Fri 28 Jul 2006
Here we are, once again at the tail-end of a bygone week, a bygone era. Watching hour hopes, our dreams slip slowly away and all we’re able to say is “pipedreams, Dad, pipedreams.” OK, maybe not, but here’s some of the things that caught my eye on the web this week:
Read this story about Ralph Reed, former head of the Christian Coalition and his ties to Jack Abramoff costing him an election.
Browse as Tortoise slowly announces some U.S. tour dates.
Read Justin Taylor’s piece highlighting Reformation Trust Publishing, a new venture of Ligonier Ministries.
Also from JT, read an introduction and find a link to Kim Riddlebarger’s “Primer on Amillennialism.”
Read an essay from goodhodgkins asking many questions about music/mp3 blogs.
Read the L.A. Daily News‘ interview with Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips (ht: lhb).
Read the announcement that the “God Blog” conference has been postponed until the Fall.
Read “Relevant” magazine’s review of Sufjan Stevens’ outtakes project The Avalanche.
Read this article about the rise of the pagan religion Asatru, a “a polytheistic, pre-Christian faith native to Scandinavia whose adherents worship gods including Thor and Odin.”
Read an interview with Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth about family, the Gilmore Girls and touring Australia.
Read UGO’s list of the “50 Best Albums of Our Time,” which they preface by saying: “We’re tired of “Best Ever” album lists that ignore everything we’ve ever heard in favor of some obscure record from a neo-jazz futurist who played the zither back in the ’60s. Hey, here’s a news flash: There actually WAS good music recorded after 1990.”
Read about one man’s experience with the RIAA (these are never positive stories).
Read the American Spectator’s piece questioning the continued validity of the Dixie Chicks (if they ever had any to begin with).
Read Newcitychicago’s piece profiling every band playing the Warped Tour, Lollapalooza and the Pitchfork Music Festival. Regarding Anathallo, they say: “This music happens when Sufjan Stevens’ van stops hurtling across the America’s open countryside and crosses the border into Animal Collective’s hedonistic enchanted forest of noise.”
Read this article discussing Apple’s DRM technology.
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 Justin Taylor’s post noting the passing of NT scholar Leon Morris.
Read James White’s post about an upcoming book by a woman who claims to be a direct descendant of the union between Jesus and Mary Magdalene.
Read the Chicago Sun-Times‘ profile of the Pitchfork music festival.
