http://stjoeschoir.com keeping it holy. Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:41:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en >мебелиt;My name is Wade Phelps. I am the creator of the Christian Choir Preservation Society. Please post any future concerts and events on the site so that we can get the word out. There is no fee and the goal is to get the word out to those in your ... http://stjoeschoir.com/2008/10/30/well-wade-i-hate-to-break-it-to-you/ I went out looking for a autoharp for the iPhone today, and I found Frontier's Guitar. While it's not quite as fun as playing a real guitar, it's still a pretty solid good time, and certainly enough to meet the on-the-go "let's write a song" needs. There's a demo here, ... http://stjoeschoir.com/2008/10/27/iphones-guitar/ I'm having a hard time getting over how awesome this is: http://ping.fm/NVsEn It's a full synth! On a gameboy! http://stjoeschoir.com/2008/10/24/korg-synth-for-the-ds/ A friend of mine -- hi, Nathan! -- had an idea for a site that's an art project -- something that would demonstrate that we are all real Americans. On Tuesday night, we launched a site that aggregates videos of people giving their names, a line about themselves, and then saying, ... http://stjoeschoir.com/2008/10/23/i-am-a-real-american/ Kitty pointed me to this NPR story about a preacher who uses Springsteen's music as an aid for spreading the good word. His book is here. My Dad has often said, "Any event that brings men closer to God, or men closer to men, is a religious event." The best concerts I've ... http://stjoeschoir.com/2008/08/19/the-gospel-according-to-springsteen/ Coco Brown, of Meganaut and Peter Elliott and the Sellouts, will be joining the Choir. He's a great player, and I'm really looking forward to what he's going to bring to the band. http://stjoeschoir.com/2008/08/08/new-drummer/ A few weeks ago, I headed out on the road with a few friends (hey, Nathan, Kitty, Delia!) to catch Tom Waits in Houston and Dallas, because ... well, because Tom Waits is one of the great musical artists of our time, and anybody who says different is LYING TO ... http://stjoeschoir.com/2008/07/29/npr-streams-tom-waits/ The Smithsonian has a site for world music that's crazy fun to browse around on. I've been flipping around on the 'genre' list -- 'ale liwon' is a genre? exorcism music? thank God for drinking songs... -- but you can also search for country, culture group (because a Navajo party don't ... http://stjoeschoir.com/2008/07/24/smithonian-global-sound/ breakin' it down, gangsta style. oh yeah. lyrics are here, if you wanna bounce along. http://stjoeschoir.com/2008/07/24/bert-and-ernie/ Yeah, sure, I know. I'm like the billionth person you know who either wants one, or has one. But look! ... beatmaking! on the go! Sin of the day: envy. Or maybe it's greed. lust? whatever. THUMPITY! WHUMP WHUMP WHUMP! bastards. http://stjoeschoir.com/2008/07/17/iphone-lust/