January 2012
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Top 11 records of 2011, with 11 words of defense
1. Gillian Welch, The Harrow & the Harvest - David Rawlings is prominent again; every song could be a standard.
2. Tom Waits, Bad As Me - This perfect album manages to be vintage Waits without being redundant.
3. Paul Simon, So Beautiful or So What - Paul Simon is the one of the most mature songwriters alive.
4. Steve Earle, I’ll Never Get Out Of This World Alive - Steve Earle is...
August 2011
1 post
“I’ll define you a Christian people by the opposite. The opposite of a...”
– Cure de Torcy (in Bernanos’ Diary of a Country Priest)
July 2010
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April 2010
2 posts
March 2010
4 posts
February 2010
11 posts
C.S. Lewis said beauty is not democratic: America...
Three bands I want to like (but annoy me)
Cat Power
Decemberists
MGMT
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“We speak of memorizing as getting something ‘by heart,’ which really...”
– John Hollander
I Never Wanted a Hard Heart →
David Bazan speaks pretty honestly about his loss of faith and his fears.