Monthly Archives: July 2022

Unpopular Pop

Posted on July 31, 2022 by nathanalbright

How does one define pop music, or popular anything? On the one hand, pop would imply popular. By at least many definitions, anything that is popular is in fact pop, regardless of how it sounds or looks. What people like … Continue reading →

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For I Intend To Write The History Books: Part One

Posted on July 30, 2022 by nathanalbright

What is our response when we think about Winston’s Churchill’s famous statement that he expected the verdict of history to be favorable to him because he intended to write the history books. It may seem unusual to us that a … Continue reading →

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Un Tiempo Para Escapar, Un Tiempo Para Quedar

Posted on July 29, 2022 by nathanalbright

It has often puzzled me that people have often tended to look down on escapist forms of literature and entertainment. Considering that so many people live in various types of prisons, it makes perfect sense why they would want to … Continue reading →

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Return To Sender

Posted on July 28, 2022 by nathanalbright

When we think about communication, to the extent that we do, I do not believe we pay enough attention to why communication exists. It exists because someone has a message that they want to send to someone. Often when we … Continue reading →

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EP Review: Egg In The Backseat

Posted on July 27, 2022 by nathanalbright

Egg In The Backseat, by Em Beihold Em Beihold has risen, at least briefly, to the consciousness of pop fans through her top 20 hit “Numb Little Bug,” which is a song that I consider to be worthy of honorable … Continue reading →

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Black And White, Or The Curious Connection Between Three Dog Night, Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle, And The Bible

Posted on July 26, 2022 by nathanalbright

Today while I was driving home from dinner I heard a song that I had never remembered hearing before from Three Dog Night, called Black And White. The song itself was a fairly obvious affair as far as those songs … Continue reading →

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All’s Faire In Love And War

Posted on July 25, 2022 by nathanalbright

I am perhaps not the right person to wholeheartedly enjoy a Renaissance Faire in Oregon. One of the things that one tends to notice at a Renn faire is that there are a lot of different interpretations of what it … Continue reading →

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On The Boundaries Of The Sabbath: Part Two

Posted on July 24, 2022 by nathanalbright

[Note: This is the prepared text for a message given to The Dalles congregation of the United Church of God on Sabbath, July 23, 2022.] When we last spoke about the boundaries of the Sabbath we focused on the discussion … Continue reading →

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On The Slow Boat From China

Posted on July 23, 2022 by nathanalbright

On the day before she returned to Florida from our usual annual vacation, my mother was finally able to get in touch with my stepfather on the phone to chat, and when she did she found out that he had … Continue reading →

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Between Possibility And Inevitability

Posted on July 22, 2022 by nathanalbright

One of the notable asymmetries between looking at current events and history is the way that current events seem full of possibilities while history seems full of historical inevitability. As is often the case, there are errors looking both ways. … Continue reading →

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