All posts tagged featured
22
Feb
I'm extremely excited! I've had a website of sorts since college, but I've never done anything with it. Now I will. Feel free to keep checking back as I feel it in and comment on my work. Read more
02
Feb
First things first. I am by no means a “professional” music reviewer. In fact, I’ve probably never written an actual review of any music I’ve ever listened to. That being said, I did feel compelled to put my thoughts on this album down. They are in no way going to be an in-depth, track by track, comprehensive review. Anyway, here goes. . .
Disclaimer: The Civil Wars did not pay me, bribe me or give me any free merchandise for writing this review. Though, they did provide a fantastic album of music which inspired this review.
There’s a lot of music in the world today. I feel like I’ve heard most of it (I listen to music anywhere from 4-6 hours per day). Most of it wears thin quickly; usually in one or two listens. It’s generally over produced with muddied sound, unbalanced, and truly emotionless.
(I’m no sound engineer or professional audiophile. But I know what I like and what I don’t.)
The Civil Wars - Barton Hollow
Barton Hollow is none of those.
It’s Beauty in Simplicity.
Joy Williams and John Paul White. Their voices, the guitar of JP and the occasional piano of Joy. . . and it’s all mixed fantastically. There’s nothing in the background to distract you from the lyrics or the emotion of their voices.
The instruments are mixed to compliment the vocals. The emotion tells the story almost better than the lyrics. You would think Joy and JP have a storied past together, the chemistry is that strong.
Unlike most albums that have 1 or 2 standout tracks and mediocre filler, this album is a complete experience, beginning to end. Everything just fits and it works beautifully.
Beauty in Simplicity.
If you haven’t bought this album yet, you really should. You won’t be disappointed.
My sincerest apologies to The Civil Wars for this scattered and unprofessional review. An album this good deserves a better crafted review.
01
Feb
I dabble in web. I don’t really do web design. WordPress is too easy. But I do like having a website and managing others. One such site, is www.sytysogt.com. Originally, I was going to move all of the files from www.SyTy.org over and do things “my way.” That never materialized. Why do it twice?
So the site sat. It did become the domain host of Syclone Typhoon Chat, so it was partially useful (and a hit with a core group of SyTy Enthusiasts). Then I added WordPress to the site, just because I could. And it sat again.
Here’s how it sits currently:
Now I have a direction! I am going to turn the site into an unofficial SyTy photo archive with a fresh Gallery3 install as well as a SyTy News/Features site.
There’s a lot of good information flowing on SyTy.net, but not everyone has time to sift through all the threads and replies to find the good stuff. I intend to do feature posts about sweet builds, product features from SyTy vendors and more. Hopefully, we can establish this as a premier site for SyTy news and keep these rare trucks at the top of people’s minds.
It’s time to turn up the boost and get rolling on this.
03
Dec
I don’t know how you wouldn’t have noticed, but I thought I’d post about it anyway.
Site5 has some killer free WordPress themes and JournalCrunch was just what I was looking for to give my site a little refresh.
Of course, I have some post thumbnail/featured images to fill in and I need to tweak my logo to the dark version, but all in all, I’m super happy with the new theme.
I don’t even have the itch to modify it. Nicely done!
29
Nov
It's almost that time of year. Christmas. The time of year that "All Christians" will tell you is the "most important time of year."
Of course it is. It's when God came to earth, born as fully flesh, and fully God, in the man Jesus Christ. Without the birth of Christ, we as Christians, would have nothing to believe in. We would have no redemption for a life full of sin, apart from God. If we believed as many of the Jewish faith, we would still be waiting for our messiah. Read more
20
Oct
This is a post a year in the making. . .
I'll admit it. I like Billy Idol. Why? I don't know, but I do. I was listening to his Devil's Playground album on the way home the other day when Plastic Jesus came on. I actually paid attention to the lyrics for the very first time, even though I've heard it many times before. Read more
