Monthly Archives: March 2022

Times Of Transition

Posted on March 31, 2022 by nathanalbright

Every once in a while in the world of music, we can see clear times of transition between a past way that has fallen into decline and a period where people are searching for what will be the next thing, … Continue reading →

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The Metric Is The Measure

Posted on March 30, 2022 by nathanalbright

One of the more interesting phenomena that one encounters as a student of data is the way that discussions are often framed selectively with regards to certain convenient and self-serving metrics. For example, if one is looking at a conversation … Continue reading →

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Album Review: EOM (EP)

Posted on March 30, 2022 by nathanalbright

EOM (EP), by Ryan Hurd The rankdown I was invited to do for Ryan Hurd included two short EPs, and since I found that pretty easy to listen to, I figured it would be worthwhile to listen to them both … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Platonic (EP)

Posted on March 30, 2022 by nathanalbright

Platonic (EP), by Ryan Hurd As is the case with a great many country singer-songwriters who have less familiar careers as artists, I am not really familiar with the music of Ryan Hurd, but an acquaintance of mine gave a … Continue reading →

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Will Smith: A Case Study In Fragile Masculinity

Posted on March 29, 2022 by nathanalbright

Even though I did not watch the Academy Awards last night, there is one moment from the broadcast that nearly everyone knows who pays attention to meme culture is familiar with, and that is the moment when Chris Rock made … Continue reading →

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Asking Questions

Posted on March 28, 2022 by nathanalbright

Yesterday evening (as I write this) I had a very interesting conversation at dinner with a couple of people and among the topics we discussed was the question of God’s asking questions to both Adam & Eve and Cain in … Continue reading →

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Album Review: The Family Jewels

Posted on March 28, 2022 by nathanalbright

The Family Jewels, by Marina And The Diamonds I must admit that this particular artist is one that has long flown beneath my radar. Although I have certainly heard other people praise her music, I simply have not listened to … Continue reading →

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Not A Bad Thing After All

Posted on March 27, 2022 by nathanalbright

In our contemporary culture, whether that is academic or otherwise, there tends to be a bias in viewing resistance to change as a bad thing. And, truth be told, it is not hard to find ways that resisting change can … Continue reading →

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A Heavy Burden For An Apple To Bear

Posted on March 26, 2022 by nathanalbright

Recently, I found myself looking around on YouTube for interesting videos to watch and I came across a video where someone dressed up as an apple mascot was playing absolutely insane drumming riffs to a somewhat childish J-pop song. After … Continue reading →

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On Not Taking Care Of Business

Posted on March 25, 2022 by nathanalbright

By way of introduction, I would like to begin by saying that my view of professional athletes in general is that they are usually grossly overpaid and like most professional entertainers have an overly inflated view of their importance and … Continue reading →

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