This was part of numerous Bowie compilations I bought twenty years ago, but I almost always skipped it because I didn’t like the first thirty seconds. When the song was featured in Halt and Catch Fire a few years ago, I couldn’t believe I’d never heard it.
Author Archives: Joshua Gibbs
Classical Stuff You Should Know
If you’d like to listen to a sprawling interview I did with Thomas Magbee of Classical Stuff You Should Know about Love What Lasts, it’s available now. This interview was all kinds of fun to do and I’m grateful for Thomas, who has always been generous when reviewing my work.
Athletic Immunity From Prosecution
“Teacher: Discipline should be painful. By its very nature, discipline is painful. If it’s not painful, it’s not discipline. Dean: But who should discipline be painful for? We could have kicked Elliot off the soccer team, but that would have been painful for the team. I don’t see what good it does to punish theContinue reading “Athletic Immunity From Prosecution”
A Drink With A Friend
I was a guest on this week’s episode of Tsh Oxenreider’s A Drink With A Friend. We discussed Love What Lasts, which is arriving in mailboxes this week. It was a very fine conversation. Have a listen here.
Be Afraid Of Failure
“Graduates, I’d like to let you in on a little secret. If you had attended half as many graduation ceremonies as I have, you would not be excited for the speech I’m about to give. There’s no kind of speech in all the world so full of cliches and platitudes as a commencement address. SomeContinue reading “Be Afraid Of Failure”
ChatGPT Is A Godsend
“Given ChatGPT’s sudden, unforeseeable intrusion into our lives several months ago, teachers and administrators across the country have spent the latter half of the school year playing catch-up—and, from most accounts I’ve heard, they have been roundly defeated. We now have the summer to sort out what policies we’re going to put in place nextContinue reading “ChatGPT Is A Godsend”
In The Running
On a release calendar stacked with films from my favorite directors (Jonathan Glazer, Sofia Coppola, Wes Anderson), this movie might end up being my favorite of the year. The best time I’ve had at the theater in a very long time.
When Mid-Level Intellectuals Play King Of The Hill For Web Traffic Glory
“Tom: Have you read Mark’s takedown of Sam’s latest article? Harry: No. Tom: Have you read Sam’s latest article? Harry: No. Tom: Okay, you should read Sam’s latest article so you can read Mark’s takedown. Harry: Okay. Tom: Actually, Sam’s latest article is a response to Reggie’s latest article, so you should read Reggie’s first.Continue reading “When Mid-Level Intellectuals Play King Of The Hill For Web Traffic Glory”
Fencing The Classical Christian Table
“At the point a school gets to nine or ten students who should have been kicked out years ago, or who should never have been let in to begin with, the problem isn’t the number of families who aren’t missionally aligned. The problem is that the school’s stated rules and goals are not the school’s actual rules and goals.Continue reading “Fencing The Classical Christian Table”
There are still faint glimmers of civilization left in this barbaric slaughterhouse that was once known as humanity. 