David Crowder Band New Album Church Music Out Today!!!
Church Music came out today and it is one of the best things that has graced my ears…ever.
I can’t describe how good this album is…just go listen to it and bask in the goodness of this musical endeavor by the great David Crowder Band.
Love God Love People
Light
I just bought the new Matisyahu album, titled Light, and I have to say it is awesome. The Hasidic Jewish Reggae Hip Hop artist that is Matisyahu has gone to new artistic places and gone away from reggae some but I think this is his best album yet. His last album, Youth, was a good album but felt uneven and just was not as consistent an album. Matisyahu’s new album is good from the first to the last song.
It starts out with the song Smash Lies which is a fast song that will be sure to get the crowds going during concerts. The songs have a lyrical depth that reveals the mishmash of ancient and modern that is Matisyahu’s music. He mixes Judaism and life nowadays to make an amazing lyrical experience. This album’s lyrics are much more full of depth than Youth.
This is definitely a five star album in my view. I haven’t stopped listening to Light since I got it. I advise you get it and bask in it’s awesomeness.
Hosanna
I was standing in church today and we were having communion. Right after we had communion the band started playing the song Hosanna. It was amazing because at that moment I realized that the same people who sang Hosanna to Jesus on his entrance into the city where the same people who would later yell out “Crucify Him!” It just struck me as incredible as I sang that song and was broken by the awesome incredible love of my Savior Jesus Christ.
So everybody sing with me now “Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest…”
Blue Period, The Hollow Men, and Andrew Bird
Sometimes when I look at a painting, hear a song, or read a poem it grabs a hold of me and doesn’t let go. It’s like I’ve hit an emotional, sensory, and spiritual focal point. I don’t want to go anywhere else and I never want that moment to end. Things seem to come into focus while other things go fuzzy. The lyrics, images, or silences fill my brain and echo around and impact and I feel lifted to the sky…
Falling to the ground
Gravity you caught me and
To the ground I come
Bearing gifts of fruit
And shiny baubles of sky
For those who can’t fly
Webcomics Wednesday: Copper
So begins Webcomics Wednesday. This is a part of my blog where I hope to get the word out on my favorite webcomics and to discuss them. So here we go.
The first webcomic we will be discussing is Copper, here is the website Copper, which is written and drawn by Kazu Kibuishi who has also written Amulet and Flight. Copper has been going on since April 2002 and all of them are in color except for the very first edition. They are a single panel comic and each comic is done independent of each other. Their are recurring characters. The two main characters found in every comic are Copper who is a boy and his dog named Fred. There are four other recurring characters; amber glasses girl, girl in pink bubble, and the red haired girl and her dog.
The comic explores many themes such as love, technology, the environment, beauty and our response to it, nature, loss, and loneliness. One of the recurring things is the girl in the pink bubble. She is seen but is always just out of reach. Copper loves her and is always seeking after her but can never quite reach her. Copper is in love with somebody that he can never be with. It is a heartbreaking tale that reminds me of my own life. Each part of that panel is filled with such heartbreak yet such hope. It’s an amazing juxtaposition of feelings. Their is also the paper throwing amber glasses girl who is always throwing paper at Copper and then running away. She is so shy of Copper and it is funny and interesting at the same time.
The art in Copper is amazing. Kazu is such an amazing artists and Copper is one of the most beautifully drawn webcomics on the internet. The colors are very good and some of the comics are just jaw dropping. Kazu has a very distinct style and his imagination runs wild with all the places he is sending his characters. Some of the environments are simply amazing in their creativity and art style.
My favorite of all the comics is Transit. This one is amazing not because of its art but because of the irony and love in it. It is amazingly well written and thought out and I love it. It is heartbreaking and yet hopeful at the same time, a perfect Copper comic.
So ends the first Webcomic Wednesday. You guys really need to check out Copper because it is simply amazing and that is reason enough. Click here for Copper.
With Love,
Caleb Jordan
