In My Pockets

Dance Duet

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:45:05 -0800

Between the music with the Claire De Lune samples, the evocative choreography, or the spot-on cinematography and editing, this video makes me want to create something.

Should You Quit Your Band?

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:45:06 -0800

Should You Quit Your Band?:

Humorous flowchart to help you decide whether or not you should quit your job.

lifetoheryears: 205. Sing to her. Every day. Even when you...

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:41:51 -0800

lifetoheryears:

205. Sing to her. Every day. Even when you don’t feel like it. Do it often enough and the sound of your voice will become a permanent source of steadiness in her life.

Happy Birthday, Frank

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:05 -0800

I keep re-listening to this episode of This American Life about Frank Sinatra.

Hyphen, Em Dash, and Dash

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:56:49 -0800

Hyphen, Em Dash, and Dash:

For you grammar geeks

It’s not that I don’t like Christmas music. I just...

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:54:00 -0800

It’s not that I don’t like Christmas music. I just don’t much like it for church use, that is, I question it’s usefulness for the worship of God. Few songs address God directly. They’re retellings of various aspects of the Christmas story, which can be useful until we sing the same kind of song four different times.

But my biggest concern is how traditional Christmas music evokes feelings of nostalgia and notions of the importance of family. Neither of which I’m against—both of which I regularly indulge in without guilt—but that’s not what Christmas ultimately is about.

I feel like it’s my job as a worship leader to shake people out of vague feelings of warmth and into feelings of amazement that God would take on flesh and blood. With my innate skepticism and cynicism, I need to be shaken a good deal too. Every Christmas.

Can you tell me some Christmas songs that will shake me up?

Yelping with Cormac McCarthy

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:05 -0800

Yelping with Cormac McCarthy:

Yelp reviews as written in the prose style of Cormac McCarthy

A short movie centered around a deaf teenage girl who gets into...

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 08:46:05 -0700

A short movie centered around a deaf teenage girl who gets into American Sign Language poetry. Sign language poetry, man! Check it out. It’s beautiful.

“Fear the Boom and Bust” a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap...

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:30:05 -0700

“Fear the Boom and Bust” a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem (by EconStories)

One of the Reasons Why I Like Dave the Economist

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:26:04 -0700

I tell him I’m feeling melancholy and make a fleeting reference about my humors being out of balance. He tells me I should do some bloodletting.

A Guide to Female Characters in the Movies

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:30:05 -0700

A Guide to Female Characters in the Movies:

Are these archetypes? Tropes? Stock characters? Is this the humorous take on female characters by Mindy Kaling (Kelly Kapoor on The Office)?

©2011 Natsumi Hayashi

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:45:06 -0700

What Occupy Wall Street Protesters Want

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:55:23 -0700

What Occupy Wall Street Protesters Want:

Planet Money thinks they know what the Occupy Wall Street protesters want.

Not the main point, but when you listen to the audio of the “General Assembly” that the protesters hold every night, you’ll find it as eerie as it is practical.

Sturm and Drang

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:53:05 -0700

Sturm and Drang:

a proto-Romantic movement in German literature and musictaking place from the late 1760s through the early 1780s, in which individual subjectivity and, in particular, extremes of emotion were given free expression in reaction to the perceived constraints of rationalism imposed by the Enlightenment and associated aesthetic movements.

Worship Postures

Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:21:56 -0700

Worship Postures:

Different body postures communicate different things during prayer. Ken Collins gives you a survey with biblical references.

Bedside reading

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:30:15 -0700

Bedside reading

Resting in Ourselves, Not in God

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:33:06 -0700

Resting in Ourselves, Not in God:

The reason we lose our focus on God is because we have what we want and don’t feel the sharp pains of immediate need.

There’s a long practice of praying the Psalms in corporate...

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:28:54 -0700

There’s a long practice of praying the Psalms in corporate worship. The psalms is read by one person and the group repeats a refrain at the end of every section. These folks added music, which isn’t a new idea, but this is the one that reminded me how cool it is.

stthomasthedoubter:

Refrain by Benj Pocta and Read by Sean McCoy

Kid-Friendly Worship Songs That Won't Drive You Crazy

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:15:38 -0700

Kid-Friendly Worship Songs That Won't Drive You Crazy:

Worship songs for kids (with an Americana/roots feel) that are actually listenable for adults. The lyrics are straight from Scripture, which means effortless memorization. Sometimes the references are embedded right into the lyrics.

I dig the style and all that, but check out how tight the band...

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:07:00 -0700

I dig the style and all that, but check out how tight the band is. The loops are always in check, and they hit the back up vocals as if that was there only job.