Hi. Please browse as I have browsed. Help yourself to what has helped me. I’d like to introduce you to the new highlight of your week: The Weekly Town Crier, where I pass on to you some of the things that caught my eye this past week. No poetry and/or music today. As I mentioned yesterday, my laptop is in the shop. That combined with a hectic week just didn’t leave time to prepare anything. That’s also why the Town Crier is a bit shorter this week. Keep on truckin‘.
Read about Japan scrapping recent plans to encourage breastfeeding.
Read this piece which wonders why divorce rates are the lowest they’ve been since 1970.
Read this article which wonders where the next Gillian Welch album is since four years have passed since her last album.
Sign up for eMusic, find lost of DRM-free downloads and help me earn free downloads in the process. Everyone wins!
Read about the six new domain names that will be joining .com.
Read about research which suggests that iPods may interfere with pacemakers.
Consider a public reading of your teen diary as a way to work through your past.
Browse the week in photos from Yahoo.
Read about the protests about Rome’s “unmarried couples” law.
Read about the recent exchange between Kirk Cameron, Ray Comfort and two atheists.
Explore jazz history through one photograph.
Read about more college students being sued by the RIAA, sometimes for as much as $7.87 for each downloaded song.
Buy a “God/Jesus” robot? (thanks Mike, I think).
Read as the New York Times asks whether the GOP can tolerate Guliani’s stance on abortion. I believe the answer is no, what do you think?
Read the Washington Post’s thoughts on Francis Beckwith’s return to Catholicism.
Read as Justin Taylor hosts John Piper’s plea to pray for the seminaries.
Read Justin’s announcement that D.A. Carson has accepted the invitation to be the keynote speaker for the 2008 Bethlehem Conference for Pastors.
Read about the student who claims that she was traumatized after the movie Brokeback Mountain was shown in class by a substitute teacher.
Consider attending the first Nine Marks Ministries conference: Gospel Growth vs. Church Growth.
Anyone want to buy a 4″ halfpipe for me and my sons? We’ll put it together!
Read about Robert Thompson, Syracuse University professor and one of the most quoted men in America.
Read this article just because of the headline: “Want Hair? Don’t Expect Insurance Toupee For It.”
R.I.P. Jerry Falwell
Read as Doug reminds himself that Spider-Man is just a man too.
See what I hear (my “mainstream” music).
Read about the possibility that Newt might run for President.
Read Cal Thomas‘ criticism of D. James Kennedy as a major player in the “Religious Right” and read the reply from Coral Ridge Ministries.
For members of eMusic, browse Nereffid’s guide to some of their classical offerings which I have found tremendously helpful.
Read this piece which claims that MySpace may be forced to shut down amid fears of the confirmed 10,000 stalkers who are currently registered.
Read about the 700 new species of animals found in the deep waters surrounding Antarctica and remind yourself how great is our God.
Read about the German homeschooled teen who has been returned to her family after being seized by the government.
Read about the man who attacked a praying woman in church and was stabbed in the neck with a pen as she defended herself.
Read about the Pakistani Christians who have been told that they must convert to Islam or be blown up.
Read the report that Elijah Wood is set to play Iggy Pop in an upcoming biopic.
Read as one reviewer compares the new Son Volt and Wilco albums side by side.
Buy the terrific new Jeremy Casella album.
Read Covenant Life Church’s thoughts about “online dating.”
Read SBTS Professor Greg Allison’s thoughts on Frank Beckwith’s recent reversion to Catholicism.
Read some of John Piper’s thoughts regarding Christ’s obedience and our justification.
Remix the Jars of Clay (ht: Jim).
Read as Joe Carter asks the same question I asked here: “How can we be more ethical than Jesus?”
I’m with you on Guiliani. In my roundup of debate #2, I categorized Rudy’s abortion comments as a total disaster for him. Now with McCain’s role in the immigration deal, look for him to take on water fast as well. I’ve got to think that Mitt Romney and Fred Thompson are the two positioned to take the nomination.
Also, I can’t belive that reviewer calling the new Wilco album boring! That album has catapulted me into their stuff this week, and I’m now a fan! I listened to the Son Volt album yesterday, and that one is going to take some time for me to appreciate.
I agree. I really don’t see McCain or Guliani receiving the nomination. Gingrich keeps sending test balloons but has yet to make a commitment. Thompson and Romney seem to be playing it a bit low-key while letting Guiliani and McCain demonstrate for themselves just how far they truly are from the conservative base.
Brent, thanks for the links. You are the man! I wanted to point you to a blog article that you may be interested in since you are in the process of getting certified through NANC. You can get to it through my blog or go directly to Greg Stancil’s blog here
I liked seeing what you have been listening to, although I am confused that it says you listened to Mozart at 5am tomorrow morning. How does that work?
Also, it looks like you have changed musical interests quite a bit since you were at Apollo HS. I remember when you wrote to your favorite band and offered to let them stay at your house if they’d but play in Phoenix. I want to say Nine Inch Nails, but I think that’s wrong. What was the name of that band?
Aha! It just came to me—-Ned’s Atomic Dustbin. Not very much NIN, except they both start with an N and have three words. That’s how my mind classifies things.
Ned’s Atomic Dustbin! Man, I haven’t thought about that band in a long time. There was them and the New Fast Automatic Daffodils that were sort of forerunners to Jesus Jones and some of the other British bands that made it a bit bigger. They never took me up on the offer. It’s probably for the better since I don’t think I actually ever cleared that one with my parents!
As for the time on the last.fm site, I’m not sure what that’s about but somehow my settings (it must be the time zone) are way off and it sometimes shows that I’m listening to music in the future which is neat, but obviously not accurate.
