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It would be a mistake to evaluate this double-CD as a stand-alone product.
Instead, it is the byproduct of an authentic American phenomenon. I’ve been fortunate to live all over. Believe me: Click and Clack, the Tappet Brothers on National Public Radio could only happen here. (more…)
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Christian believers are at their best when they cling with discernment and vigor to the Hebraic roots of their faith. For some, this has meant an appropriation of Hebrew language and Jewish forms of worship. The ‘messianic movement’ embraces a larger number of Gentiles who have made this choice. It also includes and is arguably led by a significant number of Jewish followers of Yeshua who do not consider that they have turned their back on their heritage of their people by finding in Yeshua the hope of all nations rather than all but one. (more…)
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Christmas music is an uneasy genre to define and review. Defined by the season in which it is played rather than by any ordinary considerations of genre, it slips easily into trite sentimentalism and commercial opportunism. The result of the latter is the awkward sound of artists who seem to have little in common with the season performing ‘Christmasy’ tunes as though outfitted in a too-tight pair of trousers. (more…)
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Do yourself a favor. If you happen to fall in love with this album and the Gipsy Kings, keep it a nice little secret. Loose lips will only immerse you in a heated debate about whether all these guitars and energy, these raspy but somehow harmonious voices, and this repertoire of love and agony truly represent Europe’s Roma (‘Gypsy’; note the spelling difference in the band’s name).
Then you’ll lose a lot of time that you could have invested in listening to this music. Not a good idea. (more…)
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I’ve been fixing up a ‘red room’ (for the color of the room, a red-and-wood decor) in our 1930s-era home for TV, reading, and generally family hanging-out. Because our family’s history, interests, and concerns take us around the world, I thought a floor globe would make a nice touch. After looking at a few unappealing examples at an office supply chain, I bought this one online and assembled it last night. (more…)
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I just drove an attic-full of stuff in the back of my pickup truck from Pennsylvania to Indiana through weather fair and foul, covered by a tarp and held snugly in place with this product. (more…)
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The sun has set on Amman this Friday afternoon. The air in the outdoor café where my turkish coffee and I wrestle with the crossed time zones that simply won’t go away has turned cool. The Muslim call to prayer from a nearby mosque is just audible over the pleasant hum of conversation.
Riad is the maître’d here. A young Syrian man with passable English that he wisely practices on an early customer, Riad clearly wants me to like Jordan, to like his restaurant, to enjoy the particular item he recommends to me from the menu, adding that ‘old Arab, they eat with their hand, but now this is not good.’ (more…)
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Jewel’s voice is unmistakable.
It either draws one in with ineffable appeal, or puts one off in the way of people who try a little too hard. (more…)
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Kenneth Karpinski’s little book is a quick read and has its better moments.
But his humor is sarcastic, his tips are very basic, and the project has little or nothing to do with what women hate. They’re simply matters of good taste and self-awareness. Men don’t learn well by being made fun of. We carry enough weight already. (more…)
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The triumphant and unostentatious stroll of Rutledge Press’ ‘Gentlemanners’ series continues with this 2003 guide to a gentleman’s kit. (more…)
Canter Bridge 