SOUNDTRACK: JOHNNY CASH-Christmas with JOHNNY CASH (2003).
I am not really a fan of Johnny Cash, but Sarah really likes him. But we both found this album 
to be pretty awful. Someone on Amazon said “This CD was mostly the “droning” Johnny Cash, rather than the compelling Johnny Cash.” And I have to agree.
The music is pretty spare, almost nonexistent. And Johnny barely sings at all–it’s either sing-speaking or just narrating. You will not feel uplifted by this disc in any way.
I will say that the story songs “The Christmas Guest” and “Christmas as I Knew It” are quite moving–but nothing you’d want to hear more than once a season.
The fact that he made so many Christmas discs makes me laugh as well because I can’t help but hear
I love thee, Lord Jesus; look down from the sky
But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.
I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
The Christmas Guest
Hark The Herald Angels Sing
The Gifts They Gave
Blue Christmas
Merry Christmas Mary (this song is not meant for Catholics, as Catholics do not forget Mary at all).
O Come All Ye Faithful
Away In A Manger
The Christmas Spirit
Joy To The World
Silent Night
Christmas As I Knew It
[READ: July 21, 2017] Pasmados/Spellbound
Max is an illustrator from Spain (his full name is Max Bardin).
This book collects a number of his prints and places them next to texts from A Map of Astonishment, an unpublished work by Oliver Veek.
It doesn’t really explain that the two items weren’t designed together, so it was a little hard to see how all of the items connected. The drawings are cool, for sure, and sometimes you can see a connection, but not always. I also wasn’t sure if the book was sequential in any way (it’s not).
Max has a great cartoon style–big thick lines and oversized/undersized character traits. The first panel is of a giant, staring goggle eyed at a small skull. The caption “So it was me who was the weirdo?” doesn’t exactly work, but you could see it connecting–and certainly setting the tone. (more…)
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