In Silence, Shusaku Endo’s nov­el about the Jesuit­i­cal inva­sion, you’re sup­posed to feel com­pas­sion for the mis­sion­ar­ies. I did­n’t. But today I have a review of Andrew Bird’s “Heretics” up at Paper Thin Walls where­in I wax pop the­o­log­i­cal, talk tor­ture and quote from The Mer­chant of Venice…with­out a 200 word pre­am­ble com­plete­ly unre­lat­ed to the music!

[“Heretics” was the okayed track. I like “Dark Mat­ter” and “Scythi­an Empire” best.]