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May 2013 (3)

20: Book news (3)
08: Just Sing: The Englishes cover “Who Am I” (4)
05: Six theories about Shoutin’ Time (67)

April 2013 (4)

29: Why Bev Shea matters (0)
26: The Gospel according to George Jones (0)
17: The wonder of sunset at evening (8)
10: Open thread (39)

March 2013 (2)

08: Southern Gospel in theory and practice (14)
08: Black history in white gospel (8)

February 2013 (4)

28: The unsimple story of gospel and American Experience (12)
22: Just Sing: Mahalia Jackson, “If I can Help Somebody” (4)
14: Gospel comes to the Conan O’Brien Show (6)
07: Faith and Football (8)

January 2013 (6)

29: Three if by mail (4)
23: Just Sing: There is a Fountain (7)
23: Future vision (155)
19: “Raised on gospel music” (8)
09: Notes on tracks and risk in live music (76)
07: Book news (2)

December 2012 (4)

22: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year (33)
18: Semple Gifts (22)
06: In another life (56)
06: RIP Dave Brubeck (6)

November 2012 (5)

23: My annual PSA about bad christmas music (21)
21: Happy Thanksgiving (4)
10: Our vast, complicated musical heritage (2)
10: In defense of derivative music (5)
09: Welcome to Sanibel Island Writers Conference (8)

October 2012 (6)

29: Just Sing, flatfooted* (13)
29: Just Sing, a cautionary tale (52)
18: Book News: Honey Boo Boo Edition (4)
12: Open Thread (244)
12: How the (Korean) music industry found its (musically impoverished) groove (4)
01: The CD at 30 (24)

September 2012 (6)

24: Slouching toward Pigeon Forge (32)
22: Just Sing: Jack Black does “Love Lifted Me” (21)
09: NQC 2012: Open Thread (104)
08: Goodbye to all that … for now (4)
08: Book news (0)
06: Of sacred songs, and of tears and beers and beds taken up to walk (6)

August 2012 (11)

31: The Hills are alive with the sound of sacred music (0)
28: Looking back the scene (10)
24: Just Sing: “It Is Well” (4)
24: Music so amazing you can’t hear it (11)
24: The Untold Stories of FamilyFest (39)
16: Still Crazy after all these years (1)
10: The Mutant Spawn of Music-Addled Aliens and Giant Media Interests (3)
07: The Songwriter’s bargain (1)
07: Southern Gospel Sees Jesus 30 years after the fact (15)
06: Just Sing: I’ve Just Seen Jesus (20)
01: The Fan Who Knew Too Much: An interview (28)

July 2012 (4)

27: “The Homogenization of the timbral pallette” (4)
17: “I want to sing again” (113)
16: Defaulting on Gospel’s Promissory note (7)
16: “…. aaannnd we’re back” (1)

June 2012 (3)

06: Summer break open thread (389)
02: Portraits of Mountain-Music People (5)
02: The Homecoming Bible (14)

May 2012 (11)

28: Just Sing: Donna Summer, Dolly Parton, Mac Davis and Tom Jones sing gospel (16)
21: Belinda Smith does Mountain Stage live (5)
17: What I wish southern gospel did more of (42)
09: Just sing: Hall of Fame edition (15)
08: Who’s the father? ctd (12)
07: God’s greatest hits (1)
07: Who’s the father? (4)
06: Eat well, Weep hard and prosper (12)
05: Book news (21)
04: Prettifying Gospel with the Good Wife (7)
03: Housekeeping comments (29)

April 2012 (4)

27: Judging by the cover (44)
19: … To the uttermost parts of the earth (34)
16: Coming undone (34)
12: Gratuitous but gratifying snarky post about how awful MS Word is (12)

March 2012 (6)

February 2012 (9)

24: Just Sing: The Hinsons, Hallelujah Meeting (49)
23: Descent of the Doves (12)
18: Sister tenor revisited (20)
14: The Soul of Johnny Cash (11)
13: Glory Bumps Dissected (5)
12: Just Sing: A Quiet Place (2)
11: Hastening to his throne (27)
08: 15 minutes … and then some (19)
01: On the contrary: music industry not dying (8)

January 2012 (5)

31: Still Together Again for the First Time (24)
27: Just Sing, Little Darlin’ (4)
11: Joyful Noise (97)
05: Cover story (120)
04: Reading between the lines of silence … or, the sound of a singing soul (14)

December 2011 (4)

31: And a happy new year … (8)
24: Merry Christmas open thread (17)
12: Just Sing: The Speers, “City of Gold” (67)
04: Spotify CEO: Spotify good for music industry (6)

November 2011 (5)

30: The Insufficiently silent nights of holiday music (116)
24: Happy Thanksgiving (19)
22: Welcome AAR readers (7)
12: Open thread (115)
01: Elmer Gantry in our Time? (101)

October 2011 (3)

15: Blogging for the commitment-phobic (110)
08: Give me your best shot (4)
04: Open Thread (232)

September 2011 (14)

29: Just Sing: Now I have Everything (6)
26: Jessy Dixon, 1938-2011 (9)
25: Just Sing: Sometimes I Cry (78)
17: NQC 11: Saturday night (152)
16: NQC 11: Friday night (38)
15: NQC 11: Thursday night (38)
15: NQC 2011: Notes from all over (2)
15: NQC 11: The Show must limp on (4)
15: NQC 11: Wednesday night (21)
14: NQC 11: Erhlers in the offing (7)
06: Pre-NQC open thread (102)
02: The Kingsmen in Kingston? (6)
01: Another gospel first: facebooking* in tongues (25)
01: The long slow death of southern gospel entertainment (12)

August 2011 (6)

18: Termination rights and southern gospel (20)
17: Just Sing: “It’s Settled, I’m Saved” (29)
16: Obama’s southern gospel ride (42)
16: So begins Blog Year 8 (3)
12: Open thread (27)
03: So a Quaker, an atheist, and an academic take a car ride (66)

July 2011 (8)

30: Housekeeping: For the mac addicts (2)
28: Just sing (10)
28: Don’t talk. Don’t preach. Just sing. (83)
14: Open thread (77)
08: Crowdfunding albums (31)
06: Blogging from the other side of the footlights (38)
06: Welcome, Pinnacle readers (6)
01: Dispatches from Freedom Cruise (22)

June 2011 (7)

24: “I’ll Fly Away” as soul-scorching ballad (16)
15: Why aren’t Sisters more popular? (41)
09: Quote of the day (52)
09: Rolling, Riding, Rocking … lost in translation (12)
07: Speaking of the Speers (3)
07: Safe from the storm that rages (17)
05: The convention singer as spiritual transistor (13)

May 2011 (11)

31: Crowdsourcing: Dottie Rambo (14)
25: Open thread (70)
16: RIP, Shannon Childress (29)
15: What it’s like to blog for almost 7 years (16)
11: National Jukebox (4)
11: Regarding the Top 10 (36)
07: A touch of Hudson, a glimpse of glory (4)
05: Email of the day (73)
05: Idol Fiddler (1)
05: enLightenment (11)
05: Catching up (4)

April 2011 (4)

March 2011 (7)

30: Open thread (147)
30: Riding the Southern Gospel Tiger (21)
25: The absurd transcendence of the religious musical (15)
16: Earworms and music sales (21)
16: Gold City Fatigue (135)
10: Spring break open thread (60)
06: Southern gospel the whole world over (9)

February 2011 (8)

28: Lost in translation (66)
28: The popular appeal of the black gospel choir (3)
19: Chart of the day: The death of the music industry (24)
18: Open thread (117)
14: Black gospel bleg (25)
05: (Mostly) real music caught on tape (67)
02: Slightly OT: Crowd Guesstimation (12)
02: This Just in (3)

January 2011 (6)

22: Dissent of the Day (99)
19: Personnel Changes: A Modest Manifesto (18)
18: And you think I’m harsh … (15)
14: Open thread (116)
02: 200* (43)
02: Concert Review: MTQ, Ivan Parker, The Perrys (48)

December 2010 (13)

30: On George Beverly Shea (11)
28: Reading material for a slow week (4)
23: Merry Christmas open thread (44)
23: Housekeeping (6)
23: More Classic Quartets (4)
21: Isle of Tune (3)
21: The Music Pirates won (2)
20: Homecoming as classroom (12)
17: Classic quartet music (16)
10: How “Christian music” is like “heliocentric dog loving Buddhists” (12)
10: What we really talk about when we talk about lyrics and theology (31)
10: Too much pistachio ice cream (2)
03: Open thread (130)

November 2010 (19)

30: Johnny Cash in Drag at an Oaks concert (7)
30: “This is not your demographic” (9)
30: The Flea-Marketization of sg, part 2,516 (8)
30: Quote of the day (8)
30: “Making it” at NQC (7)
25: Thanksgiving open thread (40)
24: “Labor of Love” (14)
22: “Let me hear your breaths” (24)
22: RIP, Marion Snider (12)
22: Speaking of Great Music (9)
19: Blue Christmas already (33)
19: Classic culture clash, with Juanita Bynum (13)
13: Jessy Dixon and Paul Simon on Vinyl (14)
12: Quote of the day (6)
10: “Since I Turned It All Over to Him” (4)
08: Still addicted to mediocrity (15)
04: The Godmother of southern gospel piano (13)
03: Post-hiatus round up (47)
03: While I was out … (8)

