No, I do not take Zombies with my Jane Austen, so you know Im talking about the musical group of the 60s! Well, theyve reunified for some new songs and gigs, and the fab Dawn Eden reports on their recent DC-area concert over at the Weekly Standard. For those who didnt see the . . . . Continue Reading »
For never are the ways of music moved without the greatest political laws being moved. Plato, The Republic, 242c And so they say, this the golden age . . . U2, New Years Day At this point one might well wonder why I am bothering with rock, having abundant reasons to dislike the . . . . Continue Reading »
The Poetic Wisdom Paradox, which I abbreviate as the PWP, works as follows. A wise poet, let us say Homer, wants to convey wisdom in his poetic creation. Unlike the bohemian model of the underground poet satisfied with a tiny audience, we assume he begins with the poets traditional desire to . . . . Continue Reading »