MTF
Lost my high powered job, six figures out the door.
MAN, my employer used to love me.
Fired me for taking an unwarranted leave of absence.
Unwarranted or unexpected. Read the rest of this entry »
The Nation Formerly Known as Belgium?
Chocolate and beer. To have tasted the Belgian variety of these treats is to count yourself among the lucky. Believe it or not, they may be all that’s left of a strained Belgian national identity. Read the rest of this entry »
Eleventh Winter: To Sea
by Craig Nagoshi
This season’s tempests blustered you out
To sea, by the flash of fire
That consumed and passed those about
You. Read the rest of this entry »
Four Poems about Theater
Oh, so you saw it
I saw a play today
I saw it
Did you think?
I saw a play I saw it Read the rest of this entry »
Analysis of Autumn of the Seraphs
The likeability of Pinback does not seem to come to one immediately; but after enough listens, it is nearly unavoidable. The same can be said of their newest release, Autumn of the Seraphs.
An Editorial Debate
by Jonathan Hust and Clifton Smith
This exchange took place between our contributor Jonathan Hust and co-editor Clifton Smith. It concerns Jonathan’s addition of a “Current Must-Hear Shortlist” to his Review of Autumn of the Seraphs, also featured in this issue. The list includes five additional albums and a numeric rating; it prompted the following editorial debate. Read the rest of this entry »
“How can one ratio, ration an experience”
by Craig Nagoshi
How can one ratio, ration an experience,
Rationalize its essence Read the rest of this entry »
Song Analysis Correspondence (Part Two)
by Jonathan Hust and Clifton Smith
This is the second part of an ongoing correspondence.
Jonathan,
Why should we bother with all of this song scrutiny? What possible good could all of this extra thinking amount to? Isn’t it enough to like whatever we like as long as it doesn’t hurt anybody?
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Staging Science in Life of Galileo
by Trevor Helminski
Collaborator: Clifton Smith
Galileo Galilei
by Ottavio Leoni
(1624)
Life of Galileo by German playwright Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956) is a major attempt to dramatize both the life of a great scientist and a crucial episode in the biography of science.
The Festival of the Virgin of Urkupiña
Entrada from the Festival of the Virgin of Urkupiña
My wife Sally and I are Spanish language students in Cochabamba, Bolivia, and have been here since the first of July, 2007. I do not pretend great wisdom, or extraordinary insight. On the contrary, I am living the wonderfully relaxed life of a full-time student, soon to be thrust back into the “real world.” Read the rest of this entry »