Archive for January, 2006

holy flakes

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Dave
on January 26, 2006
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There’s this musician, Andy Gullahorn, whom Jen and I had the chance to hear at Andrew Peterson’s Christmas concert back in December. He sang a couple songs and when I first heard this one (Holy Flakes), I wasn’t sure what it meant…but later I heard it explained and then realized how clever it was. My take is that it’s a song based on the “praise & worship” revolution that i’ve talked about before on here…everybody and their brother has recorded a praise & worship album by now, because Christians buy it…even if it sucks in essence. so, this is a song about that.

on top of a dusty shelf in a small town grocery
boxes of some store brand flakes hadn’t sold in years
the manager that transferred in with marketing degrees
thought he could sell that cereal with his big fresh ideas.

he found a picture of the pope and when he got it scanned
used photoshop to take a spoon and put it in his hand
then a bubble with the caption of what the pope was trying to say
“if you’re a christian, act like one, and eat your holy flakes!”

holy flakes
holy flakes
holy, holy, holy
holy flakes

the same old folks came in that week to get their rasin bran
but they all felt convicted when they saw the holy man
so they filled their carts up with John Paul instead of stuff they liked
they thought it was their duty as the good God-fearing kind.

holy flakes
holy flakes
holy, holy, holy
holy flakes

and the holy flakes sold so well, they couldn’t keep them on the shelf
so they diversified
soon there were sacred chips, and virgin mary chicken strips
and prince of peace apple pie.

it don’t matter if it has no taste, cause it’s all in the name
soon they had a one brand town with pantries all the same
it left them with no appetite for stuff that broke the mold
and a faith that was as shallow as the milk left in the bowl of

holy flakes
holy flakes
holy, holy, holy
holy flakes

notes from the road (pt 1)

Published
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Dave
on January 26, 2006
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Well, tour is officially off and running. We had our “soft open” a few days ago which I think is just code for “mistakes expected”…it has actually gone pretty well despite the multitude of props that we have to handle during the show. We’re in Atlanta now with our official opening tomorrow. This week we get our first experience with a week filled with overnighters, meaning no day off and sleeping on the bus several nights…it’s going to be an experience. The good news is that we get a day or two off in DC, which would be one of the cities I would choose to have time off in. The public transportation system is great, there’s plenty to see…and best of all, most of it’s free! It should be a good time as long as it’s not too cold.

Still not a lot of progress on the photoblog. I’ve been taking more photos, but still not up to par with what I should be. Hopefully I’ll start feeling more inspired soon.

and so it begins.

Published
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Dave
on January 8, 2006
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3 years ago, almost to this very day I was sitting in a hotel room in Dallas filled with anticipation about the journey I was about to embark on…and today I am back at the beginning of a new journey that is about to begin. Barney rehearsals begin tomorrow morning, orientation is tonight…it should be a good run. I’m really looking forward to having more of a social life again and getting back into photography. I hope that Jen and I will make some changes this time around and try to get out and experience the cities we’re in more than we have in the past. Sure it gets tiring, but in the long run it’s worth it as we’ve learned. well…that’s it for now. here…we….go!

in limbo.

Published
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Dave
on January 4, 2006
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RadioCity ended a few days ago and I arrived home to a bittersweet feeling in my gut. It’s great to be home, but there’s just this knowledge hanging over my head that this is just temporary. We leave in just a few days for our next round with Barney and while we’re looking forward to certain parts of it, Jen and I both are in agreement that this tour will probably be our last (unless there’s foreign countries involved in the next offer). It’s just so different doing this when you’re married and eventhough we get to work together, there’s just something about having a physical home that we can return to at the end of the day, instead of some cold hotel room. So, that leaves me to wonder what will happen after Barney…I still have some time to figure out the answer, but that time is fleeting. I’ve been thinking about going back to school to seek out a degree in marketing. It’s not a major that I ever thought I’d be in honestly, but as time progresses and I see my friends with degrees that are next to useless, I can only think that I should be looking for a degree that will be diverse enough to allow me some freedom in my choice of job/career.

A few other “tid-bits”-

I added a category called “soapbox” to this page. I figured I might as well give people some forewarning about the rant or rave that they’re about to read.

I’ve been working like crazy on my church’s site. I should have it ready for public view soon (same for my photoblog).

stay tuned…