Lost With Nowhere to Go But Up
I can’t say I blame this Christian culture watcher for wanting to co-opt the meaning behind the popular television series Lost. Having just watched the entire first season on DVD (we’re about, oh, eight months and a few diapers behind the rest of the country here at the Schindler residence), I have to admit, it’s [...]
This is Artistic Brutality
It’s worth pointing out after my small semi-rant a couple of posts back that The Nation is running a special issue which features an appropriated cover from a once-famous WWII poster by Ben Shahn. Of course, his version was meant to rally the boys into fighting Hitler’s fascism. Today’s version represents an indelible stain on [...]
Goodbye Richard
If it seems odd that a white suburban family man such as myself feels the need to give Richard Pryor a eulogy, that only demonstrates his perfect ability to reach out across social boundaries, which is far better than any testimony I could possibly give. Knowing he most likely wasn’t going to live much longer [...]
Black Acetate
It seems like only yesterday I was gushing over John Cale’s outstanding album, Hobosapiens. So it was with a bit of a surprise that I saw his latest musical delicacy, Black Acetate, on iTunes just a safe year apart. What does one better, though, is the fact that the approach with this album, while so [...]
Top Ten Albums of My Time
WXPN recently took a break from their normal broadcasting to present the 885 greatest albums of all time, which ended yesterday with the Beatles’ legendary Abbey Road taking top honors. Rather than finding fault with a list put together by listeners (which I can’t do anyway), I think I’ll just document my own. To that [...]
