Last night, in a round of Taboo, Beatrice had to get Camilla to guess the word “bath,” and the clue she gave was, “It’s the resort town in England where everyone goes in Northanger Abbey.” I was impressed. However, five minutes later, she had to get Camilla to guess “sorcery” and this was how sheContinue reading “Beatrice Playing Taboo”
Author Archives: Joshua Gibbs
What It Sounds Like This Week
Dinner Table Conversations
Camilla: When are we going to finally watch The Man Who Knew Too Much? Gibbs: Soon. Maybe next week. Camilla: Who is the man who knows too much? Gibbs: Jimmy Stewart. There’s also a movie called The Man Who Knew Too Little. Camilla: And who was that? Gibbs: Bill Murray. If there was a movieContinue reading “Dinner Table Conversations”
Proverbial, Episode 78: Homework
“Big book, big bore.” -Callimachus The latest episode of Proverbial is, I think, the best episode since “Marvin.”
What Does It Mean To Wrestle With A Text?
“I have wrestled with great books, but the wrestling didn’t take place while I was reading. Wrestling with a text is rarely a discrete event, but an ambient one. We wrestle with a text during the year which transpires between a first and second read. Our very lives persuade us to view a book differently.Continue reading “What Does It Mean To Wrestle With A Text?”
Where That Movie Title Comes From
“Set a thief to catch a thief.” -Callimachus
The Ten Best Original Soundtrack Compositions Of The Last 20 Years: Number 1
No. 1: “Prologue,” from Birth, by Alexandre Desplat
Proverbial: On Hate
The latest episode of Proverbial, Losing Sleep, is on the subject of hate, which I seem to write and lecture about quite often. After you listen to the episode, you might enjoy Hate Is Fashionable Once Again, a survey of contemporary conversations about hate.
The Ten Best Original Soundtrack Compositions Of The Last 20 Years: Number 2
No. 2: “House of Woodcock,” from Phantom Thread, by Jonny Greenwood.
The Ten Best Original Soundtrack Compositions Of The Last 20 Years: Number 3
No. 3: “Sebastian’s Theme,” from Brideshead Revisited, by Adrian Johnston.
