June 08, 2004
We're Giving Away Pedro CDs
Come on, people... enter our giveaways and win some free stuff!
We have a banner ad on our main page (and there's five of them rotating, so you may not see it when visiting, but just hit the "refresh" button if you haven't seen it) that will open up an email form that'll act as an entry to win a free copy of the Achilles Heal album by Pedro the Lion.
In Austin this week...on one night...there is a concert by Pedro the Lion at Emo's and then down the street (on Red River) at Stubb's is a Dashboard Confessional/Thrice/Get Up Kids concert, which is followed by a late show back at Emo's with Duvall. How often do you get that much cool stuff in one night? You know what I mean.
Had a wonderful party yesterday. Lots of friends showed up. Had a great visit with my oldest sister, Valerie (who does some proofreading for HM Magazine). Gave her a tour of the office this morning, along with some of my super strong Starbucks coffee. I'm confident she stayed awake on her return trip home later.
Am listening to Rez XX Live right now, as I type up a historical perspective for our Sep/Oct issue. We picked 6 bands to highlight for the next 6 issues. The first was Larry Norman; the second is Resurrection Band; and I won't reveal the others until it's time. This is fun stuff to write about. History has its place in our scene. It's usually never super prominent, as fresh, new, and edgy rules the day; but it's good to pause every once in a while and measure the difference that our forefathers made for us.
The picture is of a place in our office that gets used a lot.
"God makes the color, but the color doesn't make you God."
(great line from "Afrikaans" off the Rainbow's End album.)
Psalm 24 is great:
"The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof."
That about says it all when it comes to the short-sighted doctrine that attempts to split our lives into "sacred" and "secular" compartments. It's all one life and this world is the Lord's. The prince of the power of the air is a punk. He's defeated. He was made a public spectacle of by the crucifixion of our Risen Savior/Messiah/Roaring Lion/Warrior/King.
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at June 8, 2004 01:43 PM