Comments on: They Quit Making Good Music When I Turned 30

By: Frank Turk

Frank Turk — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:22:52 +0000

For the record, I watch trailers at Apple.com because it saves me vast sums of money by knowing how much stuff to avoid at the theater. I love the theater experience and watching movies with my wife and kids, and knowing how much can be easily avoided by watching the trailers is an invaluable skill.

And there are well-lit, well-run comic shops. When I lived in Pittsburgh there was a place there called “New Dimensions Comics” which was run by the right kind of fan boy adult; there are two here in Little Rock run by one guy (not the same guy from PA) which are hanging on for dear life in spite of the comics industry’s run to medicority, and they are safe places. There really is not much better than buying comics with your kids and reading them together and then trying to draw your own because your collective brains are not all jittered up on primary colors and graphically-rendered sound effects! And exclamation points!

By: Stones Cry Out - If they keep silent… » Things Heard: e90v3

Stones Cry Out - If they keep silent… » Things Heard: e90v3 — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:09:25 +0000

[...] Christ and culture. [...]

By: Wednesday Highlights | Pseudo-Polymath

Wednesday Highlights | Pseudo-Polymath — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:08:39 +0000

[...] Christ and culture. [...]

By: Fred Sanders

Fred Sanders — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:00:24 +0000

What? I can’t hear you. You’ll have to speak up. It’s all buzzing and clicking is all I’m getting. Talk louder, and speak common English.

By: John Mark Reynolds

John Mark Reynolds — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:46:53 +0000

Fred says:
“What I need is a reliable guide to the four good movies that come out every year, so I can see those and ignore the rest.”

This is the holy grail for a professor.

By: John Mark Reynolds

John Mark Reynolds — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:45:20 +0000

Fred!
We meet in cyberspace . . . which is easier than walking to your office!

The idea is not “to keep up,” but to:

a. find the pearls
b. learn what few shows/movies/comics/pieces of music can move discussion up and out.

We can quit when we retire.

But please keep off my grass.