Author Archives: Darrell C

Jettisoning The Nostromo Files, or: How I Learned to Stop Obsessing and Love “Alien”

After a long day of rat-killing—running errands, knocking out chores and generally getting things done, for those of you who aren’t familiar with the Southern idiom—I kicked back in the recliner and rewatched the 1979 Alien last night, the whole thing in 4K, and found myself almost giddy at how beautiful it still is. AfterContinueContinue reading “Jettisoning The Nostromo Files, or: How I Learned to Stop Obsessing and Love “Alien””

Clippings: This Video Will Lift Your Spirit | “Oceans” by Hillsong United – YouTube

My muse turned me on this morning to this beautiful performance by Luke Silva and Liv Harland. If you have four minutes, there’s worse ways to spend it than giving an ear to this…especially if you’re in a place where it seems like the water’s high and rising. The song finds its wings around theContinueContinue reading “Clippings: This Video Will Lift Your Spirit | “Oceans” by Hillsong United – YouTube”

Still Getting to Know Pacifico

I interviewed a musician named Matthew Schwartz once, if you can call it that. Cropped black hair. Thick-framed black glasses. Quiet and unassuming. In 2015 I ran a short fill-in-the-blank Q&A article for my blog called Meet Me In The Sound. The headline was “Getting to Know Pacifico”—the obvious one, the kind I still reachContinueContinue reading “Still Getting to Know Pacifico”

Clippings: Why Christian Writing Isn’t Good – Emilia Nessuno

I’ve often found that vain and repetitive worship music leaves me empty. Nessuno argues that Christian art is at its best when it stops telling us what to feel and gives us something real and specific to see, imagine, and experience—something that points us beyond ourselves to God. The problem emerges when Christians stop tryingContinueContinue reading “Clippings: Why Christian Writing Isn’t Good – Emilia Nessuno”

Clippings: Things that make you think…

One day, the devil appeared to three monks and asked them, one by one, what they would change in the past. He asked: “If I gave you the power to change something in your past, what would you change?” The first monk, with great apostolic zeal, quickly responded: “I would prevent you from causing AdamContinueContinue reading “Clippings: Things that make you think…”