April 2008 - Posts
Jed Brewer has released his latest album God Quit. For those of you who don't know I first met Jed when I a student at the U. Jed's dad was the pastor at the Wesley Foundation on campus and we became friends since I spent A LOT of time there. Well, that and that he's a really great guy. Over the years I have collected his demos and albums and enjoyed not only his music but his point of view. His music is transparent, honest and real. The trashy braggadocio verses that litter popular music today is nonexistent in his thoughtful lyrics. So that being said you can download his new album, God Quit, from his site for free through June 18th. After that you can purchase it from iTunes.
And because I enjoyed it so much, here is his first video from the album "Women, God and Rock and Roll" (see it in HD).
Words can hardly describe my affection towards Michael Jordan. Jordan the basketball player, not the person. I often wonder how my kids (future tense) will view him. Will they study him and watch old games with their dad on NBA TV or will they view him the same way I view Ernie Banks, a great player but I don't know how good outside of the stats. A better question might be how will technology affect their view of the greatest balla eva? How will highlights on YouTube affect his legend. Of course, Jordan's legend continues to grows due to his marketing dominance. The twenty-third version of his shoe was released a few weeks ago and will probably sell-out at $180 a pop. His marketing longevity is sure to be studied in business schools for a long time but I guess my underlying question is how will technology affect how we lived history? With more and more information being digitized and stored what will historians say about the upcoming presidential election, the Iraq war, the Cubs winning the World Series in 2008? Intriguing questions for sure in time we will find out. Until then, watch some Jordan highlights.
I always thought there was something missing from Star Wars. Something that was cut. Watch and learn.
Spoiler alert! Actually, this is just for Berch. It ruins the end of Star Wars don't watch this! Yes, he hasn't seen Star Wars and yes we're gonna fix that.