31 August 2006

November 11th @ 1st Avenue

Jamie Lidell - just has to be the best performer to come on the scene in recent years.



This guy is a masterful electronic producer ( I used to play his records often as a Techno DJ) and has made the leap to writing real music. His performances are electric - he sings wonderfully, and re writes his own songs on the fly using multitrack loops, key boards, drum machines and beat boxing. It is amazing. He didn't make his show here in the spring - due to some inclimate weather - but I have heard that he is returinging and I am very stoked.

Very stoked.

03 August 2006

Wikipedia, Truth and Colbert

So there is this very very funny clip from the Colbert report about Wikipedia, and how he can go online and change the facts.

So this article talks about how Colbert actually went online and changed facts about himself, George Washington and then encouraged his viewers to change info about elephants. Check it out, it even has a link to the video clip.

http://spring.newsvine.com/_news/2006/08/01/307864-stephen-colbert-causes-chaos-on-wikipedia-gets-blocked-from-site

The most interesting thing he said went something like this - "if you get enought people to agree with you, then the facts are far more convenient"

So it is funny how we could do that with anything, and it would probably be especially effective with things such as interpretations of the Bible. I mean we sit around and argue for one interpretation of the Bible, and then we site other people who agree with us, as if that makes our interpretation of the Bible more valid.

Look at the prophets - it is pretty clear that God's will and desire for the earth has very little to do with popular opinion - look at how it turned out for Jesus. So majority opinion is the way that we all argue for things - who ever has the most people agree - or the most possible or even logical opinion will be the "winner" of the discussion. Even though we know that God's thoughts are not like our thoughts. But now I am proof texting. Oh well.