October 2010 (6)

13: Open thread (228)
13: Rediscoveries: The Hinsons, in two parts (22)
06: Quote of the day (6)
06: Paint me a picture (5)
02: SN Fan Awards Post-mortem (42)
02: Random music triva (3)

September 2010 (23)

29: Tony Greene, 1968-2010 (21)
25: Myth Busting (78)
21: NQC 10: Final Thoughts (68)
18: NQC 10: On magic memories (57)
18: NQC 10: Saturday night (21)
18: NQC 10: 100th Anniversary of SG (40)
18: NQC 10: Dissent of the day (89)
18: NQC 10: Two notes on bluegrass (1)
18: NQC 10: NQC burnout? (3)
18: NQC 10: Friday night (65)
17: NQC 10: Transitions and upstagings (3)
17: NQC 10: “I Stand Redeemed” (26)
17: NQC 10: Sideshow Sarah Palin post-mortem (12)
17: NQC 10: Thursday night (26)
15: NQC 10: Wednesday night (11)
14: NQC 10: Tuesday Night (23)
14: NQC 10: A Few previously self-censored words about the Piety Police (78)
13: NQC 10: Curtain raiser (26)
03: About Shannon Childress (26)
01: Over-Tuned (3)
01: Open thread (137)
01: “Stupid” rumors (9)
01: Two thoughts on stracks (0)

August 2010 (9)

25: Annnnnnddd, we’re back (51)
11: August Recess (166)
11: Recession busters, and other forms of whistling in the dark (21)
11: “Get the bleep outta here” (4)
05: Quote of the day (25)
04: The Cats, their Kittens, and the strange case of Danny Funderburk (33)
02: A Twitter Miracle (0)
02: Open thread (62)
02: Housekeeping: twitfaceblog (2)

July 2010 (18)

29: Cardio bleg (12)
29: Doves in Atlanta, Cont’d (9)
28: Dove Awards: Hello, Atlanta (13)
27: EHSSQ catch all (35)
27: A Photoshop too far? (28)
23: Friday Roundup (56)
20: Slightly OT: A musical guide to travel (15)
19: More Greenes: “More Precious Than Gold” (9)
18: Freedom Singers, Cont’d (12)
16: The Greenes: “When I Knelt” (35)
16: Open thread (39)
16: Zen in the art of entertainment (10)
16: On artistic dominance (5)
14: I’m H.P. Lovecraft … or James Joyce … or whatever (23)
08: Drop the anchor, furl the sail … (11)
08: Patty Griffin does Gospel (3)
08: “Before pro-tools, no one would have ever cared what the take looked like” (5)
01: Happy Fourth Open Thread (92)

June 2010 (16)

23: “Excruciatingly creepy and painful to listen to” (14)
23: The “moderate” in moderator (21)
23: Blasphemy of the day (34)
20: Open thread (80)
17: From our far-flung correspondents (10)
17: Dissent of the day (9)
12: Music you possibly won’t hear anywhere else (2)
12: Tonsil-singing and too much vibrato (21)
11: Whiter than Snow (8)
11: Openings for enterprising songwriters (0)
10: Songs with room to breathe (21)
07: Quote of the day (13)
05: Roll over Beethoven and make room for … Lari Goss? (21)
05: It’s slow at the top (7)
03: “Count on Me,” cont’d (16)
02: Review: The Nelons, Beside Still Waters (46)

May 2010 (8)

20: Everything changes (19)
18: The ubiquity of bridges (22)
17: Shallow Water Bleg (3)
17: This post is not about Justin Bieber (14)
17: The Southern Gospel Pink Slip, Blackwood style (103)
07: Open thread (137)
07: Company Policy (9)
01: “You know, I’ve heard God write better” (20)

April 2010 (23)

30: Hallelujah Square (20)
30: Weekend roundup (17)
23: About those state department tours (13)
23: Two more surveys (5)
23: A gospel app for that (2)
21: Dove tales 2010 (42)
20: SGMG @ GMA week … from afar (13)
19: Dissent of the day (40)
18: Blogosphere roundup (1)
17: Welcome, MiniCon visitors (3)
17: How much do musicians get paid? (1)
17: Your Christian Music Coming Out Round Up (26)
16: Sign of the (End) times (10)
16: Goodwill tour of American music? (12)
12: Open thread (75)
10: Gospel @ Goodwill (18)
08: Joke of the day (33)
07: Welcome back, Chris (28)
07: Sideshow Sarah Reax (27)
05: Sideshow Sarah Palin @ NQC 10 (73)
02: Finishing the Race (17)
02: Song of the Decade, Final Round (8)
02: A tenor problem? (30)

March 2010 (16)

31: While Gerald Gently Plays the Piano (21)
30: Goodbye, Jacob (69)
24: Open thread (76)
20: “The Wrong Way to Do it Right” (7)
20: Less talking cont’d (14)
18: From the department of “I Toldja So” (7)
18: Get your poll fix (2)
18: Walking away (12)
18: Gospel (not) in Gotham (1)
15: Field Report: The Perrys (48)
14: Inside the producer’s studio (4)
08: Avery’s wish list (49)
05: Where great music comes from (40)
04: A sell out (5)
04: Kenneth Kirksey’s mind at play (5)
01: If you’re reading this, consider yourself an internet veteran (5)

February 2010 (11)

27: Willa Mae Ford Smith (7)
27: Dissent of the day (4)
24: “What bugs me about your website” (16)
22: Lyrics Bleg (3)
22: From the “Too good not to share” dept. (25)
10: Rediscoveries: “He Left it All” (50)
09: “We just wanted to say thank you” (17)
09: Goodbye, Justin (14)
09: To hell with Haiti? (32)
03: Hall of Infamy? (52)
02: “Get her to apologize” (20)

January 2010 (19)

31: Open thread (103)
31: Quote of the day (11)
30: Get out the vote (7)
29: From Dust To Digital (5)
26: There’s a hook in there somewhere (14)
23: More Rediscoveries: Road to Emmaus (37)
22: Rediscoveries: Mullins Brothers (24)
13: Open thread (121)
13: Plainly Spoken, ctd (8)
13: Back Home in Indiana (21)
10: “Write with me” (6)
08: Robbing Peter to pay … Peter (10)
08: “I’ll Keep On Singing” (0)
08: Pork chops in Milwaukee (7)
08: Weekend Roundup (35)
08: Goodbye, Ryan; Hello (again) Devin, Roy, and Josh (and Gus, too!) (15)
08: Plainly spoken (17)
07: Dissent of the day (9)
06: Bleg: Sg 101 (32)

December 2009 (6)

17: Holiday Open thread (241)
17: Rediscoveries: Center Stage Live, the Perrys (19)
09: Eat your heart out, Roadhog (32)
08: Every Day (57)
07: Race and sg (28)
07: The SN Concert-list firewall (28)

November 2009 (6)

24: Haul out the Hooey (57)
17: Open thread: A not-lost-in-translation edition (89)
17: Diplomacy (61)
13: As others see us, UK edition (0)
13: Bunyan, Beulah, and Squire (12)
06: Very open thread (122)

October 2009 (13)

30: Gospel Irony in Maine? Yes, Lord, Yes (110)
28: This Happens to me All the time, Cont’d (7)
27: The Martins Redivivus? (13)
27: Moore or less predictable (6)
23: Open Thread (101)
16: Friday night Fa-so-la-ists (9)
14: On how (not) to be a sockpuppet (22)
13: FTC Foolishness (1)
13: The next round’s on Judy!* (7)
10: Control issues (47)
09: How to go broke in the music business (1)
08: 15 things I hate about you (77)
05: Blackwoods and Farm Aid (54)

September 2009 (16)

30: From the dept. of “as others see us” (44)
25: In 5, 4, 3, 2 … (1)
25: Quote of the day (41)
25: Open thread (13)
25: NQC 09: Final Thoughts (22)
23: Stamps Baxter Encore (12)
23: Stamps Baxter Siesta (16)
20: NQC 09: Saturday night (36)
19: NQC 09: Friday Night (83)
18: NQC 09: Thursday Night (29)
16: NQC 09: Better burning (8)
16: Open Thread 2 (59)
11: Review: The Perrys, Almost Morning (42)
11: NQC 09 open thread (65)
11: Survey update (3)
01: Southern gospel survey

August 2009 (12)

31: The Musical Age of Accountability (71)
31: The Bowling Family Group Trio (62)
25: Go read this review (49)
24: Five years and change (4)
24: Weekly roundup (81)
18: Homesick … but for what? (53)
18: Fondly familiar and sparklingly new (2)
13: Welcome, Religion Dispatchers
11: Open thread (160)
11: Publishing oddities (10)
06: In Memoriam James D. Walbert (20)
02: Songwriting vs “songwriting” (79)

July 2009 (22)

30: Three Saviors (65)
30: the gospel singer/songwriter (15)
28: Speaking of quartets (6)
26: Sunday discoveries (81)
23: City Coming Down (37)
23: Missing the Mark (8)
23: EHSSQ iphone app (0)
22: News roundup (12)
22: Unringing the bell (22)
21: Name that musical move (24)
16: Open thread (135)
16: The Martins Valedictory? (3)
16: Tip of the iceberg (41)
16: Dead sells (8)
14: Ma Baxter Bleg (4)
07: Songs and Celebrity in American Music (4)
07: Southern Gospel Sissies (108)
07: RIP, MJ (14)
03: Open thread (25)
03: Personnel Round up (14)
02: The customer is always … (22)
02: While no one was looking (0)

