The Rockin’ Key to Familial Harmony
May 22, 2009
You could experience bedtime meltdown – or you could dance.
Archive for May 2009
May 22, 2009
May 22, 2009
State by State, and How I Made Amends with my Inner Patriot By Jonathan Fitzgerald The places where patriotism and questioning intersect, and where literature can help us reach across a divide. The Rockin’ Key to Familial Harmony By Caleb Seeling You could experience bedtime meltdown – or you could dance. Streaming for Gold By [...]
Theology making a comeback
May 21, 2009
From The Times Higher Education: Lazarus-style comeback. Theology is returning to the intellectual scene, says John Milbank, professor of religion, politics and ethics at the University of Nottingham. “That’s why people like Richard Dawkins are so frightened, and why we’re getting a more militant atheism.” He rattles off a list of renowned philosophers – Alasdair [...]
Chicken or egg
May 20, 2009
From the Los Angeles Times: It’s Time to Change the NEA’s motto. Now that the high-profile media event is done, and with a provocative new chairman for the National Endowment for the Arts in the pipeline, here’s a suggestion. It’s also symbolic and it’s cost-free too: Let’s change the motto of the NEA.
Fashion turmoil – and growth
May 18, 2009
From The Atlantic: Fashion in Dark Times. New York fashion is mostly a lot of small businesses. Even household-name designers often lack backers, which means that they make twice-yearly gambles (on their fall and spring collections) requiring huge cash outlays-for the most part, fabrics have to be bought, patterns cut, garments sewn, and finishes applied [...]
Provisional Painting
May 15, 2009
From Art in America: Provisional Painting. For the past year or so I’ve become increasingly aware of a kind of provisionality within the practice of painting. I first noticed it pervading the canvases of Raoul De Keyser, Albert Oehlen, Christopher Wool, Mary Heilmann and Michael Krebber, artists who have long made works that look casual, [...]
Brave New Burger
May 15, 2009
Much can be learned about what went wrong in burger industry by looking closely at our current economic debacle – specifically, subprime mortgage lending.
May 15, 2009
May 15, 2009
Cains & Abels Sing Their Heads Off By Rebecca Talbot Chicago-based indie band Cains & Abels embrace both harshness and beauty. Brave New Burger By Kevin Gosa Burgers need regulation, just like junk mortgages. A Dinosaur Crawled Into My Backyard By Brian Watkins Attempts at connecting with nature.
A Dinosaur Crawled Into My Backyard
(Attempts at Connecting with Nature)
May 15, 2009
For he is a dinosaur.
And I a twenty-something white guy, who can’t imagine a world before cell phones.
Cains & Abels Sing Their Heads Off
May 15, 2009
David SampsonPhoto: David Sampson Two hundred people fill a sparsely furnished sanctuary, singing at the top of their lungs. They are untrained singers with plenty of vocal eccentricities. No instruments give the right key or take the edge off the voices’ peculiarities. Stumbling upon a scenario like this would make many people flee for the [...]