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The Whole Sermon

Posted in civilization schmivilization, lex agendi, theosmattery, worldly gain on April 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »

I have not committed my vote, but I am now more interested in attending Senator Obama’s church.* Here is Rev. Jeremiah Wright addressing the National Press Club (broadcast on CSPAN and FOX News in its entirety)[after the jump]. He invokes the prophetic tradition in the Black Church in America as the full context of his [...]

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First Quarter Report

Posted in in which I totally geek out and alienate my readers, review, up over my head on April 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »

So, I started the year eager for some harder fare, but after a several weeks of grinding and droning on with the Whigs, Ladyhawk, the Foals, the Dodos, and pop punchsters Vampire Weekend, I found myself under a self-induced avalanche of Van Morrison and Elvis Costello, and then back at blues guitar, digging out Buddy [...]

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Now Playing

Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »

The Weepies – Gotta Have You
New Weepies today. Not the old Weepies; the new one.

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Blasted to Life

Posted in found it on the internets, up over my head on April 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Gabe explains music, electronica, and intercultural competency here: The Cracks and Strains!

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Hounded

Posted in up over my head on April 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »

I’ve been thinking about the whole Mariah Carey out #1’s Elvis thing, and this is about all I have to say about it.
Big Mama Thornton ft. Buddy Guy – Hound Dog

Interesting to think about what it meant for Elvis to record Big Mama’s “Hound Dog” (Lieber/Stoller) compared to what it [...]

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Shout to the What?

Posted in idiot box, orandi et credendi, up over my head on April 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I haven’t seen this yet, and I imagine there will be something well said about it before I have time to recover from the concept:
Tonight, American Idol wrapped up their big giant charity-event show, live at the Kodak, home of the Oscars, featuring Snoop Dog and Miley Cyrus (I hope they dueted), with the [...]

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Surprise?

Posted in idiot box, review, the wife on April 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The wife and I are big Kristen Wiig fans. We got to see her with the Groundlings the summer before she started with SNL. She did a Target cashier character in her first season that gave me hope for post-Fey SNL. She commits to these nutcase personalities in a way that reminds of John Belushi, [...]

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Poor Kings

Posted in birthdays, orandi et credendi, up over my head on April 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday was George Herbert’s birthday. Happy belated, George.
Church Music
Sweetest of sweets, I thank you: when displeasure
Did through my body wound my mind,
You took me thence, and in your house of pleasure
A dainty lodging me assigned.
Now I in you without a body move,
Rising and falling with your wings:
We both together sweetly live and love,
Yet say sometimes, [...]

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