Friday, August 31, 2007

set aside

ive been getting quite a few new cds and books over the past several months. ive also been falling victim the greatest problem with new music: buying more than one at a time! whenever i get a new cd i like to listen to it through alot so that i can begin to recognize each song, and sing along with the ones i like. if i get more than one cd at a time, this becomes almost impossible because i feel a need to switch back from one to the other, and i end up not spending enough time with either of them, and they end up on the cd shelf, never to enter my rotation again.
most of my recent purchases have fallen into that unfortunate category. but here is the thing: im not concerned. what seems to happen with me is that it will tell me when im ready for it. ive had this happen many times. ill receive or buy a book/cd/movie that for one reason or another i just shelve it. a while later, could be a month, could be a couple years, i suddenly have an urge to listen to a cd, or read a book thats been collecting dust since the mid 90s. and when i do finally get around to checking it out, i find that it has been waiting for me to be ready for it. a cd whose message now speaks to my situation, a book that ties into an understanding i am now ready for, or a movie that now shows truth in a way i can see.
so, as i set aside neglected stuff today, i eagerly wait for the time when it awakens and calls to me for my time to discover it anew.

Friday, August 17, 2007

the latest batch

this afternoon i happened to find myself in a kregel christian bookstore. i milled around for a while. i was mostly checking to see if any of the bands i like have released any new stuff. nope. so i just started perusing the shelves for anything else that might catch my eye. i noticed a cd that was only five bucks! it looked decent, so i took it to one of the listening stations (they have a place where you can just scan the barcode and it will pop up on the screen and you can listen to it). much to my surprise, it was actually pretty cool! the cd was by a band called 'leeland'.
i figured i should see if there are any other good deals for bands ive never heard of. turns out there was! another five dollar cd that sounded rather cool was a band called 'everyday sunday'. so, i picked up a couple of theirs as well.
the search continued. i also found a deluxe version of the last 'audio adrenaline' album. i was really into them about 6 years ago, and they recently broke up, so i figured it might be worth checking out. its the cd as well as a dvd of the history of the band and all of their music videos as well. not bad. also, i happened upon an album from 'the normals', which was the former band of my personal favorite andrew osenga. i already have a copy of the cd, but its so darn good, that im sure i can find someone who will dig it too and i can give it to them. oh, and i got a little giftypoo for a friend...
not a bad haul, huh?