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Babyland General
In the Eastern Orthodox Church, we celebrated Pascha a few weeks ago. I wondered how many of the parish faithful would be drawn to our middle-of-the-night celebration. It turns out, pretty much all of them. Even my friend, whose wife had twins earlier in the day, came to the Pascha
Notes From A Quiet Life
A new Washed Out video uses AI to promote the first single from a forthcoming album.
Into The Realm
I have mixed feelings about a band that does doom metal with this much conviction.
Love Child (Never Meant To Be)
Bandcamp has a feature on Sonic Youth and Beat Happening contemporaries, Love Child. John Morrison, writing about the short-lived group, notes that their sound, while not pop-punk as we think of it, nevertheless was both pop and punk. Particularly on their early 7” singles, they have a shambling, amateurish sound
Your Analyst Was A Placekicker For The Falcons
Examining the attempts to replace religious observances with secular equivalents.
Music Media Mayhem
What is the best way to buy and consume music in 2024?
A La Sala
A band that has spawned many imitators keeps adding to the quality of their catalog.
The City We Forgot To Name
More evidence of bias in mainstream journalism.
Substack Lock-In
Will the latest Substack controversy have legs?
Borderline Savings Time
The shifts in some of the most prominent Christian cultures in the U.S. have been disturbing.
