Monstrance of Rock

I’m writing on something loosely connected to this picture, which I found by accident, but am considering as a tattoo.

I will be looking for a cleaner copy.

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Videorama

I don’t have a lot of original say this week, I s’pose. But my ears were left open with a draft blowing through.
Rocky Votolato, “White Daisy Passing.”

He’s got all the melodic sweetness of those wispy male vocalists a-la-Iron & Wine, but with a nearly confident, right out vocal.
What is it with [...]

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church of your choice

On Facebook, in order to bare your true soul and find harmony with everyone in this great wide world, you can list your religious preference. I recently got reacquainted with an old acquaintance, who chose to list this link under that heading.

Iris Dement, “Let the Mystery Be”
I kinda dug that.
If you’re [...]

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We Are the Illusion

We watched Network (1976) over the weekend; first time I’ve seen it. If you haven’t seen it in a while, or have it somewhere at the bottom of your queue, I recommend moving it up. Things have changed so much in the last thirty years that they’re pretty much exactly the same.
The clip below is [...]

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name dropping, finger pointing

I’m a little distracted by some other writing I have to do. But, a few things have come to my attention. On breaks.
Number uno, a dude who another dude that is a dude I know knows that is a very talented dude, Robby Hecht. He writes his own good stuff, too, but in this [...]

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We can only wonder

I put this up in another format recently, but I love this quote attributed to Gregory of Nyssa’s Life of Moses. I haven’t found it yet, but it’s worth digging for in there:
Concepts create idols. Only wonder understands anything.
Song of the day, by some trick of my ear:

Gillian Welch, “Annabelle”

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Gorgeous Behavior

One more comment about worldly gain, and then a song. I promise.
A friend from High School is now at the National Review, and wrote this insightful piece about the standards for card playing in the current race. It’s interesting what we choose to get sensitive about, and Palin’s candidacy will give us plenty more time [...]

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As you said it to the least of these. . .

Now, I can hardly believe a word being said on or about a convention stage in the last two weeks, but I thought this was an interesting response: a call for Christians to stand against Palin’s rhetoric, if not her content.

The Matthew 25 Network includes both shunned Obamacon Roman Catholic Doug Kmiec and ubiquitous new [...]

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Just Browsing

A few things that have become unnecessary essentials lately:
The Moth podcast
Sound Opinions podcast (you were right, Robby, it’s great)
BetterWorld Books: great selection, free shipping, and they are very conscientious, even towards local libraries.
The Iconogram and Blog Networks Facebook apps: windows into heaven, and into the make-up of the communities behind your favorite blogs.
1000 Recordings to [...]

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