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It seems more like he's pulling a Jon Foreman - although Switchfoot has had some heavy spiritual themes, the songs of theirs that caught on in the mainstream were pretty vague, and they attained a bigger following than they would've if they'd stuck to the strictly Christian market. But Foreman's solo material is explicitly religious - often putting whole biblical passages to music, and possibly putting Switchfoot fans off. Pretty similar to what's happened here with Kensrue, except judging by the song titles, this is nothing more than a pretty straightforward contemporary worship album. Modern "worship music", to me, is one of the least interesting genres of music being made today. It always strikes me as pandering to the Christian music-listening crowd, which is always looking for the least challenging music that can deliver the most Jesuses per minute. Every song is one or two-dimensionally joyful, and every trace of doubt or pain or anger has been whitewashed clean. It's boring and it's not reflective of how actual people (specifically Christians) feel. Pick up an old hymnal, listen to turn of the century gospel, read the book of Psalms, and you'll find the full range of human emotions laid out in verse, all directed at God. Bazan's Curse Your Branches is, to me, a more reverent collection of songs than the sets worship bands play in the church today. Maybe Kensrue really feels led to do an album like this, and the songs are coming from a real place, but I've paid attention to the Christian music industry for long enough to know that it is just that - an industry - and worship CDs are always a hot commodity, along with books about not having sex before marriage and the little fish that you put on your bumper. And I have another (sort of preemptive) thing to say to all fellow Christians/Christ-followers/"spiritual people"/whatever you want to call yourselves so you don't have to be embarrassed: chill out with the persecution/intolerance shit. Every thread about a well-known Christian artist is guaranteed to have two replies: 1."I like these guys alright, but I wish they were less in-your-face about the Jesus stuff" 2. "Boy, sounds like you're being awful INTOLERANT of their beliefs" Shut up. 3 minutes of critical thinking is enough time to deduce every possible reason that someone who does not believe in God/religion might have for not wanting to hear it in the music they listen to. It is not the end of your world if someone thinks that the song title "Oh God" is really cringeworthy. It kind of is! Think of how your belief system (or at least a rudimentary idea of it) comes across in the mind of someone who is pretty sure that there is no god. It sounds insane! I'm saying that, and I believe in it! And of all the places to try and change someone's mind about ANYTHING, the anonymous faceless internet is thee worst one I can think of. Also the whole bit makes it sound like 21st century American Christians on the Internet are under attack and have it so hard, which LOLOL go complain to the Apostle Bartholomew who was FLAYED ALIVE AND CRUCIFIED UPSIDE DOWN FOR HIS BELIEFS YOU BABIES Also, "love the sinner hate the sin" is a super condescending term when applied to homosexuality and the sooner the church at large gets away from violent rejection (or passive aggressive rejection) of our gay brothers and sisters and towards love and acceptance, the better. People around the world suffer and die en masse due to lack of resources that we can afford to spare, meanwhile we are fighting tooth & nail (no pun intended) to keep people who love each other from attaining equal legal footing. Which is a better reflection of Christ's love? Also Mark Driscoll is a total misogynist homophobe bro douchebag and fuck that guy. I recognize that by affirming my Christian faith in this post, I hereby forfeit all cool points, punk points, and/or karma points accumulated thus far.

I would've preferred that he came out dressed like Chip Skylark.

For Whole Foods shoppers, vinyl may be the standard format. CD sales are in the shitter, cassettes are left to a niche following. I'm just pointing out there are far better things to get upset about than a high-end grocery store selling records.

Aaron Paul was at my job today. Nice guy. I didn't get a picture with him but my friend did. And he hover handed her. Hahaha

Some good stuff is coming soon.

seeing eric try to white knight is pretty funny

I knew you were a Christian the first time I saw your avatar.

i wish there was a way to double block people. so that they just didnt exist at all.

had one of these tonight, was pretty good

And it just happens to cost $13.00? WAT.

According to her birth certificate her name is Thomas James Gabel.

Wait a sec: People actually prefer Pepsi to Coke? Wow.

"Why'd do you leave the keys upon the table?" YOU WANTED TO. "Why'd you buy the vinyl and the CDs?" YOU WANTED TO.

Love the fit of this new Blink 182 - TOYPAJ vinyl band tee.

my least favorite thing was casting alison pill.

You know what time it is.

want

Cliff Martinez- Only God Forgives OST (Amazon)

Here we are at the ordering stage and colored vinyl is still ahead of unreleased songs. Makes me sad,

Bought Dashax's camera for a good deal. Took it to Ultimate and was going to snap a few shots of people playing to update our Facebook images but we only had enough for 7 on 7 so no one was sitting out. Upon leaving I apparently leave my camera on the roof of my car and a half mile down the road it falls off. I didn't even notice, but one of the guys from Ultimate hurries up while at a stop light and is waving his hands. He managed to pull it off the road and it seems to be in good working order. This is why Tim does not own nice things.

I personally started with The Book About... and was hooked, if that helps. But you really can't go wrong by starting with a random EP, or working backwards, etc. Whatever you fancy, it's all good.

Excellent. I know you really want that album.

Is now OK with everyone?

Could we add a Todd is awesome option to the poll?

As lame as the idea may be, this is my take on it. Positivity reigns over whininess.

More places to buy vinyl = good for everyone.

I figured, but it'd be cool to find something like that

FLCL

Because I want to hate moving for the rest of my life.

I'm not sure if you're trying to be funny or are just that stupid but either way shut up about my city. Do you even think before you post or are you that attention starved that you post any thought you have just to get attention.

This week, I have Titus Andronicus on Tuesday and Reverse The Curse/Signals Midwest/Annabel on Thursday. Pretty jazzed for both. Then next week I have Pinback and Deathfix (who I am soooo excited to see live, I love that Deathfix record), and then O'Brother in Akron.

bitch dont kill my vibe

youre a cocksucker.

because Brand New

What I posted in the other thread- 9/8 - Rancid (1st time) 11/4 - NFG (4th time) /Alkaline Trio (1st time) 11/9 - Frank Turner (4th time)

Break up with her now. Her usefulness has run its course

The false alarms continue

THE HOBBY!

Drop out of school then, fuck, get your priorities straight.

I rarely drink any of them, but my brother and I did a blind test between pepsi, coke and two similar local beverages and pepsi won flat out.

Coke sucks

They should do Whole Foods exclusive variants.

New addition

You're ahead of the curve, man. I've got this itching feeling about Pogs...

Word. You've got to diversify investments though. That's why I also have money in Beanie Babies and Garbage Pail Kids.

This has gone too far.

If Crashing Down was written today it's be a gigantic indie hit. Way ahead of themselves on that one

See. Now this is a white fucking whale!

Kidcrash - Jokes LP Strike Anywhere - Underground Europe 2001 7" Get Up Kids / Coalesce split 7" white