June 2009 (19)

30: Jason Crabb’s Pan-southern sensibility (25)
29: The Poverty Mentality (37)
29: About that Perrys video (2)
25: Open thread (40)
25: What Mr. Sony can’t do (22)
24: God on the Mountain, redux (24)
24: Housekeeping
24: Slightly OT: How DRM screws consumers, Example 4,231 (10)
24: The trouble with Salem (7)
22: Through the Facebook looking glass (26)
22: Sonic Maximization and the sg arms race (42)
22: From the Vault (13)
19: Welcome to the weekend (34)
19: Word picture of the day (9)
19: Le Priority (19)
19: Welcome, Gospeleer (4)
19: Personnel Roundup (41)
07: Open thread (232)
02: There you are (66)

May 2009 (15)

April 2009 (18)

27: Goodbye, Steve Ladd (127)
27: Quote of the day (20)
26: Dissent of the day (2)
25: GMA Week: Doves wrap up (14)
23: GMA WEEK: Twittering Doves (11)
23: GMA WEEK: Country cousins (9)
23: SN Beta (7)
23: Infiltration (2)
22: GMA Week: SGMG Concert (71)
14: Open thread (110)
12: “Between learning and forgetting” (3)
11: The Kingly Golden Genius of Jim Hamill (53)
08: Royalties, cont’d (17)
07: #############.com (35)
06: Quote of the day (22)
05: Weekend Roundup (33)
02: Disintermediation, part 1 (31)
01: Tears of a clown (34)

March 2009 (18)

31: Gospel protest? (34)
28: Confessions of a blogademic (13)
27: $212,588.40 (28)
24: Open thread (58)
24: The Climb (26)
24: Music as culture (5)
17: Tuesday round-up (93)
12: More on JC and JW (56)
11: Jesus and John Wayne (47)
11: “Hip” your “friends” for “Jesus”! (15)
10: Listening carefully (10)
09: Monday round-up (25)
04: A fair point (48)
02: Unringing the bell (7)
02: Piracy and piety (50)
01: The function of religious-music criticism (41)
01: Weekend round-up (5)
01: Defense of the day (7)

February 2009 (22)

26: Fame, fallibility, and gospel misfits (72)
25: King’s Gold (28)
25: Regulated dissent (27)
23: Goodbye, Nick (61)
23: Wondering (28)
20: Open Thread (127)
20: Archie (17)
20: Four chords and case of arson (15)
20: SGM Search (3)
18: More on charting (4)
16: Truth in charting (53)
16: Hook of the day (6)
15: Post-modern sg (10)
14: Concert Review: Gaither Homecoming (56)
13: More on Sirius/XM bankruptcy (8)
12: Thursday Roundup (19)
09: Monday Roundup (24)
09: White gospel (16)
09: Moderation (7)
06: Open Thread (58)
04: 9 months, 3 weeks, 3 days (73)
02: “How can he listen to that?” (61)

January 2009 (15)

31: Hairshirt special (48)
31: The new Old GVB in action (25)
19: Open thread (203)
19: Second verses (9)
16: Quote of the day (62)
14: GVB: Day 2 reax (50)
13: Back to the future (90)
13: Ron Blackwood (58)
08: Clip of the day (40)
08: Reviewlets (7)
07: Wherein I judge a book by its cover (15)
06: From the dept. of “This happens to me all the time” (10)
06: The Plague (13)
04: Two Thousand and Whine (29)
03: Concert Review: DBQ, KPNR, Perrys, BFA (44)

December 2008 (12)

30: On being a Blogademic (6)
30: From the dept. of unintentional howlers (20)
30: An experience like no other (12)
26: Quote of the day (38)
24: Two Christmas Reflections (4)
23: Reunion timing (5)
22: Reunion nirvana (18)
22: Just Call it Southern (5)
19: Returning to the first draft (12)
17: Send up of the day (23)
17: Welcome, Thought & Action readers (24)
03: O Holy Crap (117)

November 2008 (13)

27: Happy Thanksgiving (97)
20: Typealyzer (17)
20: Teddy (39)
17: Against excessive praise (20)
15: Tell me who you are (11)
15: Double threat (51)
15: More on GVB Reunion (20)
15: Dissent of the day (86)
13: Open thread (40)
13: GVB Reunion (59)
11: Salem Shakeup (36)
04: Jason (101)
03: Ask Avery: Janet Paschal’s latest project (5)

October 2008 (19)

30: Open thread (75)
24: Quote of the day (145)
22: “I Could Still Go Free” (24)
21: Of course it’s the money (10)
20: “Jump on it, Jesus” (46)
20: The Aunt Blabby and Uncle Alf syndrome (9)
17: Destroying the masters (44)
14: Benson Bootlegs (23)
14: Dissent of the day (68)
14: Slightly OT Bleg: Billy Graham Crusade Music (10)
13: What Sweeter Music (15)
13: Political roundup (126)
09: Everybody loves a survey (5)
09: The beginning of the end? (144)
07: Then and Now (19)
07: Tuesday Round up (10)
07: Teachable moment (32)
07: NQC 08: Odds and Ends Wrap-up (17)
07: Queen of Scold (5)

September 2008 (29)

19: The critic’s job (103)
19: Dance, then, wherever you may be (108)
19: Walk that lonesome road (103)
16: Time off (90)
16: Slightly OT: Viral Jingles (2)
14: NQC 08: Saturday night (78)
13: Coming out from among them (214)
13: NQC 08: Friday Songwriters Showcase (17)
13: NQC 08: Cognitive Dissonance (8)
13: NQC 08: Friday night (23)
12: NQC 08: Twitter check-in (11)
12: NQC 08: More on The Sound (12)
12: NQC 08: Thursday night (51)
10: NQC 08: Twitter (8)
10: NQC 08: Wedensday open thread (44)
10: NQC 08: Quote of the day (18)
09: NQC 08: Defining characteristics (7)
09: NQC 08: Tuesday open thread (26)
08: NQC 08: Quote of the day (56)
08: NQC 08: Self-image issues? (3)
08: NQC 08: Monday Open Thread (58)
08: NQC 08: Getting on the mainstage (15)
08: Avery made me do it (36)
07: NQC 2008 curtain raiser (82)
06: Stand by Me, the Footloose edition (10)
06: Slightly OT: Random Scare Quotes (1)
06: On the road (23)
06: Better bootlegs, please (5)
06: “Rising star” Rick Hendrix (34)

August 2008 (33)

27: That’s Him/You Don’t Know Me (44)
27: Trolling and flaming (31)
27: Early Janet Paschal (21)
27: The SGM Game (9)
25: Good blogs (2)
25: More bitter (64)
24: Homecoming, the board game (4)
24: Bitter (97)
24: 4 years old (10)
24: 2 cool (18)
24: The day in numbers (5)
17: Open thread (219)
13: Money Quote of the day (82)
12: Question of the day (25)
12: Sincerest form of flattery (22)
12: Greater Vision update (19)
11: Your cries have awoken the blogger (24)
11: Lame hooks (23)
10: The Rediscoveries; Or, How Dean Hopper Found His Voice (40)
09: Mild dissent of the day (12)
08: A Rambo twofer (15)
08: It’s only a matter of time (6)
08: The death of Christian music (8)
08: The southern gospel herd (7)
07: Heaven is no harmonicas (23)
07: Apocalypse now, or in the near future (3)
06: List of the day (54)
06: Breathy singing, part II (36)
05: Gaither in Branson (29)
01: Open thread (58)
01: Hello, Bryan Elliot? (23)
01: Why live musicians matter (7)
01: The Imps win, and still lose (15)

July 2008 (25)

30: Fake Florida Boys for Dinner (27)
28: Rock Band … For Jesus? (11)
28: Monday a.m. Personnel Roundup (25)
28: Stank Face (9)
25: Bluegrass goes No. 1 (25)
25: Quote of the day (116)
24: Mountain out of a Hemphill, II (30)
24: Music and Megaministries (5)
22: OT: Rant from the road (24)
21: Goodbye, Matthew Holt (62)
21: A mountain out of a Hemphill (31)
19: Bleg from the road (6)
18: Open thread (41)
15: eBay alert: Pastor and Family for sale (41)
15: Harshing, Part II (13)
15: Style and substance in Christian entertainment (17)
14: Harshing, Part I (36)
13: Ivan redux (10)
12: Ivan Parker and other thoughts (19)
11: Slightly OT: Bloggers and song titles (4)
11: sgconcerts.com (10)
11: Misspell Check (5)
09: Ask Avery
02: Open thread (149)
02: A Wal-Mart Homecoming (23)

June 2008 (22)

