Is Everyone a Rockstar?

by keith on May 12, 2011

I once heard an established music producer say something along these lines – “We are created beings, therefore it naturally follows that we ourselves are creators; creativity is something that is inherent in every one of us. Where we get hung up is to what degree of influence our creativity possesses. Some people are only equipped to write songs for their kids or their local church group, while others are equipped to write songs that give voice to an entire generation. But just because one circle of influence is much smaller than the other, it doesn’t mean the artistic value is any less, it’s just on a different scale.”

That really stuck with me. [click to continue…]

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Run DMC and Sarah Mclachlan?

by keith on March 2, 2011

If you like/love/hate Run DMC you must listen to this.

If you like/love/hate Sarah Mclachlan you must listen to this.

If your life has been touched in any way by adoption, you definitely must listen to this.

Rap star Darryl ‘DMC’ McDaniels from the groundbreaking rap group Run DMC tells a fascinating, hilarious and touching story  about pop-rock singer/songwriter Sarah Mclachlan saving him from suicide. With a few twists and turn that are really pretty amazing. [click to continue…]

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At least that’s what ‘science’ was saying back in 1977 in this issue of TIME magazine along with 51 things you could do about it. Really? 51 things you can do to help stop the coming ice age?  Or at least ‘survive’ it? Wait a minute… I thought the globe was warming, not cooling?

Bottom line is this – alarmism and hysteria is always wrong. The killer bees lost their sting. The Population Bomb never went off. And we haven’t run out of oil like we were supposed to.

So when there is this collective wave of hysteria regarding an impending doomsday scenario calling us to act now or else (!!!), it’s probably wrong. [click to continue…]

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MLK – Has his dream come true?

January 17, 2011

I first watched Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I have a dream’ speech in my first college English course. This was a few years before you could whip up whatever you wanted on Youtube, so to watch the speech in its entirety was something you had to go out of your way to do. I had [...]

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Top Ten Posts of 2010

January 1, 2011

So here are my most popular posts of last year. Many, many thanks to all of you reader folks! 10. Woody Allen and Billy Graham come to blows on National TV? Blows? Not really. Just a catchy headline. Two men from very different worlds have an interesting meeting. A great watch. 9. An Open Letter [...]

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Sunday Wrestle: To Give or Not to Give?

November 28, 2010

At an earlier point in life it was simple. If a homeless person asked me for money, I gave it. It seemed like the ‘Christian’ thing to do. Plus, I felt like I was being a holy type guy in giving whenever asked. Then when I was about nineteen, I was having lunch at a [...]

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My Introduction To Evil

November 7, 2010

SCCCCREEEEEEEEECH!!!!!!!!!! “You better stop blowing that whistle Mr. 22 Gerry St.” SCCCCREEEEEEEEECH!!!!!!!!!! “I’m warning you Mr. 22 Gerry St. you better stop.”

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Linear Culture and a Mad Man’s Quest

October 5, 2010

Every night my remedy for insomnia is to watch one one-hour show to help usher in the beauty of sleepytime. Sometimes my late night visual snack is of the more noble persuasion with something like John Adams, and other times it is of a baser delight in something like True Blood or Battlestar Galactica (modern [...]

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What would Jesus click? Mac or PC?

September 6, 2010

Jesus would totally use a Mac. Here’s why- Macs are basically immune to viruses. Viruses are like sin. Jesus was sinless. No brainer. Microsoft Vista was clearly the work of Satan. Jesus would want no part in that. The apple stores are clearly the closest thing to heaven on earth. Macs are so simple even [...]

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Is it live or is it Memorex?

August 25, 2010

The stage versus the studio. Live versus layered. Each has its strength, each has its weakness. Live is raw, it’s real, it’s human. It’s flawed, it’s moody, it’s fickle. Sometimes disastrous. The studio is focused, controlled, yet unpredictable. Creativity at its zenith. Yet stifling, draining, repetitive and stale, oftentimes sucking the soul out of the [...]

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