Claire | August 19, 2010
To categorize Cormac MCarthy’s All the Pretty Horses as primarily a “literary” novel seems to me to be doing it a disservice, because what it really is, and what it functions best as, is a Western with a literary bite. All the trademarks of the traditional Western novel are here (and beautifully so) – the [...]
Claire | August 17, 2010
Love this Christian hip-hop/rap song with an incredibly strong beat and gospel overtones. I really like what I’m seeing of Group 1 Crew – they’re filling a much-needed gap for musically powerful, faith-centered rap. Download(right-click)
Claire | August 17, 2010
Every Riven Thing God goes, belonging to every riven thing He’s made Sing his being simply by being The thing it is: Stone and tree and sky, Man who sees and sings and wonders why God goes. Belonging, to every riven thing He’s made, Means a storm of peace. Think of the atoms inside the [...]
Claire | August 15, 2010
“Love means to learn to look at yourself The way one looks at distant things For you are only one thing among many. And whoever sees that way heals his heart, Without knowing it, from various ills— A bird and a tree say to him: Friend”.
Claire | August 14, 2010
To Reference: Top Fantasy Series, Fantasy 100, YA Fantasy, Locus, Nebula and Hugo awards, Locus Index Trusted Authors: Fantasy: Ursula K. LeGuin, Patrick Rothfuss, Garth Nix, Peter Dickinson Romantic fantasy: Robin McKinley, Juliet Marillier, Cecilia Dart-Thornton, Jules Watson Fallback (flawed or not quite to my taste but enjoyable): Stephen Donaldson, C.J. Cherryh, Robert Jordan, Diana [...]
Claire | August 13, 2010
Every once in a while, something comes along that utterly restores my faith in human nature. This is one of them – one of the funniest and most uplifting things I’ve seen in a long while. Girl quits her job by writing on dry-erase board and sending photos in
Claire | August 12, 2010
I was so taken with the song “Holding on to Nothing” when I heard it on the following lovely Asian drama MV that I went off to find more about the band, and having listened to their music I am officially a convert. If you like Secondhand Serenade, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus or any of [...]
Claire | August 11, 2010
New electro-hip hop summer jam from Taiwan by Manchuker featuring Canadian artist Meighan Nealon and producer Adrian Gariba called Summer of Mine. Manchuker will be releasing his first independent album “Hip Hop World” in August 2010. RT Asian Hip Hop Times
Claire | August 11, 2010
“Humor is almost never escapist, even when it seems to be. It’s how we make sense of our world, for the absurdities of comedy often illuminate how absurd our lived reality is. Humor can often be the most dangerous or incisive form of communication, particularly because of its ability to disguise itself as harmless and [...]
