Category Archives: arts

A Most Wonderful Christmas Meeting

Posted on December 24, 2018 by

Our reading at Mass yesterday was from Luke 1:39-45. It’s a wonderful and too little appreciated part of the Christmas story. If you were asked “Who was the first person, besides Mary herself, to welcome Jesus and announce His coming?” … Continue reading →

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A Thick as a Brick Cover That’s Thick as a Brick

Posted on August 12, 2017 by

I’ve been a Jethro Tull fan since the age of 10. Looking at JT music tonight on YouTube, I stumbled upon this interesting bit. It’s a group of young music school hipster-nerds from the Berklee College of Music in Boston … Continue reading →

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U2 Delays New Album Because Trump Won

Posted on January 11, 2017 by

Dear Bono: Can I speak frankly as a friend? Its time you appreciate that you and your band’s super coolness has passed its “Best by” date some time ago. It could have been a learning opportunity when scads of people … Continue reading →

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Patti Smith, the Nobel Ceremony and a Turn of Beautiful Grace

Posted on December 11, 2016 by

It was announced on October 13th that Bob Dylan had won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature. The discussion of whether his work was worthy of such an honor ensued. It is, if not for his Himalayan body of work, at least … Continue reading →

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