this post is categorized under "fyi" because:

i'm not a "music guy," i don't think. i can't really carry a conversation about bands or music other than pop culture trivia or what i may have seen on behind the music. like van halen (i think) demanding only certain colored M&Ms backstage or lynyrd skynyrd's infamous bus crash and the fateful flight of buddy holly, the big bopper and ritchie valens. i can usually sing a song about any situation in life because my brain is an unexplainable steel trap for useless information, but that doesn't make me a music guy. i can't play music (other than what i remember from my JH trombone days!) so i can't critique music. i know what i like (most of the time), what i don't and what i'm just ok with.

that being said, i like the following:

Pomplamoose. the girl might freak you out (as she did my brother) but you can always just listen and not watch. i consider her/their sound very "Westburian," as in having musical qualities like my friend, jenny westbury (you can check out some of her music here, but don't scroll down as her "friends" have posted foul language on her page). still waiting for her to really unleash similar music genius on the world.

i would have embedded their O Come All Ye Faithful video (it's awesome), but my brother and the thinklings have done so already. check out their youtube page and get free mp3s from their myspace page.




DOXA. this is the latest project from my previously posted about friend, matt tipton, and other friends who are ministering in the greater seattle area. they are a really talented bunch with great hearts and the desire to exalt the name of Jesus Christ with the talents they've been given. check out their album here.