Category: Music

  • Saturday Tunes

    Saturday TunesFully in life’s rhythms now. I can’t think of another period of my adult life where I’ve been in such a looonnngggg stand of just doing normal things. Going to the office and coming home at the same times. I have a morning routine, an evening routine, and a firmly established weekend routine. It won’t last much longer… so I’m soaking up the final few weeks. (The travel part of my year kicks back in soon.)

    bates-nut-farmToday, we’re going to take Stoney to the beach so he can run, play, and swim. Low tide is in a couple of hours and we totally look forward to playing with him the tide pools. Each time the kids claim they don’t want to go and they won’t have fun… then we have to drag them home. After that we’re meeting my mom at the nut farm. No really, we’re meeting her at Bates Nut Farm near Escondido. Let the nut jokes and innuendo begin. When we told Paul (5) where we were going he whispered to Megan (8), “When we get there I can say, ‘Oh my nuts.”

    Later tonight, we may be getting a houseguest for one night. More on that later.

    Right now, I am just chilling out and listening to music. Here are the next 10 tunes streaming from my iPod to my brain. I’m sharing them with you since we’re such great web-friends. As always, these are completely random and my ratings are included.

    #1 Fall for You by Secondhand Serenade ****

    #2 Oh the Glory of It All by David Crowder Band ****

    #3 Disco Inferno by Bee Gees *****

    #4 Seven Days of Lonely by I Nine ***

    #5 Amazing Grace by Jadon Lavik ***

    #6 Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve *****

    #7 The Saints Are Coming by U2 & Green Day *****

    #8 God of Wrath by David Crowder ****

    #9 Accidentally in Love by Counting Crows *****

    #10 Tonight by High Five ***** (Seriously, but this song.)

  • Saturday Tunes

    Saturday TunesAh, the weekend. After a fairly stressful start to my week we hit Thursday and coasted. Lots of good stuff happened this week. Lots of stuff accomplished. But it was a front-loaded week and it felt good to have a couple easy days.

    Last night I went with Chris, a staffer at Harbor, over to Rock Church for a thing on the economy and social justice. I don’t know that I really learned anything new about what has happened and what is happening with our nations finances, but it was very good to see a church educating its people about what it all means for them and what they can do.

    Today is a normal Saturday. Kristen is off to climb Cowles Mountain while I hang with the kids. Later, we’ll take Stoney to the beach. Kristen and Paul already have in a request for Chinese food for lunch… so I guess it’s that and then more fun the rest of the weekend. I’m already looking forward to going to the beach Sunday afternoon.

    Here are the next 10 tunes I’m listening to this morning. As usual, these are completely random and my ratings are included.

    #1 Say When by The Fray *****

    #2 Anyone Else But You by The Moldy Peaches ****

    #3 A King a Kingdom by Derek Webb ****

    #4 O Worship The King by Chris Tomlin ***

    #5 Marvelous Light by Kristian Stanfill **

    #6 Quasimodo by Lifehouse ****

    #7 A Kiss to Build a Dream on by Louis Armstrong ****

    #8 Take My Breath Away by Berlin ****

    #9 Stardust by Nat King Cole ****

    #10 Nine in the Afternoon by Panic at the Disco ****

  • Saturday Tunes

    Saturday Tunes

    A quiet weekend here in San Diego for us. Yesterday was a big day for YS as we launched this year’s NYWC website. With just 145 days until the first convention… it’s fun to see things coming together! We also kicked off a little fundraiser via the YS Blog yesterday. I’m stoked to see the response so far. I have  yet another project going live Sunday, I’ll share more about that on Monday.

    Last night, Kristen and I finally watched Slumdog Millionaire. What a powerful movie. I can’t imagine how hard it was to shoot that thing.

    This morning Kristen is off jogging while I’m home with the family. Later Paul and I will be taking the dog to the beach and from there, who knows? Here are the next 10 tunes I’m listening to. As always, totally random and my ratings included.

    #1 Portadown Station by Sandra McCracken *****

    #2 Believe by The Bravery ****

    #3 Realize by Colbie Cailat ****

    #4 Supersonic by Family Force 5 ****

    #5 There’s Only One by Caedmon’s Call ****

    #6 Falling by the Wayside by People in Planes ****

    #7 Yours is the Kingdom by Hillsong ***

    #8 Belonging by Kendall Payne *****

    #9 I’m Sticking With You by The Velvet Underground ****

    #10 Free Fallin’ by John Mayer

  • Saturday Tunes

    Saturday TunesSince Spring has finally arrived in most of the country, I don’t mind bragging a little. We’re going to have a fantastic weekend! With tempuraturs in the mid to upper 70s, our family is drawn to the beach like a mosquito to a bug zapper. Right now, Kristen is meeting some of my co-workers for a hike up Cowles Mountain. Later this morning we’ll all take Stoney to the beach for his weekly ocean therepy. Tommorow we’re headed to the beach after church to resume our Sunday beach tradition after a long break for Winter. Then on Monday night our community group has decided to meet down in Ocean Beach for a bonfire on the beach.

