To be honest it was a speech I 39 d always zoned out on If you 39 ve been to a graduation ceremony you 39 ll know what I 39 m talking about Just after the diplomas are handed out someone on the dais whom you 39 ve most likely never seen before steps up to the podium and says quot On beha
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Turned on by ‘Tune In’
If academics ever decide to take The Beatles seriously as a subject worthy of doctoral level research and debate Mark Lewisohn would surely be considered the godfather of their scholarly pursuits Since the mid 1980s Lewisohn has written or contributed to numerous books about the Fab Four all of
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Art, God and REM
Paul Elie 39 s quot Everything That Rises quot blog continues to make compelling connections between faith art and life His take earlier this week on an early REM song quot Gardening at Night quot is right on point I was in high school when REM 39 s EP quot Chronic Town quot was released
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An Extra Course of Brooklyn Fellowship–Archie Rand…
In my most recent column I discuss my friendship with a young rabbi and a 60-something Jewish painter in Brooklyn named Archie Rand When I first met Archie he was showing his enormous work quot The 613 quot in the dilapidated warehouse he owned in Brooklyn Due to space concerns for the column
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A Fellowship Grows in Brooklyn
A rabbi, a Jewish painter and a Catholic musician gather to talk about God.
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After The Invasion: The Beatles’ revolution
The Beatles’ arrival in the United States marked the beginning of a revolution.
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Gen X Faith and Culture: A Conversation With Bill McGarvey
I did a podcast interview with Rev Amy Ziettlow last May that was just published in HuffPo In addition to being an ordained minister and a fellow at the Institute for American Values Amy has a background in classical dance and was interested in the connections I make between music and belief The
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Faith, Literature & the Deadly Effects of Casino Gambling
Looking for some spiritual reading for your Lenten journey The Life You Save May Be Your Own An American Pilgrimage would be a good place to start Paul Elie 39 s book chronicles the lives of Flannery O 39 Connor Walker Percy Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton quot four modern American Catholics
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A Revolution Recalled: When The Beatles came to town
We have all seen the black and white footage from that February day in 1964. Teenagers by the thousands were screaming from balconies and behind police barricades. Four Liverpudlians—ranging in age from 20 to 23—emerged from a Boeing 707 appearing as though they had stumbled into a
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Phone calls, Postcards & Pete Seeger, or: How I once wrote a song with an American icon without him really knowing it
In my quot other life quot as a musician songwriter I 39 ve been fortunate to have some really gratifying experiences sharing stages with personal heroes like Roger McGuinn of The Byrds Shane MacGowan of The Pogues bands like NRBQ and others Strange as it might sound though one of the most me