August 2009
86 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-30) →
Fleetwood Mac (15)
Beck (11)
Biffy Clyro (7)
Snow Patrol (6)
Acoustic Ladyland (6)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
BBC iPlayer - Reading and Leeds Festival: 2009:... →
WatchThe Gaslight Anthem (with Bruce Springsteen) - The 59 Sound - Live at Glastonbury
Was watching some Reading/Leeds highlights on the BBC red buton tonight and came across these guys - The Gaslight Anthem. They’re from New Jersey and they’re pretty great. There’s an obvious Springsteen influence; so much so that he joined them onstage at Glastonbury. Here’s the vid.
“Oasis cancelled again with one minute to stage time!!! Liam smashesd noels...”
– Amy Macdonald on Twitter (via morgenstern)
Dangers Of Leadership
Below is a post from the always great Youth Specialties blog.
It’s a personal and poignant post and, as someone who is in Christian leadership, I totally get where the author is coming from.
Having said that, I don’t (re)post this with a spirit of self-pity. While I’m sure all leaders feel like this at times, I count myself very blessed to minister along side Louis, Sue, and...
“The reason we the UK church is not effective in mission is because we are not...”
– From the 2003 report “Imagine how we can reach the UK” by LICC & the EA
The Visual Linguist: Comics reading: Competence... →
IKEA abandons Futura for Verdana.
Warning!! (super) nerdery to follow:
I think futura has to be my favourite typeface. Its so clean and minimalist:
Wes Anderson uses it brilliantly in all of his movies:
CORRECTION: The font above is Helvetica not Futura! (As pointed out by philipallenphoto in the comments)
And stupidly Ikea is changing it for Verdana. Fools!
via lonelysandwich
WatchParticularly great BBC radio shows:
Craig Charles’ Funk & Soul Show where I discovered 6ix Toys. The vid above is an in-stuido performance.
Gilles Peterson
Simon Mayo (& Mark Kermode)
They also cover both Glastonbury & Reading/Leeds.
Another triumph for the Daily Mail.... →
New Collective Nouns
via kottke.org who got them from a twitter trend here’s a selection of pretty funny new collective nouns
a conspiracy of theorists an array of geeks a melancholy of goths an argument of lawyers a tantrum of 2 year olds an ego of divas a timberyard of prospective authors a dwindle of voters a yummy of mummies a priori of assumptions ...
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“No doubt some Christians need to be shaken out of their lethargy. I try to do...”
– Kevin DeYoung’s post here is worth reading carefully.
Tuesday Mix
Click here for a wee spotify mix of songs Ive been listening to this morning. (The link should open spotify so you’ll, of course, need spotify for it to work).
There’s no theme or really any order. The tracks are:
The Grownup’s Guide to Indie Rock →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-23) →
The Killers (6)
Revision3 (5)
Jimmy Pardo (5)
Girls Aloud (4)
Mars Hill Bible Church (3)
Girls Aloud?!? I fear Kims spotify use is screwing up my stats!
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Steepster →
Its a sort of social network for tea-lovers.
Beck - He’s A Mighty Good Leader
This...
Hack Your Wii for Homebrew without Twilight... →
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DeYoung, Restless, and Reformed: Is the Mass... →
Lance Armstrong's tweet puts riders on streets in... →
Coo!
Attitudes towards the church: nationally it's...
Interesting piece from the Guardian looking at the contribution to society fath groups make & comparing public attitudes towards the church with attitudes towards the NHS:
Perhaps the picture isn’t quite a bleak as all that. Ask people what they think about the NHS the answer tends to be pretty sceptical – it’s in dreadful condition, long waiting-lists, dirty hospitals, low...
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Between Two Worlds: Powerful Video on Missions →
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-8-16) →
VV Brown (10)
David Crowder Band (4)
Bloc Party (4)
Pearl Jam (4)
Jimmy Pardo (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
A Monday Mix
Here’s a Spotify (what’s that?) mix I made.
There’s no theme, just songs Ive been enjoying today while getting some reading done.
Click here to open the mix in Spotify
LOVE - VV Brown
Not The Only Person - Rumble Strips
Zero - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
War - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
You Can Call Me Al - Paul Simon
Killing - The Apples
Salute Your Solution - The Raconteurs
Moving...
Onion Editor Saving US Postal Service, One... →
Twitter by postcard
Gameboy Bling →
Why I work with young people
I’m doing a wee bit of speaking at the Bridge of Don youth away day next weekend. Before I started preparing for the talks I opended up my Bible to read a pslam and pray, this is what I turned to
Psalm 83:1-5
1 O God, do not keep silence; do not hold your peace or be still, O God! 2 For behold, your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have raised their heads. 3 They lay...
WatchA timely message I think…
Whether its RF’s article that insults Louis or on this site when i’m trying to explain theological issues clearly & come off like an uncaring jerk, every follower of Jesus has to strive for what this video talks about.
“they were told they were being interviewed for a documentary examining...”
– The slamming that the NHS has been getting from the Republicans as health care reform is being debated in the US is appalling.
Misinformation abounds as well as some dirty tactics like the one above.
But its OK there’s a twitter campaign!
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