Painting ‘n Stuff
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009Painting I can’t paint or draw. I wish I could and I love it when my wife and daughters do, but I can’t. I took drafting for two years in high school and I think straightedge and ruler is about the extent of my capability in that direction. But I do admire art. A lot. [...]
Gospel Across Culture
Thursday, October 9th, 2008I am not a fan of hip hop. It sounds like noise to these 1970s-trained, suburban ears. However, I recognize that it is a large part of a predominantly young, black culture that I’m not part of. A lot of hip hop has been violent, misogynist gangsta music. Pour that kind of influence into a [...]
The Wanderer
Friday, June 20th, 2008I happen to like both Johnny Cash and U2 so when First Things posted this video it didn’t take me long to listen. Even if you’re not a Cash fan, pay attention to the lyrics.
Visual Music
Thursday, June 5th, 2008This is what I often see in my head when I listen to beautiful classical music.
The Ringing Bell
Thursday, April 5th, 2007Derek Webb has a new CD coming out. This one is more rock than his previous CDs were. If you preorder (no, I haven’t yet but am considering it) you get a 96-page graphic novel and you can download the CD before it is release. When I get the CD I’ll post some comments. The [...]
Boycott the RIAA in March
Friday, February 23rd, 2007Gizmodo is on to something here. The RIAA is trying to sue WiFi providers if people use their hotspots to download music illegally. This would have absolutely no effect on downloading music and would only serve to have free WiFi providers pull the plugs on their services for fear of being sued. It is a [...]
Matthew Smith Streamed for Free
Sunday, December 10th, 2006This is exciting! I preordered Matthew Smith’s new CD All I Owe and I don’t regret it. Matthew is the lead singer of Indelible Grace, a group who take hymns and set them to new tunes, mostly without changing the words. My soul is blessed often by listening to them. Matthew’s new CD is no [...]
Webb Spectrum
Friday, December 8th, 2006FreeDerekWebb ends today. If you don’t have Mockingbird, today is your last chance to get it for free. I recommend it. NPR recently featured Derek Webb. One of the things they said about him was “Chris Tomlin whose been at the number one spot on the Christian charts for eleven weeks running. On the other [...]
Matthew Smith’s Latest
Friday, October 27th, 2006I just got Matthew Smith’s latest CD “All I Owe” because I preordered it. It was signed and numbered. He only did the first 300 and I got number 13. :) Also got a great looking t-shirt. But forget the signature and the t. The songs are great. Two have captured my heart early on. [...]
Music Freedom Regained
Thursday, December 1st, 2005Way back in the mid ’90s (remember that far back? Were you born yet?) there was a magical place on the Internet (yes Virginia, we had the internet back then but it was in black and white) called NetRadio.com. They streamed music back before there were iPods and Podcasts. The cool thing was that you [...]
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