Matt Zoller Seitz begins a new essay series, this time on the films of Clint Eastwood.
Sorry for the light postings lately (for the two of you who care). It’s been insanely busy lately, and doesn’t look to be lightening up any time soon. Hopefully it will all be worth it and I’ll be able to share some exciting news in the next few days.
Anyway, I’ve been rethinking the purpose of this tumblog, and I’ll probably be posting more often in the coming months. I just won’t be pretending this is a real blog. I started this intending to exercise my writing muscles, but then it just became a repository for fun and interesting things I found online. And I’m fine with that. I just need to embrace it. So I may be doing a rebrand down the line, maybe a layout tweak and a name change.
I may start a new, more substantial blog on my own site, but keep this going as well (check out Trish’s dual blogs in the friend roll for an example). I don’t know how it will all turn out, but I promise I’ll try to keep it interesting.
Jay-Z and Alicia Keys - “Empire State of Mind” from the 2009 VMA’s
I haven’t been able to get this song out of my head for the last two weeks. For all the flack MTV gets about a lack of focus on music, they really know how to create an epic televised performance (random stage-crasher notwithstanding). From the prizefighter-style intro, to the giant screen framed by fire escape balconies, to the shots of Beyonce marking out for her man, the production elevates a very good performance by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys into something anthemic. Makes me miss NY something fierce. Good thing I’ll be there in two weeks.
OKC’s local NPR affiliate KGOU profiled Matthew Alvin Brown today, leading up to Saturday night’s staged reading of “Rainbow Around the Sun” at Lyric on the Plaza.
Anyway, It’s a nice primer on “Rainbow” and a great reminder to reserve your seats immediately for Saturday’s show. Word is there are less than 75 seats remaining two days before the show.
Reserve your seats by calling the Lyric Box Office at (405) 524-9312.
Harsh Truth. And a curse on all those who embed music tracks in a page and stick the mute button somewhere hard to find.
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“Healer” - Trent Austin with Marcy Priest from kevin ely on Vimeo.
A couple of weeks back we recorded another Worship Session for Church Online, this time featuring Trent Austin with Marcy Priest. We recorded three sets that will be rolled out over the next several weeks at live.lifechurch.tv.
Trent has always beena good friend and personal inspiration to me, and I’ve been wanting to do something like this with him for years. And I’m really happy with the end product, so it’s doubly satisfying.
The song performed here is “Healer” by Hillsong United, and includes pieces of “How Great is Our God” (Tomlin) and “How Great Thou Art” (Traditional).
Spoon boy: Do not try and bend the spoon. That’s impossible. Instead… only try to realize the truth.
Neo: What truth?
Spoon boy: There is no spoon.
Neo: There is no spoon?
Spoon boy: Then you’ll see, that it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself.
Neo: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge bullets?
Morpheus: No, Neo. I’m trying to tell you that when you’re ready, you won’t have to.
reason #497 for loving St. Vincent: this cover of one of my favorite Beatles songs.
(via Migrant Beat)
