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April 23, 2007
4 things to be happy about
1. Tomorrow is our 3 year anniversary! Sarah, I love you so much and I'm so thankful for everything about you.
2. This cool post from the Dassler Effect.
3. South City worship service will finally be moving to a new home and getting a two site specific pastors.
4. This weekend, we were watching “Standing in The Shadows of Motown” and there was a short clip of Joe Messina, one of the Funk Brothers, playing bebop jazz guitar. My daughter pointed at the T.V. and said “Dada!”
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April 17, 2007
New CDs
I splurged last week and bought 3 CDs. My music listening has been kind of stuck in the past ever since I stopped living with my friend, Mason. I could always count on him to keep me informed of the latest sounds I needed to hear. When I left Knoxville, I stopped making multiple trips a week to the Disc Exchange, and so I began to loose touch with the music being made by current artists.
Anyway, I took a risk and bought some new music made by (relatively) new artists. I bought Corinne Bailey Rae and John Mayer. My old-school appetite couldn’t resist also getting Wilson Pickett’s Hits (not to be confused with Wilson Phillips or Jim Pickett). I felt good about stepping out and taking the risk of buying new music, until I began to listen to my 2 new CDs. I realized that Corrin Baily Rae and John Mayer are old-schoolers just like me. Corrin Baily Rae is a total old-school soul/R&B addict. Her CD is like Lauren Hill or Alicia Keys but even more old-school than they are. I love it! John Mayer is just as old-school, too. The first track “Waiting on the World to Change” is a cold rip-off of “People Get Ready” by Curtis Mayfield. He does a cover of “Bold As Love” that is basically exactly the same as Hendrix and all the originals have this great retro vibe that I can totally relate to. I guess I was born too late.
By the way, I really dig the Wilson Pickett CD. Steve Cropper is my new hero.
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April 4, 2007
Stlouisblogs.org- part of a vast right wing conspiracy?
St Louis blogs, which hosts my blog, is part of Terrablogs, which is run by a local Chattanooga business called Coptix. Coptix is a stone’s throw from my parents back porch.
Anyway, they had some fun with a little April Fools prank that spread throughout the internet blogsphere.
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