Sep 4, 2022 Movies Cultural Diet Prey by Dan Trachtenberg (2022) I watched this with my oldest and we both agreed: Prey is a lean, mean action movie par excellence.…
Sep 4, 2022 Literature Cultural Diet Upgrade by Blake Crouch (2022) Like Andy Weir (Project Hail Mary, The Martian), Blake Crouch writes sci-fi that’s intellectually s…
Sep 3, 2022 Miscellany Scientific Advance, Art, and Horsing Around With Humanity The arts and sciences are advancing virtually unchecked, and redefining the concept of humanity as they go.
Sep 3, 2022 Miscellany God’s Grace in a Cup of Tea I’m often defeated, shell-shocked, and teary-eyed. “Does it really have to be so bad?” I wonder.
Sep 3, 2022 Music Technology Music Made Physical: In Defense of the Humble Cassette It’s time to appreciate what cassettes lent to the experience of listening to music.
Sep 3, 2022 Music Grace Notes: The Beastie Boys The death of Adam “MCA” Yauch represents the end of an era in hip-hop and popular music.
Sep 3, 2022 Literature Religion Science Fiction and Theology: A Match Made in Heaven? What are some of the theological issues that science fiction can effectively explore?
Sep 3, 2022 Music Grace Notes: Clive Tanaka, French Curves You could approach Jet Set Siempre 1° reductionistically but doing so misses the forest for the trees.
Sep 3, 2022 Music Grace Notes: Carlos Forster, Teen Daze While studying philosophy in the Swiss Alps in 2008, the artist known as Teen Daze came across C.S. Lewis’ Out of the Silent Planet.
Sep 3, 2022 Music Grace Notes: Minikon, Eric Painter, The Caretaker As Minikon puts it, imagine if “My Bloody Valentine wrote soundtracks for the Nintendo Entertainment System.”
Sep 3, 2022 Music Grace Notes: Lovesliescrushing, Cut Copy Lovesliescrushing’s music goes even further, eschewing song structures altogether in favor of massive, gossamery veils of pure sound.
Sep 2, 2022 Personal My Cultural Diet (August 2022): Predator, Cinnamon Rolls, The Sandman, The Incredibles A quick rundown of last month’s cultural experiences.
Sep 1, 2022 TV Review Roundup: Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Critics respond to the first two episodes of Amazon’s billion-dollar adaptation of Tolkien’s works.
Sep 1, 2022 TV September 2022’s Best Streaming Titles: Abbott Elementary, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Fight Club Elementary school comedy, a return to Middle-earth, a galaxy far, far away, Tyler Durden, and more.