Reviews 11/13

So Brave, Young, and Handsome (Alas, not my biography)

I just turned the last page of Leif Enger’s new book, So Brave, Young, and Handsome. It hit the shelves a couple of months ago and, yes,...

Shive Arrives: A Song by Song Commentary on The Ill-Tempered Klavier

Jun 24, 2008

Shive Arrives: A Song by Song Commentary on The Ill-Tempered Klavier

One listen to Ben Shive’s debut The Ill-Tempered Klavier will provide obvious evidence of why this young man has secured the respect of...

Concert Review: Andrew Peterson & The Captains Courageous

Jun 12, 2008

Concert Review: Andrew Peterson & The Captains Courageous

I got to see Andrew Peterson and the Captains Courageous (Andy Gullahorn & Ben Shive) this weekend when their adventuring brought them to...

The Good News According To Thad Cockrell

Jun 4, 2008

The Good News According To Thad Cockrell

Do you ever find an album that so inexplicably captures you for a season that it’s all you can listen to? That’s what has happened to me...

Tag Team Corner (Matt & Curt): Favorite Sleepers

Jun 2, 2008

Tag Team Corner (Matt & Curt): Favorite Sleepers

Matt: We ended our last conversation with the ‘sleeper’ category and it got me thinking – what is my favorite absolutely sleeper pick out...

May 26, 2008

Prince Caspian: My Take (Spoiler Alert)

If there ever was a fan of Narnia, it’s me. I first read the Chronicles as an eight year old boy, and I have read and reread the books so...

Memorial Day Reflection: Band of Brothers

May 26, 2008

Memorial Day Reflection: Band of Brothers

One of the first times I stayed at Andrew Peterson’s house, he insisted I watch Band Of Brothers and made me take his DVD box set of the...

May 20, 2008

You Against You: A Concert Review

Around this time last year, Eric Peters played a concert in Murfreesboro, TN that I was planning on attending, but bad weather, a long...

Babette’s Feast: It’s Food, So What’s the Big Deal?

May 20, 2008

ART

Babette’s Feast: It’s Food, So What’s the Big Deal?

I’m deeply grateful that Jason Gray mentioned this movie in the reply of a recent post. It won an Academy Award in 1987 for Best Foreign...

May 13, 2008

ART

The War of Art

First off, I’ve never had a book change my life so radically as this one. I read it on a flight to Calgary a month ago, and as I devoured...

Apr 30, 2008

Flannery O’Connor: The Complete Stories

This collection is essential to both long time fans and first time readers interested in the work of Flannery O’Connor. My first time to...

Apr 13, 2008

Saint Julian: A Novel

Walt Wangerin, Jr. strikes again. Several people in the last few weeks have commented to me about how glad they are that they discovered...

Feb 21, 2008

No Country for Old Men

“You can say it’s my job to fight [evil] but I don’t know what it is anymore. More than that, I don’t want to know. A man would have to...

Jan 30, 2008

The Killer Angels

I am not a fan of Civil War literature; in fact, I have always thought of it as one of those weird sub-genres for obsessive types....

Bono: Conversations With A Burning Flame

Jan 28, 2008

Bono: Conversations With A Burning Flame

I just got done reading a book that I honestly didn’t expect to like as much as I did. I picked it up on a whim because I had a gift card...

Remember to Forget: A Review of “Away From Her”

Jan 24, 2008

Remember to Forget: A Review of “Away From Her”

The best movies are true. So true, that its characters aren’t necessarily heralded as heroes or reviled as villains. The players are...

Jan 10, 2008

Soul Mining: The Mystical Music of Daniel Lanois

WARNING: What follows may be an annoyingly gushing review by a music geek who loses all sense of perspective and dignity when a new...

Jan 2, 2008

The Proprietor’s Favorite Music of 2007

Music sinks into me differently than books or movies. I’m very picky with it, and prone to listen to one thing over and over again rather...

Have You Seen Any Good Movies This Year?

Dec 19, 2007