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Interesting article about “Fantastic Mr. Fox” director. Did I mention that I can’t wait for this movie? Also, I’m tired of all these people hating on him just because he is (or was) popular with the hipster set. I know that this is how it works with indie music… Love it like it’s your mother until everyone else starts to like it, and then find some ridiculous reason to hate it. But don’t start doing this with movies too.
I’m a big fan of this dude. Really talented beat-boxer and musician. I love the reggae stylings and his lyrics are personally really inspiring and challenging. Despite inevitable doubts, his faith seems really sincere and natural.
As Gary-the-plumber was in the process of fixing our tankless hot water heater (no shower for 2 days - not so bad), Beth contacted me to tell me that he was playing for free at the Half-Moon Outfitters in town 45 minutes from then. Gary finished up super quickly so Matt Lambert picked me up and we checked it out.
He signed some autographs and talked to the crowd for a bit…
Then climbed to the top of the climbing wall… Him being at least 6 feet tall didn’t hurt.
Then they delivered 4 perfect songs…
He signed the boulder, Lambert ran over to meet some guy that’s on 30 Rock (Beth and I don’t watch it), and we took off. Excellent way to avoid doing schoolwork.
I don’t even know what this music is, but I thought it was an interesting idea for a music video. Something about our decisions in life, blah, blah, blah. I can’t decide what the moral of the story should be. Any ideas?
With all the hope for an end to the recession, military spending does seem to be the open wound of America (and perhaps no coincidence that the military budget is almost the same as the bailout package). The military spending is the elephant in the room any time we speak of health care for all or reforming the broken education system; one wonders how much good we can do when nearly half of every tax dollar goes to the military. Dr. King’s words ring truer than ever: “A country that spends more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching a spiritual death.” The U.S. is now paying over $16 billion a year just to maintain its nuclear arsenal, an arsenal so big it takes the next 50 countries combined to even get close. I did a little research recently and talked to some folks in DC just to wrap my hands around the numbers. Using the Hiroshima bomb as a measuring unit (and remembering that this bomb killed 140,000 people in one blast, and 90 of these bombs could blow up all of Russia), the U.S. now has the equivalent of more than 122,000 Hiroshimas. How many times do we need to be able to blow up the world? It must break God’s heart. As Jesus wept over Jerusalem because it did not know the things that lead to peace, Jesus must be weeping over America today. It is my prayer that we would have the courage and imagination to beat these “swords into plows” — to turn the things that have brought death into things that bring life. As the rate of soldiers dying by suicide has now outnumbered those dying in combat, it is time for us to say “enough” to the sword which we have picked up and died by over and over. It is time to choose another future than wars and rumors of wars. And perhaps it is time once again to pray on the steps of Congress for a moral budget… and to go to jail as we pray.
Kevin Spacey doing some great impersonations of Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, Christopher Walken, Clint Eastwood, and more. Oh, and man, James Lipton is annoying.
Kasabian is a British band that I really enjoyed a few years ago. Their past two albums haven’t impressed me as much, but I do really like this new song “Underdog.”
Even more impressive is this sweet idea they had to promote the song. They play guitar hero by kicking soccer (football) balls against the wall. Sounds crazy - just watch the video.