The issue of the place of women in society and the church will not go away. The way one works out their understanding of…
Rock Kills Kid, Are You Nervous? (2006)
In the 1970's, there was a young depressed and isolated man, a film critic, who wrote a screenplay which resonated personally with an up…
Hard-Fi, Stars of CCTV (2005)
"I wanna be successful…what's the point of being parochial and small time? You've got to think big.” These could be the ambitious utterances of…
The Reenchantment of Nature (Alister McGrath, 2002)
Why is Christianity being blamed for the rape of the environment and seen as the cause of the ecological disasters we seem to be…
Big Kahuna (John Swanbeck, 1999)
This movie has such a simple plot that most of the action occurs in a single room. And most of the action involves nothing…
Bad Religion, Empire Strikes First (2004)
The Empire Strikes First is intelligent punk. Bad Religion a band whose music makes clear they aren't merely interested in entertaining their fans. They…
Leonard Cohen, The Essential Leonard Cohen (2002)
The first song I heard by Leonard Cohen was Suzanne, a song that brilliantly captured the spirit of the Sixties. Suzanne takes you down…
Sigur Rós, Takk/Thanks (1997)
In 1994 three teenagers formed a band in Iceland, naming it after the sister of one of the band members, Sigur Rós, which is…
Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine (2005)
Soon after Fiona Apple’s third CD, Extraordinary Machine was released, Travis Scott phoned to say it was extraordinary. I’ve learned to trust Travis when…
David Eugene Edwards, Woven Hand (2002)
I am nothing without his ghost within and all your wooden eyes cannot see the good hand upon me ~David Eugene Edwards Out of…