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Recently I had a chance to hear the cut “While I Wait” from Kim Hopper’s solo project, Imagine. I had high hopes for the song, since I’ve been thinking a lot about her voice lately. The Greene’s […]

Triumphity’s new website is a bit more updated than the last time we checked in. It’s pretty nice looking, too. The bios of the former Kingdom Heirs members […]

Though I run the risk of seeming useful and informative (and I wouldn’t want to do that and encroach on DBM), today we’re going to talk labels and contracts … specifically the […]

I assume the Southern Gospel Music Guild is hosting its annual late-night sg concert during GMA week (the week of the Dove Awards) again this year. But you certainly […]

Two different lines from a coupla songs caught my ear this weekend while I was tuned into some internet radio for a while. They are unrelated, as far as I can tell, so I’ll take them by […]

Ok, so before all you SSQ fans start plundering me with vicious emails, hear me out. Listening to Homecoming Radio last week and the brief SSQ stand that was included (as well […]

The April 2005* SN arrived yesterday, so here we go:

What a bunch of misinformed nonsense from Andrew Ishee, in his anti-tax screed on p16. […]

Confirming my theory that all publicity is good publicity, Rick Hendrix Co. adds another radio promoter to its line-up. I guess bidness ain’t hurting that bad for The […]

I’m a newcomer to Homecoming Radio - a weekly radio show from Gaither’s mothership that stitches highlight clips mostly from old Homecoming Friends videos into an hour-long format hosted by Gaither. Actually I’m not so […]

SGMblogger recounts his run-in with hyper-legalist protectionism from a radio-station type who raises the specter of legal action for someone like, well …sgmblogger recording streaming audio from an […]

A headline over at SN reads thusly:
Thursday March 24 2005 - 3:27 PM ET
Johnny Minick Reaching Lives In Irag
I think that’s near Iron and Israil. […]

The latest small batch of letters is up. I know I’ve been through this rehearsal before, but lately I’ve been feeling the pique of not answering mail with much […]

Alert JL sends in this sign from a church in her neighborhood, so let’s add it to the collection.
Hearses Never Pull Moving Vans
JL writes, “Now I’ve […]

Does the National Anthem really need its own re-education program? If so, forget about having people like the Oaks sing the anthem in prominent settings. The quickest way […]

One of the most frequent questions that come up in introduction to literature classes is from students who want to know “what the author really meant.” Even in cases where an author has explicitly articulated […]

Driving through a part of the outstate where my car picks up a fleeting sg radio signal for a few minutes, I caught the Isaacs “Heroes” this afternoon and some other numbers before the station disintegrated […]

A friend of mine just bought a house in a part of St. Louis that, in order to get to, I have to drive past the Lester Family Music Store. It’s an old storefront, kept up well […]

My spies come through once again (ok, so it’s not so much spying as … you know, remembering things … but still). The top 10 nominations for SN Fan Awards song of the year (as recently unreported […]

Thanks to JC and KD for their help filling in around my knowledge gap for “It’s Different Now.” First JC:
“It’s Different Now” was a big song […]

Just as I was posting earlier about the Disappearing 10 - the list of 10 songs nominated for song of the year that was posted and then mysteriously yanked from the SN’s […]