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“[T]he crowd seemed really emotionally engaged with the music.”

“Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.”

- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

An extended version of Bon Iver’s La Blogotheque Take Away Show of “For Emma, Forever Ago” with three versions of the song and some very startled tourists.  I think this is one of my favorite things in the whole world. Not just that the song is so beautiful, and is so beautifully sung, but that [...]

A man once said, “Childrens do learn.” and I believe childrens should learn to dream big dreams. Even better is to dream arty dreams like a hipster might draw. This hipster author’s name is Dallas Clayton. Although I do not know for sure that Dallas Clayton is a hipster, he looks like this: And, I [...]

It isn’t simply that you are loved gloriously, or loved beautifully. But rather that a pitch perfect expression of love for you sounds and sounds, Rises into the very air. Though the love itself may fade, I do not know, The poetry you inspire ascends, ascending Becomes stars and you, who are so loved, Look [...]

//FROM THE ARCHIVES

Anyone who reads this site knows we’ve been conducting ourselves as if we were blogging for more than 10 years. That said, now that someone invented the actual word “blog”, things seem to have changed on the internet. Sure, the word kinda sounds like bad news during a lengthy bowel movement, but we’re not here [...]

Here’s a stellar clip we found on The Huffington Post of a Fox News reporter trying to ambush Bill Moyers. The backlash from his fellow journalists is priceless:  

Over at richarddawkins.net you can find an engrossing two hour conversation between the great minds of the secular movement: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett, and Christopher Hitchens. What is particularly fascinating is how little they preach to the choir, instead spending their time dissecting many of the reactions they have encountered while speaking throughout [...]

“A free sample is god reaching down from heaven and giving you stuff he wants you to try.”

Sure, we usually keep pretty busy taking pot shots at Jesus around here…I mean, with a president chosen by god himself, and the forthcoming Rapture, it seems almost impossible to avoid the subject these days. But you might be thinking to yourself: What about all the lesser known religions? What are they doing, and what [...]