When I was visiting Alabama a few weeks ago, Chad took me through The Last Waltz, a documentary of The Band’s final performance.  The show featured guest appearances by Eric Clapton, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Ringo Starr, Muddy Waters, Dr. John, and Bob Dylan. One of the best appearances comes...

A colleague of mine introduced me to these videos. It’s pretty ridiculous when we take things literally sometimes, isn’t it? A story can be changed so much. Enjoy. Warning – some of these may be a bit PG or PG-13. White Wedding: Literal Video Version – watch more funny videos Take...

In 2000, I began writing my end of the year top 10 albums lists, which I’d send out to my friends. Only three or four actually cared, but they asked every year. Since Burnside decided to go in a different direction this year, I figured I’d post my list here on the blog, minus all the wordy...

There’s a bit of a discussion at the main site about the state of modern worship. I’ll let others debate that and take a second to say how much I enjoy my church’s worship culture. This weekend I say in with the band during the weekend services on piano and keys. The worship leader...

The music video for A-Ha’s “Take On Me” is iconic. I like what these folks have done with it.

Matt Hildreth, the interactive media editor for Sojourners, sat down and talked with the band Flobots before their sold out show at the 9:30 Club in D.C. Here’s the video of that conversation: The video for “Rise” features a cameo by Vincent Harding, whose book “Martin Luther...

Wow. And I thought I knew every song from the Lennon and McCartney library.

I started to write an entry on politics, but then my head got winded, so I’m writing about Josh Ritter. On the way to the airport for our Vegas trip, Don played me this song. It’s about asking God “why?” The video…I’m not so crazy about. There isn’t much going...

I realize Winter is an awful time to talk about this, but I heard REM’s “Nightswimming” the other night, and felt the need to discuss. The thing with “Nightswimming” is everyone has their own nostalgia, and none of of that nostalgia has anything to do with the actual song....

I’ve you’ve listened to the radio in the last few months, I’m guessing you’ve heard Colbie Caillat’s “Bubbly”. It’s a horribly infectious little diddy. What? You haven’t heard it? Well prepare to hum it in your mind all day. I can’t stand...