(B) Good Ideas from Questionable Christians and Outright Pagans
Author: Steve Wilkens
Grade: A
This is a book that discusses 10 major philosphers. It's written by a university professor who teaches philosophy and who is also a Christian. He spends about 18 pages or so discussing each philosophers ideas and themes and then spends about three to five pages critiquing some of the philosophers points while embracing others. The book is excellent. It gives a really good overview of each philosopher. The great thing about this book is that even though it's written by a Christian he doesn't preach Christianity, he just lets the philosophers speak for themselves. If you want to freshen up or learn some basics of the principles of philosophers, this is an excellent book. It covers: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Descartes, Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche, and Sarte.


(G) The Submarines
Location: Hotel Cafe
Grade: B
The record release party for the Submarines was held at Hotel Cafe in LA by KCRW. The band played their entire album and they sounded wonderful. The story behind the band is very cute. Boy and girl are dating, boy and girl break up, boy and girl write songs about the break-up, boy and girl hear each others songs, boy and girl fall back in love, form band, and perform songs. The highlight for me was watching the female singer (the guy sings also) perform her songs and then glance over at her boyfriend with adoring eyes. It was very cute.