The new Grouper record is out today. Late October was an ideal release date.
Author Archives: Joshua Gibbs
Quit Taking Notes
After an epiphany over the summer, I began my in-person classes this year with an exercise (or an experiment) wherein I aimed to prove to my literature students and theology students that they were better off not taking notes during class. In the last six weeks of school, I have often required students to putContinue reading “Quit Taking Notes”
When Anger Is Sin, Blindness
When a father is in such a state of mind to speak of “my table,” or, “my car,” or, “my house,” when chastising a member of his family, he is too angry to see the situation properly.
Beatrice Playing Taboo
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”
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
