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.

1 Corinthians 13

Read it. Learn it... God Is Love.

Artist Of The Week: Phoenix

Location: France

Genre: Rock

Style: Um... Good.

Things That Never Go Out Of Style

My Top Ten:

01. Love

02. Ray Ban's Original Wayfarer

03. Coca-Cola

04. Levi's

05. Confidence (being yourself)

06. Sushi

07. Humor

08. Tainted Love by Soft Cell

09. Warm Weather

10. Old Books

R.I.P. Bill

2006-2010

Changes Of Atmosphere

Why do we choose to ignore the obvious and wish for places far too distant?

Best Hip Hop Albums Of The Past Decade

2000:

Aesop Rock - Float

Jurassic 5 - Quality Control

Del - Both Sides Of The Brain

2001:

Mars ILL - Raw Material

Cannibal Ox - The Cold Vein

7L & Esoteric - The Soul Purpose

2002:

Mos Def & Talib Kweli - Blackstar

People Under The Stairs - O.S.T.

Deepspace5 - The Night We Called It Day

2003:

Diverse - One A.M.

Pigeon John - ... Is Dating Your Sister

Jay-Z - The Black Album

2004:

Blue Scholars - Blue Scholars

Brother Ali - The Champion EP

Haiku d'Etat - Coup de Theatre

2005:

Ohmega Watts - The Find

Shad - When This Is Over

Blackalicious - The Craft

2006:

Pigeon John - ... And The Summertime Pool Party

Lightheaded - Wrong Way

Oddisee - Foot In The Door

2007:

DJ Jazzy Jeff - The Return Of The Magnificent

Shad - The Old Prince

Dela - Atmosphere Airlines

2008:

Q-Tip - The Renaissance

Theory Hazit - Lord Fire

People Under The Stairs - Fun DMC

2009:

K-OS - Yes!

Nicolay & Kay - Time:Line

Kosha Dillz - Beverly Dillz