Gospel Community Culture
Archive for August 2011
Okkervil River “The Valley” SXSW
I just stumbled upon this video of Okkervil River performing ‘The Valley”, off of their new(ish) album I Am Very Far. It’s an amateur video, but the sound and video quality are both phenomenal, as are the lyrics| “We watch the sun switching in the sky, off and on, where our friend stands bleeding on … Continue reading
Not Guilty
If you have ever made my acquaintance, you are probably aware that I am just a few shards of shrapnel short of a train wreck; hypocritical at times, insecure t times, socially inconsistent at best, and inclined toward assholery. Now, sure, that may be a bit hard, but aren’t we all in this boat … Continue reading
NPR Tiny Desk Series | Local Natives
This is another band that I discovered exclusively via the Tiny Desk Concert Series, an L.A. group with fantastic instrumentation, catchy melodies and ‘Carter Family’ quality harmonies… If the Carter Family were a bunch of inner city kids with ironic facial hair. But mustaches aside, after seeing this video a while back these guys have … Continue reading
The Church is a Whore.
I don’t know if you, my readers, have picked up on this from reading GCC or not, but the “evangelical culture” is really not my scene. And by nature, neither is evangelicalism, with all it’s political, social, theological and judgmental shortcomings. And I have spent a lot of time in the last year or so … Continue reading
