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Posted on April 8, 2019April 4, 2019

#AprilCountry – April 8th, “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way?”, Waylon Jennings (and Morrissey)

Authenticity seems to be a recurrent concern in popular music – from Richey Edwards “4 Real” self-mutilation to hip hop artists perpetual concern with being “real”. Country is no exception…

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Posted on April 7, 2019April 4, 2019

#AprilCountry – April 7th – “Pray Them Bars Away”, Lee Hazelwood

For me, a little Lee Hazelwood can go quite a long way – there is something grating and mannered after a while about his musical persona. Still, when he is…

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Posted on June 17, 2018June 17, 2018

from “Small, Silent, Still” – Fr Paul D Scalia

Full piece here. An interesting interview with Fr Scalia – son of late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia – here  We require that God be as we want Him: big,…

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Posted on May 4, 2017May 4, 2017

“become adept at letting things go” First Known When Lost: Milosz, Derek Mahon and Taigi on the passing time

From here at the wonderful blog First Known When Lost. As well as bringing to our attention much outstanding poetry that has the great merit of being unfashionable or forgotten, Stephen Pentz…

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