Living in Chaos

A couple days ago I was listening to John Mark Mcmillan's new album The Medicine, and I heard this song called "Dress Us Up". It's a perfect depiction of God's power and love. To listen to this song click here.

"Dress us up in Your righteousness

Bring us in with a ring and a kiss

When You walk into the room you know I can't resist

Every bottle of perfume always endup on the floor in a mess

You make us sparkle and you make us shine

Like the stars You sing on Your chorus lines

Their space and time will harmonize

Where deep meets deep like the ocean meets the skies

The sun and the moon are coming out of their grave just for You

The dead man and the cynical too are coming out of their grave and it's just for You

Cause the love of God is stronger

The love of God is stronger

The love of God is stronger

Than the power of death

Dress us up in the blood of His son

Who opened up His veins so that we could overcome

Hell and the grave and the power of His love

After three dark days He showed us how it's done

And He still does

His love is stronger"

Lesbians, Music, and Boy Meets World...

Let me explain...

One night, a couple of years ago, around 3am, I got really bored. I decided to cure this boredom by flicking on the old telly and seeing what was on Showtime. This was a bad idea. Although I had the purest intentions of hoping to see D2:The Mighty Ducks, or Fern Gully, I happened upon a show called "The L word." I had not heard of this show. So being the naturally curious person that I am, I decided to watch to see what it was about. It didn't take long for me to realize the "L word" was lesbian. As soon as I realized what sort of show this was I turned it off, but I did recognize one of the actresses from.........Boy Meets World. For those of you that don't know, BMW is my all-time favorite show, I have seen every episode numerous times, and can quote more than a few word for word. Let me take this opportunity to say "Yes, I am a nerd." Anyways, the actresses' name is Leisha Hailey, and before she was making out with chicks, she was writing sugary-sweet, bubble gum, folky-pop music to Eric Matthews. Observe.

Now, back to my story. As I was randomly Wiki-surfing today, I found a band called "Uh Huh Her" and one of the founding members is Leisha Hailey. Naturally I had to listen to the musical stylings of someone who performed the infamous "Shallow Boy," so I took a listen, and If you like Indie/Electro/pop, it's pretty good. What do you think?

So lately I've been listenin to...

FloBots(pronounced Flow-Bots) If you know the band then chances are you know their single on the radio, "Handlebars." Although this catchy single definitely has political undertones, it doesn't compare to the other songs on their debut album "Fight with Tools". If you know me, you know that under almost every circumstance I HATE rap, however, this CD is different. It's not mindless ramblings of "bitches and ho's" over a simple beat from the 90s with a new synth and clapping noise added, it's different. It's musically intriguing and the lyrics are powerful. Not only are they powerful, but it seems they're very influenced by a solid faith. Although this CD has it's fair share of cussing(gasp!) it is one of the more "Christian" albums I've heard lately. It's all about affecting change in a very biblical way, by loving people. I would recommend this album to everyone who likes rap, as an alternative to the vulgar pointless lyrics of most popular music on the radio.Here are a few lines from "Stand Up" so you can decide for yourself. This is the hook and a part of the first verse...

Stand up

We shall not be moved

Except By a child with no socks and shoes

If you've got more to give then you've got to prove

Put your hands up and I'll copy you

Stand up We shall not be moved

Except by a woman dying from a loss of food

If you've got more to give then you've got to prove

Put your hands up and I'll copy you

We've seen planes in the windows of buildings crumbled in
We've seen flames send the chills through London
And we've sent planes to kill them and some of them were children
But still we crumbling the building
Underfunded but we still don't understand
Under God but we kill like the son of Sam
But if you feel like I feel like about the son of man
We will overcome

Incase you haven't heard....

this guy is amazing, and you should buy his music asap. I have never listened to music with more raw emotion in it than this. If you're not convinced, check this out...