Another week marked off more, stuff to browse, more pages to turn, more mouses to click, more junk-mail to toss, more voice-mails to delete, welcome to the Weekly Town Crier! Here’s some of what caught my attention ever-so-briefly this past week:
Read the East Tennessee State University School Newspaper’s pick for 21 best albums of this century thus far. Selections include Sigur Ros - gtis Byrjun, “everything by Ryan Adams,” which seems a bit of a stretch, Heartbreaker I can see, but everything; Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Radiohead - Kid A, and Sufjan Stevens - Come On Feel the Illinoise (curiously missing is anything by the Flaming Lips, is that just me?).
Browse the official website for this year’s “Bang On a Can” marathon featuring music by John Adams, Aphex Twin, Michael Nyman and performances by Amiina (formerly Amina), So Percussion and others.
Read James White’s thoughts on seeing the Da Vinci Code movie.
Visit our church’s website and learn about our new preschool ministry.
Read Pitchfork’s piece pondering the possibilities of the new crop of music recommendation services.
Read CNN’s newsflash that Madeline Albright is troubled by George W. Bush’s faith. She ought to be.
Read Christianity Today’s piece “It’s a Selfish System” featuring an interview with guitarist Phil Keaggy, in which he says what many feel. Speaking of the “CCM” model, he says that “we’re so discouraged by the selfish system put in place, based upon the model of the world.”
Ars Technia profiles eMusic, a favorite download service of mine. Sign up for eMusic, expose yourself to a world of new music and help me get free downloads in the process!
Look into my ears and see what I’ve been listening to.
Freepay has changed its rules and imposed deadlines, so please, Please PLEASE, help us both earn a free laptop, a free Mac Mini, a free iPod video or a free iPod Nano. Come on, help a brother out….I now only have until May 30.
Send a Bible to China through VoM’s “Bibles Unbound” program.
Read Blender’s list of the fifty worst songs EVER, topped off by “We Built This City” by Starship, a questionable selection to say the least (not that it will appear on any “Best Songs Ever” list either!).
Read and read Tim Challies’ thoughts regarding Mark Driscoll in which he expresses concern over issues of irreverance and vulgarity, just as I did here.
Read Justin Taylor’s thoughts about Tim Challies’ thoughts about Mark Driscoll.
Read Lark News‘ parody piece regarding the “2006 Pastor’s Draft.” Good stuff, thanks Carey.
For you runners, read about the Nike/Apple iPod collaboration.
Peep Mark’s “Wrestler of the Week,” this week featuring “Hillbilly Jim.” He’s one I don’t remember, though I was a fan of wrestling as a child.
Read “Left Behind by the Da Vinci Code” by Al Mohler in which he responds to recent comments by Brian McLaren arguing that the best-selling Christianity bashing book and movie as not as dangerous as the “Left Behind” series. Mohler summarizes his thoughts on McLaren’s approach by stating, “This is just not a responsible way to deal with a serious theological challenge.” I have to be honest, the more I hear from McLaren, the more worried I become that he is allowed to have any influence at all.
Read Alex Forrest’s “Marriage Protection Sunday?” in which he questions this most-recent Southern Baptist fad.
Read Jim Hamilton’s interesting “Salvation Through Judgment For the Glory of God” in which he argues for the centrality of judgment in salvation.
