Currently Reading:
Flickr Photos
Author Archives: awtraughber
The Echo of Voices (where the streets have no name)
While it’s great seeing U2 perform live, it’s really the audience-as-choir that gets to me. Got to me when I saw the in concert over a decade ago. Gets to me in this recording of “Where the Streets Have No … Continue reading
Posted in Music
Leave a comment
A Song of Lament and Praise
What a last couple of weeks it has been! The highs and lows of life can be so tightly woven together that they bleed together in weird and subtle ways, where every praise is also a prayer request. Here’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Music, The Long Story
Leave a comment
Finish Line Flashpoint
After a pretty interesting conclusion, this ending came out of no where. This could easily be a way of returning Barry to the proper, pre-Flashpoint, timeline. We’ll have to wait all summer to find out.
Posted in Television
Leave a comment
Cloning Time
We’re less than a month away from the final season premiere of Orphan Black on BBC America. Season four was a solid course correction after two seasons of wandering. I’m hopeful that this season will bring everything together nicely. Here’s … Continue reading
Posted in Television
Leave a comment
From a Flash to a Crawl
Much of this season of The Flash has been about Barry’s (always thwarted) attempt at saving Iris, the love of his life. Last week’s penultimate episode ended with one last failure, this one seemingly final. The extended trailer to Tuesday’s … Continue reading
Posted in Television
Leave a comment
Whatever a Spider Can
This morning Michael Giacchino posted a clip that should make long-time Spider-Man fans happy. Hopefully it will play a prominent role in this summer’s Spider-Man: Homecoming movie. Turn up the volume and hit ‘play.’
Posted in Movies, Television
Leave a comment
Discovering Star Trek
CBS’s recent attempt at bringing Star Trek back to the small screen has been frustrating. Lots of starts and stops, a good bit of odd, slightly negative press. The fact that the show will move to the network’s app is … Continue reading
Posted in Television
Leave a comment
Once More for the Planet of the Apes
We’re a couple of weeks into the summer movie season. Guardians Volume 2 was good, with a heavier ending than I had anticipated and that worked well. Last weekend saw the release of King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, which … Continue reading
Posted in Movies
Leave a comment
Fury of an Android Scorned
The final third of this season of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD has been fascinatingly tense, even as most of it has happened in virtual reality. Now, most of the agents are out of the Framework crafted by the android Aida, … Continue reading
Together the Wrong Way
Here’s the “sizzle reel” for the final batch of season three episodes for The Flash. It could turn out to be a great finale to an up-and-down season. I still think that we’ll go back to the original timeline, but … Continue reading
Posted in Television
Leave a comment
Space Enough, and Time 