The other night I dreamed and remembered that...

I'm Back!

Some people thought they could hi-jack the inter-web and blog sites but I am taking back control... Can you dig it?

I Love This

Vanishing Point from Bonsajo on Vimeo.

Aloe Blacc = Pure Soul

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Genre: Hip Hop & Soul

Style: Organic

Summer Days

Today I ...

- went running

- listened to D.Black

- went to the Post Office

- went swimming

- listened to Lupe Fiasco

- drank iced chai

- went to Jungle Jims

- ate birthday meat loaf

- listened to Shad

- ate birthday apple crisp

Summer days are just so relaxed and I love it. No schedule. No pressure. No stress. Just the sun and fun.

I'm out, Drew.

Summer Reading

I am halfway through this...

And this might be next....

Artist Of The Week: Pomegranates

Location: Cincinnati, OH

Genre: Indie Rock

Style: Fun

Pomegranates~Corriander from LaundroMatinee on Vimeo.

Things That I've Been Diggin' Lately

01. Running

02. Bar-B-Q Sunflower Seeds

03. NBA Finals

04. Lost by Coldplay

05. the Book of James (NLT)

06. NOT shaving (even if I look like a bum)

07. Fresh cut cantaloupe

08. Going barefoot everywhere

09. Empire State Of Mind by Jay-Z

10. Going to Reds games

Artist Of The Week: Common Market

Location: Seattle, WA

Genre: Hip Hop

Style: Unbeatable

Common Market - "Escaping Arkham" Music Video from Zia Mohajerjasbi on Vimeo.

Basketball Dream

Had a dream

Magic Johnson was there

He autographed the ball

A small rubber ball

Ten feet tall

Big puffy shoes

Are the cameras on?

Are the cameras on?

Set the ball down

Went to the court

Shot a swish

Fell like a ball

Went back to the spot

And Magic was gone

Same old ball

Time to go home

Artist Of The Week: Shad

Location: Canada

Genre: Hip Hop

Style: The Best

Silver Wings

From tender years you took me for granted
(But still I deign to wander through your lungs)
While You were sleeping solemnly in your bed
(You're drapes were silver wings your shutter's flung)

I Drew the poison from the summer sting
(And eased the fire out of your fevered skin)
I Moved in you and stirred your soul to sing
(And if you let me I won't move again)

I've danced with sun lit stands of lovers hair
(And Formed the final words before you death)
I pitied you and piled your sails with air
(A blessing when you rose upon my breath)

And after all of this, I am amazed
That I am cursed far more than I am praised

Artist Of The Week: Masta Ace

Location: New York City

Genre: Hip Hop

Style: Real

Repenting Of Religion

"... If we take seriously the biblical teaching that the love command is the greatest command, that we must put it above all other considerations, that we must clothe ourselves with and even live in love, then there can be no thought of balancing love with any other concern. Nothing can qualify a command that is "above all" other commands. If the command is to love everyone as Christ loves us, there is simply no situation in which the command does not apply."

- Greg Boyd

Truth 2

The Truth 2 Official Trailer from Austin Paz on Vimeo.

Oh, Amish Hip Hop...

the Truth Is ...

you

are

loved.

A Million Miles In A Thousand Years

I read a book a couple years ago by Steven Pressfield called The War Of Art. The book is about writing, about the process of getting words onto an empty page. Pressfield said a writer has to sit down every day and write, regardless of how he feels. He said you can sit around and wait for inspiration to come, but you'll never finish your book that way. "The muse honors the working stiff," Pressfield says. He also says that every creative person, and I think probably every other person, faces resistance when trying to create something good. He even says resistance, a kind of feeling that comes against you when you point toward a distant horizon, is a sure sign that you are supposed to do the thing in the first place. The harder the resistance, the more important the task must be, Pressfield believes.

- Donald Miller

Artist Of The Week: Paper Route

Location: Nashville, TN

Genre: Indie Rock/Synth Pop

Style: Soul Healing...

I Gave In

... and it was worth it.