This is just such a beautiful song by a great artist. And the lyrics are haunting, real, and worshipful.
The best modern lament psalms are being written by “secular” artists. (by this I mean artists outside the Christian music industry) Given CCM’s propensity to produce slick, attractive, packaged, mass-produced and easily cloned products — with profit [...]
Archive for the ‘music’ Category
14 Jul
The Pearl
28 Aug
misc
Attention Music Lovers: Allow me to point you to two very important links.
Link #1: http://acl.mp3.com/feature/soundandjury/?band=HOMER-HICCOLM-AND-THE-ROCKETBOYS
If you click on the link above, you will have the opportunity (dare-I-say, “privilege”) of voting for my dear brother’s band in a contest to play at the world-famous Austin City Limits festival. Homer Hiccolm & the Rocketboys have made it [...]
5 Dec
random [shaped] notes
I saw a pretty amazing rock show last night. The bands were headliner Anathallo and opening acts Page France and Denison Witmer. All three acts were worth the ticket price by themselves. Music connects on such a deep level with nearly everyone I know, and last night’s show edified me in ways I [...]
26 Aug
women, iJesus, prayer, practice
First off, let me go on the record as saying that the last few days’ conversation on this blog (and, to a lesser degree, on the blog of Drunken Tune) has been more thought provoking and rich than just about any conversation I’ve been a part of on the blogosphere. I think we all [...]
7 Aug
“Jesusland”
I’m convinced that more often than not, they see it better than we do. “They” meaning those who do not even claim to be Christians, and “it” referring to the inconsistencies between our lives and the one we claim to follow.
Ben Folds is one of these “theys” who has gotten it right with his [...]
29 Jun
An Evening With Garrison Keillor
It was a feeling akin to the one that comes when you meet someone — a long, lost relative, let’s say — whom you’ve never met but always heard about. It was the flesh-and-bone version of the silky, baritone voice that previously existed only in myths we joined as they unfolded between six and [...]
8 May
double feature blog post: “worldview change” AND “separated at birth”…today only.
What is the process by which a person’s worldview is changed to make room for the Christian way of life? Is it by linear, rational propositions? Is it by superior logic?
I think the following quotes might be of use in this discussion:
“You say to the person whom you are talking to, ‘come here [...]
6 May
winds of heaven…stuff of earth
There’s more that rises in the morning
Than the sun
And more that shines in the night
Than just the moon
It’s more than just this fire here
That keeps me warm
In a shelter that is larger
Than this room
And there’s a loyalty that’s deeper
Than mere sentiments
And a music higher than the songs
That I can sing
The stuff of Earth competes
For the [...]
8 Apr
shameless plug
I’ll make this quick: My brother Mitch’s band, Homer Hiccolm and the Rocketboys (you can watch a video of one of their songs here), has the opportunity to play at Cornerstone, a HUGE alternative Christian music festival in Illinois that takes place every summer. We’re talking tens of thousands of people. They [...]
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