Monthly Archives: February 2022

Album Review: Justice (Justin Bieber)

Posted on February 15, 2022 by nathanalbright

Justice, by Justice Bieber What does one do after an album has been relatively unsuccessful? For many pop artists, the solution is to release an album that is calculated to perform better to replace a narrative of failure with one … Continue reading →

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Simplification Of Life

Posted on February 14, 2022 by nathanalbright

There are some people who are hostile to games, but in truth all games are a simplification of life and, viewed the right way, the games we like to play tell us a lot about ourselves and about what we … Continue reading →

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Liveblogging Super Bowl LVI

Posted on February 13, 2022 by nathanalbright

3:15PM: I am sitting down in a comfortable spot looking at a host of televisions that are showing the pre-game festivities for the upcoming Super Bowl, and I will comment as is my habit [1] [1] See, for example: Liveblogging … Continue reading →

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Album Review: The Wilsons

Posted on February 13, 2022 by nathanalbright

The Wilsons, by the Wilsons After the breakup of Wilson Philips after their unsuccessful sophomore album, the two Wilson sisters joined each other and their estranged father Brian Wilson and came up with a family group that released a studio … Continue reading →

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On The Productivity Of Theories

Posted on February 12, 2022 by nathanalbright

How do theories show themselves to be productive? As someone who reads a fair amount of material about linguistics, one often finds situations where writers seek to determine the deep relationships between long-separated languages as a way of showing the … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Live! Live! Live! (Bryan Adams)

Posted on February 12, 2022 by nathanalbright

Live! Live! Live!, by Bryan Adams This album marks what would be an increasing pattern for Bryan Adams, in that the lengthy gap between studio albums would be filled by live albums and later on a great deal of greatest … Continue reading →

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On The Perfect Ending

Posted on February 11, 2022 by nathanalbright

There are some writers who simply do not know when to stop. The great Polish novelist Joseph Conrad once wrote a novel that has been widely loved but also universally recognized to have had a bad ending. The author, somehow, … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Into The Fire

Posted on February 11, 2022 by nathanalbright

Into The Fire, by Bryan Adams After the massive success of Reckless, a song that sent well over half of its songs to the top regions of the charts in the United States and elsewhere, Bryan Adams was at the … Continue reading →

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A Hard Burden To Bear

Posted on February 10, 2022 by nathanalbright

Over the course of this week I have been reading a novel loaned to me by a friend (review forthcoming), and one of the aspects of the novel that I have been paying attention to is the way that this … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Reckless

Posted on February 10, 2022 by nathanalbright

Reckless, by Bryan Adams If Bryan Adams had become increasingly well-known as an artist after releasing three albums, it was perhaps unexpected how popular he would end up being as a result of the release of his fourth album. Having … Continue reading →

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