Hacker: Don’t tell me about the press. I know exactly who reads the papers: the Daily Mirror is read by people who think they run the country; The Guardian is read by people who think they ought to run the country; The Times is read by people who actually do run the country; the Daily Mail is read by the wives of the people who run the country; the Financial Times is read by people who own the country; The Morning Star is read by people who think the country ought to be run by another country; and The Daily Telegraph is read by people who think it is.
Doc Watson: He was a pilgrim
When you’re talking about Doc Watson, the place to start is here: He was a superstar in old-time folk music, which is the rare art form in which the word “tradition” is not a curse.
Where prayers and food preparation meet
Before we get going with what I’m sure will be a heavy duty week in GetReligion post (and yes, I have a couple of posts I’m writing right now on coverage of religious freedom issues) I had to share something from NPR’s Weekend Edition on Saturday.
Lady (Gaga) sings the blues
In the end, Summer worked hard for her Lord
Back in my college days, a missionary kid-journalist friend of mine (who later spent some time as a presidential speechwriter) turned me on to that fabulous “Sittin’ In” album by Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina. The songs were OK, he said, but his advice was to check out the horn charts and keyboards. We both said: Who in the world is Michael Omartian?
A Buddhist Beastie dies
Adam Yauch, one of the founders of the Beastie Boys, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was only 47 years old. He’d been sick with cancer for some time, not well enough to appear at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last month when the group was inducted. Still, the news was quite a shock for his many fans.
Mr. Osteen goes to Washington
Joel Osteen is taking the nation’s capital by media storm, drawing a Beltway-size dose of attention in advance of a big event at the Washington Nationals’ ballpark this weekend.
Time 100's fab list
Time magazine will celebrate its “Time 100” tonight in New York City, complete with the keynote from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
New artistic ghost in the Kinkade story
On one level, it’s easy to note that media coverage of the unexpected death of faith-based superstar artist Thomas “Painter of Light” Kinkade has moved past the early headlines and into an all-to-familiar second stage that is very popular with the mainstream press. I am referring to the fallen evangelical superstar with secrets stage.
