Kurt KeefnerApr 24 min readWritings About MusicTwenty-five years of writing about music! A selection of 17 essays and reviews of music from all over the world.
Kurt KeefnerMar 166 min read“Self-Esteem” and NarcissismIs the Objectivist concept of self-esteem partly to blame for the current wave of narcissism?
Kurt KeefnerNov 23, 20237 min readIt's Just Common SenseCommon sense is a surpisingly slippery concept. Here is my attempt to pin it down.
Kurt KeefnerNov 15, 20232 min readTalk => Talk => TalkWe usually know what we're going to say before we say it. It's not so obvious how that works..
Kurt KeefnerApr 5, 202310 min readCall Me Deacon BluesSteely Dan's song "Deacon Blues" tells the paradoxical story of how an inauthentic man finds liberation. How much is that everybody's story?
Kurt KeefnerNov 20, 202217 min readFun Songs about Bad MenWhen does a fun song about a bad man celebrate wickedness? And is this OK in the name of fun?
Kurt KeefnerOct 20, 202212 min readAmazing MemeThe story you didn't know of the classic hymn and how it has been a prolific meme in American culture.
Kurt KeefnerOct 5, 202214 min readFoundation SongsSongs about home: what can we say about them and what do they say about us?