Jesus loves the little children
All the children of the world
Red and yellow, black and white
They are precious in his sight
Jesus loves the little children of the world
Tag: Music
Quaint But True – a musical interlude
It’s Thursday. Just two more days till the weekend!
As a little added encouragement for you, I put together a nice little musical interlude for your enjoyment today (or for whenever).
Think of it as an indie mix-tape of love.
The tracks:
Brighteyes – Four Winds
Jes Karper – Land of the Free
Nowhere Boys – Twenty-First Century
Castanets – Worn From the Fight (with Fireworks)
Bluegrass Orphans – That Home Far Away
Katie Herzig – Sweeter Than This
What Made Milwaukee Famous – Sweet Lady
Josh Belville – Union Station
Lee Younger – Quaint But True
David Baazan – Bless This Mess
The Damnwells – Jesus Could Be Right
Spiritualized – Shine a Light (Unreleased Mix)
Brian Lee & His Orchestra – I Need This Girl
Ordinary Time – Heaven
Peter la Grand – When the Colours Die
Shekinah – The Writer’s Ink
Download Quaint But True Musical Interlude (42.4 MB ZIP)
And if you dig the music, be sure and support the artists included in the mix.
Love is the final fight
Love is the final fight.
May we learn to seek justice. Encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.
May we love the oppressed and the oppressor.
25 of the Best Songs of Summer
The heat’s pounding the pavement here in Texas — and the windows are just begging to be rolled down as you cruise through the neighborhood with your tracks blasting (is it still OK to do that if I’m 31?).
Thought I’d revisit some of those great songs of summer I can remember cruisin’ to back in the day…
- Gangsta’s Paradise – Colio & Amish Paradise – Weird Al
- I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash
- Boot, Scoot and Boogie – Brooks and Dunn
- Sign – Ace of Base
- Magaritaville – Jimmy Buffett
- Saturday in the Park – Chicago
- Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams
- Low Rider – War
- Joy to the World – Three Dog Night
- Little Deuce Coupe – Beach Boys
- Car Wash – Rose Royce
- Good Vibrations – Beach Boys
- Hey Ya! – Outkast
- Are You Gonna Be My Girl – Jet
- Highway to Hell – AC/DC
- Schools Out for the Summer – Alice Cooper
- American Woman – The Guess Who or Lenny Kravitz
- Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
- Welcome To Paradise – Green Day
- Buddy Holly – Weezer
- Walk This Way – Run DMC and Aerosmith
- Summertime – DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince
- Ice, Ice, Baby – Vanilla Ice
- California Girls – Beach Boys
- Wipe Out – Beach Boys and Fat Boys
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What are your favorites?
Top 21 Albums of my Youth
The Search shared a great list of the top CCM albums of the 1990’s today. I think I owned every album on the list at one point or another — some of them I still have.
It got me thinking back to my own youth… primarily the 1990’s and the music I listened to. It was primarily a mix of CCM, Rock, Country and a few others thrown in. So without further ado, here are the Top 21 Albums of my Youth… (ranked primarily in order of how much time they spent in my single disk CD player)
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Coy Christensen at White Rock Coffee
After a full weekend, I joined a few friends and family to hear our friend Coy Christensen play a gig at White Rock Coffee last night in Dallas.
Coy did a great job, playing an hour long set, primarily of his own songs, but throwing in a few covers from Jon Foreman, Shaded Red, John Mark McMillan and When In Rome as well.
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