Archive for April, 2008
Over the last few months, a strange pattern has developed on the blog of my friend Uncle Tim. It’s sad, really, to see how a once prolific writer has simply disappeared from the blogging world. Unfortunately, Tim is in denial of all this. He feels that the blogging world has up and left him [ READ MORE ]
The always punctual cultural trail-mix that is Perez Hilton reported today that “Azariah Southworth, host of the popular Christian youth show The Remix has come out of the closet and announced he is gay.” First let me say I have never watched the show before, so I know nothing about the program or Azariah. That [ READ MORE ]
So what are you looking at? I will tell you. And once I do, you will be absolutely fascinated by what you see. What we’ve got above is a graphical representation of the Bible that was constructed by a Lutheran pastor and Chris Harrison, a doctoral student studying Human Computer Interactions. Together they took a [ READ MORE ]
I would say save the best until last, but after all, these are some of my favorite albums that I’ve been featuring this week, so it would be unfair to make that distinction. That said, I’m extremely happy to share with you This New Day by Embrace. Why this album hasn’t been released in the [ READ MORE ]
It’s a sad and rainy day in Nashville, and this is the right music for it. A couple notes on this album: This is a side project for Glen Hansard who is the lead singer for an Ireland-based band called The Frames. He’s been getting a ton of publicity recently because of his work [ READ MORE ]
Continuing the series this week of “Five favorite albums that aren’t on Napster, but are available on Imeem”, this is Neon Bible from The Arcade Fire. I’m afraid this is as close to America as we’re going to come this week… and we’ll have to settle with Canadia. This band is huge, literally. Seven permanent [ READ MORE ]
Epic, sweeping, and decidedly British… what’s not to like about British Sea Power’s third album Do You Like Rock Music? Welcome to album #2 in my series of “Five favorite albums that aren’t available on Napster, but are available on Imeem”. Admittedly, critics didn’t care for this album much, comparing their epic attempts to 2001-era U2. [ READ MORE ]