In the meantime, live with your hand on your chest

June 27th, 2006 at 8:27 pm by sillyjoe (Life and Introspection, Music)

And what was said to the rose to make it unfold
Was said to me here in my chest
So be quiet now and rest…

There’s something growing in me. I can feel it every day now getting bigger, getting stronger, getting louder, like a lark ascending.. A sense that I am temporary and yet I am forever. A sense that all of this is a flash in the pan and at the same time it will all always be here. Everything is fresh, but nothing’s new. It’s a strange dichotomy, this life. I’ve been thinking about death. The work of David Crowder and the boys in his band has sparked this thought in a way, as well as this week’s message at church, on death itsself. Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die. It’s a strange dichotomy, this life.

More to come…maybe.

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He works haaard for the money…

June 24th, 2006 at 10:06 pm by sillyjoe (Adventures in Randomosity)

I meant to tell you…You are now the reading the blog of a dude who just got a raise.

Yeah!!!

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Would you be my umbrella?

June 22nd, 2006 at 10:40 pm by sillyjoe (Music)

So I found out recently that my friend (and yes, I think I can call him friend now) Micah Dalton is coming back to town next month to play at New City again. Color me excited. Knoxvillains, come with me. I might even pay for one or two of you. Tickets are only 7 bucks. If you haven’t heard any of MIcah’s stuff, or haven’t heard of Micah, period: Do yourself a favor, and CHECK HIM OUT. He’s my favorite singer-songwriter from Atlanta that has mini-dreds…so there.

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The flashing at night, the sirens grow and grow

June 20th, 2006 at 6:58 pm by sillyjoe (Music)

So here’s the part where I admit that I was a bit of a late-comer to the music of Sufjan Stevens. A friend let me borrow Illinois during the height of the hip indie culture’s obsession with Sufjan, but I never really got all that into it. The other day I was listening to it while working (I was working in dish that night), and I realized just how beautiful (though strange) it is. I don’t know what took me so long, but man this is amazing. I got Greetings from Michigan the next day, and I’ve been listening to them both quite a bit. There’s something strangely soothing about Sufjan’s music, even some of the really crazy stuff. I think “Casimir Pulaski Day” is my favorite track at the moment. There’s just something about his voice…I don’t know. At any rate, if you yourself haven’t caught up on the trend of Sufjan-loving, you need to. I was way behind, and now I feel like I almost missed the bus.

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Can’t help the way i feeeel about you noww…

June 20th, 2006 at 5:57 pm by sillyjoe (Music)

Okay, so if you want some good, new, summer music, and you’ve got 4 bucks to spare, do yourself a favor, and purchase this rockin’ sampler from Itunes. It’s 3.99 for 18 new songs from Nettwerk managed artists…

WHAT?! New tracks from Jars Of Clay?! Matt Wertz?!? Leigh Nash?!?! Hem?!?! Griffin House?!?!

WHAT?!?!

Yeah.

Thank me later.

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I am at ease in the arms of a woman…

June 19th, 2006 at 12:52 am by sillyjoe (Adventures in Randomosity)

There’s something about the music of Amos Lee that just calms me down. No matter what mood I’m in, I just put on “Arms Of A Woman.” or “Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight,” or “Dreamin’” and man…I’m good. I just got home from a long night at The Rube, one of the first in what feels like forever. The church had VBS (or Vacation Bible School to those not versed in church culture…if you want to know what that is, ask..and I’ll explain) this past week, so I’ve done a whole lot of not working so I can do other work. I was the “Gathering” leader, which meant I led all of the music. So…I may be singing like the Veggie Tales guys for the next few weeks, and to anyone that hears me singing in the shower…I apologize. Anyway…I’m mostly typing this to type it, and try to give my loyal readers something to…read. All me of you. Okay, I’m not sure if anyone actually reads this…at all, but that’s okay. Ah….in the time that I’ve been away from this place, I’ve got myself an Ipod, just so you know. I dig it a lot. In other words, the earbuds are pretty much attached to my earlobes. It’s sick, really. I get to go to SuperWow in two weeks or so, which I must say I’m pretty flippin’ excited about. Anyone that knows me knows that SuperWow was the highlight of my summer (and maybe my whole year) for my entire high school career, and last summer was the first time I missed it in the 2000s…

And in a couple of weeks I’ll be going as a chaperone of sorts, with a totally different group of people than I’ve ever been with before. There probably won’t be any pranks this time around, but that’s okay. I think I may be growing up. I know…you’re shocked.

A week from Tuesday the Passion 06 DVD releases, AS WELL AS David Crowder’s B Collision, a release of acoustic versions of all the songs from MY favorite album of last year, A Collision.

Yay.

Until next time…

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New look and (surprise) some actual blog posts…

June 17th, 2006 at 1:50 pm by sillyjoe (Adventures in Randomosity, Bloggerrific)

So I figured this place was due for a bit of an overhaul. So I’m cleaning house, giving it a new layout (MW 1.1 Theme), and plan on actually writing some posts every once in a while. There are a lot of things I’ve been thinking about lately, and a lot of things in my life have been (well, kind of) changing, so…well, we’ll see.

Look for at least one post a week…I hope.

I make no guarantees.

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