This week’s highlights feature a New Year theme: “newness.” Includes new music, a new DVD, a new hard drive, a newly discovered blog, a new camera, and my favorite Christmas present… new books!
New Music:
Angels and Airwaves. I had a $5 credit at Amazon.com and downloaded this there. Solid pop rock. If you like The [...]
This was as much clarity as I could muster while trying to sneak a picture tonight at the Patty Griffin concert at the Ryman. They don’t take kindly to people snapping photos in there for some reason, but I applied my Hardy Boys skills and got a low-quality facsimile of the concert.
For your enjoyment, [...]
Come Thou Long Expected Jesus,
Born to set Thy people free:
From our fears and sins release us;
Let us find our rest in Thee.
Israel’s strength and consolation,
Hope of all the earth Thou art,
Dear desire of every nation,
Joy of every longing heart.
Born thy people to deliver,
Born a child, and yet a king,
Born to reign in us forever.
Now thy [...]
Here’s what’s been playing through my iPod lately…
The Killers – Sam’s Town
Brilliant rock album. My favorite release of 2006.
Regina Spektor – Begin to Hope
Fresh sounding vocals, accompanied by creatively applied instrumentation, especially piano. I’m still trying to figure out what is going on lyrically.
U2 – War
I’ve been rediscovering this album lately. U2 [...]
What’s been in the iPod this week…
Gipsy Kings – Cantos De Amor
Sparta – Porcelain
The Who – The Ultimate Collection
David Crowder Band – A Collision
Coldplay – X&Y
U2 – How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
I don’t spend a lot of money on concerts, because if you go to very many of them you will end up doing exactly that (spending a lot of money). However, I couldn’t pass on the opportunity to see Coldplay at the Starwood Amphitheater tonight with Krista, and we have no regrets. Every [...]
Jason Barmer
