A few weeks ago, I saw a report on ABC World News Tonight about a troubling but entirely predictable new trend: In order to afford their dream weddings, some couples are now selling their wedding’s advertising rights to corporate sponsors.  Isn’t it romantic…
I say this trend is entirely predictable because selling your big day off to the highest bidder […]

 
Irma Thomas, the R&B queen who brought the world “Time Is on My Side” and “Pain in [or, rather, “Ruler of..”] My Heart,” has never stopped touring and making records, so don’t call this a comeback. Still, her work on various post-Katrina benefits has returned her, somewhat, to the semi-popular spotlight. The aptly titled After […]

 
A couple of weeks ago, I posted here an old Nashville Scene essay of mine on the Dixie Chicks-Toby Keith controversey. Near the end of that piece, I wrote:
“Of course, how the United States fights is also a matter of concern. And on that point, Toby Keith’s “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue” portrays […]

Time for another round of links to fellow blogs and other web points of interest. Mostly the usual suspects–have you bookmarked all these folks yet?–and, as usual, lots of cool stuff.
*****Lots and lots of cool stuff at Way Down in the Hole. In a July 12th post, Dallas Clemmons had some more smart things to say […]

This past Monday, July 10th, Mavis Staples turned 67. If you’ve heard any of her recent recordings, you know that she still sounds amazing. This is in marked contrast to many of her few vocal peers–Tony Bennett, George Jones, Ralph Stanley, and of course Aretha Franklin–all of whom have clearly lost a step or three in […]

 
Lady Liberty Trades in Some Trappings
Memphis, July 4 — On Independence Day, Lady Liberty was born again.  As the congregation of the World Overcomers Outreach Ministries Church looked on and its pastor, Apostle Alton R. Williams, presided, a brown shroud much like a burqa was pulled away to reveal a giant statue of the Lady, […]

 
We’ve recently posted here about the latest album from the Dixie Chicks and about flag burning. Before those implictly related topics get too far behind us, I’d thought I’d make the connection explicit by posting a piece I wrote when the Chicks’ controversey was still raging. Originally published in the March 20, 2003 issue of […]

From JimBakkershow.com
ARE YOU PREPARED?
God’s Word says; “This know, that in the last days perilous times shall come. Jesus says two of the signs of the last days would be “a time when there is no food for people to eat, and there will be earthquakes in many places.” Our Savior also says, “There will be […]