Musics

For anyone who might actually care, here’s a roughly ordered list of some music I enjoyed from the passing year (click on artist’s name to listen):
1. Blonde Redhead, 23
2. Chicago Underground Trio, Chronicle
3. Humcrush, Hornswoggle
4. PJ Harvey, White Chalk
5. Han Bennink, Amplified Trio
6. James Blackshaw, The Cloud of Unknowing
7. Battles, Mirrored
8. Jandek, Manhattan Tuesday
9. [...]

Hauerwas

Okay, here are some decent links about Hauerwas, the second theologian I’m writing about:
Christian Contrarian is the piece Jean Elshtain wrote in Time naming Hauerwas America’s “best theologian.” Hauerwas has responded that “best” is not a theological category.
This is a good, short piece on Hauerwas’s pacifism.
And Faith Fires Back is a fairly long interview [...]

Why I love Scotland

I opened the shared refrigerator on my floor tonight, and found this:

For the uninitiated, this is a Scotch egg. The wrapper describes it as an egg, wrapped in bacon, and breaded. Mmmmmm.