Criticism and praise for the artists at Winter Jam 2024: LIN D, Katie Nichole, Seventh Day Slumber, Newsong, and Joseph O'Brien. My comments range from ones on music and clothing style to facial expressions and hand motions. I bemoan the fact of Elvis' death and bring up questions about the direction of contemporary Christian music in general, as well as point out specific lyrics in songs from Winter Jam artists.

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The review of a movie that I went into expecting nothing, and came out of hoping for more. Contrasts between the original trilogy and the recent installment, the original characters and how they interact with the new ones, and musing upon the nature of Hollywood PSYOPS, and the meaning of legacy and respect of those that come before.

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The conclusion of a detailed analysis of King Solomon's Mines, chapters 16-20. Exploring love, racism, culture, beliefs, reactions to death, bravery, and cowardice contrasted in characters as well as the nature of silence, time, and the sovereignty of God.

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An exploration of Selena's style of Spanish-American music and what it signals for the entire world of contemporary music and the need for individual cultures and backgrounds to influence works of art.

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A direct continuation of my previous episodes on The Bourne Series, here I give a play-by-play of The Bourne Ultimatum and my experiences, ideas, opinions, and impressions as I watched it. I talk about movie quality and characteristics, background music and scene composition, the reasoning behind character behaviors and audience reactions. I give criticisms, and comparisons between Mission Impossible, and explore similar scenes and themes across this series.

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True love, fierce battles, philosophical questions about life and death, bloodthirsty savages, evil witches, the contrast of gentlemen and cowards, the question of morality, the value of life in rich versus poor people, the reason that characters fall in love with those who save their lives, comedic descriptions of wardrobe malfunctions. This detailed analysis of King Solomon's Mines chapters 11-15 has everything you never knew you needed to know about H. Rider Haggard and his beliefs.

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Exploring a myriad of opinions within a single person: equal parts hating and admiring this song. But it's not just the different sounds and vague impressions based on background noises, it's the deep underlying meaning of the jazz genre, it's the connotations and memories connected with a certain voice, it's the idea of upholding a longstanding legacy or betraying it.

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A detailed analysis and play-by-play of a movie that is both wonderful and disappointing. It has all of the elements of a typical spy movie, save one very important one that is the defining factor in making a movie anything but typical.

Listen to discover.

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What happens when a book is racist? Should we just ignore it, and miss out on all of the other questions brought up by such a work - inside and outside of race presentation? Should we emphasize and focus on racism in order to condemn it? Pass over it for the positive elements of the story? Forget about it and get to the deep questions of life like the connection between a body and soul?

Or should we emphasize and examine all things equally in a detailed analysis of an author and his work?

I think the latter, listen to hear just such an analysis.

Link to corresponding blog post: explorativegenre.com/2024/02/09/king-solomons-mines-part-two-even-more-awesome/

The analysis of a song that is either pop or country and which dwells on the dichotomy of pleasure and pain.

Heartbroken, by Biplo, Jessie Murph, and Polo G. brings up some of the deepest questions in life, such as the morality of positives springing from negatives, and the constant balance of opposites within our world, without which we could not understand good at all.