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Mini-Meme: Next iTunes lyric with spiritual meaning
It’s Friday! Wanna do another meme?
Pay attention to the lyrics on the song you’re now listening to, or start your player on shuffle. What’s the first lyric that grabs your attention due to its spiritual meaning? And why does that one catch your attention today of all days?
Here’s mine:
My every breath is a prayer for you
You know I’m waiting there for you
- Ben Harper, Needed You Tonight
Which reminds me a lot of this prayer by Thomas Merton which is one of my all-time favorites. As I continue to think about incarnation, about living and embodying Christ, and about being intentional in my prayer and my lifestyle, Ben’s words hit home.
Play along! Add comments with yours, or blog your own and link back here.
(Yes, I may be one of the only people on the planet that would find a deep connection between the spirituality expressed by Thomas Merton and Ben Harper. Or I may not.)
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1 Comment »I’ll never be a touring musician, but…
One of the crappy results of aging is that it becomes more and more clear what you will NOT be. I’ll never be an NBA point guard, or an NFL punter, or POTUS (thank God).
And it’s becoming more and more clear that I’ll never be a touring musician. But I can still help others live the dream. My friends who make up the Seattle band Pickwick are touring this month through the west coast, and they’re taking my wife’s Ford Expedition as the tour bus.
They also let me take pictures of them, so that’s cool.
If you live on the west coast and you like excellent handcrafted music that blends folk, alt, country, Americana, jamband rock, check out Pickwick. I have a blast every time I see them play live.
Here’s their myspace page. From there you can hear them and see their tour schedule. Check out a show, and tell the guys I said hi. Then tell me how you liked it.
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No Comments »If you like classic jazz..
A few years ago I blogged about meeting a jazz legend named Hadley Caliman. Hadley just released an album that you can download from Amazon MP3 here.
I never write Amazon reviews - not enough time in the day - but for Hadley’s album I made an exception. Here’s what I wrote.
If you’re not familiar with Hadley, know that he’s a disciple of Dexter Gordon, a west coast style jazz musician who’s clearly a master at his craft. This album is amazing - the songs are great, the musicianship is out of this world, the mix is good too. If you like Dexter Gordon / Sonny Rollins / John Coltrane style jazz, do yourself a favor and listen to Hadley Caliman’s Gratitude. It’s been in my ears almost exclusively since I downloaded the MP3 album.
So to you, dear blog reader, I would say this: If you like jazz - REAL jazz, west coast post-bop stuff; if you like Coltrane and Sonny and Dex, even Branford Marsalis - put some money in Hadley’s pocket and download a phenomenal album.
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