In 1977’s A New Hope, a well-known deleted scene depicts Luke Skywalker looking through a pair of telescopic binoculars while observing the battle between the Alliance and the galactic Empire as it unfolds across a celestial battlefield. There’s also a reference to that moment in the opening of The Last Jedi when a Resistance memberContinue reading “In Anticipation of ‘The Rise of Skywalker’…”
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Minor Threat, Salad Days, and the New Birth…
Minor Threat’s Salad Days from their final 7-inch record reflects the beginning of punk rock’s inclination toward introspective and existential themes that remained developed far beyond simple, 4/4-time, aggressive songs about the government, anarchy, etc. The song betrays profound angst about the aging process, which is an ironic preoccupation for a group of (then) 20-somethingsContinue reading “Minor Threat, Salad Days, and the New Birth…”
Law, Grace, & Daily Living 