Mike has gathered a few synopses of the White-Wilson debate. Worth looking at as well is Wilson’s opening statement.

#1

#2 (in the comments)

p.s. White says he’ll discuss the debate on today’s Dividing Line, but I can’t listen to real audio. If anyone listens, can they send me a summary of what he says? Or, even better, make another format available?

One of my biggest complaints about derek webb’s music has been that it peaks too soon. I think I’ve said it before on this blog, but when I compare derek’s music to music by, say, don chaffer, an obvious difference shows itself. Derek’s music is immediately appealing, and I really like it. But then it starts going downhill… it wears off. It gets kind of old. Don’s songs, though, take more effort to appreciate. At first listen they’re “eh, it’s all right”, but then, as you listen to them more, they get better and better. Derek’s music gets less and less spin time the more I get to know the music… don’s, though, gets more and more.

But that has now changed. With his newest album I See Things Upside Down, Derek Webb has finally given me something I have to work at to appreciate. The description of Don Chaffer’s music above fits perfectly with ISTUD. I’ve had it for a week now, and I think I’m just now getting to the point where I can appreciate it.

I’m not sure how to describe the sound of the record. Definitely Wilco influenced. I think it’s more accessible than Wilco, but the general feel of the record is very similar to a (recent) Wilco record.

If the music takes some work to appreciate, the lyrics are meet for it. This album, unlike his first solo record, does not deal strictly with the church. It isn’t a concept record like that one. It includes songs written to the church, to his wife, and, interestingly, written from the perspective of the devil. I think all this makes it a much more enjoyable record. More rounded, more real.

I was just at the City of Lynchburg website, looking up information on leaf collection. They have a link about composting, and so I checked it out. And I saw something that made me laugh.

It’s in this section:

Is Composting Easy To Do?
Yes. If you’re the lazy composter, then you need a pile of leaves, water and sunshine. Nature does the rest. For more active composters, use a bin; put in three parts brown (leaves, hay, etc) to one part green (grass clippings, vegetable/fruit peelings), wet material, turn once a week, and walaa… compost, (black and crumbly and smells like rich dirt.

Can you guess what I laughed at?

I’d like to start composting, but I am not going to start by just having a pile. Can you say “Welcome, rats, make yourself at home”?