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It occurred to me on the plane to Orlando, where I had to make a connection to Louisville, that though I don’t really like lists – you know, top 10 this and best 5 ever of that – it might be a sufficiently distracting diversion from the irritations of air travel to make a list […]

Today, a Courier-Journal columnist takes a stab at columnizing about NQC. I’m not sure where he got the idea that the trend up in Christian music sales means sg sales are doing equally well, but any coverage that’s more than the typical blind-man-on-a-fast horse approach is welcome. Take a look.

The Courier-Journal’s opener piece on NQC is an improvement over more memorable efforts in the past. Take a look.

A few notes trickle in from NQC that I’ll pass along. First off, for those of you who haven’t gotten enough AGM coverage with avfl’s flood-the-zone approach, a friend in Louisville wrote to say that so far this week at NQC, “any talk of AGM was dismissive.” Evidently several prominent industry types have gone so […]

I’ll be at NQC Friday evening and Saturday this year and, assuming things go as planned, will be posting some thoughts each day. See you on the internet.

My attempt to put NQC in perspective for the rest of the world is in today’s Louisville Courier-Journal. Enjoy.
Update: FTR my CJ piece incorrectly places RW Apple at the NQC when in fact he was at the Opry when he heard the Steeles’ “We Want America Back.” I suspect he’d have reacted the same way […]

The new American Gospel Music franchise is, as you probably know by now, certifying a select group of artists to bear the AGM standard – a vetting process that includes spiritual certification. Upon reading that, one reader wrote in and said he and some friends thought

how funny it would be to make t-shirts […]

In anticipation of a big AGM push at NQC next week, I want to follow up on the AGM concept, which got off paper – however slightly – with the announcement of the Hoppers’ being signed as the first AGM certified artist. Next week, look for a Big Ideas campaign at NQC next week … […]

1. Reader TT — the same TT who helped me get the new site up and going … which, btw, makes him the first official non-imaginary avfl intern — passed this along, which is amusing enough for a Thursday night. Enjoy.
2. Warning: non-sacred (read: potentially scandalous) link ahead: a while back I stumbled onto […]