The Wired Wanderings of a Postmodern Pilgrim
Posted in American Culture, Music, Television on Apr 11th, 2008
Okay, I’m really getting tired of reality shows. Even a foodie like me has a hard time watching the third season of Top Chef… and its here in Chicago. However, my wife and boys like American Idol, so I took a break from fragging demons in Hellgate: London and came downstairs to watch the finale […]
Between Itune store recommendations and Slacker.com’s similar artist lists, I have enjoyed discovering new artists. Regina Spektor is a new fav and “Samson” is one of those haunting songs of heartache that ends up in the closing moments of “CSI” or “New Amsterdam” (another new fav). The cool thing about “Samson” is that it really […]
Posted in Music on Jan 5th, 2008
My oldest son turned me onto this yesterday. Its just too good not to share. Its done by the Turtle Creek Chorale in Dallas, Texas – so there are some folks still keeping things weird in a good way down in Texas, if not in Austin. Check out their web site site – not only […]
Posted in Music on May 3rd, 2007
Why? Its just been that kind of week and I’m just in that kind of mood. Life is good but you can never have too much cowbell. UPDATE: NBC is suing YouTube over posting this, so some of the best pr they could get is going into lawyers’ pockets instead. So all the unaltered versions […]
Posted in Music on Apr 26th, 2007
Like I mentioned in an earlier post, I am a big net radio fan. The variety, customization, and creativity simply cannot be matched by commercial broadcast radio, which of course is why they are trying to kill it. With this retroactive royalty rate hike, nearly all of the small broadcasters and many of the commercially […]
Of all the podcasts I listen to, one of the few I listen to nearly every single one is Coverville. A great podcast of nother but covers – remakes of songs made famous by someone else. If you haven’t found it and love creative music, you have got to check it out. The cover countdown […]
My oldest son and I went to see the Transiberan Orchestra at Allstate Arena here in Chicago last weekend and it rocked! We saw them last year when we were living in Toledo and it was just as good. Christmas Eve and Other Stories is one of my regular replays this time of year on […]
Posted in Language and Lingo, Music, Wired Jesus Podcast on Oct 30th, 2006
As I mention, despite my best intentions, life and my own stuff got in the way of following through with regular podcasts like I intended. I’m tired of making excuses and I’m sure you are tired of hearing them. But what is, is. Here I do a little journey down the postmodern language road via […]
Posted in Music, Wired Jesus Podcast on Apr 22nd, 2006
Finally, after starting the move and the new job in Chicago, here is a new Wired Jesus Podcast. Its my reflections on Easter and two of the more intriguing videos I’ve seen lately – You’re Beautiful by James Blunt and Bad Day by Matthew Powter. Between the two, I see a connection with Easter and […]
Posted in American Culture, Music, Wired Jesus Podcast on Dec 23rd, 2005
Since Brian and Jen were having so much fun with the blog entry and our local paper asked me to weigh in on the issue of Christmas Day being cancelled, I decided to end the year with this podcast. Got some choice comedy bits in (one by Steve Martin has some low key adult subject […]