The grand folks at The Imaginative Conservative continue to publish my “director’s cut” pieces from my forthcoming book, IN DEFENSE OF ANDREW JACKSON, out September 10, 2018, by Regnery.
Though Andrew Jackson only served a very short term as governor of Florida, several things should be noted in order to see the continuity and development of his thought. Jackson, by the time he assumed office in Florida, had already held legislative as well as judicial positions. He had yet to hold a political executive office. He had, of course, held a military executive office, but not a political one. Understandably, this would serve a proving ground for Jackson, especially as he headed toward the White House, willingly or not.
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Rush’s 19th Studio Album. Six years old today. Art by Hugh Syme.
Today is the sixth anniversary of the release of the final Rush studio album, CLOCKWORK ANGELS. It can get “nun more” prog.
[This piece is dedicated to my great and brave friend, Steve Horwitz, fellow Rush-ian]
Rush’s nineteenth studio album, Clockwork Angels, came out on June 12, 2012. It was the first album to be distributed by heavy-metal label, Roadrunner, and the second to be produced by Nick Raskulinecz. As mentioned at this beginning of this book, the story of Clockwork Angelsis such an artistic success—as a story, a concert, a novel, a sequel to the novel, a graphic novel, an audio book, and a series of comic books—that it really overshadows not only the actual album but much of Rush’s other art. It is, of course, the culmination of forty years of care, of…
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Artwork by James Marsh. The moth, either disintegrating or becoming whole.
For all intents and purposes, Mark Hollis disappeared twenty years ago.
No, not entirely.
Since releasing his last full album, MARK HOLLIS, in 1998, he has appeared, from time to time, on the work of other artists–most particularluy on the work of Phill Brown, Dave Allinson, Unkle, and Anja Garbarek. All of these collaborations, however, took place before 2002.
Ten years later, in 2012, Hollis again emerged, writing a stunning piece of music for the Kelsey Grammar TV series, Boss. That piece, “ARBSection 1,” lasts a full 54 seconds. No one in the music world has seen or heard from him since.
Not too surprisingly, Mark Hollis’s absence has only heightened the interest in him.
For those of us who love Talk Talk, there’s something unlrentingly fascinating about the trajectory of the band. As is well known in musical circles, Talk Talk had…
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Clockwork Angels by Rush. Age 6. Pure Prog Bliss.
Art by Hugh Syme
The best classroom you can imagine: http://www.libertyclassroom.com/dap/a/?a=8149
Dear Stormfields Readers,
First, as always, thank you!
Second, I’m really pleased to announce that the grand and wondrous Tom Woods will soon be releasing 118 audio lectures I’ve delivered on western and American civilization.
These will appear, of course, on Tom’s Liberty Classroom, of which I am exceedingly proud to be a member.
In actuality, though, there are only about 60 unique lectures, covering Genesis and Heraclitus to Reagan and the end of the Cold War. The first set, I recorded in 2006-2007. The second set, I recorded in 2016-2017.
This coming academic year, I will be recording the same series of lectures.
Each lecture is based strictly on primary documents. No textbooks for me! Well, barely, that is. Generally, I despise textbooks (and almost all academic writing). Real education–to my mind–demands engagement of thinker to thinker, with the professor serving as a facilitator.
To access these lectures, please go to Tom Woods’s Liberty Classroom and become a member! Here’s the handy, dandy link: http://www.libertyclassroom.com/dap/a/?a=8149
God bless,
Brad
The greatest of eighteenth-century thinkers, Edmund Burke.
True conservatism is NOT nationalism. Nor can it ever be, except as a perversion and adulteration.
“Our country is not a thing of mere physical locality. It consists, in a great measure, in the antient order into which we are born. We may have the same geographical situation, but another country; as we may have the same country in another soil. The place that determines our duty to country is a social, civil relation.”–Edmund Burke, 1791
While Andrew Jackson is a particular type of American, he is very much that type, the definition and embodiment of that type. In the twentieth century, he would become Ethan Edwards, played by John Wayne, in John Ford’s The Searchers (1956). In the twenty-first century, he would become Malcolm Reynolds, played by Nathan Fillon, in Joss Whedon’s Firefly (2002). “You don’t know me, son, so let me explain this to you once,” Reynolds says to a new member of his crew. “If I ever kill you, you’ll be awake, you’ll be facing me, and you’ll be armed.” Honest and earnest to a fault, this type of American republican knows that nothing matters more in the world than one’s honor. Once this is lost, life is no longer worth living, and it can be regained only through extreme self-sacrifice.
The Andrew Jackson & John C. Calhoun Divide — The Imaginative Conservative
When Andrew Jackson learned that John C. Calhoun had been deceiving him for more than a decade, Jackson understandably exploded in rage… While Andrew Jackson was moving against the Seminoles, the Spanish, and the British in Florida in the late 1810s, he had assumed that his closest ally in President James Monroe’s cabinet was John…
via The Andrew Jackson & John C. Calhoun Divide — The Imaginative Conservative
The Humility of Mary — The Imaginative Conservative
From the Annunciation to the Presentation, from the Wedding at Cana to the upper room in Acts 1 and 2, the Mother of God’s life is undergirded and infused with humility… 1,771 more words
The Sacred and the Profane (TIC)
The recent spectacle of the “Heavenly Bodies” gala at The Met is a perfect example of society’s confusion and an unwitting rejection of the order of things. 1,276 more words
via The Sacred, the Profane, and the Vulgar — The Imaginative Conservative
Stay Foolish (E-Tinkerbell)
I have always been inspired by Steve Jobs’s famous speech at Stanford. So motivating. In particular by his use of the word “foolish”. For foolish he meant to be daring, creative and ready to explore paths unseen to the wise. You must be courageous and determined to do that of course, but above all: fool. […]
Gazpacho’s Soviet Saga: SOYUZ
Gazpacho, SOYUZ (Kscope 2018). Tracks: Soyuz One; Hypomania; Exit Suite; Emperor Bespoke; Sky Burial; Fleeting Things; Soyuz Out; and Rappaccini. To be sure, every release from the Norwegian art rockers extraordinaire, Gazpacho, is not just another moment in a progger’s life, but an actual event—filled with meaning and significance, marked by the awareness and heighten-ness […]
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