Random Acts of Mind by Dones

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This Is My Crazy Face! Originally uploaded by metamorphilia. This day’s been crazy but everything’s happened on schedule From the rain & the cold to the coffee I spilled on my shirt. But You knew how You’d save me before I fell dead in the garden, And You knew this day long before You made [...]

Just a quick note before my programming fundamentals class starts: At the risk of boring my readers with another post about a song, this one is more tied to the person singing the song. Beyonce’s ‘Irreplaceable’ has been running through my brain all morning, and I can’t think anything but ‘ironic’. That is, no one [...]

Christmelicious As youth groups go, these kids are pretty talented. Not sure I totally approve (not that my approval matters), but at least they’re not selling retail goods with this song…

This second set of 10 actually has 11 (a tie I was not able to break). I think this second 10 provides a greater sense of the thematic and sonic features of what 21st-century music should be. Cherry Blossom Girl – Air This ethereal electronica selection draws its retro-futuristic sound from the steady beat and [...]

You know, I got to thinking on the ride home that there are just some songs that don’t seem like they belong in the 2000s. You know, the era of flying cars, hoverboards, laser ovens, and other cool retro-futuristic ideas. Well, I’m still waiting for my flying car, but I wanted to point out (in [...]

check out cade’s blog, and his entire Top 100. Here are my predictions for his Top 20, in no particular order: 1 – Take on Me – A-Ha 2 – Trust or Trust (Reprise) – Sixpence 3 – Beautiful Scandalous Night – The Choir 4-8 – At least 1 song each from Bread and Circus, [...]

I brought my Waterdeep CD’s with me to the Christian youth camp I worked at for a couple summers in college, and played them in the kitchen where we were working. A coworker of mine (“Sweeper,” for those in the know) hated it whenever it was my turn to pick the music and I put [...]

My father told me never to fear All of the darkness that I see down here He said not to worry, you’ll be okay Just don’t become a part of the deadly game And if you’re troubled by all the hate Don’t look aside, just stare it in the face And you can love them [...]