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Jul 12, 2003
By | Posted at 18:31:18
Sigh. You know what it's like when you get a song stuck in your head and can't get it out? Usually you hear it inadvertently and then your head just replays it again and again. Well, that's what has happened to me for the last day.
I was peacefully eating a Tostada Pizza at California Pizza Kitchen (very good, by the way!) when Jewel's Standing Still was being played in the background. I like her music, although I don't own any of her CD's or anything like that. Anyway, while I've heard the song before, it stuck in my head for some reason this time. I mean stuck!
Cuttin' through the darkest night in my two headlights
Trying to keep it clear
but I'm losing it here to the twilight
There's a dead end to my left
there's a burning bush to my right
You aren't in sight
you aren't in sight
Now, it would be good if some how I could draw a deep meaning out of all of this. You know, something about being stuck and how you can learn from it (don't listen to music and eat a weird pizza at the same time?). I can't.
Or am I standing still
beneath the darkened sky?
Or am I standing still
with the scenery flying by?
Or am I standing still
out of the corner of my eye?
Was that you passing me by?
Are you passing me by? (Passing me by)
I've tried listening to, or thinking about, other music to no avail. Listening to Sixpence's cover of Don't Dream It's Over gave a slight repreeve, but not for long. It would seem, for the moment, my mind is indeed Standing Still. Oh well, maybe if I got another pizza…
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Jul 1, 2003
By Timothy R. Butler | Posted at 19:55:25
It has become accepted within much of the Christian community that Christian recording artists that “go secular” are some how traitors to the faith or something like that. While in many cases, it might seem that the move to secular music also involves the artist revealing his true colors, I wonder if this is always the case? I really don't think so.
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Apr 12, 2003
By | Posted at 18:46:27
1. What was the first band you saw in concert? Well, that depends. If you consider Michael W. Smith performing at a Billy Graham Crusade a concert, than that's the first one I went to. Otherwise, Steven Curtis Chapman, last year during his “Live out Loud Tour.” What an awe-inspiring experience that was — praise/worship/CCM music and testimonies blaring through the local arena! (See my review here.)
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Feb 28, 2003
By | Posted at 19:37:25
Okay, in the last six weeks, I've seen probably four or five full length movies (that'd probably be three more than I saw in 2002) and I've added some new CD's to my collection. It's about time for a review or two. The movies will have to wait. I'd like to use this entry to discuss Divine Discontent, the new CD from Sixpence None the Richer.
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Oct 9, 2002
By | Posted at 18:9:50
I just got a chance to listen to my new copy of
SCC's Declaration
CD. Its a great CD, every bit as good as Speechless (though lacking, perhaps, the quiet meditations of Be Still and Know and With Hope). Here's a sampling of the absolutely
GREAT lyrics:
Jesus is life, yeah, oh, oh, oh
Jesus is life, yeah, oh, oh, oh
The air I'm breathing
Why my heart is beating
Everything I'm needing
Jesus is life
Jesus is life
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Oct 4, 2002
By | Posted at 18:36:11
And all you ever wanted
Only me, on my knees
Singing holy, holy
And somehow all that matters now is
You are holy, holy.
— Nichole Nordeman, Holy
Well, I popped in the Nichole Nordeman CD I mentioned in my last post, yesterday, and it is every bit as good as I hoped. Nichole has a real talent for not only singing, but writing. Much of her music is quite and reflective, other, like Holy (above) is fast paced. All of it is very hard to get out of your head.
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Oct 1, 2002
By | Posted at 14:35:24
Imagine this?I get a phone call from Regis
He says, “Do you want to be a millionaire?”
They put me on the show and I win with two lifelines to spare
Now picture this?I act like nothing ever happened
And bury all the money in a coffee can
Well, I've been given more than Regis ever gave away
I was a dead man who was called to come out of my grave
And I think it's time for makin' some noise
Wake the neighbors, get the word out
Come on?crank up the music?climb a mountain and shout
This is life we've been given made to be lived out
So la la la la live out loud
Live out loud, yeah
—Steven Curtis Chapman, Live Out Loud
Okay, so I promised to give a blurb about the SCC Live Out Loud concert yesterday. Unfortunately, my allergies had different intentions, and I really didn't feel up to writing anything “just for fun.” But, never fear, I'm feeling much more like myself today, and so I'm just a day late on this.
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Sep 29, 2002
By | Posted at 18:27:8
Well, I'm a bit too tired to describe it in length tonight (stay tuned for the full details tomorrow), but I attended Steven Curtis Chapman's “Live Out Loud” concert tonight - and it was GREAT! Anyway, tune in at 11 for the scoop.
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