The all-important question: Sufjan’s ‘Wasp of the Palisades’ I remember listening to this song for the first time and thinking, Wait, is this gay? The kiss, the insistent “we were in love” refrain … but surely not.
Among the faithful departed: Prince Rogers Nelson (1958-2016) A rad musical and theological tribute from Christopher Wells, with equal parts prayer and thanksgiving.
Postscript: fides ex auditu The proliferation of popular I am hurt and wounded style songs is itself sobering, having moved well beyond the pathos of, say, Patsy Cline in their stark descriptions.
Sounds of assault As Amy Ziering has said, campus sexual assaults are not “just a date gone bad, or a bad hook-up, or, you know, miscommunication,” but instead “a highly calculated, premeditated crime.”
