| new gig (04/28/09 5:06 PM PDT) |
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Thanks to Romin, I'm driving a bus for a senior center in Mira Mesa. I pick up elderly Filipinos at their homes, we listen to KWVE sermons on the radio, and I unload them at the center, where I occasionally play worship songs for them. I have a long break, and then we repeat the process in reverse. It's a fairly Kingdom thing, with lots of loving sweet old folks in Jesus' name. One gentleman told me that he enlisted in the US infantry at age 16 and fought in the battle of Okinawa. With lots of gestures, he communicated the story of an officer taking arrows in the shoulders and chest and returning fire with a side arm. He always salutes me as he saunters up to the bus to board, carrying his walker. This morning, another gentleman jokingly insinuated that because his two small dogs bark so viciously at me, I must be a regular consumer of dog meat. At the end of the day as I dropped him off, I asked him "Which one would taste better?" He exclaimed "Black one!" and reminded me of how often Dave Villarete would blurt out something ridiculous. |
| Whole lotta soul (01/29/09 5:23 PM PST) |
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Free Daptone Sampler: http://www.amazon.com/This-is-Daptone-Records/dp/B001IBGJ5K My goodness, this stuff grooves. I think a few samples are going to make it into my current project. |
| Let all those who do justice and love mercy say, "Amen." (01/20/09 11:06 AM PST) |
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Today, I was so excited to see so many beautiful, black faces glow with momentous hope and redemption. Though my knowledge and understanding of the civil rights movement is dim, I cried like I haven't in months as my heart lept at the sight of Dr. Lowery approaching the podium. " God of our weary years, God of our silent tears, Thou who has brought us thus far on the way; Thou who has by Thy might Led us into the light, Keep us forever in the path, we pray. Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee, Lest, our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee; Shadowed beneath Thy hand, May we forever stand, True to our God, True to our native land. " Oh, Americans, born on every soil and now united here, do Justice, love Mercy, and walk humbly with your God. No matter your political persuasion, can you not celebrate redemption this day and commit this land to the gospel's healing power as you see see these things entrusted to God by our leaders? |
| way over yonder in the minor key (01/15/09 11:58 AM PST) |
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"She said, 'it's hard for me to see How one little boy got so ugly' Yes, my little girly, that might be But there ain't nobody that can sing like me Ain't nobody that can sing like me " -Woody Guthrie  Billy Bragg & Wilco - Man in the Sand (The Making of "Mermaid Avenue") is worth watching just for the scene after this song, in which Natalie Merchant pretends to catch bugs in Bragg's hair and eat them. I'm trying hard to put away the ugly: the pride, the secrets, that stuff that makes little of God's name and impatiently discounts His yet to be grasped promises. But I still hope that my voice and music can be unique and uncompromised in this world. And I still pray for persistence of vision. |
| lyrics on status and mining (12/21/08 3:15 PM PST) |
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"I tell you once what I was really coming out to do I'm gonna burn this system to the ground for you Radio and TV shows try to make you play the roles they gonna take you for a ride one more day, to leave it all behind to go where you have never even tried don't you let your inhibitions guide your way baby, won't you look at me but you ain't got the time of day 'cause I ain't got no money yeah but what is money if you ain't got happiness it really don't make sense to me I ain't got no status or a diamond rock but I still got the voice to sing" -RX Bandits, Status "I don't understand about diamonds and why men buy them." What's so impressive about a diamond except the mining?" -Fiona Apple, Red Red Red These lyrics had been running through my head for about a month. Pastor Michelle's sermon gave me a great excuse to post them. Thanks! On diamonds: If you're buying her a ring, make sure your conscience is clear on where the rocks are coming from. It's your responsibility to make sure your wealth isn't fueling injustice. |
| this crime (12/19/08 10:36 AM PST) |
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"Take her arms and hold her down Until she stops screaming Take her arms and hold her down Until she stops breathing And they don't know her But what the... They got nothing else they can do And there's no reason But still they come And I Would have a hard time facing you This crime The shame of what a man can do I would have died From all the hell that you've been through Take the night back All they've stolen All we took from you" -Hold Her Down, Toad the Wet Sprocket My sixth grade teacher, Guy Sturgell, introduced me to this song when he let me take Fear home, but over the past few years in San Diego friends have given me some horrific stories to attach to it. I am not going to share them. They've made me deeply sorry. I remember the sinking sadness in my stomach as I walked through the lowest floor of the Gilman parking structure, just to see a woman put her head down and focus on quickly walking to her car to avoid crossing my path. One late evening I was walking back to the boys' place on Easter Way after class. I was wearing my backpack, walking quickly. Two women in their mid-twenties were jogging, and as they passed behind me, I heard one remark to another, "I always forget to bring my mace." To me, the comedy in it was bitterly dark. What have we been sold, as a society, to see women as anything other than our mothers, sisters, and daughters? Any definition of manhood should provide for the defense of their sanctity. It makes sexual assault at the hands of men so disgustingly backwards. In God Emperor of Dune Frank Herbert made space to work out a discourse on sexuality in society and the military. I may bring it up in a different context later, but for now I want to mention the concept of responsibility in war. He wrote, "Rape was always the payoff in male military conquest." The risk of one's life seems to inspire some of the darkest human behavior. The Jihadists don't get this one right. The Crusaders didn't either. Any sacrifice I make should lead to a gifting of life for others. It should never take it away. Sisters, I hope you find healing and wholeness in God from all the evil we've done to you. |
| way too close to home (12/08/08 3:34 PM PST) |
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A Marine student pilot ditched his F/A-18D on the edge of Rose Canyon, citing mechanical failure . Three people are confirmed dead. This was less than a mile away from our place. Life is pretty fragile, but the human cost could have been a lot higher today. "she pictures the broken glass she pictures the steam she pictures a soul with no leak at the seam nowhere in the corridors of pale green and grey nowhere in the suburbs in the cold light of day there in the midst of it so alive and alone words support like bone dreaming of Mercy St. wear your inside out dreaming of mercy in your daddy's arms again" -Peter Gabriel, Mercy Street |
| Rema (11/25/08 11:33 AM PST) |
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I just dug up my copy of the Motorcycle Diaries soundtrack. Lima, particularly the way it plays in the film, is one of the most epic tracks ever created, but Jorge Drexler's piece is the one that sticks with me: "Al otro lado del río" I am so ready for a drive down the Pan American, for the beauty of the open road and to see where the calling leads. "Oigo una voz que me llama, casi un suspiro" I hear a voice that calls me, almost a sigh I have a feeling that in a couple years I'll be asking to see if you want to come with me. |
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