El Tov - Remember Me (Official Video) The song is based on the story of The Penitent Thief or the Good Thief known in Catholicism as Dismas. He is one of two unnamed thieves in the Biblical book of Luke’s account of the crucifixion of Jesus.  It describes Dismas asking Jesus to “remember him” when Jesus reaches his kingdom. The other, known as the impenitent thief,...

Before listening to a single note of Suris’ new album, “Pertinax”, I spent a few minutes just looking at the word. Pertinax. It has the distinct ring of a Stoic philosopher’s last defiant utterance or maybe a type of beetle known for its unusually stubborn shell. What a curious flag to fly for a collection of songs in an age of fleeting distraction. But...