33 1/3
In 1989, Bob Mould took a left turn. Already legendary before his 30th birthday for his noise-and-nuance work in Hüsker Dü, Mould had recently walked away from his old band. He returned with his debut solo album: Workbook. Filled with chiming acoustic guitars, multi-tracked vocals, pristine production, and even a cello, Workbook was both admired and questioned for Mould’s perceived departure from his hardcore roots.
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Your Guide to College Writing
Your Guide to College Writing is part of a broader initiative underway at Chemeketa Community College to combat the high cost of college textbooks by working with faculty, staff, and students to publish affordable and effective alternatives.
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Selected Writing
Sinkhole
The Headlight Review is publishing a chapbook of pieces under 400 words called Mighty Micros. My piece, “Sinkhole,” is up now and will be in the print edition as well.
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33 1/3
In 1989, Bob Mould took a left turn. Already legendary before his 30th birthday for his noise-and-nuance work in Hüsker Dü, Mould had recently walked away from his old band. He returned with his debut solo album: Workbook. Filled with chiming acoustic guitars, multi-tracked vocals, pristine production, and even a cello, Workbook was both admired and questioned for Mould’s perceived departure from his hardcore roots.
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Your Guide to College Writing is part of a broader initiative underway at Chemeketa Community College to combat the high cost of college textbooks by working with faculty, staff, and students to publish affordable and effective alternatives.
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The Thomas Pynchon Fake Book
Thomas Pynchon is one of the great unheard lyricists of his time. His award-winning novel, Gravity’s Rainbow, is stuffed full of song lyrics. Depending on how you count, there are around 100 in the book. Over the course of a year, the Thomas Pynchon Fake Book managed to set twenty-eight of them to music.
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Daniel Couch is a professor of literature and composition at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Oregon. He is the editor of Your Guide to College Writing and co-author of a book on Bob Mould for Bloomsbury’s 33 ⅓ series. His writing has appeared in Portland Monthly, PopMatters, Under the Gum Tree, and elsewhere. Currently, he plays drums in the socially conscious punk band, Scontro.
