Gripe of the Day
Warning: Rant
I've been going through some of the songs on my iPod; I'm having one of those days when I can't manage to listen to any one given thing for more than about a minute. Such days are normally very bad on my pocketbook, because they tend to lead to an excessive number of impulsive iTunes purchases, but I've been wisening up on that front a little bit recently (slowly).
I basically went and loaded every song that was on my computer and did a flat dump of all of it on my iPod, whether I listen to the song (or like it, for that matter!) or not. And so I was browsing through a good number of songs that I haven't listened to in a long time; in many cases here "a long time" may constitute nearly a decade (that's a big deal when you're 24!)...I'm way too much of a pack rat to delete music from my hard drive.
So, here's my gripe. I've decided that I really hate all Christian music that communicates that everything is perfect. The only thing that tells me at this point is that the songwriter is either completely out of touch with reality, or making shit up to sound spiritual (and probably the latter). Even coming across one of those song titles (I have way too good of a memory; I know what the lyrics say) when I'm watching worlds collapse makes me just want to vomit.
On a related note, to the dear departed: I can't wait to see you guys on Saturday. :) I've been excited about it since Tuesday when we first started discussing it.
Posted by Luke at 8:26 p.m.
Believe me, we are excited as well!
Posted by Daniel on 2007.01.25 at 3:52 p.m.
This comment has been brought to you by my Wii (slightly related note there). :)
Posted by Luke on 2007.01.25 at 4:04 p.m.
I find The Choir esp. Circle Slide and Chase the Kangaroo useful in times like that.
Posted by Tim on 2007.01.26 at 1:36 a.m.
My favorite non-fake Christian song ev4r. Dragon Boy Suede - WWJD?. (don't listen to it if you're easily offended)
Posted by mcoker on 2007.01.26 at 2:13 a.m.
Ooopsy poopsy - That link no worky. This one should
Posted by mcoker on 2007.01.26 at 2:21 a.m.
If comments were working on your beta site, I might use it exclusively of this one. (I liked the same-page comments display better, btw.)
There's very little "Christian" music I can bear to listen to. Hymns, Jars of Clay, Rich Mullins, Derek Webb stuff (incl. much of Caedmon's Call), some Jennifer Knapp songs. And "crossover" or stuff that's more mainstream than exclusively "Christian," like Switchfoot and Chevelle. Oh, and Stavesacre—mustn't forget them!
Posted by Alan on 2007.01.26 at 3:55 a.m.
Yes, I love The Choir.
Posted by Luke on 2007.01.26 at 4:54 a.m.
My youth pastor loved The Choir, but I've never heard much of their music. Is any of it still in print, or readily available used? I don't think I've ever seen any in stores...not that Hastings is the best place to find out-of-the-mainstream music.
Posted by Alan on 2007.01.26 at 4:59 a.m.
iTunes has it. Search for Circle Slide and then view by artist. They're pretty hard to find via search engines.
http://www.thechoir.net/
Has all their music also.
Posted by Tim on 2007.01.26 at 7:16 a.m.
Yeah, there's been a lot going on and I haven't had a lot of time to work on it.
I'm torn on the same-page comments display. I liked it, but I have one major issue with it, which is that it's too easy to scroll down past the comments. I liked the concept of the most recent comments being at the very end of the page, because I could hit Ctrl+End or just spin the mouse wheel.
What does everyone at large think?
Posted by Luke on 2007.01.26 at 7:36 a.m.
Couldn't you have both? Let the comments link display same-page inline comments with CSS and javascript or however you were doing it, and let the permalink point to a separate page for each entry with comments.
Posted by Alan on 2007.01.26 at 7:59 a.m.
Did you just call me fat?? I don't remember seeing the same-page comments thing. Do you still have an example of it somewhere? Sounds neato.
Posted by mcoker on 2007.01.26 at 8:37 a.m.
Michael--
I'll stick it back on the page, probably at some point over the weekend. :) (Yay for Subversion!)
Posted by Luke on 2007.01.26 at 9:19 a.m.
Definition of a geek: One who uses Subversion in designing a personal website. ;)
Posted by Alan on 2007.01.26 at 10:13 a.m.
no kidding :) Although I think he has potentially bigger plans for this aside from a personal thang
Posted by mcoker on 2007.01.26 at 10:47 a.m.
Kinda sorta.
However, I use Subversion for everything, regardless of plan size. It's just smart, and doesn't really take much time.
Posted by Luke on 2007.01.26 at 2:01 p.m.
I have a Jars of Clay CD and it just bugs me. I think because I just don't like their style of music more than me not liking the lyrics. It's just... dull.
Heather Smith once gave me a copy of a cd called Liberta - some boys choir. I *love* it. Probably some of the most beautiful music I've ever heard.
Posted by Elli on 2007.01.26 at 4:02 p.m.
Elli--at some point, can you loan that to me? :)
I like some Jars of Clay CDs and detest others.
Posted by Luke on 2007.01.27 at 2:22 a.m.
Gotta stand up for Luke on this one. Anything involving code, more than one file and something you're not throwing away anytime soon is a version control candidate. Though I'm pulling for Bazaar (http://bazaar-vcs.org/) lately.
Posted by Daniel on 2007.01.27 at 10:02 a.m.
Since my children were born, I listen mainly to instrumental hymns (particularly church/pipe organ) if they're in the car. My son loves it and goes to sleep. My daughter gets less pissed if it's being played so I guess that's sort of a winner. :) If it's just me, I listen to talk radio (yes, I'm well aware that that automatically makes me an old guy) or if I'm work I listen to classical or anything without lyrics because lyrics while I'm trying to concentrate distract me greatly (I could go into the psychology of it but won't). :)
Posted by Chris on 2007.01.28 at 5:02 p.m.
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