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March 2009

March 17, 2009

Velveteen Trouble

You may remember my brief note about the direct-to-DVD adaptation of The Velveteen Rabbit, posted...

March 17, 2009

The Sixth Annual Denise Levertov Award

This just in: Join Image journal and acclaimed writer Eugene Peterson for the 2009 Denise...

March 17, 2009

Artists, Ministers, Pastors: Don’t Miss This Retreat

Few places I know are as nourishing to the spirit and the imagination as Laity...

March 17, 2009

U2 Medium, Rare + Lillywhite!

UPDATE: Here's Steve Lillywhite talking about No Line on the Horizon at NPR. If you're...

March 16, 2009

Auralia geekery

Many thanks to the folks at Faith and Geekery, especially Aaron, for their kind words...

March 15, 2009

Today’s Favorite: Breakthroughs in Big-Screen Visual Artistry

The Wizard of Oz enchanted audiences with a wonderland of color that made moviegoing more...

March 14, 2009

Will One More FilmBlog Unleash the Apocalypse?

Every thirty seconds, a new film blog is born. And every day, one of those...

March 10, 2009

Browser: Melody. Cylons. Vampires. Favorite Albums. Migraines. Radiohead. David Bazan. U2.

Suzanne Vega answers the question, "What's a melody for?" And I rise to my feet...

March 09, 2009

A Concert Stage With No Backdrop

U2's upcoming tour is going to be something concertgoers haven't seen before. Check it out...

March 06, 2009

“Watchmen”: Five Reviews from Critics that Matter to Me (They Disagree)

Post your review, or a link to your favorite, below. Here are five from voices...

March 05, 2009

U2’s Best Performance in 2009 So Far…

Okay, now that you've seen the best, here's a bonus. And now, check out Cathleen...

March 05, 2009

“Raven’s Ladder”: An Update

The new strand of The Auralia Thread will be called Raven's Ladder. I hope you...

March 05, 2009

The U2 Late Show Continues…

"Every generation gets a chance to change the world Pity the nation that won't listen...

March 05, 2009

Doing our due Dillinger

The names Johnny Depp and Christian Bale are almost a guarantee of a quality motion...

March 04, 2009

Farewell to Horton Foote, screenwriter of “Tender Mercies,” “To Kill a Mockingbird”

I'm a little late relaying this news, but I learned on Twitter earlier today that...

March 04, 2009

Auralia Thread Update: New Title for the Gold Strand?

On Friday, I'll be turning in the (very rough) draft of the third book in...

March 04, 2009

The Death of Satire

Novelist A.G. Harmon on satire: ...the thing about satire is that it runs the fine...

March 04, 2009

U2’s next album is “Songs of Ascent”, coming soon.

I'm actually more excited about hearing *this* album, due to Bono's description (which, as most...

March 03, 2009

Breathe, U2 Fans. It’s Here.

And just for old time's sake... my favorite five minutes of U2's history, right here:

March 02, 2009

Auralia in King County’s Journal Newspapers This Month

Many, many thanks to writer Cathy Herholdt, an inspired writer who has given Auralia and...

March 02, 2009

What is “Munyurangabo”? And Why Do You Need to Know About It?

Of all the films I saw in 2008, two stood out above the rest. But...

March 02, 2009

Yancey Considers Obama, MLK, and How Christians Can Influence Change

Philip Yancey on Obama and the dream of Martin Luther King: In no way do...

March 01, 2009

Browser: Never Let Them Spoil “Never Let Me Go”; Sam Phillips; Andy Warhol’s Faith

Another of my favorite novels is coming to the big screen. Keira Knightley will star...

February 2009

February 28, 2009

Today’s Favorite: Dupery (“We’re here to view the tapestries.”)

What's your favorite scene of one character pulling the wool over another character's eyes in...

February 26, 2009

Andy Whitman on “No Line On the Horizon”

Here's Whitman's take on U2's No Line on the Horizon.

February 26, 2009

“Auralia’s Colors” … in Dutch!

De kleuren van Auralia is here. I'm trying not to take it personally that it's...

February 24, 2009

NPR: “The New Christian Film Industry!” Christianity Today: “Make It Stop!”

NPR recently ran a story about the (supposedly) exciting new "Christian movie industry." The story...

February 24, 2009

Andy Whitman on U2’s “Really Good Non-Reinvention”

Josh Hurst hosts a U2 love-in. Meanwhile, at artsandfaith.com, Andy Whitman of Paste, who is...

February 23, 2009

An Enemy of Serious Film Criticism?

Here's Brett McCracken on Movieguide's ongoing campaigns of preposterous "film criticism." Earlier, Mark Moring's post...

February 23, 2009

Buddy Miller Update

From Buddy Miller's MySpace page: Statement Regarding Buddy's Health Following his show in Baltimore last...