25: Slightly OT: The Shack and Gloria Gaither (70)
23: Congressman Hendrix? (131)
23: Heaven’s getting crowded (55)
23: Kitty Parham (6)
21: Slightly OT: How the web changes writing (10)
20: Diss of the day (16)
19: What’s the difference (81)
17: Dottie Rambo Funeral DVDs (83)
17: The transactional gospel (20)
15: Happy Father’s Day (19)
15: Quote of the day (16)
13: Dissent of the day (30)
13: I need more cowbell! (17)
12: GVB at SBC convention (25)
12: Pet peeve of the day (26)
12: Preservatives (6)
06: Review: LordSong, Classics (37)
05: Downmarket Derangement Syndrome (40)
03: Open thread (69)
02: Desperation (108)
01: Holiness, Pentecostalism and music (5)
01: “Holy Huddles” (23)

May 2008 (28)

30: Watershed albums (26)
29: Patronizing Christian retailers (32)
29: Really: Park the bus, permanently (26)
29: Park the bus? (24)
28: Mark Bishop on Fields of Love (4)
28: $23.00 (27)
28: Singing in Tongues on Ebay (2)
27: Review: Mark Bishop, Fields of Love (28)
27: ALI for Fields of Love (0)
25: Comments (7)
23: Preview to an Experiment (20)
23: Mega reviews (12)
21: OT: Why I quit watching American Idol, Reasons 42, 43, 44, 45 (14)
21: Pushing the tenor (44)
21: A “Rollicking Revival” (6)
19: Singing in tongues (39)
14: Open thread (200)
14: “Playing the ministry card” (53)
13: Hello, Jacob Kitson (20)
12: Totally OT: $2 bills (14)
11: Dottie Rambo, 1934-2008 (76)
09: Review: Hissong (63)
08: Hymnal peeves (11)
08: Quote of the day (24)
06: Bleg: “He Touched Me” in hymnals (23)
05: Ann Dothers (43)
02: Housekeeping: Two tech questions (18)
01: Relabeling Roy (32)

April 2008 (25)

30: How the sausage is made (130)
30: In the good ole summertime (6)
29: Fulfilling (33)
29: History of Oversinging (22)
26: GMA Week: Ditching the Doves (43)
26: OT: The Met In HD (1)
25: Mic Rubbers (4)
24: Quote of the day (25)
23: GMA Week: Harmony Honors (84)
22: Consonants, please (56)
21: GMA Week: Ryman vs Hilton (12)
21: Slightly OT: Post-denominational (2)
21: The Power & Pathos of the Pentatonic scale (10)
19: Professional jealousy (14)
18: Breathy singing (20)
16: Oaks on SN chart … Lucifer reports freak freezing conditions (61)
16: Denomination and style (24)
14: Quote of the day (48)
13: Seth Godin on the music bidness - past, present, future (3)
12: Wither the GMA week sg concert? (4)
09: Excerpts of the day (17)
09: Conference post-mortem (32)
04: Open Thread (115)
03: Dissent of the day (33)
01: Free Cathedrals Music and video. What thuh …? (11)

March 2008 (14)

31: Goodbye, Jason Waldroup (86)
29: Elvis: “Conflicted by the spirit” (21)
27: On Legacy 5 (47)
26: Bill Gaither in History (22)
26: Gaither Trio Discography Chaos (18)
25: Random tech notes (5)
25: Southern gospel and old new-media (9)
23: Easter Fortune cookies (5)
23: The Imperials Lawsuit (62)
20: Quote of the day (27)
20: SG Political roundup (44)
19: Belatedly: Goodbye, Jonathan Wilburn (69)
16: Slightly OT: “Christvertising” (13)
12: Why southern gospel music matters (20)

February 2008 (18)

27: Spring break (147)
25: Help with Singing Convention images (4)
22: Open thread (140)
19: Overrated genius (60)
16: Spring Hill and Jason Crabb (31)
16: Canaan follow-up (8)
16: Bobblehead Russ (12)
15: “Daywind Deadend” (12)
15: Sometimes, it’s the announcements you don’t hear (4)
14: The undeserving (8)
13: MLQ signs with Canaan (21)
10: Conference update (8)
10: Quote of the day (7)
09: “The southern gospel fat ass” (153)
08: Youtube roundup (17)
03: How Gospel is like polka (31)
01: Southern gospel and black history (35)
01: Friday roundup (21)

January 2008 (20)

30: A reunion too far (42)
30: Elmer Gantry (2)
30: Slightly OT: Politics and Chrisitan entertainment (19)
30: On endings (35)
29: Stan Whitmire’s Old Time Gospel Piano (10)
27: Walking the fine line (7)
21: The low road (84)
19: Quote of the day (12)
18: Open Thread (64)
13: Airplanes (62)
10: Absolutism vs Pluralism (23)
10: Themed tours (3)
10: The first rule of showbidness: timing (11)
09: Tell it slant (3)
09: Dan Fogelberg (6)
08: Permission is the asset of the future (1)
08: A semi-new book (0)
06: Comment of the day (24)
04: Studio players, hither and yon (8)
04: The Nelons (16)

December 2007 (23)

31: Everybody’s a criminal now (25)
26: Merry Christmas (69)
23: Gloria Gaither (34)
19: Singing Conventions and scholarship (15)
19: Nick Trammell and The Browns? (28)
19: We’re all post-Gaither now (51)
19: NQC 08 (10)
18: Open thread (50)
14: PT groups and the survival of the genre (27)
14: Big NQC announcement? (35)
14: The Eddies (4)
14: RAC (11)
14: Repost: Dissent of the Day (21)
14: Comments (1)
10: AGM and Carnegie Hall (15)
09: OT: a long Hallelujah recitative (31)
07: The Grammys again (34)
07: Reverse Crossover (18)
07: (Gaither) Gospel Videos on Amazon (1)
06: Millions of souls served (28)
06: Netiquette update (9)
04: Hamill memorial (7)
04: Southern gospel and the big tease (144)

November 2007 (20)

29: Jim Hamill, RIP (44)
21: “I ‘Just’ Write the Words” (9)
21: Adventures in work tapes (1)
20: Does sex sell in sg? (48)
19: SN Fan Awards on Saturday night (21)
19: “Get Away” at No. 1 (29)
17: Accurate charting, cheaply (4)
17: Building better bridges (10)
15: The Isaacs (69)
14: Mercy’s Mark, RIP? (57)
13: Gospel Music Coalition (13)
08: Housekeeping: technical difficulties (1)
07: BFA pianist (44)
07: How much love in that love offering (26)
06: CONCERT REVIEW: Booths, Talleys, Greater Vision (25)
03: Balancing blog content (29)
02: Kin$gmen (7)
02: SN Fan awards show down (16)
01: Wordpress/PHP Help (2)
01: The Chart Strikes Back (6)

October 2007 (6)

30: Changes to the SN chart (37)
24: The genius of Jim Hamill (90)
20: How would the Kingsmen be received today? (35)
19: Distinctive intros, cont’d (11)
18: Young Harmony and Nice Cars (60)
16: Open Thread (86)

September 2007 (28)

25: Quote of the day (107)
24: Dissent of the Day (37)
23: I wish I could write like this (18)
21: NQC 07: Final Thoughts (42)
21: NQC 07: Songwriters Showcase (25)
21: NQC 07: Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir (0)
16: NQC 07: Saturday night (114)
15: NQC 07: Friday night (52)
14: NQC 07: radio interviews (18)
14: NQC 07: Black and white (27)
14: NQC 07: bloggers roundtable (4)
14: NQC 07: Thursday night (18)
13: NQC 07: Avery unmasked? (15)
13: NQC 07: Bugs and Fake Florida Boys (36)
13: NQC 07: Best and worst (5)
12: NQC 07: The Florida Boys (17)
11: The Perrys’ new album (13)
11: NQC 07: On (not) being anonymous (13)
11: NQC 07: Open thread (56)
11: NQC 07: SN down? (7)
10: NQC 07: BBC and NQC (7)
10: NQC 07: Open Thread (33)
08: Spamelot (0)
08: On ending the discussion, or not (2)
08: A little Goodman in all of us (10)
07: I’ll give you four Archie Watkins for one Ivan Parker (17)
07: “I’m Rich” (18)
07: Friday round up (5)

August 2007 (13)

31: Vicki Goodman on her parents’ legacy (81)
21: Open thread (163)
19: AVFL’s third anniversary (17)
17: Stacks and Homecoming fatigue (18)
16: Dissent of the day (25)
15: Best worst Lyric contest (29)
15: The table is actually square (7)
14: Two comments from the road (13)
14: The Nelons have a new website (30)
09: Gold City’s Golden age, remembered (33)
09: The Diamond Awards (6)
09: The bated-breath department (1)
09: Wednesday round-up (22)

July 2007 (24)

31: “At our table out in front …” (47)
30: Reimagining the Crabb songbook (9)
28: Open thread (71)
27: A contest (1)
26: Today’s recommended reading (5)
26: VHS bonanza (1)
26: Harmony and blend (13)
25: “Don’t worry if I write rhymes, I write checks!” (8)
25: Self-appointed props (17)
25: The Collingsworth Family: God is Faithful (27)
24: Mitch Kenitzer is changing his name (34)
23: Icon help (8)
21: Blogging Stamps Baxter (3)
21: USB turntables (12)
21: Quote of the day (7)
20: Partisan hacks with a microphone (23)
19: Lyrics for “We’ve Got To Get America Back to God” (19)
18: Canaan’s future (18)
18: Disbanding and cleansing (12)
18: Wednesday Roundup (7)
18: EHSSQ’s new media channel (2)
18: Many happy returns (3)
17: Goodbye, Josh Feemster? (14)
11: Open thread (103)

