Like I was saying....
Rick Warren
“Over the last hundred years, the hands and feet of Christ have been amputated. So, basically, in the eyes of the world, we have become a big mouth. Most of the time we are known for what we are against, instead of what we are for. The church must be mobilized for what it is for, not what is is against. I want to be for the poor, the sick, the lost, and I want to be “the friend of sinners.”
All Along The Watch Tower by Dave Matthews Band
Last week I put up a Dylan song that g liked. So I figured I’d give g one more Dylan song to see if it was up to standards. I think this a much better remake than the one I had last week. Of course, I like DMB better than GnR too.
Welcome to The Black Parade [originally by My Chemical Romance]
If you’ve not heard the original of Welcome to the Black Parade by MCR, then you might not truly appreciate it. To transpose it to piano totally is impressive. I like the original song a lot too.
Back for week Two!
If you like Ben Folds, then this is a great impromptu version of possibly The Postal Service’s most famous song.
I used to LOVE this version. Used to sing it all raspy and angrily when I’d mow my lawn w/ my Walkman in. “Knock knock knocking on heaven’s door. Hay Hay hay-hay-hay!”
I’ve not been to a ton of concerts. More than some, but lots less than some of my friends. But I can say that a David Crowder Band concert is amazing to attend. He’s such a showman. He knows how to entertain. But he also knows how to bring you into the presence of the Lord.
DCB* is about to release a new CD from their Remedy Tour that has two handfuls of new songs in a live format. I’ll be getting it. You should too.
You can click “LISTEN” above and get a few samples of the songs. There is also a DVD if you like.
Since I’ve moved from Clinton I’ve not been to the gym once. Now I didn’t go every day anyhow, but it’s now August and I’ve not been once in 2008. Ouch. Thankfully I’ve not exploded in weight with all the nice places to eat in Oxford. But I saw the One Hundred Pushups challenge and thought it’d be worth a try. Coupled with my desire to run a half marathon in December, we’ll see how it goes.
This program says it can take you from no matter where you are in your pushup expertise and get you to doing ONE HUNDRED pushed all at the SAME TIME in six weeks. Wow. Sounds exciting. Anyone want to do it with me?
I have found recently some good songs covered by other artists on YouTube. Some that I thought I had to share. But there were a lot. So why not make it a weekly thing? Throw a few out now and then. So here are the first two cover songs for Two Cover Tuesday.
The first one is from Travis. They are a Scottish band that is quite good. But he goes in a totally different direction with his song choice. Probably sounds much better than the original one, to be honest.
Another accoustic version of a song. Again, totally different types of artists when you compare the Plain White T’s and Rihanna.
I think I tend to sometimes write bullet lists when I’ve not posted in a while. Or when I have a lot of scattered thoughts.
It’s time for another bullet list:
This Saturday was when the $200 instant rebate ended on the Canon 40D. I had been looking at it over and over and over…and pulled the trigger. It will be in sometime this week. I’m both excited and nervous. I sometimes have a hard time making decisions on purchases like this.
But I think I”m going to be more than happy after I learn my way around the controls. Now it’s time to get a lens.
The other night at VBS a friend wo is a local photographer took lots of pics of the kids. At the end we got her to take a pic of my famikly since our pic on the church’s website was really old and only had four of us in it. It turned out really good!
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