From the reading chair: Biography as Theology: How Life Stories Can Remake Today’s Theology by James Wm. McClendon; The Concentration Camp and Other Stories by Geoffrey C. Bingham; The End of Suffering: Finding Purpose in Pain by Scott Cairns [reviewed here]; Pastoral Theology in the Classical Tradition by Andrew Purves; Poems for Gardeners edited by Germaine Greer; No Rusty Swords: Letters, Lectures, and Notes from the Collected Works by Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
Through the iPod: Come Up Full and The Crossing by Meg Hutchinson; Backspacer by Pearl Jam; Beautiful World and The Road Between by Khristian Mizzi; My Holiday by Mindy Smith; Our Bright Future by Tracy Chapman; Death Magnetic by Metallica; Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98 – Carlos Kleiber/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra by Johannes Brahms.
On the screen: Shooting Dogs [2007], reviewed here; Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf or Death [2009]; Shaun the Sheep: Sheep on the Loose [2009]; Shaun the Sheep: Off the Baa! [2008]; Sometimes in April [2005].
By the bottle: Seppeltsfield Cellar No 9 Muscat Rutherford (tasting notes).
Glad to see you enjoy Backspacer. I love it.
Hi Derek. Good to hear from you. Re Backspacer, I must confess that not all in my household are enjoying it as much as I am.
Isn’t Pearl Jam’s new album brilliant! Can really tell they actually thought about it this time. It feels like a complete album this time.
Jason,
That’s too bad. I find that it is good to listen to an album that you like more than your spouse while you washes dishes, fold clothes, etc. Kind of cancels it out. If only this were true.
Hopefully you can proselytize the rogue family members @ some point.