    In the meantime, the kids are watching cartoons. Water is boiling for coffee and I am settling in to relax a bit. Here are the next 10 tunes I’m listening to. As always, no cheating and my ratings are included.

    #1 Stardust by Nat King Cole ****

    #2 Glorious by Chris Tomlin ***

    #3 Maria Maria by Santana ****

    #4 Seven Steps to Heaven by Miles Davis ****

    #5 Take it to the Limit by The Eagles *****

    #6 Magnificent by U2 *****

    #7 You Give Me Something by James Morrison ****

    #8 Doolin-Dalton by The Eagles ****

    #9 Late Night, Early Town by Lloyd Cole *****

    #10 Neverending by David Crowder Band *****

  • Saturday Tunes

    Saturday TunesEaster weekend 2009. As Kristen said on her blog, Easter is a completely different experience for us. For the first time in our kids lives we aren’t attached running around the church. The highlight of our Easter celebration, so far, was Thursday night’s Messianic Seder. If ever there was a kinesthetic learning time for a community group, this was it.

    Yesterday I had the day off. Another first in my adult life! Kristen went to work in the morning and in the afternoon I drove up to LA to pick up Cathie, Patti‘s daughter. She is here this week thawing out from a long winter and helping us watch the kids on their Spring Break. A win-win! We got back about 8:30 and I think everyone had crashed out by 10:00. This morning, everyone… less Cathie… has crawled out of bed and is quietly going about their business. When Kristen gets back from her hike up Cowles Mountain I’ll be taking Stoney to dog beach for his weekly therepy of ocean and butt sniffing. I’m already looking forward to a great Easter service, a picnic with our refugee friends, and a great week next week.

    So that’s my corner of the world this Saturday morning. Here are my next 10 tunes. As always, completely random… ratings included.

    #1 Rain Down by David Crowder Band ****

    #2 I Can’t Stop Loving You by Ray Charles *****

    #3 Everything Glorious by David Crowder Band *****

    #4 My Funny Valentine by Miles Davis *****

    #5 Everything is Beautiful by Starfield ****

    #6 This is Certain by Jake Smith ****

    #7 Hollywood by Collective Soul *****

    #8 All the Earth by Charlie Hall ***

    #9 Elevation by U2 *****

    #10 Slide by The Goo Goo Dolls *****

  • Saturday Tunes

    Saturday TunesAnother Saturday home with the family. Kids are watching cartoons. Kristen is climbing Cowles Mountain. I’m drinking tea and getting ready to take Stoney to the beach. Just another lazy Saturday!

    I’ve been listening to a ton of music in the last few days. So a lot of my ratings are changing and I’m also actively looking to buy more music. Here are the next 10 tunes I’m listening to. As always, completely random and my ratings are included.

    #1 Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver *****

    #2 Roxanne by the Police *****

    #3 Beautiful Day by U2 *****

    #4 Here Without You by 3 Doors Down ****

    #5 Rain Down by David Crowder Band ***

    #6 One Step Closer by Linkin Park *****

    #7 Life is Beautiful by Vega4 ****

    #8 I Hate Everything (But You) by Derek Webb ***

    #9 Stardust by Nat King Cole ****

    #10 Late Night, Early Town by Lloyd Cole ****

  • Saturday Tunes

    Saturday TunesIt was a loco week. Not in a bad way, either. My head is spinning this weekend with all the fun stuff that happened in the previous 7 days. But today is Saturday and I am trying hard to put all of that aside so I can recoup for the week to come. This morning I am off to dog beach to let Stoney run. It’s going to be a fantastic weekend weather-wise, so I am guessing this won’t be our only trip to the beach. (Actually, Kristen and I snuck in an afternoon date yesterday where we went to the beach and walked along the surf.)

    Here are the next 10 tunes I’m jamming to right now. As always, completely random and my ratings are included.

