Time files, doesn’t it? Sure it flies, but it also files. It files the past away for the future. It files down the present until the future emerges. It seems like I just made last year’s mix, so I felt a little unprepared when other contributors started posting theirs. Here’s mine. Many of you know [...]
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It’s coming on Christmas
Here’s a little Christmas music to tide you over until we can get a 2009 mix together. 1. John Fahey – Joy to the World 2. Joan Baez – I Wonder as I Wander 3. Joni Mitchell – River 4. Vashti Bunyan – Winter is Blue 5. Odetta – What Month Was Jesus Born In? [...]
Damn Yankees
In a scene in Annie Hall, Alvy Singer, played by Woody Allen, awkwardly and defensively plies his girlfriend Annie, played by Diane Keaton, when she accuses him of not loving her. “Love is too weak a word for what I feel,” he claims. “I *lurve* you, you know, I *loave* you, I *loff* you.” Similarly, [...]
The Christian Gene
This is too good not to share. Apologies to those of you who don’t like those giant Youtube previews in the Biscuits column.
Silly mid-on
Yorker. lbw. Allrounder. Gully. Slips. Century. Googly. Confused yet? Me too, and I’m even trying. These fascinating words are all associated with the (to me) mysterious sport of Cricket. I’ve spent a little time trying to figure out the rules, sorry “Laws” of the sport — watching a few matches on TV, following on line, [...]
Son of and it’s only a dollar
I like records. You knew this already, many of you. Records are making a big comeback, too. In my house, they never went out of style, but now many brand-new releases on vinyl also come with a free digital download of all the songs. You can have the large-format artwork, the analog warmth, *and* the [...]
