Music
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Bono Has A Message For Young Christian Artists
Bono Has A Message For Young Christian Artists ~Carol Kuruvilla, The Huffington Post | Repost U2 musician Bono has spent years reading and learning from the poetry of the Psalms, a book of the Bible that contains ancient hymns. If there’s one thing Bono has realized from his studies, it’s that art always requires honesty. During… Continue reading
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Ping Pong Over the Abyss
Ping Pong Over the Abyss ~The 77’s | Then and Now Ping Pong is The 77’s debut effort, released in 1982. The title is said to have come from Allen Ginsberg‘s poem “Howl,” section 3: “I’m with you in Rockland / where you scream in a straight jacket that you’re losing the game of the… Continue reading
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D.M.Z.
D.M.Z. ~Resurrection Band | Then and Now I have fond memories of listening to D.M.Z. In my opinion, this was Resurrection Band’s best. Colours and Mommy Doesn’t Love Daddy Anymore easily stand on their own, but both efforts led up the musical moment of D.M.Z. The album opens with the blistering, “Military Man”, one of the… Continue reading
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Seventy Sevens
Seventy Sevens ~The 77’s | Then and Now “The 77’s will take you on a journey through the past, present, and future of rock & roll” ~ Island Records radio advertisement, 1987 Unfortunately for the 77’s, this album was released the same year and on the same label as U2’s, The Joshua Tree. This is unfortunate… Continue reading
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Moving Pictures
MUSIC REVIEW SERIES: LOOKING BACK ON THE 80’S MUSIC | 1981 THEN AND NOW Moving Pictures ~Rush | Then and Now Moving Pictures was Rush’s 8th studio effort and continued to blaze the band into stardom. Three of my all time Rush songs are found on this record, “Limelight”, “Red Barchetta” and “Tom Sawyer”. I’ve always… Continue reading
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Jack White’s Infinite Imagination
Jack White’s Infinite Imagination By Alec Wilkinson, The New Yorker Anything that captures Jack White’s imagination can occupy him. He reads scripts in the hope of directing a movie—he said he was disappointed at losing the opportunity to direct one about a Detroit drug dealer and F.B.I. informant called White Boy Rick. He contributes designs… Continue reading
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The Joshua Tree
The Joshua Tree ~U2 | Then and Now Today marks the 30th anniversary of U2’s, The Joshua Tree. The anniversary will be celebrated with a full-blown North American and European tour. I remember when this album came out. There was much to be anticipated and it seemed like it took forever to be released after their amazing… Continue reading
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Tip of My Tongue
Editor’s Note: I fell in love with this song the first time I heard it. The lyrics are unmistakably Mark Heard. The catch is I heard the song for the first time, on a Mark Heard tribute album. The album was primarily put together by the founding members of the band, The Choir. Below the… Continue reading
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