The Weekly Town Crier

Posted by Brent | Misc. | Friday 1 September 2006 6:58 am

Here’s some of what caught my eye this past week on the internet. May it catch yours but then let go. There’s nothing worse than having something stuck in your eye and it gets all itchy and watery and then you can’t see and you run into something and then you have a bump on your head and you have to explain to people that it was because your eye was watering so badly that you couldn’t see because you had something lodged in there. Get it out! Get it out!

Read the AP Wire story about two men who pleaded guilty in federal court to leaking a Ryan Adams (not to be confused with Bryan Adams) album online.

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 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.

Become a drug dealer and help distribute AIDS medicines to Africa.

Read the LA Times’ thoughts on the newly remastered edition of the classic Pet Sounds album.

Read CNN’s thoughts on how to keep reading a joy.

Watch They Might Be Giants performing “Birdhouse in Your Soul” on Jay Leno.

Browse the latest issue of online publication “Reformation 21,” this time devoted to the topic of racism.

Read the Torontoist’s brief interview with Richard Perry of (personal favorite) the Bell Orchestre.

Read the New Yorker’s revew of the recently-published “Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews.” Of the interview process, Dylan is quoted as saying, “If I wasn’t Bob Dylan, I’d probably think that Bob Dylan has a lot of answers.”

Read Harp’s interview with Andrew Beaujon, author of “Body Piercing Saved My Life: Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock,” which I found to be interesting but ultimately lacking in insight.

Read Yahoo’s article about the Pope gathering some of his former students to discuss evolution. The article includes the interesting but curious statement that “Catholic theology does not endorse creationist views.”

Read Yahoo’s reviews of the reviews for Bob Dylan’s latest album “Modern Times.”

Read Christianity Today’s interview with Jars of Clay concerning their upcoming album.

Read Jim Hamilton’s article “The Skull Crushing Seed of the Woman: Inner-Biblical Interpretation of Genesis 3:15.”

Read the San Louis Obispo Tribune’s chronicle of the greatest food songs in honor of Labor Day.

Look at my wife’s blog. She says no one ever does.

Read Rolling Stone’s 4-star review of Bob Dylan’s “Modern Times” album.

Read Worldnet Daily’s article about a pastor who recently drowned trying to walk on water (ht: Pearcey Report).

Read Christianity Today’s interview with Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times columnist Nocholas Kristof.

Read about Dubya’s reading habits (he’s done with Camus).

And you thought Al Mohler was serious all the time! Watch the “Mohler-McLaughlin Sessions.”

Don’t forget, today Derek Webb begins making his “Mockingbird” album available for free download. Go here.

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1 Comment »

  1. Comment by Rhett Smith — September 1, 2006 @ 8:51 am

    tell Kristi that Isn’t my pastor cute!!!! is my favorite blog post of hers :-)

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