Be sure to check out Greg Willson’s blog for a pair of excellent posts on using jazz to understand Christianity and the freedom of our lives within and outside creedal boundaries:
Creeds and Freedom or The Jazz Rhythm Section and the Soloist
When We Play Wrong Notes
Bryan at ΚΑΤΑΓΡΑΦΑΙΣ posted last week on the ISV’s use of rhythmic poetry in the New Testament, citing the examples of the Christ-hymns in Colossians 1:15-20 and Philippians 2:5-11. He included the text for the latter:
Have the same attitude among yourselves that was also in the Messiah Jesus:
In God’s own form existed he,
and shared [...]
Subtitled: “ElShaddai, I’m crazy to do what you say and go somewhere if your Ghost is not there!”
David Ker tagged me and several others with a “weird worship” meme, which evidently focuses on bizarre worship song lyrics. In addition to David’s original post, there have been a number of great replies, including this from Peter [...]
HT: Dee-Ann Durbin (AP) for the post title
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Honda robot conducts Detroit Symphony to warm response
DETROIT (AP) — The lights dimmed, the sold-out hall grew hushed and out walked the conductor - shiny, white, 4 feet 3 inches tall.
ASIMO, a robot designed by Honda Motor Co., met its latest challenge Tuesday evening: Conducting the Detroit Symphony [...]
Greg Willson recently posted some thoughts on whether it’s appropriate to represent the forms of Christ and/or the Trinity through music:
So, in relation to the humanity and deity in Christ- we can say they are completely 100% there and yet still compose one Person. It’s as if two violins playing in front of you, sometimes [...]
As I attempt to recover from an onslaught of work, snow and continued sniping over written indiscretions, allow me to make a humble request for the coming weekend:
If your Good Friday or Easter service includes music or other performing arts that touches you and heightens your perceptions in these days of remembrance, will you take [...]
For being from such a small town that Homer, Alaska (aka “the cosmic hamlet by the sea”) is, I find myself with at least nominal connections to two well-known hometown musicians: Lincoln Brewster and Jewel (Kilcher).
Lincoln Brewster was one year ahead of me in school, though my memory of him fades significantly after elementary school. [...]
HT: trumpetmikey
What can I say? I’m a sucker for musical virtuosos…
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Check these links out too:
“God Is With Us”
“Jonah And The Whale”
As generally expected, Denver and the Mile High Orchestra was the first band voted off in the finale of The Next Great American Band. That left the alt-gospel Clark Brothers and smooth country Sixwire as the finalists, with the prize refreshingly going to the Clark Brothers.
I’m still not sure what DMHO expected to achieve on [...]
Well, thanks to the spoilers posted earlier this week, I had learned that Denver and the Mile High Orchestra survived yet another week of The Next Great American Band and are now one of three bands left from the 12 finalists that opened the reality show. I didn’t get to watch the show this week [...]
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