On Songs & Albums Andy Whitman's Christmas Playlist Nobody I know writes about music with more passion, personality, and insight than Andy Whitman. And here he is with a Christmas playlist.
Bob Dylan Happy Birthday, Bob Dylan! In honor of Friday's birthday boy, here's Andy Whitman's post about the man of many musical identities...
Nostalgia When it comes to rock and roll, there are no "good old days." Today's must-read: Andy Whitman tells us to shut up about how music used to be great. He writes: What I don’t understand is why so few people continue to seek out new music past the tender age of, oh, say twenty five. ... Why would you ever
Mavis Staples Andy Whitman Interviews Mavis Staples Mavis Staples' You Are Not Alone was far and away the finest gospel album I heard in 2010. Have you heard it yet? It's so full of joy, warmth, encouragement, and soul. My friend Andy Whitman was blessed with an opportunity to interview her, and he turned
On Songs & Albums What Whitman Said The great Andy Whitman has a few things to say about Calvin College's decision to cancel the New Pornographers concert. As usual... I'm with Andy. I need a t-shirt that says, "What Andy Whitman Said." If you've never read his blog,
On Songs & Albums I've Caught Aaron Strumpel Fever The only 5-star album I've heard thus far this year. If Nine Inch Nails sang the Psalms and invited avant garde jazzbos The Art Ensemble of Chicago to the studio, it might sound like this.- Paste music critic Andy Whitman In the last several years, I'
U2 Andy Whitman on U2's "Really Good Non-Reinvention" Josh Hurst hosts a U2 love-in. Meanwhile, at artsandfaith.com, Andy Whitman of Paste, who is working on his review of the new album, lets this slip: Don't believe the hype. This is not U2's best album, but it is a really good non-reinvention.
On Songs & Albums Help Andy Whitman, the world's best music reviewer/columnist! If you can find anybody who writes about music with more eloquence, passion, and historical knowledge than Andy Whitman, please let me know. He's my favorite. Nobody can send me running to spend money on music I haven't heard before like Andy can. Alas, Andy had
Bob Dylan Browser, 10/17 Here's Andy Whitman on my favorite album of 2008 so far. Also... * Bono and Edge trying to drive fans crazy, hold secret performance of new material. * My horse could paint that? And now, a bunch of links to GreenCine Daily, where reviews are piling up for must-see
David Foster Wallace David Foster Wallace, author of "Infinite Jest," dead at 46. My thanks to Alissa Wilkinson for passing along the news... The L.A. Times has the story here. Jackie Morales, a records clerk at the department, said Wallace's wife called police at 9:30 p.m. Friday saying she had returned home to find that her husband had
On Books & Writing David Foster Wallace, author of "Infinite Jest," dead at 46. My thanks to Alissa Wilkinson for passing along the news... The L.A. Times has the story here. Jackie Morales, a records clerk at the department, said Wallace's wife called police at 9:30 p.m. Friday saying she had returned home to find that her husband had
Music Reviews My Favorite Music Reviewer Speaks Andy Whitman, my favorite writer at Paste Magazine, delivered a lecture at the Trinity Arts Conference last week. I missed it. My work schedule prevented me from attending, and it hurt to miss out. Nobody writes about music with more passion than Andy. And few can draw from such a
Looking Elsewhere Looking Elsewhere: May 27, 2008 Remembering Sydney Pollack GreenCine Daily compiles the tributes. What's your favorite Pollack film? * Over-praising Coldplay What appears to be the first review of Coldplay's Viva la Vida has appeared in The Sun. It's a review by Gordon Smart. Now, I'm somewhat
On Movies & Media Del Toro Wants Puppets to Invade "The Hobbit"; Plus, Andy Whitman on Great Christian Rock Albums At Arts and Faith, Peter Chattaway comes up with two interesting links on The Hobbit. The first one is an interview, in which Del Toro says things that make me want to cheer. The only thing I will be pushing for more in these films that the other three are
On Songs & Albums Buzz About This Album Began in 1994. On May 6, It's Here. Music reviewer extraordinaire Andy Whitman has already heard it, and he's posted some comments at ArtsandFaith.com.
On Books & Writing "We Call This Friday Good" Thank you, Andy Whitman. And T.S. Eliot. Best words I've read all day.
On Songs & Albums Larry Norman is Dead. Long Live Larry Norman. "The father of Christian rock" -- Larry Norman -- is dead. And as you might expect, Andy Whitman has written something appropriate to this solemn event. UPDATE: CT on Larry Norman.
Flannery O'Connor The Browser: Dobson and the election. Another Top Ten List. O'Connor. Whitman on this election year's Dobson factor Some writers make me nod off. Andy Whitmanmakes me nod on, and on, and on.  * A Lively List VJ Morton has one of the most interesting Best of 2007 lists I've seen, and a thoughtful trip through the acting
Harry Potter Specials: Harry Potter; Mother Teresa; Wilson on Atheism Books; Cummings on Satyajit Ray I'm a week late to this blog entry, but wow... Andy Whitman writes about music better than just about anybody I know. And now he's posted a home-run entry about Harry Potter. * Yesterday I posted news about the new book on Mother Teresa. Here'
Danny Boyle Specials: Bourne, Batman, Potter, Wenders, Derrickson, Bjork, Sunshine, and more. A few quick notes and links from my flurry of catching up: I can't believe it. After all of the buzz, the hype, the excitement, I've seen The Bourne Ultimatum, and I'm really, really disappointed. It's the least of the three... basically
On Movies & Media Lindsay Lohan Turns Around. (Or... Does She?) Thanks to Andy Whitman for bringing to my attention the only Lindsay Lohan news worth reporting. And here it is: FOX News reports that Barry Gerald Sands, a Century City defense attorney and a certified drug and alcohol counselor, had this to say regarding Lohan's current predicament: "
U2 Music bits: U2 Album Progress. Whitman's aves. Hartse on Feist. The Believer. A quick blitz of music links: * U2's progress on their new album. * Andy Whitman rates the best albums so far this year. * Joel Hartse reviews Feist's The Reminder. * A summary of The Believer's annual Music Issue.
On Movies & Media Andy Whitman on Britney Spears, American Idol, and Calvin College Once again, Andy Whitman is a shining a beacon through the cultural fog.
On Songs & Albums Looking for Utopia? One of the seductions that bedevils Christian formation is the construction of utopias, ideal places where we can live totally and without inhibition or interference the good and blessed and righteous life. The imagining and then attempted construction of such utopias is an old habit of our kind. Sometimes we
