Reviews Archive
Excellent movies, not so well-known
August 21, 2008 · Category: Reviews
Sardonic movie critic Boffo asks for recommendations of movies that aren't all that well known.
I'm not sure our personal tastes overlap that much -- other than a shared hatred for Woody Allen -- ...
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To whomever introduced me to the music of Bedouin Soundclash...
...Thank you.
Tonight, while working, I've really enjoyed listening to their albums Street Gospels and Sounding a Mosaic.
Rhythmic, upbeat, groovy. Not normally a reggae kind of guy, but their music is catchy.
The song "When the ...
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John Adams ... and Speaking Truth to Power
Kathy and I have been watching HBO's mini-series John Adams lately, and it's terrific.
I particularly like the plain-spokenness and integrity of those intelligent men who were involved in founding the United States of ...
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We The Living’s acoustic cover of “Viva la Vida”
This is terrific!
I have (and love) We the Living's album Heights of the Heavens -- which gets a strong 4 out of 5 stars, in my book -- and would enjoy seeing them record more ...
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Tristan Prettyman’s music is fantastic
If you like music in the vein of Sarah McLachlan or Norah Jones, you simply must check out the music of a young musician named Tristan Prettyman.
I discovered her two albums Twentythree (2005) and ...
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A Handy List of My All-time Favorite Movies
I keep a running list, inside my PDA, of my all-time favorite movies.
Tonight it occurred to me that, in addition to being immensely valuable to me for spiritual reasons, the list is also ...
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Off the Map, Reviewed by Roger Ebert
March 31, 2008 · Category: Reviews
Often I don't share Roger Ebert's taste in movies. Tonight, however, I discovered he wrote a fantastically good review of one my favorite movies, Off the Map, starring Sam Elliott and Joan Allen.
In his ...
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How to Write Interesting Stuff
February 12, 2008 · Category: Intellectual, Reviews
Penelope Trunk, who is one of my new favorite bloggers, has a very interesting piece about ... how to write interesting pieces.
Huh.
She also has the same morning e-mail problem that I do.
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Ferguson Speaks from the Heart
My thanks to Andrew Schwartz for pointing out this excellent example of sincerity and integrity.
That video clip is pretty funny, as well. But part of what makes it so full of integrity is that he ...
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Walter Donway: “The Struggle for Poetry’s Soul”
Walter Donway just sent the following announcement, which explains the significance of his essay as well as anything I might hope to write:
My brief essay "The Struggle for Poetry's Soul" just went up on the ...
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