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Closing Time (of Your Life)
SOME SAY THAT SERENDIPITY IS DEAD thanks to our hyper-connected internet culture. Much of the time, I agree with those sentiments. Then there are other times, though, where you follow the white rabbit from link to link and find something … Continue reading
The Emotional Make-Up of Muppets
ONE OF THE HIGH POINTS of last year’s The Muppets movie (and there were many), was the song between Walter and Gary, “Man or Muppet.” It was an Oscar-winning song (admittedly in a slow music year), but it was also … Continue reading
New Song Saturday: Andrew Peterson
A FEW DAYS AGO I posted an entry on Grantland’s “Top 10 Songs in Christian Rock.” In it, I commented that I don’t listen to much Christian music these days apart from particular artists (many of them out of Nashville). … Continue reading
Musical Genre Revisit
CHRISTIAN MUSIC has changed a lot since I lived near a decent CCM radio station (and even then, things were changing fast). I still listen to a handful of artists, though most of them are now independent music makers living … Continue reading
Music Mash-Up with Chuck Klosterman
SOMEWHERE LAST SUMMER, the band Nickelback became something of a punchline in my summer school class. I’m not sure why, at what point it happened. What was interesting, too, was that such a sentiment can be found across those who … Continue reading
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The Middle Space
SPACE is an important thing. It’s part of the title of this site, of course. And it’s something that is on any mind trying to understand things. A few years ago, back when I was still trying “print media” with … Continue reading
New Music, Ever and Always
ANDREW OSENGA has been one of my favorite musicians for over a decade now. His time with The Normals and Caedmon’s Call is over, but he still puts out quality solo music. A few months ago, he announced plans for … Continue reading
The Thing to Do
WHEREVER YOU ARE, be all there. I can’t remember when I first heard that said, but it’s been a part of my thinking for a long time now. It’s the other side of being awake: awake is for yourself, being … Continue reading
And So, The Cruelest Month
APRIL IS THE CRUELEST MONTH, T. S. Eliot wrote at the beginning of his masterpiece, “The Waste Land.” And so here we are, this first day of April. For the poet, April was cruel for its “breeding/ Lilacs out of … Continue reading
Song of Freedom . . . and Law
MY FRIDAY MORNING started with an interesting discussion with a student about the works and thoughts of Dostoyevsky. Since I didn’t know much more than the average English major on the topic, we ended up discussing the strange relationship between … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 