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music Archive
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26 Psaltery & Lyre: Kris Bluth, “What’s Playing on God’s iPod?”
“Falling snow without wind . . .” -
Staff Stacks, Pt 1
What the writers of D&S are into now. -
The Green Room Piano
Growing up in the Olson household, playing the piano was just something you did—kinda like breathing or eating. There were four of us—two older sisters, then me (four years later),... -
A Chronology of Pop Culture Heroines
Part One, ages 6 to 18 -
Window to Utopia
What would heaven be like, for a teenager? -
Ride to Music and the Spoken Word
Today’s Ride to Music and the Spoken Word comes to us from Katrina Barker Anderson, who took pictures of her family’s ride to Music and the Spoken Word in Salt... -
But With Joy Wend Your Way
Few hymns seem to capture the Mormon spirit so completely or at ts best. The steady beginning building to the gorgeous swell of music and lyrics work together to convey... -
Rasputin Records
My husband and I both enjoy a really broad range of musical genres. As such, I’ve often wondered – how will our kids find a way to fulfill the role... -
Battles – ‘Gloss Drop’ Tour, London
From the packed-in floor of a dark club (under Victorian railway tracks), and through the dancing columns of sound and light, the three members of Battles appear as conjurors, athletes,... -
It’s Not You, It’s Me
I loved this recent segment from NPR’s All Songs Considered about the bands that contributors have broken up with over the years and why. From the piece: “Context is everything here, so... -
Angels with Power Tools
When you hear the words “Compassionate Service” what comes to mind? This is like one of those word association games- just go with your gut feeling. Macaroni and cheese? Sign... -
In the Gut
“It’s not about masculine or feminine. It’s about power, and passion, and weirdness” -
Helping an Orphanage in Ethiopia
One of my dearest and oldest friends (one of two friends without whom I would not have survived high school) and her husband are adopting two babies from Ethiopia. She... -
Bicycle Playlist
“Bicycles move with the flow of the earth …” -
To The Greatest Boy in the World — A Tribute
My boy, my oldest, is turning nine tomorrow. He is still young, but in the last six months, there have been these strange flickers of the future, a shadow of... -
Family Home Evening at “God’s Favorite Musical”
Guest Post: by Ian — An Early Review of The Book of Mormon Musical. This past Monday I had quite the Family Home Evening—I saw a preview performance of the... -
Georgia Lee
Perhaps my favourite Tom Waits album is Mule Variations (1999). This simple song really stuck with me: for the honesty of its question. We all live different lives, and have... -
Elaine Bradley: ‘Marching to the Sound of Her Own Drum’
For the most recent addition to the ‘Mormon Women Project’, Krisanne Hastings has interviewed Elaine Bradley, the drummer and backing vocalist for Billboard top #100 alternative rock band ‘Neon Trees’,... -
Hosanna in the Highest
This week on ‘The Sanctuary’: a guest post from Andy. One way of characterising my spiritual journey over the last four years would be to say I’ve gone from functioning... -
Foolish Love
My husband likes to attribute a lot of our personality quirks to generational influences. In his eyes, we are deeply earnest, but pathologically afraid of cheesiness or sentimentality (to such... -
Seminal Works – Exile in Guyville
But, there is so much more to Exile than sexual frankness. Exile is about finding your way in the third wave of feminism, when you believe in equality, but you... -
15 Best Albums of 2010 (so far)
Despite the fun of tidying up a year’s worth of music listening into a concise list and orderly rankings, end of year lists are always fluid for me. Things will... -
Seminal Works — Kind of Blue
Sometimes hype is justified, Kind of Blue earns its reputation with every listen. -
I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon
Or under the sea. Or the jungle… at least, not permanently. -
File Sharing
My iTunes library is an autobiography of all my relationships. There is the musical theater from my parents, the Tori Amos and Ani DiFranco from one of my oldest... -
Being Awesome
You cannot try to be awesome, you must be awesome….that is the law of awesome -
15 Favorite …
Personally, I’m a sucker for these lists. I seem to be constitutionally incapable of resisting them, even though they’re hardly ever revelatory. -
Keeping My Hand In
Four years on, I’m in a slump and I’m really just keeping my hand in. -
Follow the Prophet
When we enter the world of art, we are at war and our choices can either be an act of brilliant heroism or pathetic cowardice. When you look back at... -
Stacks
There are stacks of books and CDs on almost every flat surface of my house. Next to my bed is a tantalizing stack of books I haven’t read yet. Beside...
