Another bygone era of 7 days and so much streaming by so fast on this proverbial river of the information highway (OK, that’s a bad mixed metaphor, but I’m leaving it). Offering you the leaf-catcher of the blogosphere, here’s some of what I caught floating by this past week:
Read about the RIAA pursuing legal action against people who include music on their Youtube or Google videos.
Read about Apple smashing particles.
Read Time’s list of “Summer Albums to Play Loud.”
Read as both the Chicago Tribune and the Sun-Times profile the recent Intonation Festival (ht: lhb). The Chicagoist also chimes in.
Have you ever tried to dip in to electronic music and simply left overwhelmed by the various subgenres? Try Ishkur’s Guide to Electronic Music which identifies the main genres, breaks those down into subgenres, gives helpful descriptions of all of it along with sound samples.
Read Christianity Today’s piece dealing with the new book Body Piercing Saved My Life: Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock (written by a non-Christian, this looks to be an interesting read) which argues that much Christian music exists “parallel universe,” never fully intersecting with the trendsetting sonic landscapes of mainstream or alternative rock. Christian music may approximate the sounds of popular rock, and the labels may even be owned by the same parent companies, but to many people’s ears, Christian rock is just one long cover.”
Read Christianity Today’s review of the new David Crowder Band EP “B Collision.”
Read Al Mohler’s piece “Ann Lamott Kills A Man - And Writes About It.” In the article, Mohler remarks that ‘In the economy of just a few words, Lamott effectively turns the Christian understanding of life and death on its head” and concludes: “As with the issue of abortion, Anne Lamott is simply guided by her own sense of what is right and wrong.”
Become a drug dealer and help distribute AIDS medicines to Africa.
Look into my ears and see what I’ve been listening to at the Last.fm site which uses a plugin called “Audio Scrobbler” to track the music you listen to and then make recommendations on your established listening patterns.
Send a Bible to China through VoM’s “Bibles Unbound” program.
Sign up for eMusic, expose yourself to a world of new music and help me get free downloads in the process!
Read as the Washington Times asks why the editors of the New York Times hate America (ht: Pearcey Report).
Watch ABC News‘ piece on XXXchurch’s “Jesus Loves Porn Stars” ‘bible’ (ht: Steve McKoy) and read my previous thoughts on XXXchurch.
Read yet another article on “the Pitchfork effect” discussing the site’s effect on young bands and listeners.
Read Pitchfork’s discussion of this year’s Bonnaroo Festival lineup.
Read articles (here, here and here) discussing the possibility that some believe that “Noah’s ark” may have been discovered.
