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My post on Gold City moving their booking in house brought some interesting mail this evening that has got me thinking, and never one to shy away from a good discussion, I thought […]

An interesting catch from a poster over at sogo: the 2004 NQC LIVE video uses the Hoppers 2003 performance. Oh my. RF wrote to wonder if it was in order to keep Claude […]

I had some time this morning to add some comments to the definitions readers submitted. Mostly I’ve quibbled with them in one or another for the sake of discussion. But that shouldn’t overshadow my deep appreciation for […]

A few days ago I solicited definitions of southern gospel in fifty words or less. Partly I did so out of curiosity at the results (more on that in a bit). And partly I […]

A couple of responses to my post on Tony Gore and aggressive merchandising by gospel musicians caught my eye, so I thought I’d share them, mostly because they help counteract […]

Sometimes things speak for themselves.

Thanks to helpful history buffs and bibliographers Dean Adkins and John Crenshaw, I’ve posted the beginnings of an sg bibliography. Please let me know of any books to […]

First my own emoticon, now my own action figure (free registration required). Have I arrived yet? Naw, prolley not but it’s fun all the same (hat tip, JL).

The latest Perrys newsletter (hat tip FK and DD) officially announces that David Sikes, formerly with the Crabbs and husband of Crabb bass player Lori Sikes, is now with the Perrys, running sound and doing some bus […]

I frankly expected a lot more from Stamps Baxter’s new website than this. Considering it took them this long to decide to actually pay for their own domain name and have […]

Thanks to Amy Unthank for finding what I couldn’t … a real site for Stamps Baxter (I actually preferred […]

Thanks to all who have suggested answers to my request for help about “he is to meeeeeeee more precious than gold.” Seems what I had in mind was “More Precious than Gold” from […]

From someone who should know, this theory about the Jody Brown “Indian” Family:
They started several years ago with this name and it just stuck. “Indian” […]

So I was watching American Idol tonight and perked up when Jeffrey Johnson, a praise and worship minister from somewhere south of here, auditioned. The producers seemed a little smitten with his Christianity and his work, […]

Off we go on a spin through February’s SN:

Devon McGlamery looks like he’s half asleep most of the time in pictures (p20, 59).
Roy […]

Years ago, maybe 10-15, I was in a beat up Ford Tempo trundling down some backroad in southeast Missouri and a friend popped a mutilated looking cassette tape in and told me to listen. It included an […]

Bill Lawrence is still missing from the mug shot line up on GC’s new webpage.

Today I decided to check in on the Stamps Baxter School of Music and see what’s up (or not) with the school’s website. You may recall back in […]

News of the Homecoming Tour besting the likes of Rod Stewart and Elton John in ticket sales is not really a surprise, I don’t think, to anyone who […]

For all you sg radio buffs, news today that sg broadcast gat-about Pamela Furr is handing off her on-again-off-again but always peppy ShowPrep newsletters to her old friend, former boss and radio colleague Chuck […]