June 2007 (25)

26: Southern gospel zanger (15)
25: Tracks and vocals (36)
25: The New LordSong (9)
23: Politics redux (16)
21: NQC tribute to the Florida Boys (31)
21: Internet radio and the state of American music (3)
21: Politics and southern gospel (13)
20: The Speers (10)
20: Compilations (13)
20: The Best of Janet Paschal (6)
20: Jeremy Peace (26)
20: Crabb Revival (6)
20: Mad Mary (2)
14: Kingdom Heirs and Dollywood (7)
14: The Oak Ridge Boys (16)
12: Three Bridges, RIP, sort of (21)
12: Florida Boys, RIP (28)
12: Lari Goss (14)
12: EHSSQ (7)
09: Spring Hill meltdown (13)
06: Canaan Confusion (7)
06: Goodbye, Roy Webb (37)
05: Blogreader survey results (17)
05: SG on ebay (2)
05: Dixie Melody Boys (8)

May 2007 (29)

30: Flip flop (13)
29: Janet Paschal: Sounds Like Sunday (30)
26: Blunders (53)
25: Possessive (5)
25: Picture of spiritual health (8)
25: Lyrics, music, musicality (5)
24: Wednesday Round Up (2)
23: Anthony Facello and Crossroad (15)
22: Sister Tenor (83)
21: Slight OT: Cancer Country (8)
17: Anyway (39)
17: Slightly OT: CD packaging (17)
17: Write About Jesus redux (6)
17: Questions for Canaan (10)
16: What a label can do (8)
16: Personnel changes (29)
16: Review: Austins Bridge (23)
15: Canaan Records (6)
14: Facilitating fantasy in the studio (15)
12: Slightly OT: Pandora (1)
12: Co-writing with kids (6)
11: Internet radio equality (6)
11: The Perrys, cont’d (52)
09: Aaron Unthank (16)
09: The Perrys and the Next Phase (74)
08: AGM in Dallas (17)
08: New and unimproved (9)
07: The Ruppes, RIP (24)
04: Blog survey (7)

April 2007 (26)

28: Traffic update (5)
26: GMA week: The Dove Awards (8)
26: GMA Week: rethinking the SGMG showcase (21)
25: GMA Week: SGMG Showcase (47)
24: GMA week: songwriters showcase (39)
24: Radio: another idea (4)
24: No RSVP required … Unthank you (1)
24: Slightly OT: music etiquette (9)
18: Regarding hero worship (37)
18: Gold City surprise (13)
13: “Why limit your observations to one genre”? (25)
13: Catholics, too (0)
13: Pluralism, absolutism, gospel music (4)
12: The insight of AVFL readers (1)
10: Satellite radio and handheld devices (3)
10: Imaginary scenario of the day (6)
09: “Quality” in radio programming (25)
08: Field report: XM channel 34, Enlighten (10)
08: SN reviews, another view (4)
07: SN’s editorial prerogatives (7)
05: The newness of the old way (15)
03: This happens to me all the time (30)
03: The day in digital music (3)
03: L5, after Roger (17)
03: More on sg and black gospel (3)
03: More (but just a little) on art and sg (6)

March 2007 (25)

30: Bad is bad (23)
28: Piracy and sg (19)
26: Quote of the day (1)
26: The fun of black gospel music (4)
22: The myth of the gospel artist’s omniscience (20)
20: “Comment confusion” (5)
20: Two notes on mediocre Christian arts (19)
17: Roger Bennett, 1959-2007 (18)
15: How to buy a Dove nomination, hypothetically (49)
15: Must read of the day (3)
14: Songs of the Inspirations (22)
14: Will you mention my name …? (9)
14: More on Bloggerheads (2)
13: More cage match (11)
11: Bloggerheads, post-mortem (27)
08: Bloggerheads (15)
07: The Doves: Another nominated artist’s perspective (49)
07: Wednesday’s mini-report (13)
07: “The critiquing gene” (4)
07: Slightly OT: More details for songs on iPods, please (7)
07: Back to blogging (1)
02: Wherein I meander through some thoughts on my generation in gospel music (19)
01: “offensive, rude, and downright unChristlike” (32)
01: Why listen to, and study, music (2)
01: Wherein Avery links to informative posts about songwriting (0)

February 2007 (37)

28: Dove context (4)
28: Young Harmony and the Dove Awards (115)
28: L5 on myspace (24)
25: Gold City vs EHSSQ (54)
24: AVFL and SN (12)
20: The upperhand in PR (60)
19: Longer concerts & NQC altar calls (49)
18: Diamond Awards (2)
18: Another reason to hate Wal-Mart (8)
17: Housekeeping: Gospel Planet? (2)
17: Will sing for food (11)
16: “Dottie Rambo Alive; Death Announcement False” (25)
16: New bass for the Florida Boys? (17)
16: Whither loyalty? (17)
16: The best P&W song (0)
15: Jeremy Lile to be new BFA bass? (7)
14: Idea of the day (17)
14: Quote of the day (0)
14: On live introductions (17)
14: Songwriting and big royalties (5)
13: Gaither taping creates heavenly rain, Nashville Friends to sell umbrellas (18)
11: “The pandemonium of psalm singing” (5)
10: The big Gaither Nashville taping (22)
10: The (missing) Cathedral Tributes (5)
07: On the celebration of incoherence in P&W music (44)
07: Personnel notes from all over (27)
07: Limerick of the Day (6)
04: Quote of the day (1)
04: Sockpuppets (6)
03: Slightly OT: big flats in CCM (7)
02: More “Get Away Jordan” release details (8)
02: NQC 07 (35)
02: Quote of the day (7)
01: The Bridge, reconsidered (11)
01: “Everybody from the bartender at the Moose Lodge to a twenty-something lady with multiple tatoos” (13)
01: AGM in China? (4)
01: On mainstream media and gospel music (3)

January 2007 (45)

31: Kenny Bishop in Country Weekly (14)
29: Catch of the Day: The Hoppers, honestly (28)
29: In need of an update (2)
29: Janet Paschal and Vine Records (4)
27: Averyfineline on the Frontlines: Gaither Homecoming Tour (27)
27: Austin(s) Bridge(s) (7)
26: Friday photos (7)
25: The unsense of SGN awards nominations (12)
25: “Buddy Mullins and his group” (7)
24: Weird connections (4)
24: Where’s Martin? (3)
24: (Paraphrased) Quote of the day (7)
22: Songwriters, ungrateful for the stale crumbs we give you (7)
21: Gerald Crabb, in his own words (38)
21: Exploiting listening devices is much simpler (2)
20: Working hard, historically (3)
20: Archie Watkins to retire? (17)
20: Shirt-tails (1)
19: Selling off the Crabb Family, piece by piece (20)
19: Video clip: Michael English (10)
19: On the demise of liner notes in gospel music (5)
18: From the “This is news?” department (9)
18: Quote of the day (10)
17: Photos: Crossway and McCraes (23)
16: More on a new paradigm (1)
16: The monestry discussion, Chapter 3,412 (7)
16: The internet and gospel survival strategies (4)
15: “One of the best records ever” (22)
14: Slightly OT: The Rise of Pentecostalism (0)
14: How hard you have to work not to fail (5)
13: Gaither and the “A List” (27)
13: More Crabbs comments (3)
11: More Harmony Awards (13)
11: Shameless star gazing (31)
10: The story behind a No. 1 song (4)
10: The rise of the in-ear monitor (11)
10: Averyfineline on the frontlines: KM, Perrys, BFA (16)
09: Heavenly instruction (23)
08: What Mama says goes (6)
08: In defense of Roy (5)
05: The SN keeps getting better and better, except for Roy (32)
04: Solid Gospel, minus the gospel (22)
04: A good insider’s blog (1)
03: Stacking the deck (15)
03: Happy New Year (0)

December 2006 (30)

23: Radio silence (2)
22: Mike play (7)
22: More on hymns projects (4)
22: OT: Sandi Patty, The CCM Judy Garland (6)
22: OT: The year’s best piece of music writing (0)
21: The Stamps on You Tube (3)
20: Streamlining the SN Fan Awards (12)
19: Janet Paschal sings hymns (3)
18: OT: the obligatory War on Christmas post (12)
18: SG blogs (3)
18: The Anchormen: Anchors away (3)
14: Ernie pays it forward (7)
14: Albums “so anointed that the holes kept healing over” (0)
14: “PRODUCER SAYS KP&NR ALBUM ANOINTED” (11)
14: OT: A few words in praise of the BGV (7)
13: Southern gospel and wikipedia (6)
13: The Singing News Website (1)
11: Whither AGM? (4)
09: Kenny Bishop, in his own words (2)
08: Kenny Bishop’s Grammy Nomination (13)
08: Men play from the shoulders, women from the elbows (1)
07: Mary, do you STILL know? (15)
07: The First Family of Perpetual Heritage (7)
05: Cultivating natural talent (5)
04: “My ten fingers work as well as any man’s” (9)
04: More on NNS and music theory (2)
04: If I’m so talented … (4)
03: Female pianists in southern gospel (14)
03: Nashville number system and music theory (8)
01: Legacy Five in PA (15)

November 2006 (27)

