand By Me". Here's a cool version of it (although I feel I must point out that any "standing by" now needs to be at a safe distance of six feet):

These were my tunes, plus a third one that I meant to play but forgot:


https://open.spotify.com/artist/4fM1RtB7pgnhic6phSkanx

https://open.spotify.com/artist/1CPwHx5lgVxv0rfcp7UXLx

 

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0hh1N707d2q6xRvhnvraIK     

I literally have no idea what Eli was going to play, so here's my best guess as to what it might have been...

Bye folks, it's been swell. I can't tell you how much I've enjoyed our little time together. Stay well, stay home, stay sane, and we'll all meet again on the other side of Covid-19!