As usual at this time of the semester, I’ve been preoccupied with teaching responsibilities, which overloads my ability and desire to blog, much less write anything extended (typed as I recall I have two essays to write that I completely forgot about). Excuses, excuses, right? Let’s be content with a wee update and I’ll spare you the dramatic story of my office building being occupied by protesting students yesterday, the impending 32% fee hike that will make a Berkeley education out of reach for many of my current students (and the similar fee hikes throughout the Cal State and community college systems), the sign on said building’s elevator reading “repairs delayed due to budget cuts”, the wonder about how disabled students are supposed to get to upper floor classes, and so on. I believe the word for the place I work right now would be “clusterf*ck”, but I am proud to be a part of the solidarity between students, faculty and staff that’s unfolding across the UC system.

However, there are bright points in any dark time, and I’m pleased to report that Slanted and Enchanted has a few kicks left in it even at the sixth month old mark. I did an interview with Tim O’Shea about the book, which you can read here, and there’s an interesting entry over at Carrie Brownstein’s NPR Monitor Mix blog about how people define the word indie (with some thoughtful contributions by people I interviewed for the book).As I prepare to put a period on my years of talking about indie and move on to an entirely different topic and project, I’m heartened that people are still out there fighting the good fight and DIYing the good DIY. Props.

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