I have been to some funerals in my life: all four of my grandparents’, my great grandmother’s, and more recently my cousin’s. All have affected me in some way, but I have never lost someone geographically close to me before. I have lost friends from high school, and old teachers, but these were people I […]
Category Archives: Music
Your One-Stop Shop For Weird Christian Parody Videos
Well, I made it through another week of teaching music at Vacation Bible School. And as you may recall, last year during that week I managed to get the youth volunteers to help film a music video for the song I wrote about Elijah and the prophets of Baal. This hugely successful project created an […]
The 5 Songs Most Likely to Get Me Pulled Over
Did you know that supermarkets have calculated the exact tempo of song that will cause you to purchase the highest amount of groceries? It’s true. If the song is too slow, you will be sad and depressed and not buy any food, and if the song is too fast you will move quickly through the […]
The Latest 35 Mix For Kids
If you are a regular reader around here, then you know that I have on my iPod a playlist called the “Latest 25 Mix,” containing the last 25 songs to catch my ear. It is a rotating list, so when a new songs comes onto it, it means another song is bumped off, and so […]
The Top 10 Most Underrated Phineas & Ferb Songs
I have terrible news. The greatest show in the history of television, Phineas and Ferb, is coming to an end. TODAY! Today, June 12th, 2015, will see the airing of the final episode of that almighty cartoon, that show that the grown-ups watch when the kids are asleep, that near-perfect panoply of pop-culture perforation. The […]
Infamous Gigs: The Crazed, Lute-Crackin’, Bag Whackin’ Butler
Sometimes, despite all of your careful planning, rehearsing, and memorizing, things can go wildly out of your control. There’s nothing you can do to avoid this. No number of back-up plans or contingencies can protect you from that most dreadful of earthly problems: other people. This is the story of the only time my voice […]
1 vs. 400
About a year and a half ago we had a request at church to do a service on the story of Elijah and the prophets of Baal. This was excellent, because we creative types who have to keep providing original content day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year, well we love suggestions. […]
Hot Air From Recess Monkey
To all of my penguin readers out there, please raise your flipper if you are familiar with the band “Recess Monkey.” Mm hmm, yes, I see a lot of flippers going up. I’m sure that, even if you were not previously aware of this fine band, you have recently seen their pro-penguin music video that […]
Random Things On Your Head: The Unintentional Legacy of Laurie Berkner
We have a go-to song in our family for when we want to induce head-based silliness. A good time is guaranteed for all, simply by singing out “So-and-so’s got a ____ on their head (x3), and they keep it there all day!” It works for things that may have already accidentally landed on someone’s head […]
Infamous Gigs: My Wife’s Boss
Everyone there knew I was a singer. Her co-workers would ask my wife what I did for work, and she would tell them that I was a singer, and they were all very impressed. She would also tell them that I was a very good singer, but I don’t know if they believed her. I […]