And while "The Prisoner's Song" can't match the rhythmic sophistication Mr. Hogeland hears in the Carter Family, its subject matter and Dalhart's unflinching delivery will surely sound familiar to fans of Merle Haggard and Johnny Cash.
Owen's alert, unflinching "sensibility" will exempt him from his own curse, "enabl[ing] him to possess 'whatever' moans, mourns, and shares" the interconnected sorrows of our moral ecosystem.
By the same unflinching logic, Japan, Germany, Russia, Italy and Spain will not see out the next millennium.
But in an unflinching speech, that will be broadcast at midnight on 6 Music, Church described the exchange as symptomatic of "online pissing contests" that "only serve to detract from the strong messages being put forward by [other] artists".
"The deep unflinching knowledge of anything will in the end prove destructive," Sontag says, summing up Bergman's idea.
Our coverage will be unflinching, and I look forward to input from all of you as that effort, including hiring, unfolds.
Whether Newman has unwittingly trashed his close friend's unflinching and unequivocal apology, time will tell.
