12 Days of Spring Weekend: Professors list their dream lineups

We’ve already seen what lineups blog writers wished for this year, but has anyone ever stopped to think about what professors have to say? They have feelings too, you know! I asked a few professors to list three bands or artists that would compose their dream Spring Weekend lineups (some decided to list a bit more because they don’t play by our rules, man). While some responses were predictable, others revealed a side to them that was previously unknown. Ricky Martin, anyone?

William Warren, Chancellor’s Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences

• Talking Heads
• The Strokes
• Modest Mouse

Ian Sampson, English Graduate Student

• Beardyman
• Matmos
• Huun-Huur-Tu

Robert Pelcovits, Professor of Physics

• U2
• Led Zepellin
• Bob Marley

Derek Stein, Assistant Professor of Physics

•  Frank Morey
• The Pixies
• New Order

Sandra Russo-Rodriguez, Lecturer in Chemistry

• Lucecita Benitez
• Raphael
• Ricky Martin

Brian Evenson, Professor of Literary Arts

• Weekend
• Earth
• The Brian Jonestown Massacre

Caroline Karp, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies 

• Fleetwood Mac
• Bruce Springsteen
• Neil Young
• Lucinda Williams
• Calexico
• Shakira
• Pearl Jam

 Andy van Dam, Professor of Computer Science *brace yourselves*

“Jazz, the late greats: Dave Brubeck and our local Dave McKenna whom I heard live multiple times; Wynton Marsalis, Keith Jarrett. Folk, the 60’s: Joan Baez, Theodor Bikel, Pete Seeger on 12-string guitar (Seeger played at Brown about a decade ago – fabulous!) Classical: Casals, Rostropovich, Segovia, David Oistrakh, Yehudi Menuhin, Perlman (all of whom I had the privilege of hearing live) ;)”

There you have it! Next time you see any one of these professors, make sure to compliment them on their awesome music taste, and ask how one can ever achieve their level of coolness.

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