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The New Yorker Writer David Grann Comes to Covenant

James Harrison — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:21:31 +0000

New York Times bestselling author and writer for the New Yorker David Grann.

Covenant students will have another chance to interact with a premier writer from The New Yorker magazine next month, when the college hosts David Grann on April 9. Grann, who also happens to be a current New York Times best-selling author, will [...]

Cash Beats Death From the Grave

James Harrison — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:03:52 +0000

Not too long before Johnny Cash died in 2003, he could still be found in his studio recording songs for the closing chapters of his American Recordings series. The final installment of those sessions (supposedly) was released last week, and is titled American VI: Ain’t No Grave. The 10-song album is mostly covers, and isn’t [...]

Catching Up with Third Lobby

James Harrison — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:11:30 +0000

Newsflash! Third Lobby came out with a new EP, and it might just be their best yet. Matt Brown says they have a new style, almost like they’ve “started over.”

This article is way overdue. Why? Because five months ago, after a three-year hiatus, the well established, Covenantbred, acoustic-folk-pop ensemble known as Third Lobby released [...]

Haiti Quake Kills 70K

James Harrison — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:13:11 +0000

In the wake of an earthquake which leveled much of its capital, Covenant students and professors urge support for what was already one of the world’s most impoverished nations.

A few days before she boarded a plane and returned to Covenant for her final semester, senior Alex Amicy visited the National Palace of Haiti in Port-au-Prince [...]

Book Review: Hendrik Hertzberg understands One Million

James Harrison — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:15:36 +0000

That's right, folks—Hendrik Hertzberg's new book has one million dots in it.

Few of us have ever taken the time to sit down and seriously ruminate over a word that has become a part of our daily lexicon—one million.

Okay, so that’s two words, but still, think for a second. Have you ever seen one million [...]

Leonard Cohen enters golden age at 75

James Harrison — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:06:19 +0000

Leonard Cohen performing in Asheville, NC.

When men stopped wearing fedoras to work, a golden age passed. When Leonard Cohen wore a fedora to work on Sunday night, he ushered in a golden age of his own.

Cohen, a highly esteemed and respected 75-year-old singer and songwriter, possesses a chiseled voice that lends itself to a [...]

Avett Brothers refine new studio sound

James Harrison — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:39:05 +0000

What does some heavily bearded dude named Rick Rubin stand to gain by having his fingerprints all over the latest disc from The Avett Brothers? Other than the inevitable cash haul, probably not that much considering that Rubin’s résumé as an established record production powerhouse includes collaboration with artists with names like [...]

U2 sells us a product we can’t even pretend to not like

James Harrison — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:44:22 +0000

Bono captivates audiences by singing into a steering wheel on a $15 million stage. What’s not to like?

Bringing new meaning to the word “showstopper,” the stage set-up for U2’s 360 Tour resembles something akin to a colossal robotic tarantula—complete with fog machines and a slew of multi-colored lights (not to mention the world’s first [...]

Book Review: Z is Not for Zombie

James Harrison — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:04:40 +0000

If you were judging by the title, The Lost City of Z by David Grann sounds like a mad-zombie thriller. But Grann’s account of Col. Percy Fawcett’s obsessive exploration of the Amazon offers a deft mix of adventure, mystery, history, and biography that’s hard to find (and even harder to put down).

If [...]

Tar Nation

James Harrison — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:28:24 +0000

North Carolina rolls in NCAA

by James Harrison (with Nate Drexler)

Sorry, Michiganders (and those of you who taught at Calvin and for some reason feel like you have an allegiance to Michigan teams… which is pretty much every other professor at Covenant). It was never meant to be. I know that your team worked hard, and that [...]