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rrhythmia: the habit of letting chaos be

Posted in clarity, denkschrift, missio dei, rrythmia on August 19, 2007| Leave a Comment »

A perfect chaos absorbs the street of Cairo, the most splendid disregard for safe conduct that the mind can imagine.

It is as though millennia of human experience in self-preservation have been sucked out of the atmosphere, leaving men and women to fling themselves moth-like into the lamp, banging time and time against glass, seeking out with obsessive will the consuming flame, loving ten times more the wick than the placid darkness where a moth might fly all night long to its heart’s content. (more…)

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rrythmia: the habit of waiting

Posted in clarity, denkschrift on August 17, 2007| Leave a Comment »

Back then, ‘work stoppage’ belonged to the patois of the factory, not the baseball diamond.

It had not yet become the lingua franca that mediates between the players’ ‘strike’ and the owners’ ‘lockout’. You played baseball for fun and for as long as you could, and you assumed everyone else who could did the same. The idea of deciding not to play baseball had not occurred to us, perhaps like the concept ‘Interstate Highway’ before the invention of the wheel. If picketing at the plant meant some kids ate tuna fish for two weeks straight, at least you could comfort yourself with the Phillies’ box score in the morning paper. If they had beat up on the Mets, labor disputes or a dad’s missed paycheck seemed a slightly irritating footnote. (more…)

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ohne Hast: Symphony No.4; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (Sony Classics)

Posted in reseña on August 17, 2007| Leave a Comment »

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Mahler’s fourth symphony is perhaps most memorable for its unsettlingly gorgeous second movement,entitled ‘In gemächlicher Bewegung. Ohne Hast.’ (more…)

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sing-able: Newsboys, Devotion

Posted in reseña on August 17, 2007| Leave a Comment »

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A Newsboys worship album is not a Picasso. It is not abstract and perplexing. Music lovers who want profound mystery and enigmatic musical arrangements need look elsewhere. (more…)

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this fear will not destroy me: R.E.M., Around the Sun

Posted in reseña on August 17, 2007| Leave a Comment »

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The very first chords of ‘Leaving New York’ assure us that Around the Sun will be classic R.E.M. (more…)

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like sparkling mineral water: Mozart:The Complete Piano Sonatas and Variations (EMI Classics)

Posted in reseña on August 17, 2007| Leave a Comment »

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It is something near to a cleansing experience to listen through the Mozart piano repertoire as performed by Daniel Barenboim. (more…)

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more than good enough: Sennheiser PXC 250 Noise Canceling Headphones (Silver)

Posted in paterfamilias, reseña on August 17, 2007| Leave a Comment »

I travel half the time on business. Music is my travel companion. (more…)

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pedestrians saved!: Parrot CK3100 LCD Bluetooth Car Kit

Posted in paterfamilias, reseña on August 17, 2007| 1 Comment »

Full product information for this item, together with my review, my ranking of the product, and any reader comments, can be found at http://www.amazon.com.

The Parrot CK3100 hands-off car phone kit is not the coolest-looking gadget around. It just works.

Form lags function in this case, but the function is so good that you hardly notice. (more…)

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sound out of a suitcase: Logitech 970173-0403 mm50 Portable Speakers for iPod White

Posted in paterfamilias, reseña on August 17, 2007| Leave a Comment »

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I spend a lot of time working out of hotel rooms, so this Logitech portable speaker system was a natural. I’ve not been disappointed. (more…)

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*Who* you callin’ unconnected?!: BlackBerry 7105t Phone (T-Mobile)

Posted in paterfamilias, reseña on August 17, 2007| Leave a Comment »

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Along with all the good stuff in my job, there’s a potential downside: I’m ‘on’ 24/7 in time zones all over the world. One of the reasons I can manage this is my BlackBerry 7105t (T-Mobile).

But you gotta’ manage it or it will manage you. (more…)

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