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October 2008 (9)
- 13: What Sweeter Music (6)
- 13: Political roundup (12)
- 09: Everybody loves a survey (5)
- 09: The beginning of the end? (62)
- 07: Then and Now (18)
- 07: Tuesday Round up (10)
- 07: Teachable moment (30)
- 07: NQC 08: Odds and Ends Wrap-up (17)
- 07: Queen of Scold (4)
- 19: The critic’s job (103)
- 19: Dance, then, wherever you may be (108)
- 19: Walk that lonesome road (102)
- 16: Time off (90)
- 16: Slightly OT: Viral Jingles (2)
- 14: NQC 08: Saturday night (77)
- 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 (50)
- 10: NQC 08: Twitter (8)
- 10: NQC 08: Wedensday open thread (41)
- 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 (30)
- 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 (4)
- 06: “Rising star” Rick Hendrix (31)
- 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 (96)
- 24: 4 years old (10)
- 24: 2 cool (18)
- 24: The day in numbers (5)
- 17: Open thread (218)
- 13: Money Quote of the day (82)
- 12: Question of the day (25)
- 12: Sincerest form of flattery (21)
- 12: Greater Vision update (19)
- 11: Your cries have awoken the blogger (16)
- 11: Lame hooks (23)
- 10: The Rediscoveries; Or, How Dean Hopper Found His Voice (37)
- 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? (22)
- 01: Why live musicians matter (7)
- 01: The Imps win, and still lose (15)
- 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 (24)
- 25: Quote of the day (116)
- 24: Mountain out of a Hemphill, II (27)
- 24: Music and Megaministries (5)
- 22: OT: Rant from the road (24)
- 21: Goodbye, Matthew Holt (62)
- 21: A mountain out of a Hemphill (28)
- 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 (8)
- 12: Ivan Parker and other thoughts (17)
- 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)
- 25: Slightly OT: The Shack and Gloria Gaither (68)
- 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 (55)
- 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)
- 30: Watershed albums (25)
- 29: Patronizing Christian retailers (32)
- 29: Really: Park the bus, permanently (25)
- 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 (26)
- 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 (36)
- 14: Open thread (200)
- 14: “Playing the ministry card” (53)
- 13: Hello, Jacob Kitson (19)
- 12: Totally OT: $2 bills (14)
- 11: Dottie Rambo, 1934-2008 (72)
- 09: Review: Hissong (61)
- 08: Hymnal peeves (11)
- 08: Quote of the day (24)
- 06: Bleg: “He Touched Me” in hymnals (21)
- 05: Ann Dothers (42)
- 02: Housekeeping: Two tech questions (18)
- 01: Relabeling Roy (32)
- 30: How the sausage is made (130)
- 30: In the good ole summertime (6)
- 29: Fulfilling (32)
- 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 (83)
- 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 (8)
- 19: Professional jealousy (14)
- 18: Breathy singing (20)
- 16: Oaks on SN chart … Lucifer reports freak freezing conditions (60)
- 16: Denomination and style (23)
- 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 (114)
- 03: Dissent of the day (33)
- 01: Free Cathedrals Music and video. What thuh …? (11)
- 31: Goodbye, Jason Waldroup (85)
- 29: Elvis: “Conflicted by the spirit” (21)
- 27: On Legacy 5 (47)
- 26: Bill Gaither in History (21)
- 26: Gaither Trio Discography Chaos (17)
- 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 (57)
- 16: Slightly OT: “Christvertising” (13)
- 12: Why southern gospel music matters (20)
- 27: Spring break (147)
- 25: Help with Singing Convention images (4)
- 22: Open thread (138)
- 19: Overrated genius (58)
- 16: Spring Hill and Jason Crabb (30)
- 16: Canaan follow-up (8)
- 16: Bobblehead Russ (12)
- 15: “Daywind Deadend” (11)
- 15: Sometimes, it’s the announcements you don’t hear (4)
- 14: The undeserving (8)
- 13: MLQ signs with Canaan (20)
- 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 (25)
- 01: Friday roundup (21)
- 30: A reunion too far (40)
- 30: Elmer Gantry (2)
- 30: Slightly OT: Politics and Chrisitan entertainment (19)
- 30: On endings (34)
- 29: Stan Whitmire’s Old Time Gospel Piano (9)
- 27: Walking the fine line (7)
- 21: The low road (84)
- 19: Quote of the day (12)
- 18: Open Thread (60)
- 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 (15)
- 31: Everybody’s a criminal now (25)
- 26: Merry Christmas (69)
- 23: Gloria Gaither (33)
- 19: Singing Conventions and scholarship (15)
- 19: Nick Trammell and The Browns? (24)
- 19: We’re all post-Gaither now (50)
- 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 (29)
- 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 (142)
- 29: Jim Hamill, RIP (37)
- 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 (52)
- 14: Mercy’s Mark, RIP? (56)
- 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 (23)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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 (35)
- 13: NQC 07: Best and worst (5)
- 12: NQC 07: The Florida Boys (16)
- 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 (15)
- 07: “I’m Rich” (18)
- 07: Friday round up (5)
- 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 (21)
- 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 (25)
- 24: Mitch Kenitzer is changing his name (33)
- 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 (22)
- 19: Lyrics for “We’ve Got To Get America Back to God” (10)
- 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 (2)
- 17: Goodbye, Josh Feemster? (14)
- 11: Open thread (103)
- 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 (27)
- 12: Lari Goss (14)
- 12: EHSSQ (7)
- 09: Spring Hill meltdown (13)
- 06: Canaan Confusion (7)
- 06: Goodbye, Roy Webb (35)
- 05: Blogreader survey results (17)
- 05: SG on ebay (2)
- 05: Dixie Melody Boys (8)
- 30: Flip flop (13)
- 29: Janet Paschal: Sounds Like Sunday (30)
- 26: Blunders (53)
- 25: Possessive (5)
- 25: Picture of spiritual health (7)
- 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 (68)
- 08: AGM in Dallas (17)
- 08: New and unimproved (9)
- 07: The Ruppes, RIP (13)
- 04: Blog survey (7)
- 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 (28)
- 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)
- 30: Bad is bad (23)
- 28: Piracy and sg (19)
- 26: Quote of the day (1)
- 26: The fun of black gospel music (3)
- 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 (21)
- 14: Will you mention my name …? (9)
- 14: More on Bloggerheads (2)
- 13: More cage match (10)
- 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)
- 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” (14)
- 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 (20)
- 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)
- 31: Kenny Bishop in Country Weekly (14)
- 29: Catch of the Day: The Hoppers, honestly (20)
- 29: In need of an update (2)
- 29: Janet Paschal and Vine Records (4)
- 27: Averyfineline on the Frontlines: Gaither Homecoming Tour (25)
- 27: Austin(s) Bridge(s) (7)
- 26: Friday photos (5)
- 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 (28)
- 21: Exploiting listening devices is much simpler (2)
- 20: Working hard, historically (3)
- 20: Archie Watkins to retire? (6)
- 20: Shirt-tails (1)
- 19: Selling off the Crabb Family, piece by piece (20)
- 19: Video clip: Michael English (9)
- 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” (5)
- 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” (26)
- 13: More Crabbs comments (2)
- 11: More Harmony Awards (13)
- 11: Shameless star gazing (25)
- 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 (15)
- 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)
- 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</