    #1 How Great in Our God by Chris Tomlin ****

    #2 Down to My Last by Alter Bridge ****

    #3 Take My Life (and let it be) by Chris Tomlin ***

    #4 Broken Wing by Thousand Foot Krutch ***

    #5 A Distant Episode by Till Bronner ****

    #6 Rain Down by David Crowder Band ***

    #7 My Hope by David Crowder Band ****

    #8 Tonight by High Five aka Jimmy Savage *****

    #9 Amazing Because it Is by The Almost ****

    #10 Syndicate by The Fray ****

  • Saturday Tunes

    Saturday TunesAnother weekend, already? If it has to be Saturday I will take it. Yet, it hardly seems like a week since my last installment.

    Last night we had some friends over for dinner. Chris and Anastasia are very cool and I’m thankful to have them on staff at Harbor dreaming of ways to reach people and bring justice to City Heights. Kristen absolutely went off and delivered one of the most incredible collections of food ever. With a mediteranian theme she made everything from scratch. Homus, pita bread, chicken skewers, salad, and even frozen yogurt. Give that woman a kitchen and some ingredients and she comes to life. All of those years of girl porn have really paid off.

    Today we are taking the kids to the zoo for a while. I’ve never been and they have each been a few times. So that will be fun. Have we gotten used to Southern California to the point where we are laid back about going to the San Diego Zoo? I mean, that place is a wonderland of zoology. I’m sure it’ll be fun.

    As usual, Saturday kicks off with some quiet time. Everyone is sleeping in and I am quietly listening to some tunes. Here are the next 10 tunes randomly selected on my iPod… er, I mean iPhone.

    #1 Sweet Home Alabama by Lynard Skynyrd *****

    #2 Loose Lips by Kimya Dawson ****

    #3 Baba O’Riley by The Who *****

    #4 Footloose by Kenny Loggins *****

    #5 Here is Our King by David Crowder Band ****

    #6 More than Life by Hillsong United ****

    #7 Can’t Find the Words by Karina ***

    #8 Mysterious Ways by U2 *****

    #9 All the Young Dude by Mott the Hopple ****

    #10 Late Night, Early Town by Lloyd Cole

  • Saturday Tunes

    Saturday TunesThis was an incredibly fast week. A week of big ups and downs. I’m actually thrilled to get to the weekend and start relaxing. Today we have some fun planned. The kids have been begging us to take them bowling… and since I’m not a fan of the game I’ve put it off for a long, long time. From there we plan on doing some furniture shopping. When we left Romeo we were going from 2000 square feet to about 1000. The new place is more like 1500… which means the kids rooms are virtually empty. So we’re off to find them desks and bookshelves and things like that. Then mom and dad get to have some fun. The contracts on our phones are finally open, so we’re going to head to the Apple store and finally jump on the iPhone 3G bandwagon. I had gone back and forth with the Blackberry vs. iPhone… in the end, the App store takes it over the edge.

    This morning is quiet. Coffee brewing, birds chirping, music playing. Here are the next 10 songs playing on my (for sale) iPod. As always, completely random and my ratings are included.

    #1 My Hope by David Crowder Band ****

    #2 Sitting, Waiting, Wishing by Jack Johnson ****

    #3 Everytime You Go Away by Paul Young ****

    #4 A Woman’s Worth by Alicia Keys ****

    #5 Walkin’ Blues by Eric Clapton ****

    #6 Hallelujah, I Love Her So by Ray Charles ****

    #7 Becoming by Three63 ****

    #8 World by Five for Fighting ****

    #9 Green Eyes by Coldplay ****

    #10 So What by P!nk *****

  • Saturday Tunes

    Saturday TunesHere we are. Another Saturday. We’ve all awoken in a new place this week and it’s been fun. One thing we can’t get over about the new house is how quiet it is. No more noisy cars zooming by, no loud noise when the furnace kicks on, and we’re not so close to our neighbors that we can hear them sneeze.

    This morning we are off to Anza-Borrego State Park to see the desert flowers. Yesterday, Tic told us we had to go this weekend or we’d be sorry. With advice like that we can’t go wrong. I’m sure we’ll have a ton of pictures to share of our adventure later.

    In the meantime, I’m chilling in my super quiet house listening to music. Here are the next 10 tunes flowing this morning. Completely random, ratings included.

    #1- Don’t Give Up by Sanctus Real ***

    #2 Deliver Me by David Crowder Band ****

    #3 Leader of the Band by Dan Fogelberg ***

    #4 It Just Takes One by Addison Road ***

    #5 The Wrestler by Bruce Springsteen ****

    #6 Gotta Have You by The Weepies

    #7 Shine for You by Hillsong United ***

    #8 Free Fallin’ by John Mayer *****

    #9 What’d I Say by Ray Charles ***

    #10 Burn for You by Steve Fee ***

    Eh, hopefully today will be better than these 10 songs. My ipod hates me.