Lana’s most explosive lyrics—cataloguing the impossible standards set for victims of sexual violence, the stigma around expressing sexuality as you age—are diffused by her vaporous whisper. Patriarchy is loud, flagrant; Lana’s rejoinder is harder to pin down. Then the radical switch-up in ...
I could hear Brian talking into the phone as Cassie cradled my head – I was in and out. Although I do remember having the wherewithal to hope the EMTs might be handsome, young and single since I’d messed everything else up for Cassie’s second day in town. The ambulance arrived. T...
As I explained in a sermon I preached recently, the evangelical world wants a left-brain Christianity, where the Bible is seen as a book of literal meaning, scientific explanation, and certainty. It is not. The Bible, like the teaching of Jesus, is metaphor, not literal meaning, awe for ...
Then the lyrics change from the “what if’s” to “I know You’re making me strong! I know I’m right where You want me!” I can’t tell you how much I love that truth right now!Next up is a new song that I heard on the radio while driving in the car, “Joyful” by ...
Anyway, it’s the music I like, and the lyrics. Jordan: [Cocking a brow as he walks over to the vinyl’s]‘Frankly Mr. Shankly’? [Pause] What was that Descendents album doing in your room? That yours? Angela: You know them? [Affirms as he picks up an album for closer ...
some work and fuck with me on the coke, but he didn’t rap, and I rapped, and I used to hustle. So I took his name and ran with it. He ended up getting killed, so now the name’s got sentimental meaning and value to it. Because he really was one of my favorite big homies ...
Lana’s most explosive lyrics—cataloguing the impossible standards set for victims of sexual violence, the stigma around expressing sexuality as you age—are diffused by her vaporous whisper. Patriarchy is loud, flagrant; Lana’s rejoinder is harder to pin down. Then the radical switch-up in ...