When my family switched churches from the First Church of God to the First Assembly of God, the most noticeable difference was the music. Instead of singing songs out of a book with lyrics that made virtually no sense to my child mind, the Assembly sang shorter, simpler songs with the words displayed on a…
What I REALLY want for my birthday…
My birthday is this week, Friday July 24. I tend to use my birthday as an excuse, maybe even an entitlement, to try and get some social attention. This coming weekend, I’m trying a rouse I used a few years ago: an all day open house celebration, where people can stop by at any time…
k-os Can’t Fly Without Gravity
I don’t post many of the press releases that I get. I’m sent at least 2-3 per day and I try to check each one out, but I can’t remember the last time I posted one. It has been a full decade since his US hit, “Sunday Morning“, was released on his sophomore release and…
I Don’t Wanna Grow Up… I’m A 90’s Christian Music Kid
In my last blog post, I discussed a little about the history of CCM music, and how it’s popularity and social impact peaked in the 1990’s. In writing that piece, I found myself tempted to focus a little more specifically on the Christian music scene in the 90’s, but I decided that it would be…
Punk Rock in the Ghetto
What makes a movie punk rock? One could easily argue that punk movies are a specific genre onto themselves, but there’s no simple definition of what makes a punk movie. Is a punk movie simply a film with punk rockers in it? Does it need to have specific punk rock themes? Does a punk movie…
Sacred vs. Secular vs. Christians
Over the past couple of years, I’ve been involved in a group in social media that celebrates a major part of my youth/teen years: 1990’s Christian music. In discussions we have in this group, one debate continual comes up: what artists/bands/songs/records qualify for discussion in the group…in other words, what qualifies/defines “Christian music”. Of course,…