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Read moreLifeChurch.tv: Break Free
I got an email a few weeks ago from @DanPena at LifeChurch.tv in Tulsa asking me if I’d design them some song support graphics for the Hillsongs United song Break Free. He had seen some worship graphics I had done previously that were a little “spacey” and liked them so I decided to stay in that same vein but put a new twist on it. Here a taste of what I came up with…
Read moreURBN OUTFITTERS: Dwnld 25 FREE TRACKS!
That’s right! 25 FREE TRACKS from Urban Outfitters. Download ‘em now and enjoy the killer jams from artists like: Avi Brown, Beach House, Blood Feathers, Cold Cave, Fanfarlo, Field Music, Janka Nabay, JBM, Tycho, and a bunch more. Never heard of them you say? Doesn’t matter, just click the button and get the tracks. You’ll [...]
Read moreV.V Brown
The Amy Winehouse-shaped hole in the retro-pop market has been officially filled. British newcomer V.V. Brown’s “Shark in the Water” is iTunes free single of the week, and as has happened many times before with artists like Owl City, Phoenix, and Adele, what begins as a free single ends as a radio hit. So get [...]
Read moreSTEAMPUNK: Keyboard Mod
If you’ve never heard of the Steampunk style, think 19th-century mad scientist in leather waistcoat with goggles and a pocket watch. It’s based on the scientific romances of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells. Johnny Depp would fit perfectly in this world.
Read moreJohnny Kelly: THE SEED
The Seed from Johnny Kelly on Vimeo. Making of ‘The Seed’ from Johnny Kelly on Vimeo.
Read moreTHE FUTURE OF PUBLISHING
Contrary to what Apple would have you think about their “magical” iPad: It’s not the hardware that’s “magical’ … it’s what the developers are going to DO with it. Today e-readers, as cool as they are, still are nothing more that static digital copies of static printed documents. The future of digital publication is not [...]
Read moreFREE MP3 OF THE DAY
Everyone deserves to have their own little secret. For a while now I’ve been debating telling anyone about this but SPINNER.com’s “Free Mp3 of the Day” is a great way to find out about new music. They give away a new song every single day… not too many other places on the web doing that. [...]
Read moreTakePart: Just Christmas in Chicago
My friends at Participant Media’s social-action network TakePart.com recently asked me to write an article for their blog, profiling what Willow Creek is doing this holiday season to meet the needs of those in our Chicago community. This is what I shared… Note: After I wrote this article, Willow uploaded the entire “God With Us” [...]
Read moreVIDEO: Thom Yorke
When former Miracle Legion and Polaris front man Mark Mulcahy’s wife, Michelle, died suddenly in 2008, all-star friends Thom Yorke, Black Francis and more banded together to pull him and his young twin daughters through the earth-shattering tragedy. The result is the utterly moving tribute album, Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy, out [...]
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