Been on a bit of a Dylan kick lately. I'm in the middle of reading his autobiography, 'Chronicles Volume 1', and am enjoying it immensely. [I just found out that there is an audio version of the book that is read by Sean Penn, which would be very cool to hear.] I've been a Bob Dylan fan since i was in Jr High, which is kinda weird since i was also a huge Poison fan. Luckily Dylan won out, though i still rock out to a little hair metal every now and then.
Whatever Happened To...
Posted by on Wednesday, April 6, 2005 - leave a comment
Keeping somewhat in line with my last post, another one of my favorite "Christian" artists is a man by the name of Steve Taylor. Though he did put out some pretty cheezy music, he had a lot of really great stuff as well. He also was the head of one of the coolest record labels around for a while, Squint Records [Former home to such bands as Sixpence None the Richer, Chevelle, Burlap to Cashmere, and LA Symphony]. That is until he got screwed over when the label was sold out from under him.
Since leaving Squint, there hasn't been much news about Mr Taylor at all, until recently. Apparently he has been working on a movie called "The Second Chance" . It should be interesting, as film making has long been one of Taylors passions, one that he hasn't really ever had the chance to display in any real form. [Other than the independent short films he included with his video collections] My only concern about this new movie is that the "star" is none other than Michael W Smith. Yikes. Fortunately, very few things that Mr Taylor has been involved in have ever sucked. So, lets hope this holds true for the movie.
Christianity Today has an excellent interview with Steve here. And you can find out pretty much anything you would ever want to know about the man at sockheaven.org .
Gene Eugene
Posted by on Friday, March 25, 2005 - leave a comment
If you know me and have had the opportunity to talk to me about music for any amount of time, it wouldn't be long before you would hear me mention the name Gene Eugene . Gene was an amazing singer/songwriter/musician/producer who worked within the "Christian" music industry throughout the nineties. He worked with some incredible bands, including Adam Again, The Lost Dogs, The Choir, Mike Knott, The Aunt Betty's, Poor Old Lu, Starflyer 59, as well as pretty much every band that was on Tooth and Nail records in the early days of that label. Throughout his career, Gene had some sort of input or influence on over 300 musical recordings, an astounding number by any standards.
Doug Coupland Interview
Posted by on Thursday, March 17, 2005 in - leave a comment
Thunderstruck links to a very cool interview with author Doug Coupland from CRUX magazine . Definetly worth reading, as are every single one of Couplands books.
71 Days
Posted by on Tuesday, March 15, 2005 in - leave a comment
Have you ever made a list of things you want to do in your lifetime? It doesn't have to be an actual list that you have written down, maybe just some things in the back of you mind that you would really like to do before you die.
I have a list.
In May i get to cross one of the top things off my list.
On May 26th, 2005, i am going to Boston to see the greatest rock and roll band on earth.
In 71 days...
I'm going to see U2.
Life is good.
I have a list.
In May i get to cross one of the top things off my list.
On May 26th, 2005, i am going to Boston to see the greatest rock and roll band on earth.
In 71 days...
I'm going to see U2.
Life is good.
Eugene Peterson Article
Posted by on Thursday, March 10, 2005 - leave a comment
Christianity Today has an excellent interview with Eugene Peterson [author of The Message, and other great books] online. You can find it here.
A great "teaser" quote from the article:
"I think relevance is a crock. I don't think people care a whole lot about what kind of music you have or how you shape the service. They want a place where God is taken seriously, where they're taken seriously, where there is no manipulation of their emotions or their consumer needs."
A great "teaser" quote from the article:
"I think relevance is a crock. I don't think people care a whole lot about what kind of music you have or how you shape the service. They want a place where God is taken seriously, where they're taken seriously, where there is no manipulation of their emotions or their consumer needs."
Coffee With Donald Miller
Posted by on Thursday, March 10, 2005 in - leave a comment
If you haven't read any of Donald Millers books yet, you should go to your nearest bookstore and purchase one and start reading. I highly recommend "Blue Like Jazz" and "Searching for God Knows What", both are excellent books that could possibly change your life. Seriously.
Relevant Magazine has a cool article written by some dude who flew to Portland Oregon just to have coffee with Don. I can't afford to fly to Portland, but i sure would like to have coffee with him some time just to sit, talk and listen to his stories. Maybe i can convince him to fly up to little ole Prince Edward Island for a sit down? We have really good coffee here too!!
Relevant Magazine has a cool article written by some dude who flew to Portland Oregon just to have coffee with Don. I can't afford to fly to Portland, but i sure would like to have coffee with him some time just to sit, talk and listen to his stories. Maybe i can convince him to fly up to little ole Prince Edward Island for a sit down? We have really good coffee here too!!
I Must Confess...
Posted by on Wednesday, March 9, 2005 - 2 comments
I have a confession to make. It's not something i am overly proud of, but it is something that i feel i must confess.
As a man, this is not an easy thing to do.
Here goes nothing...
Extreme Makeover Home Edition makes me cry.
There, i said it.
For those of you who aren't familiar with the show, the basis of it is, they find a needy family with a crappy house, and they rebuild their house into the most amazing house ever.
As a man, this is not an easy thing to do.
Here goes nothing...
Extreme Makeover Home Edition makes me cry.
There, i said it.
For those of you who aren't familiar with the show, the basis of it is, they find a needy family with a crappy house, and they rebuild their house into the most amazing house ever.
Treasure of the Broken Land
Posted by on Thursday, October 21, 2004 - 1 comment
Every once and a while I'll sort through my collection of CD's and mixes looking for some stuff that I havenâ??t listened to in a while. Sometimes I'll find a gem that will get stuck in my stereo for a week or two. Today I was going through some old CD's that I had burned - some mixes, as well as some hard to find stuff that I had downloaded years ago. In my hunting I found a burned copy of Chagall Guevara's one and only self titled album. For a number of years all I had was a quickly deteriorating cassette, then a few years ago, thanks to the internet, I was able to find someone who had this album available for download, as well as every other known Chagall Guevara tune. It is, in my opinion, one of the best rock albums from the early 90's. This is a band that should have been huge, but because of record label bickering, and very little promotion, no one has ever heard of them.
My Greatest Teacher?
Posted by on Friday, September 3, 2004 in - leave a comment
I'm reading Chuck Klostermans latest book, "Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puff: A Low Culture Manifesto". As I've mentioned before, this dude is seriously funny. This latest collection of essays on all things pop cultures is full of some hilarious and bang on observations of the world we live in. In the opening chapter, Klosterman talks about the influence of Television and movies on our perception of the real world. In particular, he mentions how "real love" is portrayed in TV and Movies has somehow become the gauge for how "real love" is judged in "real life". For example, he says that all women born between 1967 and 1978 are in love with John Cusack because he played the "optimistic, charmingly loquacious teenager" Lloyd Dobler in the movie "Say Anything". Lloyd Dobler has become the measuring stick for all boyfriends of women born of that particular era. This is not a good thing.