Posts tagged "Total Depravity"
Who Put That Hole in My Bucket? The Difference Between Bruce Springsteen and Hank Williams
Bible / Grace in Practice / Music / Suffering / Theology

Who Put That Hole in My Bucket? The Difference Between Bruce Springsteen and Hank Williams

by David Browder on Apr 23, 2012 • 11 Comments

A few weeks ago, DZ brought our attention to the terrific keynote speech given by Bruce Springsteen at this year’s South by Southwest festival in Austin, TX this past March, in which he basically spent an hour going over his musical influences. It’s really great. At about the 37 minute-mark, he begins to talk about country music and (one of my heroes) Hank Williams. Says The Boss:

I remember sitting in my little apartment, listening to Hank Williams Greatest Hits over and over. And I was trying to crack his code because at first it just didn’t sound good to me.…

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It’s Not You It’s Him: A Few Reflections on Costanza, Lord of the Idiots
Law / Relationships / TV

It’s Not You It’s Him: A Few Reflections on Costanza, Lord of the Idiots

by David Zahl on Oct 5, 2010 • 4 Comments

Seinfeld is my all-time favorite television series. There are plenty of shows that are more profound, more touching or just plain well done (Friday Night Lights – check, check, check). But there are none that I am always in the mood to see and never tire of rewatching. TBS is something of a Godsend in that respect. I’m always discovering new aspects to love. Kramer was originally my favorite character, then George for a while, and for the past couple years, it’s been Elaine that I enjoy most. Not that there’s necessarily a “contest”… It’s remarkable, in fact, how little…

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