Category: Music
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I was giving my friend a hard time recently about how all of his favorite musical artists/groups are not of the female gender. This is not exactly a nice thing for me to do (i.e. make fun of him) because I was the one who asked him to tell me some of his favorite albums,…
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In honor of Celebrate the Banjo Week (note: I don’t think there is such a thing, but the Chinese don’t know this. Shhh, don’t tell ’em,) I am listening to mostly Iron and Wine, Sufjan Stevens, and Travis (ok, not a lot of banjo in Travis, but there is this one song…) this week. (Oh…
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As you can see I’ve been on a bit of a Delirious? kick lately with my music listening. I think I speak for the whole family when I say the last few weeks have been a somewhat emotional time in our cross-cultural journey. It almost feels like a second wave of culture shock. There is…
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My friend Mark and I were in a cab yesterday. Our driver, who obviously thought it was more important to show us how loud his stereo was than to actually allow a civil conversation, turned up the volume on an old song. This tune made Mark and I laugh. The song was funny because of…well,…
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I just got a box from my college buddy Jason. Inside this bles-sed parcel was 9 books and 16 or 18 some-odd CDs. New reads, new tunes. Oh, yeah! I very much appreciate the goods, man. Very much. Christa has already started reading the Krakauer novel, Into the Wild. I am really intrigued by the…
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Back in 1992 my faith in God became real. I had spent a number of years like Jonah; running from reality and pretending that what I knew to be true wasn’t. But He was patient and waited me out; ultimately revealing the Ecclesiastes-type vanity and futility of any pursuit outside of Him. At that time…
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Thanks to everyone who recommended their top 5 (plus) "under the radar" music selections. You’ve given me a lot to listen to. Pandora was a good suggestion as well. I’ve found a lot of new artists through that…which has lead me to even more new artists, etc. I appreciate it.
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OK, I need some help. I am looking for some new music. There are millions of artists out there and the past few nights I’ve been staying up to the wee morning hours browsing through I-Tunes trying to find something striking. I’ve found some good music, but nothing that has really grabbed me. I guess…
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My friend just sent me this blog posting on Sufjan Stevens. I’m reposting the exerpt that Mr. Overstreet posted from a Sufjan interview/article (?). I found Sufjan’s words particularly insightful and beautiful. I especially liked his refreshingly non-standard explanation of the Gospel–that we as Christians are "yielding ourselves to the birth canal." Nice imagery: Sufjan:…
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I’ve been listening to Sufjan Stevens’ Christmas songs lately. (Thanks to my friend Rabid Hoss for emailing me that link…) I really like his renditions of some the old yuletide favorites and some of the new ones are instant classics in my book. His rendition of I Saw Three Ships and Sting’s rendition of the…
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