29: Enough EHSSQ “debates” (2)
29: Goodbye, Andrew Ishee (5)
27: Two random comments (8)
24: The Gospel Side of Elvis (16)
23: Rodney Griffin: not going anywhere (2)
23: OT: Sandi Patty in the Macy’s Day Parade (8)
23: Ishee to leave PSQ? (4)
22: Comment of the day (3)
22: Email of the day (2)
22: Wednesday round up (8)
22: Gaither Vocal Band: “Give it Away” (9)
19: Homeland (4)
19: Gaither Homecoming cancellation (7)
18: A Hall of Fame suggestion (2)
17: Thoughts on “We Want America Back” (34)
17: Gender, history, and southern gospel - take two (2)
17: Rick Goodman, at it again (8)
17: Every Day Driven (1)
15: Second Mile meltdown (14)
15: Five people in a quartet (5)
09: AVFL mail (0)
09: LeFevre Quartet (not) on the NQC mainstage: whine and cheese (2)
09: David Bruce Murray and Valor (0)
09: Somewhat OT: lyrics and meter in songwriting (0)
07: Lyrics to “We Want America Back” (45)
07: Gospel Karaoke (9)
04: Email of the day: in re groupies (9)

October 2006 (24)

30: The sg blogosphere contracts (2)
30: Gender, history, and southern gospel (6)
30: Shameless exploitation of Google for self-aggrandizement (0)
29: Somewhere in Illinois, a shout goes up (1)
28: Valorized (14)
28: Stalkers and groupies II (1)
28: Downloads (0)
28: The Disaffections (2)
28: Slow news day: diesel sniffers and gospel groupies (7)
19: Big Changes with the Lesters (7)
14: Goodmans memorabilia (9)
11: Calling all history buffs: Elvis and sg (17)
11: In the meantime (8)
10: A few words in praise of paying royalties (9)
08: L5: Live in Music City (6)
07: Sorting mail (0)
07: Slightly OT: the next (dwindling) generation of evangelicals (1)
03: Monestry schmonestry, you ignorant jealous-hearted backbiters (6)
03: Reaching out (34)
02: “Surely I Will” (3)
02: Song Garden (6)
02: AGM: Another perspective (1)
02: SG in the celebrity world, or not (2)
02: Shot across the bow (18)

September 2006 (19)

25: Euphemism watch: nightclub (24)
24: Name dropping: Gaither and AGM (2)
23: I, sucker (6)
23: Your daily Crabb fix and other stuff (2)
17: NQC 06: Caught on (digital) tape (6)
17: NQC 06: Final Thoughts (2)
17: NQC 06: Saturday night (17)
17: NQC 06: Afternoon Showcase (7)
16: NQC 06: Thursday redux (1)
16: NQC 06: Friday night (14)
16: NQC 06: In the airport (4)
15: NQC 06: Rock Ribbed conservative fare (3)
14: NQC 06: C-J coverage improvements (0)
13: NQC 06 from afar (3)
10: NQC 2006 (0)
08: A prelude to NQC (14)
06: For the smart and quick entrepreneur (6)
06: AGM and the NQC malaise (10)
01: Some diversions (4)

August 2006 (9)

26: American Gospel Music (36)
26: Recent changes in sg (17)
20: Happy anniversary to avfl (belatedly) (11)
03: A return to sensationalism (16)
02: What I’m listening to this week (11)
01: Post Crabb Family (49)
01: More on Gaither’s Best Ofs (2)
01: A good book (2)
01: Big news? (8)

July 2006 (13)

31: Crabb Cancellation (3)
31: The Concert Crank Says: Sit Down (10)
30: AVFL redesign (7)
24: One of These Days (0)
24: The Gaitherization of Avery (0)
18: On flashy self-denial (0)
11: Archives
10: Links (0)
07: Assertive (0)
07: Politics and patriarchy (0)
07: Liberace for Christians (0)
07: Housekeeping: update on site reconstruction (0)
07: Categories

June 2006 (1)

24: Critically Speaking: The Perrys, Come Thirsty (1)

May 2006 (47)

26: What’s going on online (0)
25: My new favorite solo piano album (3)
25: Question (0)
25: Divine Power (0)
25: The Full disclosure file (0)
25: Sticking to my guns (0)
25: Hooks again (0)
25: Your daily MySpace update (0)
25: More one-hit wonder submissions (0)
25: Bizarre (0)
25: Danny goes into the high weeds (0)
25: Speaking of L5 and song recording (0)
19: Good news of the day (0)
17: Email of the day (0)
16: One hit wonders, follow up (1)
16: Your daily Gaither fix (0)
16: Googling Gaither (0)
16: From the depressing department of “only in sg” (0)
16: OT: Ernie’s second-term image (0)
16: Man of Sorrows underground (0)
15: Tex to Gold (0)
13: Your letters (2)
13: Ed’s letter (0)
12: Let’s go to the tape (0)
12: NRO and the friendship fest (0)
12: Speaking of Martin (0)
12: SOTY (0)
12: On hooks (0)
12: The right image (0)
09: Traffic and search strings (0)
09: Rediscovered: an occasional aria on some forgotten favorite (0)
09: Gaithergate, Chapter 243 (0)
09: Como se dice Viva Las Crabbs in Moroccan? (0)
09: Goodbye, Rhonda (0)
09: How he does it (0)
05: Gayther (again and again) (5)
05: Cutting board (0)
05: Go Light Your World (0)
05: More Gaither news (0)
05: In re cleverness (0)
05: Memorials follow up (0)
05: Notes on ambiguity (0)
05: Lipsyncing by any other name … (0)
01: Webpulse (0)
01: There’s an E in Genius (and probably a G too) (0)
01: Speaking of Gaither (0)
01: Sneak Peak (0)

April 2006 (23)

30: Responding to Danny (0)
30: In the mail (0)
30: OT (sort of):good fake singing and good writing about it (0)
28: NQC memorials (1)
28: Changes roundup (0)
26: Role reversals (0)
26: Extreme makeover, Baptist style (0)
26: The anciety pyramids of gospel music (0)
23: Rediscovered: an occasional aria on some forgotten favorite (0)
23: Fruit of the Vine (0)
23: There’s no EH in OUR (0)
23: Oh Solo Geno (0)
23: Huh? (0)
23: Queering Jesus (0)
23: A random thought (0)
23: Kathy and Steve’s Vegas wedding (3)
23: The new Singing News (0)
23: GMA week (0)
23: Spaced out (1)
23: Ouch (0)
23: Happy 25th, and one month (0)
23: AVFL does math (0)
16: Oh Avery where art thou? (0)

March 2006 (1)

02: Rediscovered: an ocassional aria on some forgotten favorite (0)

January 2006 (4)

31: Doug Riley, 1971-2006 (0)
11: Greater Vision: My Favorite Place (0)
04: From the Department of Unsolved Problems (0)
04: The unusual spectacle of uneuphemestic speech (0)

December 2005 (4)

21: SSQ: SSQ (0)
14: The (unrecordable) sound of a Life (0)
14: George Younce: George Younce Tribute (0)
13: Janet Full of Grace and Glory (0)

November 2005 (7)

29: Christmas pardon (0)
29: iTunes, yet again (0)
22: The Oak Ridge Boys: Common Thread (0)
16: Spot in Time (1)
10: Doe ray me (0)
10: Remembering, and not … or, “Ole Leather Lungs” (0)
04: Goodbye, Joseph Smith (0)

October 2005 (2)

27: Writing about Writing About Jesus (0)
22: 902 (0)

September 2005 (3)

August 2005 (4)

16: When nostalgia gets in your eyes (0)
13: Averyline on the Frontlines: Talleys, Anthony Burger, The Booth Brothers (0)
10: PDA in a song (0)
05: Pamela and Kirk … discuss (0)

July 2005 (10)

28: My new favorite person (1)
27: Out of the Lords Closet, revisited (2)
21: Out of the Lords Closet (1)
20: Josh Cobb, second take (2)
18: The waters, chummed and roiling (0)
18: Josh Cobb (0)
15: Kenny again (0)
11: Out of the skillet (0)
11: In memoriam, George Younce (0)
04: First Love (1)

June 2005 (1)

26: Phelpsians attack avfl … highlights at a 11 (4)

May 2005 (6)

29: Access to SN website: $20; How much it matters: Zilcho (0)
20: Please download here (0)
19: XM 34 redux (0)
13: Ear trouble (0)
12: Chuck’s having a pity party (0)
10: Booths: The Blind Man Saw it All (0)

April 2005 (26)

22: Rediscovered: I Rest My Case at the Cross (0)
17: Searchlight (0)
11: In Memoriam, George Younce (0)
11: George Younce, 1930-2005 (3)
10: Bejeweler (0)
10: Get a good seat (0)
10: Help (0)
09: Quartet DNA (0)
09: Promoticus Outlandicus, subspecies pastoralis (0)
08: I couldn’t have said it better (0)
06: Circularity; or, Southern Gospel’s Life on the Margins (0)
06: The Dino of sg (0)
06: Why didn’t I think of that? (0)
06: Down the home stretch (2)
06: Interpretive difficulty (0)
05: It needs to break into double digits (0)
05: Picture perfect (0)
05: Good for him (0)
05: Beyond our own borders (0)
05: New mercies I see (0)
05: Whipsmart (0)
05: For the record (0)
03: April Fools (0)
02: PW vs US via DW (0)
02: Dolly vs. Louise, the grudge match (0)
01: In suspension (0)

