Star differs from star in glory…
(1) Is the Church of England in a Death Spiral? (The Catholic Thing) (2) In the Heaven of Knowing: Dante’s “Paradiso” (The Imaginative Conservative) “Place functions as an index and Continue Reading →
Weekend 680.1
(1) What Happened to the Cox .049? (YouTube) (2) Saying goodbye to Aqueduct Racetrack (“The Big A”) after an iconic 132-year run: The last horse to win today at “The Continue Reading →
Weekend 680.0 (Trains, Terminals, and Waypoints)
Found a great train store outside Raleigh called Nick’s Trains when I was travelling last week. I didn’t spend a ton of money, but I did find an R.454 Mk Continue Reading →
Weekend 679.0 (CRS-402)
(1) 10 Fantasy Movies Without a Single Flaw (Collider) (2) The bells of St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, MA. The audio was ripped from Festum Mariae Assumptae: Cistercian Chant (1957). Continue Reading →
Almost Midweek Omnibus
(1) Kingdom Hearts 4 fans keep waiting, but Square Enix may finally be showing why (Polygon) (2) Sir John Swan (1935-2026): A man of the people (The Royal Gazette)
1984 was published on this day in 1949
(1) The Orwell Foundation: Celebrating 75 years of 1984
Weekend 678.0
Let’s start here. Scan from the Official Guide New York World’s Fair 1964/1965. (1) NYRA to celebrate the Big A on Closing Weekend June 27-28
Why AI is so dangerous
I just read the Magnificat editorial for June by Father Philip Nolan and there’s something in it that very indirectly alludes to the risks of AI. He writes: “It is Continue Reading →
Weekend 677.0
The Soundtrack of Tomorrow: Kaye Records and the Forgotten Vinyl of the 1964–65 New York World’s Fair. This album cover is from Musical Memoirs: New York’s World Fair (1964-1965) but Continue Reading →
Weekend 676.2 (Get your kicks at the Ritz)
A space for all the rest. (1) Do you think this scene from Tron Legacy took inspiration from Taco? (2) PLAYING ON THE TURNTABLE: Explorers. Original music composed and conducted Continue Reading →