The new Vampire Weekend album is streaming for free on iTunes and will be released Tuesday, May 14. "Step" and "Ya Hey" are two of the best songs I've heard all year and will definitely be going on my "Top Songs of 2013" list once they're released (you can watch the videos for these two below). "Ya Hey" (read: Yahweh) is particularly intriguing. In "Ya Hey" Ezra … [Read more...] about Yahweh’s Unrequited Love
Understanding the Times
Stuff You Can Use – First Week On Campus
None of this is earth-shatteringly-good. Most of it is very simple. But hopefully it saves you some time or gives you ideas. Spiritual Interest Survey We've put a lot of effort into streamlining our Spiritual Interest Survey card. We do it with 3000 freshmen/students the first week of class - so we want it to be quick and effective. Click here to download the photoshop file so … [Read more...] about Stuff You Can Use – First Week On Campus
Top 10 Albums of 2011
It’s the most wonderful time of they year – time for everyone to release their “Best of 2011” lists. I hope to post a few different posts: Top 10 Albums of 2011 Top 50 Songs of 201 Top Books of 2011 Top Thoughts from 2011 Top Posts of 2011 Today’s Best of 2011 list: Top 10 Albums of 2011 It’s been a good, not great year for albums. It’s hard to top last year’s … [Read more...] about Top 10 Albums of 2011
Music Monday
Bon Iver’s new album is great and is $7.99 on Amazon. You can get one of the best songs on the album, Calgary, for free. Or stream the album for free online so you can try before you buy. For some reason this is oddly intriguing - A dude asking random people around NYC: "What song are you listening to?" (via vitamin Z) My vote for best song in the list? "Dance Yrself … [Read more...] about Music Monday
50 Best Songs of 2010
Here are my 50 favorite songs of 2010. More specifically it's "my Favorite songs that I listened to with my wife and kids - cruising in our sweet minivan". So it excludes music that's too heavy/slow/potty-mouthed/challenging. It's Indie Music for the Masses. You can listen to each song in its entirety at the bottom of the post or check out the full list on Grooveshark. (with … [Read more...] about 50 Best Songs of 2010