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Innocence, Experience, and the Changing Musical Landscape
The folks at Grantland have posted a quality article on U2 after the kick-off of their Innocence + Experience tour. It’s thoughtful and honest, asking some of the questions that fans and critics alike cannot help but ask as the … Continue reading
Professional Sports: A Strange Source for Alienation
Bill Simmons, the head honcho over at Grantland, recently posted an intense article about the issue of performance-enhancing drugs and professional sports. The same can be said for the reader response that Simmons posted a few days ago here. What … Continue reading
The Olympic Competition Often Overlooked
SOME OF MY FRIENDS ARE SURPRISED to find out that I enjoy watching the Olympics. I suppose you could draw a couple of conclusions from that. But I’ve been a fan of the Olympics since at least 1984. I was … Continue reading
Movies, Movies, Movies
WE’RE HALFWAY THROUGH 2012, and so the question of the quality of movies out this year has popped up over at Grantland. It’s been a good six months for me and the movies, really. I’ve only seen a tiny handful … Continue reading
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
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
Thursday Look-Backs
THERE WAS A TIME when Thursday nights were almost sacred. It was the turn of the millennium, and Thursday evening was all about the battle between watching Survivor and Friends. I would make the trek to some friends’ apartment, usually … Continue reading
The Enduring Question of Race
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF TOPICS that I really have no business talking about. One of those is racism. The other is sports. Don’t get me wrong: I know about racism, though I’ve rarely experienced it. I think it’s one … Continue reading
Space Enough, and Time 