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Gregg Daniel Miller
Teaches political theory
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Concert Review: Noel Kennon, Neil Welch, Lori Goldston/Greg Kelley/Dave Abramson, and SymSynComCon (Melanie Sehman & Mike Gebhart), Woodland Theater, Seattle, WA 2018
March 22, 2018, Woodland Theater, Seattle, WA Billed as “An Evening of New Music,” Noel Kennon has curated a 4-act program: Neil Welch (saxophones & houseplants), a trio of Lori Goldston/Greg Kelley/Dave Abramson (Cello, Trumpet, Percussion), a percussion duo of Melanie Sehman and Mike Gebhart called SymSynComCon, & Kennon himself... Continue reading
Posted Mar 25, 2018 at some notes
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"Test Subjects" is now out on Bandcamp. A collection of solo work featuring alto, tenor and baritone saxophones with effects by Gregg Miller
New out on Bandcamp, I have uploaded a series of experiments called "Test Subjects." I am also playing saxophone on "The Gilded Lily," with Gust Burns (a Cecil Taylor inspired pianist0 and master drummer Greg Campbell. AND, "Restless on a Plane," with drummer Dale Haley. Continue reading
Posted Feb 26, 2018 at some notes
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new project: Miller-Hailey, sax & percussion
One of my band-mates and I put together a little record we call, "restless on a plane." Alto sax plus percussion plus some minimal effects. Continue reading
Posted Nov 12, 2017 at some notes
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Concert Review of Ethnic Heritage Ensemble (Kahil El'Zabar, Corey Wilkes & Alex Harding), Royal Room, Seattle, WA Feb 3, 2017
Up tonight, Kahil El’Zabar with Corey Wilkes on trumpet, Alex Harding on bari sax. The thing about the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble is that they take a riff and then improvise over it—not too may notes, emphasis on rhythmic percussion, on establishing a groove and hoeing that row. Long songs with... Continue reading
Posted Feb 8, 2017 at some notes
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Review of Wally Shoup Quartet (with Gust Burns), June 29, 2016 at Vito's Restaurant & Lounge, Seattle, WA
June 29th 2016 Wally Shoup Quartet, playing Vito’s (at the corner of Madison Ave & 9th) in Seattle, WA Wally Shoup leads. He comes on, sets the song tone with his musky nasal alto saxophone, and then steps aside, leaning against a curved wall, the overseer. The 3-man rhythm section... Continue reading
Posted Jun 30, 2016 at some notes
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Review of Matthew Shipp's Piano Sutras (Thirsty Ear, 2013)
On this recording, Matthew Shipp’s solo piano plays mostly delicate lines. There is no nu-bop, no electronic beats. His technique of playing dense chord throbbing into dense chord shows up only occasionally. Shipp is thinking aloud on piano. He is not interested in recognizable repeats, or singing tunes. It is... Continue reading
Posted Jul 30, 2015 at some notes
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Review of Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit, performance at Poncho Concert Hall, Seattle, WA June 28, 2015
June 28, 2015 Review of Paal Nilssen-Love big band ensemble Large Unit. Poncho Concert Hall, Cornish College of the Arts, part of Earshot Jazz Spring Series. Seattle, Washington, USA. Large Unit: Jon Rune Strøm - bass; Andreas Wildhagen - drums; Paal Nilssen-Love - drums; Mats Äleklint - trombone; Christian Meaas... Continue reading
Posted Jul 2, 2015 at some notes
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Review of Alexander Gelley, Benjamin's Passages: Dreaming, Awakening
Walter Benjamin’s star has only grown brighter and more intense in recent years. While no single work can hope to capture the full range and depth of Walter Benjamin’s panoramic gaze, Alexander Gelley’s Benjamin’s Passages (Fordham University Press, 2015) is nonetheless an exegetical masterwork, emphasizing both conceptual constants and swerves... Continue reading
Posted Jun 25, 2015 at some notes
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Review of Pharoah Sanders Quartet performance, Town Hall Seattle, November 7, 2014
11-7-14 Pharoah Sanders (ts), William Henderson (p), Nat Reeves (b), and Joe Farnsworth (d). at Town Hall, Seattle. In the Great Hall. Maybe 1000 seats. Sold out house. A line of hopefuls outside behind a sign, waiting to repurchase the seats of no-shows. Pharoah Sanders at center stage in a... Continue reading
Posted Nov 10, 2014 at some notes
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Review of Taylor Ho Bynum, Royal Room, Seattle, September 3, 2014
Review of Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet) with Cuong Vu (t), Carmen Rothwell (b) Dylan van der Schyff (d) at the Royal Room, Seattle, September 3, 2014. At the Royal Room. Taylor Ho Bynum with some locals. He’s on “bicycle tour” down the West Coast from Vancouver, BC to Mexico. I’m... Continue reading
Posted Oct 14, 2014 at some notes
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Review of Chiara Bottici, Imaginal Politics: Images Beyond Imagination and the Imaginary
Chiara, Bottici. Imaginal Politics: Images Beyond Imagination and the Imaginary. Columbia University Press, 2014. In the ongoing attempt to revitalize critical theory through a reworking of themes and techniques subordinated by modernity’s emphasis on subjective reason, Bottici re-thinks the concept of imagination, neither as subjective faculty nor as contextual overdeterminant,... Continue reading
Posted Jul 25, 2014 at some notes
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A review of new pieces by Jacob Zimmerman and Gust Burns, performed by an avant-jazz big band at Gallery 1412 in Seattle, WA, April 25, 2014
Review of new avant jazz compositions by Gust Burns and Jacob Zimmerman, Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA, April 25, 2014 Continue reading
Posted Apr 27, 2014 at some notes
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review of Rensmann and Gandesha (eds.), Adorno and Arendt: Political and Philosophical Investigations. Stanford UP, 2012.