March 2005 (62)

31: On her own (0)
30: … that shall remain nameless (0)
30: Labelesque (0)
30: They really mean late (0)
29: On two different lyrics (0)
29: The NSync of sg? (0)
26: That time of the month (0)
26: Going strong (0)
25: Bill and Phil do radio (0)
24: So sue me (0)
24: Today’s geography lesson (0)
23: Some letters (0)
23: More signage (0)
22: Anthemic (0)
22: Original Intent (0)
21: You and me just don’t agree (0)
21: 39th and Castleman (0)
18: The Reappearing 10 (0)
18: It’s still different now (3)
18: Dear editor (0)
18: And poof … they’re gone (0)
18: Two songs in the morning (0)
17: All things to all people (0)
17: Sweet nothings (0)
17: Lashing out (0)
16: It worked (0)
16: His response (0)
15: Going, going, gone? (0)
15: Delivery (0)
15: What he said (0)
14: Settling into smaller digs (0)
13: Uncle Remus at this best (0)
12: Behind the cloak and daggers (0)
12: On being brutally honest (0)
12: What to make of the Lesters and Wilburns (0)
12: OT: wave to the point as it flies overhead (0)
10: A fly in every ointment (0)
09: Brian Free and Assurance: Live in NYC (0)
09: World class (0)
09: The Perrys: Life of Love (2)
08: Pass the plate; or, get some clam chowder with that handbag (0)
08: OT: Jerry Kirksey (0)
08: OT: John Rulapaugh (0)
07: Because I rarely say anything about the Crabbs (0)
07: This just in (0)
07: More ways Bill Gaither is a genius (0)
05: Letter perfect (1)
04: Discographic (0)
04: Clarifying (0)
04: OT: Go read Ken Kirksey (0)
04: Hey haven’t I heard that song before? (0)
04: Bushwhacked (0)
04: The last to know (0)
03: Greats again (0)
02: Shuffle board (0)
02: Surveying the land (0)
02: Yeah, it’s probably not worth reporting on (0)
02: Who wants some outsourced work? (0)
02: So why does it matter? (0)
02: Here we go again (0)
01: Honestly (0)
01: Da Greats (0)

February 2005 (64)

28: Quandary (0)
28: Sickening (0)
26: Averyfineline goes to the Frontlines: The Crabb Family (4)
26: Blah (0)
24: Nominating committee (0)
24: Signs, signs, everywhere signs (0)
24: The lay of the land (0)
24: Signage (0)
24: Internally speaking (0)
24: That time of the month (0)
22: OT: figure it out (0)
22: Product Unfulfillment (0)
22: Star Gazing: another angle (0)
21: On the perils of star gazing (0)
21: Whither Brad Hudson (1)
20: More books (0)
20: More letters (1)
19: Averyfineline on the frontlines: Anchormen and DBQ (0)
17: Answers (4)
17: The hard road (0)
17: Janus Faces: review of Greater Vision, Faces (0)
17: Averyfineline on the frontlines: GV (0)
15: Boy oh boy (1)
15: Contestantly speaking (0)
15: Welcome to the jungle (0)
15: By way of amplification (0)
14: On holy and high rolling; or, reading the tea leaves (0)
14: On the runway (0)
14: The Gospel according to Grammy (0)
12: Smart like a Crabb (0)
12: Spank you very much (0)
12: Crabby, right on schedule (0)
12: There they go (0)
11: Deadliner (0)
10: Product unfulfillment (0)
10: Blowin’ in the wind; or, the prehistory of a good idea (0)
09: The first shall be last (0)
09: And the winner is … (0)
09: The Dolly connection (0)
09: ‘Scuse me whilst tip-toe round this elephant (0)
08: Echoes from Dollywood (II of II) (0)
08: SGMade him an offer he couldn’t refuse (I of II) (0)
07: Why is it so difficult … (0)
07: Dovish (0)
05: You decide (0)
04: The Kingdom Heirs’ Valentines Day surprise (0)
04: The word(s) of the day (0)
03: Belated, or Housekeeping I (0)
03: Numbers, or Housekeeping II (0)
03: Plan B (4)
03: What he should have said (0)
03: False premise (1)
02: Get it on paper (0)
02: Coming soon? (0)
02: A form of progress (0)
01: An sg bibliography (0)
01: Beyond labels (0)
01: On the air (0)
01: Wait, wait (0)
01: Oh yeah (0)
01: Ready to bolt? (0)
01: Oh Dolly where art thou? (0)
01: On second thought (0)
01: Echoes from the letters page (0)

January 2005 (74)

30: Back to the bookings (0)
30: Let’s do that again (0)
29: Book ‘em (0)
29: Some thoughts on history (0)
29: Those roots run deep (0)
28: Woman’s work (0)
27: Books (0)
27: Actionized (0)
27: Siked out (0)
26: www.SBsnewsiteisbetterthannothing.com (0)
26: www.cantsearchworthacrap.com (0)
26: The Gold is Greene (0)
26: Indian names (0)
25: Idol thoughts (0)
25: Monthly review (0)
25: Help me out if you can (1)
25: Speaking of websites (0)
25: Checking in, but where … (0)
24: Ga(i)ther ‘em up (0)
24: Hand off (0)
24: Hendrix redux (0)
22: Long lost letters at long last (0)
22: Press release pastiche (0)
22: Industry loves company (0)
22: Out of curiosity (and OT slightly) (0)
22: Little drummer boy (0)
22: Burn me once, shame on me; burn me twice … (0)
21: De-historicized (0)
21: On the perils of reading late and quickly; or, trumped up PR about YH (0)
21: But who are they? (0)
21: The old debate (0)
21: Testimonial (4)
19: Comments mode (0)
19: One quick note (0)
19: Location, location, location (0)
19: One must use good judgment (0)
19: Crash dieting (0)
18: On the difference between sgmhistory.com and sg history (0)
17: History on the web (0)
17: Come thy font of bigger sizes (0)
17: Against deadly euphemis (0)
16: Who knows (0)
16: Red letter day (0)
16: In from the cold (0)
13: I heard it on the radio (0)
12: Get salvation and a handbag for your sister-in-law (0)
12: Rediscovered: an occasional aria on some forgotten favorite (0)
12: On second thought (0)
11: Run that by me again (0)
11: OT but no matter (0)
11: SSQ in concert (1)
10: Dress like you mean it (0)
10: Thou shalt not have other idols (0)
09: Going home (2)
09: Worth the price of admission (0)
07: Idolized? (0)
07: Sheep and goats (0)
07: Beyond Eight Days (0)
05: Eighths (0)
05: The flirtation begins? (0)
05: A catered affair (0)
04: Preppy (0)
04: All jazzed up (0)
04: Not exactly the king’s highway, but close enough (0)
04: Hot tracks (sic) comin’ through (0)
04: Who’d thought (0)
04: Once again (0)
03: Wax and wane (0)
03: Well drop my jaw (0)
03: And the award for the worst sentence of the day goes to … (0)
03: What about this? (0)
01: Hit me (0)
01: About SN online, in two parts (0)
01: A New Year’s Prediction (0)

December 2004 (6)

30: May the Dove Awards fly up your nose (0)
26: LordSong: Soul Food (0)
13: Banned (0)
12: Tony, Tony, Tony (0)
03: Plagued, again (0)
02: Nicked off (0)

November 2004 (14)

29: iTuned out (0)
29: Gird yourself for bad Christmas music (14)
28: The Nelons: Light of Home (1)
25: iTuned in (0)
25: Exalted Thanksgiving (0)
24: Just to be clear (0)
23: Ad blitzed (0)
15: The Isaacs: Heroes (0)
11: Call of the Wilds (0)
10: Sg on XM (0)
06: On degrees of greatness (0)
03: A royal(ties) affair (0)
03: ECC another view (0)
02: A lot of artists sign with Eddie Crook (1)

October 2004 (122)

