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Those of you who’ve been hipped to the traditional-folk scene by A Complete Unknown (and maybe before that by Inside Llewyn Davis) should enjoy this episode of the Walter Martin Radio Hour. And maybe that will turn you on to the distinctive sensibility of Mr. Martin.
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Phil Christman’s gentle pushback to my recent comments on Resistance-blogging is unsurprisingly good. What he’s doing makes a lot of sense.
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Margery Brews of Norfolk, in the year of our Lord 1477, writes to her “right well-beloved valentine.”
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Today I’ve been going around singing R.E.M.’s “Losing My Religion” in the voice of Comic Book Guy. You’re welcome.
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Two quotations on two visions of “human survival.”
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I wrote about true crime and the rise of the detective story.