Lars Rensmann and Samir Gandesha (eds). Adorno and Arendt: Political and Philosophical Investigations. Stanford University Press, 2012. No other collection of essays in English takes up a directed study of Hannah Arendt and Theodor Adorno’s combined relevance to contemporary political theory. The essays variously compare, contrast and assess the two... Continue reading
Posted Mar 28, 2014 at some notes
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Anjali Grant Design opens her doors
If you're in the Seattle area and in need of architectural/design/art services, check out: www.anjaligrant.com Pay attention to the "Process" page, and the "Drawing Log." Good stuff! Continue reading
Posted Jan 10, 2014 at some notes
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Gregg Daniel Miller is now following Norm

May 22, 2013
History is a (bitter) mess of flowers
Posted Apr 11, 2013 at some notes
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Another review of Mimesis and Reason: Habermas's Political Philosophy
The following review by Luke Neal appeared in Political Studies Review, January (11:1) 2013. The key sentence: "This reconstruction of Habermas is sure to be met with hostility and will inevitably boil the blood of any card-carrying Habermasian." Recently, there have been increasing attempts within the paradigm of critical theory... Continue reading
Posted Jan 14, 2013 at some notes
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A review of Mimesis and Reason: Habermas's Political Philosophy
The first review of my book has appeared: Miller, Gregg Daniel. Mimesis and reason: Habermas's political philosophy. SUNY Press, 2011. 185p bibl index afp; ISBN 9781438437392, $75.00. Reviewed in 2012aug CHOICE. Miller (Univ. of Washington, Tacoma) argues that Habermas's formulation of a postmetaphysical theory of reason has yielded an unreconciled... Continue reading
Posted Jul 25, 2012 at some notes
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review of Hugh Baxter, Habermas: The Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy
The following review is forthcoming in Choice: Baxter, Hugh. Habermas: The Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy. Stanford Law Books, 2011. Baxter tracks the role of law from Habermas's early work to Between Facts and Norms, and beyond. Habermas's assessment of modernity, that humanity suffers when money and power colonize... Continue reading
Posted Mar 26, 2012 at some notes
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On Cosmopolitan Right and Intersubjectivity
Another proposal, this one for an upcoming conference at the University of Washington: Cosmopolitan Right and Intersubjectivity In this paper, I will investigate how the Kantian notion of “cosmopolitan right” (Perpetual Peace) stands with regards to contemporary efforts to conceive of global governance or a global normative order, specifically as... Continue reading
Posted Feb 12, 2012 at some notes
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Nope. Proposal rejected. Should be a wonderful conference nonetheless!
mimesis now
Here is a paper proposal I submitted to an upcoming conference, "Mimesis Now," at the University of Rochester. The link to the conference: http://rochester.edu/college/mimesis/ My proposal: What is the proper theoretical articulation of the relations among self-formation, autonomy and mimesis? ...
On Max Weber's Vocation lectures
Every year the University of Chicago looks to fill its Core teaching staff, its "Society of Fellows." My sense is that they fill these posts in-house with graduate students who can't get tenure-track gigs. But, just in case they need a body or two, they advertise nationally. They request that... Continue reading
Posted Nov 7, 2011 at some notes
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mimesis now
Here is a paper proposal I submitted to an upcoming conference, "Mimesis Now," at the University of Rochester. The link to the conference: http://rochester.edu/college/mimesis/ My proposal: What is the proper theoretical articulation of the relations among self-formation, autonomy and mimesis? If, with Plato, mimesis is “to speak or act in... Continue reading
Posted Nov 4, 2011 at some notes
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Mimesis and Reason: Habermas's Political Philosophy, by Gregg Daniel Miller
My book has hit the streets! If you read it, let me know what you think! Thanks! http://www.amazon.com/Mimesis-Reason-Habermass-Political-Philosophy/dp/1438437390/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_C?ie=UTF8&coliid=I2KUMO21QXU5M4&colid=LS9353WV7XAL and, http://www.sunypress.edu/p-5226-mimesis-and-reason.aspx Continue reading
Posted Sep 27, 2011 at some notes
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review of Michael Marder, Groundless Existence: The Political Ontology of Carl Schmitt
forthcoming in Choice Marder’s contribution to postmetaphysical thinking offers a set of studies of Carl Schmitt’s ontology written for initiates fluent in the Schmittian vocabulary and orientation. Along the way it also tackles a host of issues in contemporary Continental philosophy. On Marder’s reading, Schmitt properly understood is no statist,... Continue reading
Posted Aug 5, 2011 at some notes
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