Damon Albarn has told NME that he has been recording a new Gorillaz album on his iPad.
Speaking in this week's issue (cover date November 13), on UK newsstands now and available digitally worldwide, Albarn said he has been working on a follow-up to 'Plastic Beach' while on tour with the band.
"I've made it on an iPad – I hope I'll be making the first record on an iPad," he said. "I fell in love with my iPad as soon as I got it, so I've made a completely different kind of record."
I remember this song form a concert in seminary. It informs how it is that we should treat each other and what happens when we go along with the crowd and let the bullying continue.
Heard this song in Nashville in August as it was sung by the songwriter. He said it was going to be on Skagg's new album, Mosiac, which is now out. Great song. (Thanks to Internet Monk for the video)
I hold OK Go up to a higher standard when it comes to creativity. Low budget. Fun to watch. Uses the gifts of others (in this case, dogs). They don't take themselves too seriously. They practice, practice, practice.
people love you the most for the things you hate and hate you for loving the things that you cannot keep straight people judge you on a curve and tell you you’re getting what you deserve this too shall be made right
children cannot learn when children cannot eat stack them like lumber when children cannot sleep children dream of wishing wells whose waters quench all the fires of Hell this too shall be made right
the earth and the sky and the sea are all holding their breath wars and abuses have nature groaning with death we say we’re just trying to stay alive but it looks so much more like a way to die this too shall be made right
there’s a time for peace and there is a time for war a time to forgive and a time to settle the score a time for babies to lose their lives a time for hunger and genocide this too shall be made right
I don’t know the suffering of people outside my front door I join the oppressors of those who i choose to ignore I’m trading comfort for human life and that’s not just murder it’s suicide this too shall be made right
The story of the near-sacrifice of Isaac in the land of Moriah. Love the story. Love the song. Named one of my daughters after the story.
Abraham Tested
1 Some time later God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied. 2 Then God said, "Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will tell you about." 3 Early the next morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. When he had cut enough wood for the burnt offering, he set out for the place God had told him about. 4 On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. 5 He said to his servants, "Stay here with the donkey while I and the boy go over there. We will worship and then we will come back to you." 6 Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, and he himself carried the fire and the knife. As the two of them went on together, 7 Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, "Father?" "Yes, my son?" Abraham replied. "The fire and wood are here," Isaac said, "but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?" 8 Abraham answered, "God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." And the two of them went on together. 9 When they reached the place God had told him about, Abraham built an altar there and arranged the wood on it. He bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. 10 Then he reached out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. 11 But the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" "Here I am," he replied. 12 "Do not lay a hand on the boy," he said. "Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son." 13 Abraham looked up and there in a thicket he saw a ram caught by its horns. He went over and took the ram and sacrificed it as a burnt offering instead of his son. 14 So Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. And to this day it is said, "On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided." 15 The angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time 16 and said, "I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies, 18 and through your offspring [b] all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me." 19 Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set off together for Beersheba. And Abraham stayed in Beersheba.
Marriage and family...they're tough. They're not easy at times. Here I sit typing this after having a difficult bedtime with twin three-year olds. (Actually couldn't finish that last sentence without having to run upstairs for another bedtime "crisis" -- a word of which young children have a different understanding than us adults). I had a long day of being the stay-at-home dad and felt like there was never a quiet moment to myself today even as I now have to think about getting ready for bed.
But I am thankful for my wife and my kids and where I am in life right now even though sometimes struggle with my various roles. I am madly in love with them all.
Was introduced to this song by Andrew Peterson, "Dancing in the Minefields." It's what got me thinking along these lines after a long day.
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