On Songs & Albums Looking Closer's Last-Minute Christmas Gift Recommendations Many of you are scrambling to pick up gifts for friends and family, and I feel compelled to bring some possibilities to your attention... gifts that would enrich the lives of those who care about excellence, beauty, truth, and the arts.
Music Reviews The Sound of a Place: Guest Writer Brian Volck on Over the Rhine's New Album I posted my own review of Over the Rhine's new album earlier this week. I could have left it that but, well, the doctor is in! And I want you to hear his own diagnosis!
On Books & Writing Wendell Berry and Brian Volck Ponder the Gulf Oil Spill Here's a four-minute video of Wendell Berry responding to the oil spill. And here's what Brian Volck says about the disaster in today's Good Letters post: The vast, swirling, and toxic mess euphemistically named the Gulf oil “spill” calls to mind Dante’s infernal
On Books & Writing If Only... “I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least — and it is commonly more than that — sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements.” * Henry David Thoreau ... to which I respond, "SHUT. UP."
