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Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Elvis Costello's "50 Songs for 50 Days," Part 2

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Here on PhilosFX, we will bring you an ongoing recapitulation of Elvis Costello's project, "50 Songs for 50 Days." On Sept 15,...
Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Venn: Notre Dame, Architecture, Manhattan, and 9/11

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Who stands at the center of a Venn diagram including the University of Notre Dame, the profession of architecture, a student newspaper calle...
Friday, September 18, 2020

Happy Friday!

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  A little math game... Today 9/18/2020 is Friday, the 6th day of the week. But it’s also the beginning of the 6th “day” of the year, if 20...

Happy 73rd Birthday to the US Air Force!

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  Happy 73rd birthday to the US Air Force, created on this day in 1947 out of the former Army Air Corps.  Aim High!  Fly-Fight-Win
Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Recap of EC's 50 Songs for 50 Days (Part 1: Songs 1-14)

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Here on PhilosFX we will bring you an ongoing recapitulation of Elvis Costello's newly announced project, 50 songs for 50 Days. Sir Decl...
Saturday, September 12, 2020

Herman Melville Likes Your Beard

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Beards: They're not for everyone. But those who get it, get it.  Herman Melville gets it!  Tolstoy, Whitman, Dostoyevsky, Hugo—none of t...
Sunday, August 30, 2020

Trunkworthy's Finale: Elvis Costello's Best, Least Remembered Songs, 81-86

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Trunkworthy's series on undiscovered gems in Elvis Costello's vast catalog pulled me like a sled dog. I grabbed ahold early and held...