The Weekly Town Crier
Another week has gone by like the proverbial water under the proverbial bridge. Browse the not-so-proverbial things that caught my eye this past week as I floated along the proverbial river of life under that same said proverbial bridge.
Sorry, no poetry or music again this week. Just been busy, no other excuses. But then again, it’s my blog so do I really need excuses for not meeting schedules that I set for myself in the first place? So there’s no poetry or music on a Friday, well I’m sorry. So sorry. So truly sorry. I’ll go ahead and post to the photography of Steve McCoy, Joe Thorn, Joe Kennedy, Will Turner and the Friday Flickr in which they participate.
Watch this video of Amiina on Icelandic television in which they play everything from a saw, to glasses of water and a macintosh. Theirs is one of my most anticipated releases of this year. Still anticipating.
Read Al Mohler’s piece dealing with the move away from “sugar-coating” in many youth ministries towards teaching of real substance.
Read the New York Daily piece about many artists jumping ship from major record labels to produce themselves.
Browse the Stylus list of the top 50 live albums of all-time.
Read the Washington Post piece which discusses the recent trend among teens away from such “community” sites as Myspace.
Read the Guardian’s interview with Tom Waits about his upcoming three-disc release: Orphans.
Read this BBC article about a lion that mauled 14 and killed 28 midget fighters in 12 minutes in a staged Cambodian fight.
Read this SFGate article about Myspace incorporating software that will block the use of copyrighted music.
Read this Wall Street Journal article about the iLike plugin which mimics the approach of services like Last.fm and Pandora directly with your iTunes.
Read this Books & Culture review of David Kuo’s Tempting Faith, which I dealt with a bit here.
Read CNN’s article citing St. Louis as America’s most dangerous city.
Read this article about a televangelist who claims he can cure HIV/AIDS.
Read the Post-Gazette piece wondering if Stephen King will be remembered.
Read James White’s thoughts on his upcoming (tonight) debate with John Shelby Spong.
Read Christianity Today’s review of Jeremy Camp’s lastest release as well as their round-up of this year’s Christmas releases.
Read the WorldNet Daily article about many Wal-Mart employees who have quit over the company’s recent “outing” of their pro-homosexual stance.
Read Yahoo’s article about an enraged concertgoer who threw a drink at Barbara Streisand after one of ther anti-Bush skits.
Browse Doug Giles’ list of 10 reasons why pastors don’t comment on current issues, none of which is very flattering.
Read about John Kerry’s somewhat-apology for his recent “botched joke” about President Bush and Iraq. See the response from some U.S. soldiers (thanks Steve, uh, I mean Jim).
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Browse the Rocky action figures.
Read Chris’ thoughts on “How To Go To Church Without Being Confronted By the Gospel” (yes, it’s pink).
See what I hear. At Last.fm, see what music I’ve been listening to of late.
See some photos of my family.
Hear the John Piper/Michael Jackson mash-up (HT: MR)
Read Mike’s reminder that “It’s Not About You.”
Register for this year’s Children Desiring God conference.
Read the CBS News piece asking: “Did Ann Coulter Vote Illegally?”
Read the United Press article about scientists who recently studied glossolalia, or “speaking in tongues.” The study found that people who practice have “found decreased brain activity” and that “these subjects are not in control of the usual language centers during this activity, which is consistent with their description of a lack of intentional control while speaking in tongues.”
Read ArsTechnia’s article about eMusic raising their subscription rates.
Participate in Apple’s “Insomnia Student Film Festival” in which you must make a short film from start to finish in 24 hours following specific criteria which will not be announced until November 10.
Read about the president of the National Association of Evangelicals, who has resigned amidst gay sex claims.
Read about hundreds of letters requesting prayer being found in the ocean.
Steve? Puleez!
BTW you got a bad link on the NAE.
That article about the midget-lion incident is very hard to read. Something about it strikes me as painfully funny until I remind my self that real human beings were killed for sport and profit. I had to wonder if there’s a British version of April Fool’s Day that we’re not clued into.
Those Rocky action figures ROCK!
I know what’s going on my Christmas list!
woo-hoo!
Pastor, the story of the midgets and the lions horrified me. I remember one easter sunday as a small boy of 5 or 6, watching a black and white film about early Christians, something like Quo Vadis, and seeing a scene with midgets fighting as gladiators. The scene gave me nightmares. That BBC story was a sad,terrible story, and makes me think that the part of the world wherein that story happened desperately needs to hear of Jesus and of the Good News.
Re: the Piper/Jackson mash-up — someone grabbed some pictures and made a YouTube video, too. That inspired me to have a little PhotoShop-esque fun, too.