Best PROG Cover Ever.
Who wouldn’t love this cover? Holy schnikees, it’s gorgeous. Admittedly, I’m a rather huge fan of Jerry Ewing. But, he’s outdone himself with this one. I’m drooling. . . .
Hello Cleveland: Rush ’74
Whether it comes down to talent, musical choices, or the genius of their management, Rush continues to pull off an inspired feat: embedding themselves in the rock mainstream while maintaining a reputation as music biz outsiders and, deceptively, cultural dark horses. It’s a trick most rock and punk bands would kill for and it actually does come down to a question of honesty. Rush never cared about being one of the cool kids and guess what, turns out the world’s not made up of cool kids after all. And those un-cool kids want to see their band live.
Based on the evidence of Rush’s officially released live catalog, you’d be hard pressed to find a better, or better-documented, live “stadium” rock band. For its consistent onstage delivery the band itself credits its grind in the clubs of Toronto in the early 1970s. As that decade wore on and they began…
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Donald Davidson, “I’ll Take My Stand: A History,” 1935
The famous poet and philosopher, Donald Davidson, looks back on the creation of the southern agrarian movement, six years earlier.
Source: Donald Davidson, “I’ll Take My Stand: A History,” AMERICAN REVIEW 5 (1935): 301-321.
Ross Hoffman, “Liberty and Authority,” 1934
Source: Ross J.S. Hoffman, “Liberty and Authority: A Political Essay,” AMERICAN REVIEW 3 (1934): 562-590.
My Favorite Books of 2014
Carl Olson very kindly included me in his “Best of 2014” books over at Catholic World Report.
http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/3605/The_Best_Books_I_Read_in_2014.aspx#sdendnote2sym
Remembering Irving Babbitt, 1936
Image of Irving Babbitt by Michael Hogue, borrowed from THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE.
Source: G.R. Elliott, “Irving Babbitt as I Knew Him,” AMERICAN REVIEW 8 (1936-1937): 36-60.
Jacques Maritain, “The Christian and History,” 1957
Source: Jacques Maritain, “The Christian and History,” JUBILEE (November 1957), 36-40.
Interview with Paul Elmer More, 1943
Source: J. Duncan Spaeth, “Conservations with Paul Elmer More,” SEWANEE REVIEW 51 (Autumn 1943): 532-545.
Thomas Merton, “Time and Liturgy,” 1956
Brother Thomas Merton
I always find it strange that Catholics possess mixed feelings about Thomas Merton. For me, he was an absolute genius. Brilliant and a man of almost impeccable integrity. Of all of his writings, this–Time and Liturgy–is one of my favorites.
Source: Thomas Merton, “Time and Liturgy,” WORSHIP 31 (December 1956): 2-10.
Happy New Year: A Feast of Christopher Dawson Material
Dawson, “New Decline and Fall,” COMMONWEAL 15 (1932), 370-372.
Dawson, “The Significance of Bolshevism,” ENGLISH REVIEW (September 1932): 239-250.
Dawson, review of MEIN KAMPF, THE TABLET (March 25, 1939), 373-374.
Dawson, “The New Community,” THE TABLET (1939). Multiple piece article.
Dawson, “The Papacy and the New Order,” 421 (April 1942): 109-115.
cd parties politics peace 1945
Dawson, “Parties, Politics, and Peace,” THE CATHOLIC MIND (June 1945): 370-372.
Dawson, review of Niebuhr, THE DUBLIN REVIEW 224 (1952): 64-68.
Dawson, Christianity and Sex (full book)
In the late 1920s, T.S. Eliot asked Christopher Dawson to write a small book on the meaning of family in the western and Christian tradition. The two would come to collaborate frequently, but this was the first thing that brought them together. A great little book. Enjoy.
And, by popular request–the missing pages. My apologies, but I don’t have the original 1930 version. I took these from Dawson’s 1933 book, ENQUIRIES INTO RELIGION AND CULTURE (New York: Sheed and Ward).
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