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A few days ago over at Adam Edwards’s site, I saw this video of Chris Allman’s first night back out with GV doing an acoustic rendition of “Hallelujah Square,” but I decided not to link to it because the quality of the videography is just so appallingly bad (not only does the person with the […]

Happy Friday! Here’s some stuff I’ve missed in the past few days.

I have a piece up at Religion Dispatches about coming out in Christian music, keyed off  Jennifer Knapp’s recent announcement.

There are some Aaron Crisler photos of the SGMG concert at GMA week up over at Judy Nelon’s GospelMusicUpdate site.

I normally don’t do death-and-dying  items […]

A few days ago I asked for the group’s help in fleshing out what more there may be in “real” history to a “fictional” reference in a Fanny Flagg novel to goodwill tours sponsored by the State Department that may have included southern gospel. Today, my friend and AVFL reader Steve Shearon, a professor of […]

I’ve been remiss in plugging David Bruce Murray’s second “song of the decade” survey, this time for the 1990s. Mea culpa. He’s already to the final round but still, you’ve got time to get in on the action if you’ve missed out so far.
Daniel Mount is also running a survey to try to assess the […]

A while back I fantasized about having access to gospel music tracks for the XBox Rock Band game, but of course I knew that was just crazy talk. But I’m back to dreaming the impossible dream after playing around with the new Glee App for iPhone. It’s essentially a karaoke app, but that doesn’t come […]

Some live-ish texts from my industry friend who’ll be sending periodic updates from the Doves tonight:
5:42 p.m.: Stan Whitmire won instrumental
6:05:02: p.m.: Isaacs, bluegrass album
6:05:57:  GVB, Southern album
6:13: Kelly Nelon … rather unfortunate fashion choice … looks preggers
6:16: David Crowder broke the fake dove while accepting … the bottom came off
6:22 p.m.: Forgot to say […]

I couldn’t make it to Nashville this year for GMA week and the annual Tuesday night SGMG concert, but an industry friend texted me some highlights, so here’s the shortest review of that event you’re likely ever to see on averyfineline:
8:36 p.m.: I’m at the sgmg concert … oaks are “singing”
8:44:02 p.m.: Judy - god […]

From regular reader Joe, who takes issue with my link to Jennifer Knapp’s Christianity Today interview:
If there is anyone, anywhere, claiming to be a “Christian,” who “comes out” and declares this sinful lifestyle publicly and proudly, you will probably read it here first.
So let me get this as straight as I possibly can: This woman […]

Two dispatches from the changing world of blogging, both from regular reader NG: a look at the spike in paid blogging (ftr Avery has his price like everyone else!), followed by an exploration of anonymity and the law in comments threads.

We have guests among us! Participants in Florida Gulf Coast University’s Spring 2010 Writers MiniCon will be trapsing through here periodically this morning as part of a workshop on blogging that I’m conducting. With any luck, some of them may come back later of their own accord. So please, be kind to the newcomers and remember […]