The Current Music Blog: December 13, 2006 Archive

Shaking hands across The Buffering Stream 12/13

Posted at 7:01 AM on December 13, 2006 by Hans Eisenbeis (1 Comments)

Evel Knievel is suing Kanye West. Can't say we blame him, frankly.

Chris doesn't even have to type the Who's setlist. He's really getting this blogging thing down!

When do the Decemberists actually have time to perform, record music?

Year-end listmania-o-rama-mat: The 25 best, overlooked, underrated albums of the year.

Possibly the coolest thing going to the top of our holiday list: The Hold Steady's new line of merch.

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Is God OK with the Devil's music?

Posted at 11:30 AM on December 13, 2006 by Hans Eisenbeis (2 Comments)

In Today's City Pages, writer Mary O' Regan takes readers inside Club 3 Degrees, the state-of-the-art rock 'n' roll club in downtown Minneapolis. The club is the nation's largest Christian concert hall, and its punk-rock "ministry" (it is funded and operated by a non-denominational Suburban church called Living Word) was the first of its kind in the country.

There have been a number of articles about Club 3 Degrees since its founding four years ago. But no one asks the really hard question: Can Christians kick it as hard as their secular colleagues? Without sex and drugs, is it really rock (or hip-hop)? Please cite examples to illustrate your view. You may pick up your pencils now...

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List-O-Mat: NPR listeners pick their top-10 albums of the year

Posted at 5:00 PM on December 13, 2006 by Hans Eisenbeis

National Public Radio listeners have picked their top-10 albums of the year as a part of the whole "All Songs Considered" subdivision. NPR folks favored The Decemberists as the number one album of 2006. Other notables on the list: Regina Spektor (10), Tom Waits (9), TV on the Radio (5), M. Ward (4), and Bob Dylan ( 3).

With great taste like that, can it be any wonder that Will Hermes--former Twin Citizen and arts editor at the City Pages--is one of the honchos at All Songs Considered?