Monthly Archives: September 2014

Play Review: “Bad Jews”

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Tom Emanuel

In the booklet for the Magic Theatre of San Francisco’s production of Joshua Harmon’s “Bad Jews” (dir. Ryan Guzzo Purcell), dramaturg Dori Jacob includes one of the most popular, enduring fables of Hassidic Judaism: Whenever the Jews were threatened with … Continue reading →

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Track Spotlight: Paradise Fears, “You to Believe In”

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Tom Emanuel

Full disclosure: Paradise Fears hail from my second hometown (Vermillion, SD), and their lead singer, Sam Miller, just happens to be the son of my pastor, mentor, and dear friend, whose influence on my life is probably the single biggest … Continue reading →

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Album Review: Foster the People, “Supermodel”

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Tom Emanuel

Caught in a materialistic economy we did not create, faced with a job market that still offers us primarily low-wage service-sector drudgery, many Millennials find themselves wondering if something more is not possible, whether our modern society has rather radically … Continue reading →

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