Quaint But True – a musical interlude

Quaint but True

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.

25 of the Best Songs of Summer

Feb 2009 Cruise
Enjoying the beach views in Progreso, Mexico | Photo by Laurie Blundell

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…

  1. Gangsta’s Paradise – Colio & Amish Paradise – Weird Al
  2. I Can See Clearly Now – Johnny Nash
  3. Boot, Scoot and Boogie – Brooks and Dunn
  4. Sign – Ace of Base
  5. Magaritaville – Jimmy Buffett
  6. Saturday in the Park – Chicago
  7. Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams
  8. Low Rider – War
  9. Joy to the World – Three Dog Night
  10. Little Deuce Coupe – Beach Boys
  11. Car Wash – Rose Royce
  12. Good Vibrations – Beach Boys
  13. Hey Ya! – Outkast
  14. Are You Gonna Be My Girl – Jet
  15. Highway to Hell – AC/DC
  16. Schools Out for the Summer – Alice Cooper
  17. American Woman – The Guess Who or Lenny Kravitz
  18. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
  19. Welcome To Paradise – Green Day
  20. Buddy Holly – Weezer
  21. Walk This Way – Run DMC and Aerosmith
  22. Summertime – DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince
  23. Ice, Ice, Baby – Vanilla Ice
  24. California Girls – Beach Boys
  25. Wipe Out – Beach Boys and Fat Boys

TAG – You’re it!

What are your favorites?

Top 21 Albums of my Youth

Jonathan and Matt (6th or 7th grade)
My best friend Matt and I with our cool Rayon shirts (circa 6th or 7th grade)

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

Coy Christensen

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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