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Father, Husband, Theologian, Gardener, Reader, Author ("Hope for A Tree" and "In A Vision of the Night") Low-level Theological Educator
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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman is a collection if short stories and a good way in. I also like his non fiction: Novelist as Vocation and What I Talk About When I Talk About Running are both great. You could follow @readjapaneseliterature.com for recommendatiins in translations from Japanese
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Beth Felker Jones, Understanding Christian Doctrine.
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I agree
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Congratulations
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Sounds great
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It's tricky. I haven't seen all their films but I'd go. NCFOM A Serious Man Lebowski Hail Caesar Fargo
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I recently read the 33 1/3 book on Vs. Have you read it? Highly recommended
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Is this a research trip?
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Dollar Days and I Can't Give Everything Away are almost unbearably poignant. I always seem to have something in my eye when listening to them ... 😢
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That's more like it!
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Where's the shot of Hansa studios?!
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Hi Rich Here are my picks for #5albums50s60s1 1 Nina Simone - Pastel Blues 2 John Coltrane - A Love Supreme 3 Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland 4 Buffalo Springfield - Buffalo Springfield Again 5 The Beatles - Abbey Road Have a good weekend 👍
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Isn't it because they couldn't agree on the track listing so went alphabetical? Works well though
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I used to have this. Some great stuff on it
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You're a hard taskmaster, Rich. On first look it's tough on Nina and tough on Coltrane too...
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Sterling work as always, Rich. Thanks 👍
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Or all Neil, or Bowie...
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Nice choices
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Hi Rich, my #5albums70sfinal picks are: 1 Joni Mitchell - Blue 2 David Bowie - Low 3 Neil Young - After the Gold Rush 4 Marvin Gaye - What's Goin' On? 5 The Clash - London Calling Sorry to Bob, Iggy, Carole, Nick, Bruce...
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Barth at 7am? That's dedication
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Memorably covered by Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie youtu.be/qy_nU8RGWKA?...
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Over in the UK they're colouring pencils...
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Bowie?
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I only have 22 of these and, if my maths is right, there are 3,160,080 ways that I could rank them into a top 5 ...
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Man alive, this is going to be some task. Bowie could take all the spots, so could Neil...
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Good work, Rich. Thanks for spending the time on it over this sunny weekend! 👍
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Evening Rich. my #5albums70s5 list is: 1. Carole King - Tapestry 2. The Clash - London Calling 3. Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything 4. David Bowie - Diamond Dogs 5. Iggy Pop - The Idiot Toughest semi so far for me... still not convinced I've to the order right here! 😂
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Lovely album
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That's a great book of essays
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Better than Hysteria
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I read this and thought it very good! Thank you.
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Weirdly, perhaps, that part made me think of Katherine Sonderegger's recognisable "voice" and prose style. Hope you enjoy it.
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I enjoyed it. I'm still thinking about it & it will probably continue to drip-feed into my thoughts for a while. I found interesting her comments on how feminist theologians have had to create alternative ways of communicating such as memoir, fiction, etc.
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I recently read that book!