Romance is a motif that has dominated artistic expressions for centuries. And it’s no wonder, since the desire for relationship is innate in humans. Romance in art is prevalent, and we do not want it to be otherwise, I think. […]
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Most people know that “favorite” and “best” are not synonyms. Likewise, most people, I think, are also aware that the majority of the “best of” lists that pop up towards the end of each year are really the writer’s favorites. With […]
Winter is almost here. Which means that one day in the near future, my family and I will take our annual trek to visit the monuments on the snow-covered National Mall. While this trek may be a mere three miles […]
The Canadian Plains inhabit a level of lonely yet beautiful vastness that echoes rhythmically around the cars speeding down the Trans-Canada Highway. I should know; I’ve driven that forlorn stretch of road more than once. I’ve also driven the roads […]
If you’re unfamiliar with the story behind Gone Like the Cotton from the Cox Family, you may want to familiarize yourself with it; it’s a good ‘un! However, as interesting as the backstory is, the music on Gone Like the […]
The stereotypes swirling around Australia often have the effect of mythologizing the country while also tempting the mind to view it in offensively cartoonish terms. Negative stereotypes of Australians are unabashedly floated, and unfortunate images of overly laid-back, borderline alcoholics […]
If an artist carves a beautiful sculpture out of a tree in the forest and no one sees the artist do it, is he or she still an artist? The obvious answer is, or, hold on, the maybe obvious answer […]
Sitting at the kitchen table, drinking Tony White’s beer while listening to him talk about Grace & Tony’s upcoming album, Phantasmagoric, would’ve been worth the price of admission – if I had been required to pay admission, that is. It […]
The movie Dream a Little Dream, while admittedly not a paragon of filmmaking, holds a special place in my heart. It was one of my most often watched movies during my high school years. A couple of days ago, I introduced my daughter […]
“Our entire relationship is unethical,” accused Stephen Russ as he antagonistically leered at me, ending the argument The Fire Tonight’s drummer and I were having while we drank beers in the closest thing Arlington, VA has to a dive bar[1]. […]
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