DVD: Shut Up and Sing Release date: 2007 Directed by Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck It’s a sad sad story when a mother will teach her Daughter that she ought to hate a perfect stranger. And how in the world can the words that I said Send somebody so over the edge That they’d write… Read more »
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DVD: INLAND EMPIRE Release date: 2007 Written and directed by David Lynch. Starring Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, and Justin Theroux. “. . . as a rule the images of the unconscious are not produced by consciousness, but have a reality and spontaneity of their own. Nevertheless, we regard them as mere marginal phenomena.” Carl Jung… Read more »
Gareth Jones, Lead Singer of People in Planes People in Planes is a five-piece Welsh band known for its lush sound, spirited vocals, and sensitive lyrics. The band has recently started a tour in advance of the upcoming release (June 24) of their second album, Beyond the Horizon. The video for one track, ?Pretty Buildings?… Read more »
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CD: Rachael Davis, Antebellum Queens Release date: 2008 Label: Fox on a Hill Well, my things are old, ragged and worn, My jeans are holey, my dress is torn. Please, please, Papa, would you try to buy my love? ?Please, Please, Papa,? Antebellum Queens Forgive me, but I imagine the making of this CD as… Read more »
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Book: Robert Alter, The Book of Psalms: A Translation with Commentary Publication date: 2007 Publisher: W. W. Norton and Company, Inc., New York, NY ?Let but goodness and kindness pursue me all the days of my life. And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for many long days.? Psalm 23, The Book… Read more »
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Book: Richard Rorty and Pascal Engel, What’s the Use of Truth? Publication date: 2007 Publisher: Columbia University Press, New York, NY ” . . since Plato the meanings of normative terms like good, just, and true have been problems only for philosophers. Everybody else knows how to use them and does not need an explanation… Read more »