Monthly Archives: October 2006
Old Wineskins
There’s a couple posts on the Language Log about Jesus’ wineskins metaphor. The first one isn’t particularly interesting from a Christian perspective: linguists hears interesting metaphor and eventually realizes it’s from the Bible. The second one, on the other hand, IS interesting from a Christian perspective. Here’s the quote (contributed by readers): The Talmud (Avot [...]
On ‘New Journalism’ or Blogging Is (Might be) News
There’s a Slashdot ‘interview’ (users ask the questions, expert answers the best questions) about blogging and journalism up right now. I haven’t read all of it; so far, it’s faciliating between kind of boring and really good. Here’s a great quote: If you want to inform the world of something, grok it before you rock it.
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Woody and Arlo
I’m listening to a bit of an Arlo Guthrie show. He DOES sound like his dad. You know the Motorcycle Song has got to come from the children songs that his dad would sing him when he was a kid. It’s dumb and silly and great. Sounds like one of Woody’s kid songs.
More Free Sufjan
I guess Sufjan’s been playing this 10 minute opus of pretension in his live shows recently called Majesty, Swowbird. You can pick up a 16mb mp3 on this page, and watch a couple concert videos while you’re at it. The Lord God Bird song, which he wrote for Arkansas and NPR is here, in care you [...]
Review of Ramblin’ Man
Here’s a review of Ramblin’ Man, the Woody Guthrie biography I just finished up (his autobiographical novel is next). Basically, the reviewer takes the author to task for never really coming out and saying Guthrie was an avowed communist. She’d rather he be a good commie, and not this watered-down “American” nonsense (it took me the [...]
Bezier Curves