Computer troubles, An article, and Steve Taylor

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Well, expect to hear less around here. I'm experiencing some computer troubles, and last I heard from the other two people who allegedly can post here, one's looking for a new laptop and the other's out-of-state for a bit. Actually, rumor has it Kari's gotten engaged. I guess that's big enough news to mention here even if it is off-topic. Oddly enough, wanting to spend more time with her boyfriend is the main reason she said she's not up for attending press conferences at Creation East this year. Well, not good for us I guess, but great for them! Enough of my whining. I'm probably going to get a new e-mail address here, in addition to trying to finish the file transfer to the new server when we all get back from our computer issues/summer plans.

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Considering how much Christian music gets covered here, I thought this was a noteworthy article. It's called "Why On Earth (Or Elsewhere) Am I Enjoying Christian Rock?" It's really fascinating how diverse the people behind "Christian" music are, and how they're beginnning to attract more people out of the stereotypical-young-evangelical crowd.

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Speaking of Christian music and stereotypes about it.... I feel a need to plug Steve Taylor. Some of you probably recognize as a CCM pioneer who's put out quite a bit of material. Some of you probably are more familiar with his production work (See Sixpence None the Richer) or his writing for the Newsboys. In addition to that, I'm happy that someone opened up Christian music to good satire (Would we have been able to have Five Iron Frenzy or Relient K without Steve? I doubt it). Of course, now that I check on the site with his mp3s that I usually use, I see that the song I was thinking of (the 1982 classic "I Want To Be a Clone") is not available as a free download anymore because iTunes is selling it now. Dangit, I know I'm not the only nerd who's introduced some younger CCM-fans to Steve through that song. Well, rather than try to pick a second favorite, I'll just post the link to the main download page for Steve Taylor's music. Those of you who're Sixpence nuts like myself will want to make sure to stop by the page with the tribute album to Steve on it. Man, I forgot that Starflyer 59 and Fleming and John are on that too. Good stuff. I always have a good chuckle at the medley that DigHayZoose put together for that album. I have no idea who the heck they are, but any band that can make a random chunk of a song by Mortal feel like it belongs in a larger medley is cool in my book.

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