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May 2017

May 03, 2017

BOOK RELEASE: Tell Them Something Beautiful by Sam Rocha

I am thrilled to announce the release of my book of essays, Tell Them Something...

April 2017

April 18, 2017

Some Daiquiri Music: “A Todo VAR”

I am giving a talk and showing some photography on Wednesday (see the poster...

October 2014

October 29, 2014

Late to Love: A Concert and Q&A

Last week I played a concert and did a Q&A at Seattle Pacific University Arts Center,...

October 01, 2014

More Late to Love News

Late to Love has been out for just over one month. I've had the chance...

September 2014

September 09, 2014

Another Late to Love Round-Up!

(Read the first round-up, including links to 11 reviews.) * Late to Love has been...

September 01, 2014

‘Late to Love’ Round-up!

My debut album, Late to Love, was released in all formats on the feast of St....

August 2014

August 28, 2014

The Way of Beauty: From Aesthetics to Art

A great deal of ink has been spilled lately about the need to appreciate what...

August 22, 2014

Process, Preparation, and the Catholic Rigor of Art

In anticipation of the release of my new album, Late to Love, here is a...

August 02, 2014

The August Experiment

The July Experiment went well, despite the fact that I didn't always obey my own...

July 2014

July 28, 2014

Pre-Order Late to Love! UPDATED

Wiseblood Records, my small but mighty music label, sent out the following memo a few...

June 2014

June 16, 2014

Listen to the World’s First Augustinian Soul Album!

On August 28th --- the feast of St. Augustine --- Wiseblood Records will release my...

May 2014

May 02, 2014

When the Soul Gets Blues, The Blues Get Soul

My socks, underwear, and toiletries are stuffed into two guitar cases and a 1945 tube...

April 2014

April 24, 2014

“Musings” on LATE TO LOVE with Iguana

Almost two years ago, my good friend and fellow philosopher of education (at Hofstra University),...

March 2014

March 08, 2014

Profane Praise: On Estuary Music

The expression for 'fresh water' in Spanish is agua dulce — sweet water. I always liked that way...

February 2014

February 25, 2014

How to (Not) Destroy Catholic Art

Catholic art is destroyed at the exact point in which it becomes necessary to...

February 18, 2014

LATE TO LOVE: An Augustinian Soul Album

For the first fifteen years of my musical life, starting at the age of five,...

December 2013

December 19, 2013

The Harmonium Project Must Fail

The Harmonium Project is the name given to a group of students at Franciscan University...

October 2013

October 28, 2013

“A Tell-All Insincerity…”

"A tell-all insincerity..." --- this phrase has prevented me from writing here lately. A dear...

September 2013

September 17, 2013

Update: Thank You, Fall Schedule, Books, and Album

It's been just over a year now that I've been blogging at Patheos. That year...

August 2013

August 26, 2013

An Aesthetic Critique of Youth Ministry: Miley Cyrus vs. Bonnie Raitt

MARC BARNES' CRITIQUE OF YOUTH MINISTRY has, predictably, gone viral. Today there is a measured and intelligent...

July 2013

July 08, 2013

LIVE at The Empire UPDATED

Last night I played the first all-original set I've played since 2006, at Acadia Cafe...

May 2013

May 19, 2013

A Sunday Letter: Bikers and Fishing, Rhythm and Harmony

My dear readers, Happy Pentecost! Here's something of a weekend review: Friday I played drums...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

Open Mic Night: Is this the New Evangelization?

It's not everyday I get to post on Patheos Catholic from a neighborhood dive bar. But I'm...

February 21, 2013

Solidarity in Vulgarity: The Funk in Racist Jokes (A Reprise)

As a sequel to my previous Black History Month re-post, "White History Month," from earlier...

February 08, 2013

Beyoncé and My Legs

I started shaving my legs in high school, from the calf down, to get my...

January 2013

January 17, 2013

Les Miz Sux: In Defense of Lisa Hendey’s Mom

Lisa Hendey's mother is exactly right: the latest film adaptation of Les Misérables is terribly depressing. It is...

January 15, 2013

“One Pop Harem,” a bedtime story by Sam and Sam

Another "former student and present friend" (I've been blessed with several of them) and I...

January 09, 2013

A Moving Interlude of Sand Animation

It is the first week of classes for the spring semester. Cold. It is also...

January 05, 2013

A Tale of Three Cubicles, Part I

I was first assigned to the beam-cutting station, but I asked to be reassigned. I...

November 2012

November 20, 2012

When a Roman Catholic Reads About Rob Bell, What Does He See?

A few years ago, while I was in graduate school, I sang and played guitar...