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November 2015

November 27, 2015

A final week of ’70s music at the Big Box

Restocking the shelves at the Big Box doesn't fully occupy one's mind, giving me plenty...

September 2015

September 27, 2015

Vanitas vanitatum …

Whether or not an album is a vanity project has less to do with its...

September 22, 2015

Just watching myself in some play

A great magician reveals a trick; the end of the season and the End of...

August 2015

August 24, 2015

Where you gonna run to? Tim LaHaye and Billy Graham vs. Peter Tosh and Nina Simone

Nina Simone learned the song "Sinner Man" from her mother, who was a revivalist Methodist...

July 2015

July 28, 2015

Count your ribs and say your prayers and go to sleep

"35 Women Tell Their Stories About Being Assaulted by Bill Cosby, and the Culture That...

July 08, 2015

(I can’t) Escape (The Pina Colada Song)

Rupert Holmes ultra-'70s hit is like an inversion of O. Henry's "Gift of the Magi,"...

May 2015

May 16, 2015

There must be a better world somewhere

No, Texas: Accurately noticing that many Christians do not give as much as they can...

April 2015

April 15, 2015

Setting half the trends we know

When somebody claims to be just like Dietrich Bonhoeffer, that's usually a big clue that...

March 2015

March 16, 2015

Dig this

Since I'm not yet sure that I can recommend the new USA Network show "Dig,"...

November 2014

November 20, 2014

The praying hands prey with deliberate cunning

Some Thursday night linkage, including: Glenn Beck is worried about the Black Problem; Ta-Nehisi Coates...

October 2014

October 21, 2014

Learn how to use my hands, not just my head

I'm just saying that if you're a Big Box hardware chain and you're playing a...

August 2014

August 12, 2014

‘God only knows how much blood it will take’

This is a 1991 song about American bombs falling on Iraq. The bombing did not...

July 2014

July 06, 2014

Still surprised to catch you every time

It's Sunday and I am tired. They play music while we go forward to dip...

July 05, 2014

Who Would Jesus Sue? This week in weird religious copyright trolling

Who Would Jesus Sue? We saw a couple of suggested answers to that question this...

July 04, 2014

Darn Darn Floor Bad Bite: Happy Birthday Koko

Our cousin Koko is fascinating in part because of her way with words. When she...

June 2014

June 05, 2014

I am always praying through my vanities

A few things, including: Commencement commences; Molly Worthen on the incredible shrinking Southern Baptist Convention;...

June 04, 2014

The sleep walk never ends

A few things, including: Sunday school malpractice; Alice's hippie Jesus; an unfortunate billboard; Ararat and...

May 2014

May 24, 2014

The dogs of war drop it on your lawn

Some videos for your Saturday morning: A surprisingly apropos old tune from Daniel Amos, trailers...

May 15, 2014

Looking for the answer in Orion: More Mondegreenage

When we get to a relatively risk-free subject like mondegreens, we enjoy the chance to...

May 14, 2014

There’s a bathroom on the right: Mondegreens and the Bible

Mondegreens occur when both of those factors are present -- both the acoustic fragility that...

March 2014

March 16, 2014

St. Paul and the Broken Bones

Yesterday I did not know that St. Paul and the Broken Bones existed. Today I...

February 2014

February 12, 2014

On my way to the promised land

Even by the loony, loopy standards of the anti-rock-preacher circuit, Sketch Erickson stood out. He...

February 11, 2014

‘Softly and Tenderly’ reprise, and a recommendation

The plot of "Junebug" is easy to summarize -- the older son who moved off...

January 2014

January 27, 2014

People Get Ready: St. Paul at the Grammys

Proven liar Todd Starnes tweeted that "The Grammys mock God, marginalize the Bible" at the...

January 06, 2014

A song for Epiphany: ‘So why love anything?’

I like the original from Vampire Weekend, but Phosphorescent's take on the song "Ya Hey"...

November 2013

November 13, 2013

Dear Capt. Stubing: All TV theme songs are about Jesus

Gavin MacLeod was surprised to realize the true meaning of "The Love Boat's" theme song,...

October 2013

October 30, 2013

The Apocalypse of St. Peter (Garrett)

"Bible prophecy" teaches gullible Christians to mangle the words of the Bible. So I guess...

October 27, 2013

Everything I’ve had but couldn’t keep

"Lou Reed, a massively influential songwriter and guitarist who helped shape nearly fifty years of...

July 2013

July 26, 2013

Tune That Name: W-Z

It's the Friday music game -- I'll show you mine and you show me yours....

July 19, 2013

Tune That Name: T-V

It's the Friday Music Game -- I'll show you mine and you show me yours....