Sam Phillips

A collection of 35 posts

Joe Henry

Joe Henry, Sam Phillips, and The Long Play: LookingCloser.org's Video Blog #2

I'm still a beginner when it comes to iMovie. But I'm learning a little every time I work with it. This episode, in which I learn that ten minutes is too long for this sort of thing, covers some of my favorite recent music. And it

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Sam Phillips's Huge News

Sam Phillips fans... are you sitting down? I found the news at David Kennedy's site. I did the dance of joy. I went on to read Bruce Greenberg's detailed description. I turned a cartwheel for the first time in my life. And now I think I

Looking Elsewhere

Browser: Another New Sam Phillips Song. A Surprising Top Ten List. Favorite Albums of 2009 So Far. Calvin & Hobbes.

The Browser: News & links to raise your eyebrows & furrow your brow. New headlines may be added as the day goes on. Stay tuned. Hi ho, Jeffrey the Blogger here. Last night was fraught with technical difficulties. I don't know whether to blame Microsoft Word for Mac,

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Was It All In Her Head?

Sam Phillips is currently without a label, an intolerable circumstance. So she's releasing new songs for free on her website. There's a new track up today, available here. Okay, it's not exactly new. It was recorded in 2004, and produced by T-Bone Burnett (which

Looking Elsewhere

Browser: Sam Phillips, David Bazan, Robert Shiller, economic bubbles, Bono on Easter, and Jim Jarmusch

I'm so busy editing the next strand of The Auralia Thread, Raven's Ladder, and composing new articles for Image and Christianity Today that I'm flat out of time to blog anything substantial. So here's a rundown of links that caught my attention

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Browser: Never Let Them Spoil "Never Let Me Go"; Sam Phillips; Andy Warhol's Faith

Another of my favorite novels is coming to the big screen. Keira Knightley will star in Mark Romanek's adaptation of Never Let Me Go, an extraordinary science fiction novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, author or The Remains of the Day. But there's a problem here. The book

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A 20th Anniversary event... and you're invited to read every word.

All in one issue. * Gregory Wolfe on Tarkovsky's Stalker * Franz Wright * Makoto Fujimura * Tim Rollins * Robert Cording * Ron Hansen * Stanley Hauerwas * Christian Wiman * Ted & Cathy Prescott * Scott Cairns * Harold Fickett and... * Sam Phillips (interviewed by yours truly) You'll get this 20th Anniversary Issue of Image

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Browser - "Snowpocalypse" edition: Over the Rhine, U2, WALL-E, Sam Phillips

Merry Christmas, everybody! I've just returned from Cincinnati, where I joined about 2,500 friends to celebrate Over the Rhine's 20th anniversary. We enjoyed three days of concerts, the reunion of Over the Rhine's original lineup, and music spanning their whole career. I'

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Set list from last night's thrilling Sam Phillips concert at the Triple Door

Anne and I enjoyed a tasty (and beautiful) lunch at Lola yesterday, and the company wasn't bad either: Sam Phillips, Eric Gorfain (of the Section Quartet), and Sam's sound man Paul. We talked about touring, spirituality, Tibet, the election, Thomas Merton, and more. And then came

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Tonight. Downtown Seattle. The Triple Door. Sam Phillips.

I'll be there. Will you? It's drummer Jay Bellerose's birthday. Do you need another reason to be there? (No false advertising. She's wearing that outfit today.) (Well, she may change for the show, I suppose... but at this point in the day.

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For the Love of Vinyl

This was my first turntable. My parents still have it somewhere, stored away. I'm grateful that I grew up with this sturdy machine. And I'm grateful that I recently hooked up an excellent, tuned-up turntable that makes my vinyl, old and now, sing. I love the

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Sam Phillips - Don't Do Anything

[This is an expanded version of a review that was originally published at Christianity Today.] When Sam Phillips last toured, she sang a memorable refrain about heartbreak: “When you’re down / You find out what’s down there.” Phillips new “short-playing” album, Don’t Do Anything (Nonesuch Records), is like

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By the Way, God is Not Dead Yet.

I just received the latest issue of Christianity Today in the mail. The cover story: God is Not Dead Yet. You can read it here. Plus: A list of recommended reading on the existence of God. Also in this issue, you'll find a review of Sam Phillips'

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Watch a Short Sam Phillips Concert on NPR

Sam Phillips stopped in to play a show for All Songs Considered on NPR. You can watch the set here. All songs are from her new album, Don't Do Anything.

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ABC News Feature on Sam Phillips

I'm hesitant to link to a title as badly titled as this one. But, despite having the worst title I've seen on a Sam Phillips article in a while, and a photograph that somehow doesn't look much like her, this is one of the

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Josh Jackson Interviews Sam Phillips

Josh Jackson interviewed Sam Phillips recently, right at the beginning of her tour of Borders bookstores. I'll be talking with her again soon for a special assignment I've been given. Can't wait. Here's Josh's conversation, at Paste of course.

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Wednesday Night's Trip to Borders was Pretty Cool

I've waited 22 years for this fanboy photo. Thanks to my friend Don for snapping this.

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Tonight: Join me at Sam Phillips' free show!

7 p.m. Borders Bookstore Redmond Town Center 16549 NE 74th St Redmond, WA 98052 Phone: 425.869.1907 I'll be there.

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Paste reviews Don't Do Anything

Will I see you at the Borders bookstore in Redmond, Washington next Wednesday? Sam Phillips will be there, playing songs from her new album Don't Do Anything. And if you need any more persuading to pick up a copy, here's a review in Paste: The difference

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Today: The Biggest Album Release Day on My 2008 Calendar

Sam Phillips's "Don't Do Anything" is here. Order it from the Nonesuch website, and you'll receive the CD in the mail, and a downloadable mp3 version as well (not to mention three bonus tracks that you won't get if you

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David Kennedy on Sam Phillips's New Album

David Kennedy is rambling — no, raving! — about the new Sam Phillips album, Don't Do Anything. ... ... [T]o those for whom music - especially Phillips's music - is a treasure held near and dear, Don't Do Anything is yet another delicate miracle from an artist

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Don't Do Anything Does Not Disappoint

I'll be reviewing Sam Phillips's Don't Do Anything for Christianity Today, and I'm thrilled. Feels like a landmark moment for me, since Sam's journey has blazed the trail for me in my understanding of, and appreciation for, the wide world

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Sam Phillips... at SoulFest??

Sam Phillips is scheduled to take the same stage as Third Day and Rebecca St. James at the Christian music brouhaha Soulfest 2008. And in other news, hell just froze over. I don't know what could make the release of her first self-produced album, Don't Do

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Sam Phillips's stormy new songs

Performing Songwriter on Sam Phillips's Don't Do Anything, the album I'm most excited to hear in 2008: Don't Do Anything Thanks, Josh Hurst, for the link!

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"Don't Do Anything" on February 26

Here's the news to make all Sam Phillips fans look forward to the new year... Don't Do Anything Thanks to Jim Bricker for the link!