Locked DownDr. John (Nonesuch Records, 2012)In the deranged days of 1968, New Orleans musician Mac Rebennack decided to join the fun by dubbing himself Dr. John the Night Tripper, taking to the stage in a Mardi Gras Indian-inspired costume and making music thoroughly marinated in his hometown’s Afro-Caribbean musical traditions and religious lore. In the decades that followed, Dr.

May 2012: Jesus and the Emergence of a Catholic ImaginationBy John Pfordresher Review: In this fascinating account, John Pfordresher, an English professor at Georgetown University, traces the roots of the Catholic imagination from Jesus to the arts of the West through the centuries.His chapter on Jesus, “the poet of everyday life,” takes apart his imagination and preaching techniques: parable