http://averyfineline.com/2005/07/27/out-of-the-lords-closet-revisited/ Criticism and commentary on southern gospel music Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:19:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 http://averyfineline.com/2005/07/27/out-of-the-lords-closet-revisited/#comment-1020822 Jeremy Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:33:59 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2005/07/27/out-of-the-lords-closet-revisited/#comment-1020822 Do you know how I can find a copy of that article on Talley? GQ magazine's web site doesn't have it in the archives. Do you know how I can find a copy of that article on Talley? GQ magazine’s web site doesn’t have it in the archives.

]]> http://averyfineline.com/2005/07/27/out-of-the-lords-closet-revisited/#comment-4857 Gospel Planet » On mainstream media and gospel music Sat, 03 Feb 2007 00:16:53 +0000 http://averyfineline.com/2005/07/27/out-of-the-lords-closet-revisited/#comment-4857 [...] Occasionally someone gets it right. The GQ article about Kirk Talley a while back, though imperfect, struck me as very thoughtful and an honest effort to capture the complexity of the situation. And too, I’m not sure one should hope for much more than occasional successes anyway. Still that doesn’t make it any less frustrating to read an article like the Country Weekly Bishop piece, which is especially dissatisfying, not only for the profile-by-numbers approach of the writing but also the have-it-both-ways logic of portraying Bishop as the prodigal come home and yet just assuming that all your readers are in on the open secret of Bishop’s “prodigality.” [...] […] Occasionally someone gets it right. The GQ article about Kirk Talley a while back, though imperfect, struck me as very thoughtful and an honest effort to capture the complexity of the situation. And too, I’m not sure one should hope for much more than occasional successes anyway. Still that doesn’t make it any less frustrating to read an article like the Country Weekly Bishop piece, which is especially dissatisfying, not only for the profile-by-numbers approach of the writing but also the have-it-both-ways logic of portraying Bishop as the prodigal come home and yet just assuming that all your readers are in on the open secret of Bishop’s “prodigality.” […]

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