31: History, Take Two (0)
31: Release me (I of II) (0)
31: The $64,000 question (II of II) (0)
31: Latest addition (0)
30: Back on the stump (I of III) (0)
30: Things words can do (II of III) (0)
30: On a high-horse - that means me, too, I guess (III of III) (0)
30: Knight in tarnished armor? (0)
30: You shouldn’t be surprised by now (0)
29: Pseudo-anonymous it is (0)
29: Steppin’ Out of work (0)
28: Mea culpa (0)
28: The Ruppes: There’s Something in the Air (0)
28: About those pesky names (0)
28: Critical speaking, in a duel (0)
28: Deeper into the worm hole (0)
28: Thee in thy great wisdom didst create Google (0)
27: Jerry, Jerry, quite contrary (0)
27: Lord it STILL Hurts (I of II) (0)
27: Word plays (II of II) (0)
27: Contemporary vs traditional (0)
27: Thou shalt call them BAD (0)
27: Well that was odd (0)
27: Hurt me so good (0)
26: Shameless promotion (0)
26: Re-renamed the unnamable (0)
26: Critically speaking: LordSong’s Soul Food (0)
26: Re-re-renaming Integrity contest (0)
25: Integrity by any other name (0)
25: Gone (aka, I got my new name … or not) (0)
25: Monthly review (0)
25: Triumphalism (0)
25: One more, I just remembered (0)
25: The Person of the Day (0)
25: Stop the Rumors: Jim Crowe still alive (0)
24: Welcome Perrys fans (0)
23: The Blogosphere (0)
23: The Perrys: Living a Life of Love (0)
23: A steaming heap? (0)
23: Here’s an idea (0)
23: The last to know (0)
22: About as final as it will get (0)
22: Clarke, revisited (0)
22: Top that (0)
22: Dueling Beasleys (0)
21: The lighter side of George (0)
21: Challenge update (0)
21: Gaitherizing, again (I of II) (0)
21: How Gaitherization works (II of II) (0)
21: "Walk slowly down that long lone path" (0)
21: How it doesn’t breakdown (0)
21: Reasonable people can have honest differences (0)
20: Legalese (0)
20: A simple challenge (0)
20: It was close (0)
20: Suddenly, everyone’s a political pundit (0)
20: "I will not lead you down the garden path" (0)
20: Well, I’m flummoxed (0)
19: Unslung but still slinging (0)
19: NQC second take (0)
18: Pay up, but not too much (0)
17: Gay-ther, again (I of II) (0)
17: How to avoid a thicket (II of II) (0)
16: The Goodmans again (0)
16: For the record (0)
16: The tenor of your remarks (0)
15: NQC vote update (0)
15: It’s official (0)
15: Sg and the end times apostasy … oh my (0)
15: SGMA update (0)
15: Personnel files (0)
15: Good stuff (0)
15: A very fine line (0)
15: I say it best when I say nothing at all (well, mostly) (0)
14: The short, bizarre history of The Slinging News (0)
14: Welcome back to Louisville (0)
14: My prediction (0)
14: Something’s afoot, I just have no idea what (0)
14: This just in (0)
13: Gaither and gays (0)
13: Wrong, and unnecessarily so (0)
13: On the sgm blogger (0)
13: My head is spinning (0)
13: Fishbowls, aquariums and explanations (0)
13: This has potential (0)
12: One last swing at the political stuff (0)
12: Three for one (0)
12: Housekeeping (0)
11: Politics redux (I of II) (0)
11: Safely controversial (II of II) (0)
11: The list grows (0)
10: The link (0)
09: Picture the Perrys (0)
09: Very Fine Lines: The Isaacs (0)
08: Ye Olde Mail Bag Overfloweth (0)
08: On the road or the (campaign) trail? (0)
07: In case you’re interested (0)
07: SG: The Ice Age of media relations (0)
07: FTR (and for posterity and, with luck, more understanding) (0)
06: Mavis Staples: An evening’s excursion (I of II) (0)
06: Aretha Franklin and “Never Grow Old” (II of II) (0)
06: Restoration Team Statement (0)
06: Big Brother by committee (0)
06: Another one of those Avery exclusives (I of II) (0)
06: “Blatantly homosexual” (II of II) (0)
05: This just in (0)
05: Housekeeping (0)
05: SG radio online (0)
04: September by the numbers (0)
04: Curious.about.the.alt.music.group.dot.dot (0)
04: AMGS roundup (0)
04: More about videos (0)
04: Gaither and wholism (0)
04: Give him enough rope … (0)
03: Shocking news this morning … (0)
03: He’ll have the answer, just ask (0)
02: Medicine shows and concept videos (0)
01: For the record (0)
01: Tradition, inertia, and the status quo (0)
01: First round: Old fashion stonewallers 2, New Media Mavens 0? (0)
01: He made a change (I of II) (0)
01: A new direction? Let’s hope (II of II) (0)

September 2004 (86)

30: Unofficially horrendous (0)
30: You heard it here first (0)
30: So? (0)
30: Millions and millions served (0)
29: Avery Exclusive (my first, I think) (0)
29: Fad, Fun, Flashes in the pan, here to stay … what? (I of II) (0)
29: How do you know if it’s working? (II of II) (0)
29: Hide thou me, or sneaky stacks (0)
29: About that ad … (0)
29: Piling on, and I love it (0)
29: Rex revisited (0)
28: Rediscovered: an occasional aria on some forgotten favorite. (0)
27: Stop the madness (0)
27: The heebie-jeebies; or, crossing the line (I of II) (0)
27: On the stage or the stump? (0)
27: Is Kirksey Swaggerting? (II of II) (0)
26: Takin’ it up a notch (0)
25: On changes and shifts (I of II) (0)
25: What’s going on (II of II) (0)
25: So what happened with the Perrys? (1)
24: Triple triple X no longer (I of II) (0)
24: What’s behind the XXXXXs (II of II) (0)
24: Help me, please? (0)
24: They made their bed; or, bleeped expletives ahead (0)
24: The Wilburn Watch (0)
24: Just to be clear (0)
23: More questions (0)
23: Who knew? (0)
23: Jerry Goff Update (0)
23: You’ve got questions (0)
23: We want your opinion … just kidding (0)
23: Give her a medal. Seriously. (0)
23: Lots of new letters (0)
23: Welcome L5 fans (0)
23: Curiouser and curiouser (0)
23: On the road (0)
22: Housekeeping (0)
22: How old is it out there? (I of II) (0)
22: Here’s the real problem (II of II) (0)
22: More message boards (0)
22: NQC board members list (0)
22: Almost famous? Nah, but I’ll take it anyway (0)
22: The sincerest form of something (0)
21: I’m color blind (0)
21: Show me the money (0)
21: Your breath stinks; or, more theories why Gaither stayed home (0)
21: And so the story goes … (0)
21: From our farflung correspondents (0)
21: Integrity redux (0)
21: 299 (0)
20: Finally, he has a name (0)
20: NQC politics: an update (0)
20: The one that coats … (0)
13: L5: Monuments (0)
13: From the department of "whatever happened to …" (0)
13: Under Review (0)
10: Housekeeping (0)
10: Pre-weekend update (1)
10: In the twinkle of very long, press-on eyelash (I of II) (0)
10: Conversion factor, a theory (II of II) (0)
10: The sounds of talent; or, speaking of Lauren Talley (0)
10: Channeling your anger (0)
10: Bad name redux (0)
09: To note the obvious (0)
09: Put your sorries in a sack; or, Housekeeping (0)
09: The topic that just won’t go away; or, stars by association (0)
09: Only in sg … (0)
08: Rediscovered: an occasional aria on some forgotten favorite (0)
08: It’s not very nice but … (0)
07: The horror, the horror - an update (0)
07: Bill of particulars (I of II) (0)
07: Caution: these videos may cause unintended distortion of vision (II of II) (0)
06: NQC coverage 2004 (1)
05: Labor Day Brain (0)
04: So what’s really in a name?(II of II) (0)
04: Theoretically, a silver lining (0)
04: What a mess (I of II) (0)
03: Star Search, again (0)
03: Letters (1)
03: Through a glass, darkly (I of II) (0)
03: "Clear for all to see," but what? (II of II) (0)
02: Great News (0)
02: Who’s laughing now? (0)
02: Oh what tangled webs we weave (0)
01: Thank you (0)
01: Will there be any stars (0)

August 2004 (43)

31: Lyrical updates (I of II) (0)
31: Search me: a digression (II of II) (0)
31: Lyrical battles? (I of II) (0)
31: Fault lines (II of II) (0)
30: Rediscovered (an occasional aria on some forgotten favorite) (I of II): (1)
30: Light from heaven (II of II) (0)
28: How did I miss that … (0)
27: Some weekend fun, in two parts (I of II) (0)
27: Separated at birth? (II of II) (0)
27: Arrested development (I of II) (0)
27: A&R issues (II of II) (0)
26: On the past, present, and future tenses (I of II) (0)
26: Vision problems and NQC (II of II) (0)
25: You’ve written; I’ve posted (0)
25: The Case for the Cathedrals Greatness (0)
25: Yes but don’t forget Karen … (0)
25: The Cathedrals: A retrospective in three parts (I of III) (0)
25: “Oh What a Savior,” revisited (II of III) (0)
25: The case for the Cathedrals’ greatness (III of III) (0)
24: Housekeeping I (of II) (0)
24: Housekeeping II (of II) (0)
24: No WE have Integrity, v3.0 (0)
24: By the Way (0)
24: Associative Disorder? (0)
23: Cross Pollination, A Theory (0)
23: The Code of Silence and the Great Mysteries (I of II) (1)
23: J’accuse (II of II) (0)
20: Worms, or Jerry Kirksey opens up (0)
20: Gerald Wolfe is the finest performer of his generation (0)
20: I hate to say I told you so but … (0)
18: Rediscovered (an occasional aria on some forgotten favorite) (0)
18: Kirk Talley’s Return (0)
17: Tony Rush (0)
15: Why is the Singing News so bad? (I of II) (0)
15: Trust-busting the SN (II of II) (0)
14: Rediscovered (an occasional aria on some forgotten favorite) (0)
14: Kirk Talley redux (I of II) (0)
14: Casting the first stone (II of II) (0)
12: SG online (0)
02: Dolly Parton is a Goddess (0)
01: Rediscovered (an occasional aria on some forgotten favorite) (0)
01: Ghosts of Great Names (I of II) (0)
01: The Power of the Name (II of II) (0)