What You Once Were...
Snagged the Wilco live double CD "Kicking Television" today and it exceeded my expectations. I've listened to alot of Wilco, probably second only to the amount of Led Zeppelin I've consumed (due to certain period of my life between the ages of 16 and 21, which I'm not apologizing for, natch), and its surprising find myself nearly rediscovering these songs.
Brokeback Mountain: my justification (which, for the record, I don't believe I owe) for "viewing" Brokeback I suppose is the same justification I have for seeing any movie or listening to any song, or even talking to people. Little, if anything, is perfect or perfectly sanctified (whatever that means), and I'm not sure that particular morality-oriented angle on the Christian "thing" is really what Christ has in mind.
But that's just me and I know I'm in the minority. I wrote a hit play and directed it. I'm not sweating it either.
Music | By Josiah Roe | 04:20 PM
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You want me to pass you the creamer, doc?
While of course you can read my review in The Pulse (end shameless plug) my favorite bits on Kicking TV are the last cover song, the opening take on "Misunderstood," and the nearly acoustic "Poor Places" -- a version that hearkens back to the early sessions on "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart." Which I had to watch again this week.
Posted by: mesh at January 24, 2006 04:52 PM
I like how Denis Haack says it on his website (you can see Ransom Fellowship's complete philosophy on movies here). Below are a couple snippets from their views statement that I think are relevant to the discussion.
...It’s in a culture’s stories that we have access to what is in their hearts and imaginations—to their hopes and fears, values and dreams....
...Not all films are worthy of reflection, of course, but many address the deepest questions of life...
...If certain scenes tempt us to sin, it is wrong to fail to act on that insight, just as it is self-centered to assume that since we shouldn’t see a certain film, no one else should either...
...Our desire is to stimulate the people of God to think Christianly about all of life and culture. As Os Guinness points out in Fit Bodies, Fat Minds: Why Evangelicals Don’t Think and What to do About It, “thinking Christianly should not be confused with adopting a ‘Christian line’ on every issue.” The goal is faithfulness, not conformity to a list of rules set by experts...
Posted by: Scott at January 24, 2006 05:25 PM
What's wrong with that? I can write a hit play. Why can't I have a drink to unwind myself? So tell me, Curly. How do you know Miss Cross?
Posted by: Illman at January 24, 2006 05:29 PM
What's wrong with that? I can write a hit play. Why can't I have a drink to unwind myself? So tell me, Curly. How do you know Miss Cross?
Posted by: Illman at January 24, 2006 05:30 PM
you wrote a hit play?!
Posted by: stelmodad at January 24, 2006 07:46 PM
This night was important to me!
Posted by: mesh at January 26, 2006 11:30 AM
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