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Following up on my post on the culture of regulated dissent, it’s probably fair to ask: Ok, but why exactly do you think this kind of thing should be reported publicly?
Good question. It isn’t about airing a beloved personality’s dirty laundry for the sake of seeing soiled linen (there are ways to tell the […]

Some of the late Dottie Rambo’s Elvis memorabilia is now up for auction. Two items that are described as having been gifts from the King to Rambo will open for bidding soon. Presley’s Madison Square Garden jump suit opens at $100,000. A signed karate card for $10,000.

Emily Sutherland’s recent post giving us all a good lecture for not eating our peas and expressing doubt about what the people in power say about Guy Penrod’s departure from the Gaither Vocal Band has me thinking for the thousandeth time about the culture of fiercely regulated dissent in southern gospel.
Though I do think […]

Nick Trammell is leaving the Perrys (and yes, it did indeed say he “tenured” his resignation … though I see it’s since been fixed). Can’t say I’m shocked. Troy Peach will fill in for now. Is there any chance Katy Peach will make any appearances? Probably an arranger’s nightmare … but still …
Update: DBM has […]

Shorter Emily Sutherland (h/t, dmp): Wondering about stuff that makes Homecoming look good is just what faithful Christians do. Wondering about stuff we don’t want to talk about is gossipy and unChristian.

Distractions in the not-virtual world will keep me away from The Line for a while. Talk amongst yourselves. Some places to start:

The Ruppe sisters have signed with Daywind. DBM wonders why the new start?
The Gaither empire has released an official youtube clip of the five-man vocal band.
Kyle has some old Oaks music up for comparison […]

What to make of Archie Watkins going solo? For the blogger, possibilities for snark seem endless. The mind reels, the ears bleed etc .. you get the idea.
Of course I’ve probably said all that already, and naturally I wouldn’t walk across the hall to hear Archie sing (plus: you’d need much more soundproofing than your […]

Looks like we may be able to add arson to the list of “stupid choices” (to borrow a phrase from Christianshame.com) that gospel singers make (h/t, S and DY).

Potential infringement on the Google logo trademark notwithstanding, this is a pretty entertaining diversion, brought to you by my old friend from the pioneer days of sg blogging, the erstwhile sgmblogger: Enter most any word or phrase and the search returns pretty much whatever it can find that’s related to sg and that designated […]

Two views. One from the inside (Kyle) …
It’s much ado about nothing. I’m not sure why everyone is getting all worked up over something that is essentially “manufactured news.” What Mr. Catoe claims to have done in falsifying his charts is nothing new to southern gospel or any other genre. The SN weeded out a […]

In an email that made the rounds late last week, the station manager at WSTS in Fairmont, NC, just says no to the SN chart:

In order to be God honoring and Christ exalting in the music we play, we are electing to remove ourself as a Singing news reporting station.  This has nothing to do […]

Last week’s Prairie Home Companion featured songs written by listeners for Valentines Day. I was particularly smitten with a song whose hook was “as love would have it.” I don’t know how original it is, but it was new (and well turned) to me. How bout you? Heard any good hooks lately?

Via Adam Edwards, a clip of Hannah Montana Miley Cyrus singing “The Climb,” the cut that will - as we discussed a bit ago - be released to sg to radio soon.

Date: Thursday, February 12
Location: Fort Myers, FL
Setting: Germaine Arena
Average age guesstimate: Snow bird
Attendance: ca 6000
If you want to understand what is probably the main reason Bill Gaither made such revanchist splashy changes to the Gaither Vocal Band, sit through the first hour of the show on the Lovin’ Life tour. If you want to know […]

From reader RK:
The problem with Sirius XM these days has far less to do with the merger or any other perceived shortcomings than it does with pure supply/demand economics: 1. Their business model depends on new subscription growth; 2. Most new subscription growth comes from the sale of new cars equipped with satellite radio; and, […]

As Chuck and DBM have already noted, the NYT ran a piece yesterday saying that Sirius (home to, among others, Howard Stern and the sg enLighten channel - yes, you’ve got to figure out for yourself which is the flagship station) is probably headed for bankruptcy. I’ve seen or heard nothing from Marlin Taylor or […]

[Note: For some reason this post disappeared from the site recently (second time this has happened in the past few weeks … anybody got any ideas what’s up?). I’ll try to repost comments that had accrued asap.]

Archie Watkins is leaving the Inspirations? So says this commenter. We’ve been down this road before and turned back, […]

A reader comments:
What’s up with “white gospel?” I’ve never heard SG referred to that way. Maybe that’s the way those brainy academics can diminish it.
A good point, and one I probably should have addressed already, since I’m bandying the term about so much lately.
I can see how someone long familiar with sg might see the […]

Regular readers will know that since avfl added comments threads to posts, moderation is minimal, and/but a few readers think it’s time to reconsider that approach. Says one:
I realize that you don’t want to get too heavy-handed with moderating comments (I can understand that this might partly be due to time constraints); but I wish […]

I’ll be away for the next few days so feel free to talk amongst yourselves. Some kindling:

 The Gaither Reunion albums we’ve been discussing to death just went to the top of Billboard’s CCM and sg charts.
Will Ann Downing’s new memoir really be called “Skidmarks on the Road of Life”? While we wait for an answer, […]