After a couple of weeks of listening to country music from various decades, some patterns have emerged. Here are some things that country music singers love: Drankin’ Whiskey Beer Girls in tank tops Girls in skirts Girls in boots Cheatin’ men Bad men Bodies of water that are not an ocean (ex. a river, a [...]
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Country: Behind the Music
Posted in America, Music on 17 August, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Country Music
Posted in Music on 9 August, 2011 | 3 Comments »
About two weeks ago, an internal switch flipped. I decided that I like country music. I thought this was a first for me, but it turns out that I’ve been absorbing country songs for a long time, now. Here are my current top five country songs that I’ve heard on the radio lately. Take This [...]
I was standing in front of my desk at work last week and the strangest thing happened – I started smiling. I started smiling, I could not stop, and I did not know why. The reason why slowly came over me like the warmth of whiskey – I was happy. I sat on my desk [...]
Music from Old Friends
Posted in Art, Music on 17 April, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
You so sassy, Sara Niemietz
Posted in Art, Music on 19 February, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Immutable Truth
Posted in Music on 15 January, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Heaven help me, I love the beer and the rock music. You know who else does? Slash and Fergie. This song is just great. If I were to become an exotic dancer, this would be my jam.
Theology of Thrice Part Ten: Beggars
Posted in Art, God, Music on 29 December, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
All you big shots that swagger and stride with conceit, did you devise how your frame would be formed? If you’d be raised in a palace, or live out in the streets? Did you choose the place our hour you’d be born? Tell me what can you claim? Not a thing – not your name! [...]
Theology of Thrice Part Nine: The Great Exchange
Posted in Art, God, Music on 29 December, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I crewed on a fair golden ship that went down at the dawn of the world. We mutinied and sentenced our captain to die, ‘fore our sails had barely unfurled. We sank shortly after our riot; wanton flame and our powder kegs met. While I swam for my life there came voices aloft – joyful, [...]
Theology of Thrice Part Eight: Talking Through Glass/We Move Like Swingsets
Posted in Art, God, Music on 29 December, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It never turns out right with me and you, No matter how I try to see it through. So we gather ourselves and we start again, But it feels like we’re chasing after the wind. We move like swingsets. The co-author of the song explains the allusion to swingsets: The swing sets idea came about [...]
Theology of Thrice Part 7: Wood and Wire
Posted in Art, God, Music on 16 December, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
14 years behind these bars, In 12-foot square of cold cement. I’ve lost nearly everything, for a crime of which I’m innocent. But all my suffering’s a light and momentary pain, while the weight of an endless glory still remains in me. A dead man walking down the hall, to meet a mess of wood [...]
