I was working with our local Boy Scout troop last night, and was trying to keep them from tearing up my friend's house by wrestling in it. One of them stopped and said, "You know, the house isn't really his; ultimately, it's the Lord's." Smart kid, and absolutely correct. However, he had forgotten an important principle: stewardship.See, what's ours is ours, but not to use and abuse as we see f...
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It's been an odd and eye-opening last 24 hours, one of those days that makes you take stock and decide on what's really worthwhile.Sunday night after dinner, I finally ask Morgan, our oldest son, why he's in such a funk. He had spent the entire day slamming doors and generally acting surlier than normal. He then proceeds to tell us how "lame" and "stupid" we are for not letting him get the skat...
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Take a second and go ahead and click on the red button above. Since this is my first post on the new system, I hope it shows up.Hear that hiss at the beginning? Hear how flat it sounds? Yes, I think I just heard a few audiophiles cower in terror. That, friends, is the sound of a cassette recording of the Jesus and Mary Chain's most joyous moment, "Happy When It Rains."But "why?," you ask. Why k...
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On Sunday night, I finally got to see a band that I never - at least after their break up in 1999 - thought I would get the chance to see live. In truth it's not that I didn't have the chance, before ... it's more that I didn't seize the opportunity the first time around. So when I learned last month that the Jesus and Mary chain were playing in Denver the weekend before Halloween, it took no ...
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You can read my Jesus & Mary Chain review here:http://treblezine.com/The Jesus & Mary ChainThe Power of Negative ThinkingBlanco y Negro / Rhino2008"Do you remember the JAMC?" Who could forget those immortal lyrics sung so eloquently by Death Cab's Ben Gibbard on their song "We Looked like Giants?" Ben, like many of us who grew up JAMC fans, knew the importance of this band born from Glasgow, S...
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So, apparently in Greece they exchange gifts on New Year's Eve, in addition to the other drunken festivities of the night. If this is how the gifts all come out, I could happily pursue this tradition.The mail yesterday bright with it the usual junk mail, a bill, and a large envelope addressed to me by Her Hellenic Hawtness herself, my dear sister Anna. Ditching all the rest, I tore into the pac...
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What are you all thinking? NO ONE has reported about Download Festival at Shoreline Amphitheater, NO ONE! I had checked it out a few months ago & seriously there was no one I was all that interested in seeing. Atmosphere & Brand New were set to play so since I'm not much of a fan of either I wasn't planning to go. But I was checking to see if Jesus & Mary Chain were playing in the bay area & sa...
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I'm still trying to get over the concept: The Jesus and Mary Chain, back on stage at Coachella! I'm completely floored; if they actually make it, this will be the highlight of my concert-going experience.But "Why?", you ask. Why such ardor for a band that hasn't been a going concern for almost 10 years? Well, sit yourselves down, and let me tell you a tale.Consider, if you will, the music scene...
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One of the sultriest songs of the last ten years. Perfume makes you a little caliente just listening to it. Hope Sandoval and The Reid Brothers make the perfect combination.My favorite part has to be:"Baby I'm in heaven But I don't believe a word No I don't believe a word Going down"Meow, indeed.
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THANKSGIVING is a happy day for most Americans, but a gloomier one for turkeys. Around 46m birds will be served up at the dinner table says the National Turkey Federation, a trade body. Turkey farmers also have reason for cheer. Americans each scoff 16.9lb (7.7kg) of turkey meat annually, up from 8.3lb in 1975. Production reflects this growing appetite: some 272m turkeys will be raised this yea...
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Oh yeah, that's right, the band who made noise part of music, who first treated the vocals as another instrument in the mix, who drowned their simple melodies in waves of feedback, thereby preparing the way for the adventurous music fan to find the beauty in My Bloody Valentine's "Loveless" ...In the words of Black Francis, while introducing their cover version ..."THIS IS A JESUS & MARY CHAIN ...
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there are characters that we read in books, or watch flick across the screen, that we recognize as a part of us reflected back. i think sometimes we see what we need to see, when we need to see it. that five years earlier, or five years later, that character may slip by as someone memorable, but not significant. other times, though, they stop us and stare back, asking us the tough questions, an...
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I'm in full blown JAMC mode. I just picked up their boxset The Power of Negative Thinking, it's...wait for it...legendary. If y're a fan make the investment, so worth it.I remember watching 120 Minutes religiously during high school and being blown away when I first saw this video. One of my favorite JAMC songs with some of their best lyrics that still resonate within me today."I don't mind abo...
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Summercase 2007Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, 07/13/2007Air travel within Europe is sometimes very handy. Last Wednesday I finished up a conference in Bristol, UK, and caught a $70 EasyJet flight directly from Bristol to Madrid to attend the Summercase festival. Summercase focuses mostly on indie and electro and happens concurrently in Madrid and Barcelona, featuring the same roster of artists on ...
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