Dec 31, 2014 Best of Opus Music Remembering the Magic of Bark Psychosis’ Hex It’s a landmark album, but more importantly, it’s a beautiful album, and time has done nothing to change that.
Dec 21, 2014 Reading Reading: The Sony Hack, Dick Cheney & Torture, Christ and Pop Culture, Isao Takahata, Blackbirds & More Also: The ethics of technological artifacts, a Studio Ghibli artwork gallery, and lots of cool military tech and tactics.
Dec 17, 2014 Miscellany DPP2014, #17: Christmas List What, you don’t see the rocket, gumball machine, and dump truck on there?
Dec 16, 2014 Music Pre-Order the Native Lights Album (Which is Finally Done) It seems like forever ago that I first wrote about Native Lights, a Tulsa-based “super-group” featuring members of Ester Drang and Unwed Sailor.
Dec 16, 2014 Miscellany DPP2014, #16: Penmanship The awkward way she held the marker and her tiny chicken scratch said everything they needed to.
Dec 15, 2014 Music My Favorite Songs of 2014: A Preview (Sort Of…) None of these songs are actually on my year-end list, but they easily could’ve been.
Dec 13, 2014 Miscellany DPP2014, #13: Lock n’ Load There are moments that you live for as a parent. Like his very first laser tag.
Dec 13, 2014 Reading Reading: Slowdive’s Reunion, James Bond, Google+, Facts vs. Narratives in Journalism, Sweden’s Pop Legacy & More Also: Christmas music, the Internet and our own sinfulness, Guardians of the Galaxy, and real life superheroes.
Dec 12, 2014 Miscellany DPP2014, #12: The Cutest Gamer A glimpse of the future shape of the video game audience.
Dec 11, 2014 Miscellany DPP2014, #11: Reading I’d forgotten how pleasant it is to stretch out on the couch and get lost, if for a few minutes, in an honest-to-goodness book.
Dec 10, 2014 Miscellany DPP2014, #10: Ginger Cookies You know they’re delicious because of all the butter.
Dec 9, 2014 Miscellany DPP2014, #9: Pink She’s not even in preschool yet, but she’ll be a teenager before I know it, and Lord help me then.
Dec 7, 2014 Miscellany DPP2014, #7: Christmas Sky Want to see this work of art in real life? Come to Redeemer’s Christmas program on December 14.
Dec 7, 2014 Miscellany DPP2014, #6: Peppernuts Who am I to deny the incredible cuteness of kids making cookies?
Dec 5, 2014 Miscellany DPP2014, #5: The Work Party Holiday parties and live karaoke, the way it was meant to be.
Dec 5, 2014 Best of Opus Music 20 Years Later, and I Could Still Live in Hope Time seems to stand still whenever Low’s debut album is playing; listening to it is as much an act of meditation as anything else.
Dec 4, 2014 Miscellany Nerdery DPP2014, #4: Magic Time Good friends, the “Wrath of God,” chocolate, and scotch. What more do you need?
Dec 3, 2014 Movies The Genius of Jackie Chan An excellent analysis of what makes Jackie Chan’s filmmaking so unique and enjoyable.
Dec 3, 2014 Miscellany DPP2014, #3: “…because He makes pickles.” Tonight’s devotion came from this camouflaged amateur theologian.