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Top 5 Best Virelais by Guillaume Machaut for the Classical Guitar
20 years ago my brief stint as a guitar player was for a time extended when I picked up a classical guitar and found a…
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My Favorite Movies 87: Tarzan and his Mate (James C. McKay, 1934)
Last month’s Tarzan book covers post reminded me that I still had never seen a Weissmuller Tarzan movie, so I jumped right into the series…
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Top 5 Best Boris Vallejo Tarzan Book Covers
At an impressionable age (like, full-on elementary school), I stumbled upon the delights of the turn of the century author Edgar Rice Burroughs. Kind of…
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Minor Key Music 96: The Congos – Fisherman
As a young man turning my nose up at Carcass’ Heartwork for being a sell-out death metal album for uncultured scene tourists, I never would…
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My Favorite Movies 86: Beau Travail (Claire Denis, 1999)
Claire Denis is a director I discovered only in the last decade or so. A name spoken in hushed tones in certain pretentious film circles,…
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Cinema Scripture School 5: Quo Vadis (Mervyn LeRoy, 1951)
Though I have no formal religious education, I have actually learned a fair bit about Christianity over the years, both via apophatic deduction applied to…
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The Comfort of Genre
After 40+ years of watching movies, I’ve come to learn a few things about my tastes in film. I don’t want to be taught a…
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My favorite board game elements
I’ve been playing board games, as a full-time hobby, for over 25 years now. And in that time, I’ve come to have some pretty strong opinions…
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My Favorite Movies 85: A Knight’s Tale (Brian Helgeland, 2001)
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (as seen in…GAME OF THRONES PRESENTS: TALES OF DUNK AND EGG) is currently airing on HBO, and, my own…
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Minor Key Monday 95: Ray Conniff – Ring Christmas Bells
Carol of the Bells is pretty much the best Christmas Song. Absolutely minor key, medieval sounding, and even better, it’s full of bells–the good kind. …
