I was looking around the iTunes store for good lullaby music for babies, and was quite disturbed/intrigued/confused/interested/befuddled/amused by the Rockabye Baby! albums. These albums are basically lullaby versions of albums by popular artists. Here are the artists featured: U2, The Beatles, Radiohead, Bob Marley, Pink Floyd, Smashing Pumpkins, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, Coldplay, Tool, The Read More
My students usually make me a list now and again to help me pick new music to play in my classroom. Usually I find a few bands I like in the pile, and dump the others off as Brittney Spears wannabes or rappers with no respect for women. I found a few trends in the Read More
Well, Relient K strikes again at completely capturing my heart with one of their songs. If you don’t have some good Relient K music, you gotta get some. Their songs are fun & punchy, but the lyrics are those of people encountering God. I’m amazed at how many times I’ve been struck down by one. Read More
-Image shared from the 8/12/05 concert via Flickr. Josh and I went to the Dave Matthews Band concert last night at the beautiful SBC Park. First of all, if you haven’t been to this ballpark yet, you totally have to add it to your list of things to do before you die. This ballpark is Read More
And may the bread on your tongue leave a trail of crumbs to lead the hungry back to the place that you are from… – Derek Webb
Well, Josh has noted this summer as the “Summer of the Music.” We got Beck tickets awhile back and are pumped to go to that concert at the end of July. It’s going to be in Universal City, CA, so we’ll get to take a little trip and stay down there. Beck is Josh’s favorite Read More
Beastie Boy tickets went on sale the other day, and I let Josh know because I know he digs their rhythms. John Mayer went on sale awhile ago, but were sold out 24 hours after going on sale, but there were tixx still on sale for his Nevada concert and I considered taking the drive Read More
And in your hands the pain and hurt Look less like scars and more like character Less like a prison more like my room Less like a casket more like a womb… -Sara Groves, Less Like Scars, from her album All Right Here
They were having this thing on the radio this morning where people had to call in and give “their songs” as they pertain to certain categories. Here are “my songs” (plus a few added categories): Get up and go song: Eye of the Tiger by Journey Go to bed song: Chasing After by Clear Chill Read More
Yes I do. Well, some of his songs are a little freaky, and maybe even a bit satanic. But, I find him overall to be thoughtful and very musically interesting. I could work to his music all day long. In fact, I have! Here’s one song that’s really been catching my interest: Spoon Spoon in Read More