yesterday morning, christen and i visited a church that i have chosen not to name (just because it wouldn’t serve a productive purpose). for anonymity’s sake, i’ll call it The Country Club (cc, for short). at cc, they were beginning a new sermon series called god strong. it played off the army’s ad campaign of army strong (can you believe [...]

a few of the latest pics of lucy…

on a recent npr all songs considered podcast, bob boilen sat down with carrie brownstein (formerly of sleater-kinney), stephen thompson (npr’s song of the day) and amy phillips (pitchforkmedia.com) to discuss the topic of songs of a generation. in essence, they discussed what songs were representational of various generations, focusing primarily on generation x & y. first of all, even [...]

in 1994, a little english band named bush went from playing small pubs to playing arenas practically overnight with the release of sixteen stone. in many ways, that was one of the seminal albums of the 90′s, featuring songs such as the anthemic comedown, the charging machinehead and the cryptically lulling glycerine. like many seminal debut releases, bush, by and large, could never [...]

nice…

for a long time i’ve been consistently intrigued and fascinated with postsecret, but i’ve recently begun visiting dear god and it’s got some really interesting  and insightful stuff. people have anrn desire to confess and these types of sites show the depths of that desire and need. so, go confess to someone…or to some website… UPDATE: apparently when i post links [...]

1. blanche: little amber bottles2. brandi carlile: the story3. coldplay: viva la vida4. everclear: the vegas years5. gnarls barkley: the odd couple6: once soundtrack (glen hansard & markéta irglova)