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Giving what you have to give by the means you are able to give it
“I can’t cook a Thanksgiving dinner. All I can make is cold cereal and maybe toast.”
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A game that befuddles
Playing Labyrinth with family leads to confusion and talks of the impossibility of knowing.
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U2’s American television debut on Tomorrow Coast to Coast, 1981
U2 performs “I Will Follow” on Tomorrow Coast to Coast, followed by a brief interview, and closes with “Twilight.” There is some unbelievable energy coming from Bono.
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What really happens in history
I believe what really happens in history is this: the old man is always wrong; and the young people are always wrong about what is wrong with him. The practical form it takes is this: that, while the...
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William Blake on generalization and particularization
To generalize is to be an idiot. Particularization is the alone distinction of merit. -William Blake, in his annotations to his personal copy of Joshua Reynolds’ Discourses
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All these videos
It should be known that all of these videos of late have been intentionally and carefully hand-picked by me. This blog has not become a YouTube feed. Each of these videos hold something special to be...
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Sonic Youth performs Silver Rocket live on Night Music, 1989
Live on Night Music. Would you just look at that band. So much energy coming from each of them.
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Beck performs Pay No Mind (Snoozer) live on MTV’s 120 Minutes, 1994
You have to watch this. Beck performs “Pay No Mind (Snoozer)” from his album Mellow Gold, on MTV’s 120 Minutes. It’s a gem of a performance. You should also watch this interview with Thurston Moore...
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For those of you interested in theology and apologetics
For those of you who came to Credo ut intelligam because of an interest in theology and apologetics: I apologize for the lack of content as of late. To my fellow musicophiles who, like me, relish the...
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A brief video of Moby performing Go, 1991
Look at him. Moby is all alone on that stage, with only a keyboard to keep him company. He’s dancing around, moving his hips, and doing all of this confidently. This brief recording offers a fantastic...
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Sonic Youth performs Bull In the Heather live on the Late Show with David...
Taken from Sonic Youth’s eighth studio album, Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star, “Bull In the Heather” is a propulsive and sexy song, and can be interpreted as a euphemism for the potential of...
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Radiohead performs Street Spirit (Fade Out) live on MTV’s 120 Minutes, 1996
Here is a performance of one of Radiohead’s strongest songs (and one of their darkest), not only from The Bends, but I would argue, from their entire catalog. “Street Spirit (Fade Out)” is here...
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Mildred Pierce
“Mildred Pierce” is one of the first songs written by Sonic Youth. Taken from their sixth studio album, Goo, it features dark, frenetic guitar work, and it is also one of the few songs to use standard...
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Congress observed
“Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens — and then everybody disagrees.” — Russian actor Boris Marshalov, after visiting the House of Representatives via...
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Falling
Here is the music video for the gorgeous Julee Cruise track, “Falling”. Written for the Twin Peaks soundtrack and released in 1990, the music for “Falling” was written by the television show’s...
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