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The Back-Drop for the Age
This past weekend I had the opportunity to sit around a breakfast table and talk about James K. A. Smith’s You Are What You Love. It was an interesting conversation for me, as I’ve been pretty invested in Smith’s thinking … Continue reading
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Trailer Talk: Batman v Superman Extended
I may be one of the few to admit it, but I regret only seeing Batman V Superman once in the theater. I feel that regret as soon as I hear the first musical notes in the trailer for the … Continue reading
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Klosterman Looks Back on Television
Chuck Klosterman’s new book, But What If We’re Wrong?, dropped this past week. The premise of the book is to cast thought forward a few hundred years and try and understand what we think we’re getting right now but might … Continue reading
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Some Songs Say So Much
One of the most interesting reads of the past week was an article at FiveThirtyEight from Leah Libresco about the language of contemporary Christian music as compared to the language of shape note hymns. She did a survey and came up with … Continue reading
“The Traveling Wilburys of Pain”
One of my favorite episodes of Community is “Paradigms of Human Memory,” which aired late in the show’s second season. It’s basically a clip shows of stories that were not told previously (and yet here we have footage of those … Continue reading
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The Perfect Space
Last night was good and rainy, great weather for listening to the Avett Brothers. A few of their songs from I and Love and You really stick with me. Last night, it was “The Perfect Space.” (The other is “Head … Continue reading
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Trailer Talk: A Matter of Loyalty
Another new trailer that played before The Lobster was the latest from Meryl Streep. She plays the title role in Florence Foster Jenkins, the real-life story of a woman with the desire to sing but not the talent. On one level, … Continue reading
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Trailer Talk: The Dangers of Living Differently?
Caught a matinee of The Lobster yesterday (thoughts to come early next week). One of the joys of seeing an independent movie is that you see trailers for all of these other movies that you’ve probably never heard of. Case in … Continue reading
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Church of Simon
Yesterday Lifehouse’s “Simon” played while my music was on shuffle. I hadn’t heard it in a while. I was quickly reminded, though, of why I love the song (and the entire No Name Face album). It’s not a perfect song, … Continue reading
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Space Enough, and Time 