The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
John Williams with the Utah Symphony Orchestra & the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, "Call of the Champions" via iTunes (T.L.A.M.)

Commentary: I had the privilege of seeing Maestro Williams conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl in a program titled, John Williams: Maestro of the Movies. All this week the R.B.D.S.O.T.D. will be chosen from selections played at that magnificent concert.

The Queue
Aerodromes & aeroplanes are fabulous environments in which to do much reading. 'Tis always a pleasure to return to the pure & unapologetic escapism of Burroughs's Barsoom. "Kaor!"

Recently
Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel according to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
Timothy Keller, The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Swords of Mars

Currently
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Synthetic Men of Mars

Presently
Matthew Kelly, Rediscover Catholicism: A Spiritual Guide to Living with Passion & Purpose
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Llana of Gathol
Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter of Mars
Rice Broocks, God's Not Dead: Evidence for God in an Age of Uncertainty
Sir Ernest Shackleton, South: A Memoir of the Endurance Voyage
Richard Price, Clockers
Sir Richard Francis Burton, translator, "Sinbad the Sailor" from The Arabian Nights
Ted Morgan, Valley of Death: The Tragedy at Dien Bien Phu That Led American into the Vietnam War
Norman Stone, The Atlantic and Its Enemies: A Personal History of the Cold War

Lately Neglected
Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill
Edmund Burke, The Evils of Revolution
F. J. Sheed, Theology for Beginners