Comments on: The Breath of God in Broken Pieces: On Jazz http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2005/10/the-breath-of-god-in-broken-pieces-on-jazz/ your source for illegal theology downloads Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:57:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: michael lee http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2005/10/the-breath-of-god-in-broken-pieces-on-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-152654 michael lee Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:26:43 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/?p=269#comment-152654 Ingrid has a nasty habit of deleting and moving articles around. The link in the article has been fixed to the new location for her post on the evils of Jazz. At least until it moves again, or gets deleted. Ingrid has a nasty habit of deleting and moving articles around. The link in the article has been fixed to the new location for her post on the evils of Jazz. At least until it moves again, or gets deleted.

]]> By: A Totally Unbiased Blog Retrofit By A Guy Who Just Finished 7 Days of New Faculty Indoctrination at Addison Road http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2005/10/the-breath-of-god-in-broken-pieces-on-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-14568 A Totally Unbiased Blog Retrofit By A Guy Who Just Finished 7 Days of New Faculty Indoctrination at Addison Road Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:44:25 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/?p=269#comment-14568 [...] This blog began as an exploration of the Emerging Church Movement. Recently, we’re expanded to cover a multitude of other topics, including Music, Apple Computers, Art Review, Nostalgia, and Blasphemy. While we recognize that these are all signs of a healthy, growing blog, we want to make sure that we stay true to our original mission. Therefore, 30% of the content in every post must consist of “Emerging Church Worldview”. One of the distinctives of this blog is our unique Emerging Church Worldview, and we firmly believe that every topic we post on should be overtly saturated with this distinctive. [...] [...] This blog began as an exploration of the Emerging Church Movement. Recently, we’re expanded to cover a multitude of other topics, including Music, Apple Computers, Art Review, Nostalgia, and Blasphemy. While we recognize that these are all signs of a healthy, growing blog, we want to make sure that we stay true to our original mission. Therefore, 30% of the content in every post must consist of “Emerging Church Worldview”. One of the distinctives of this blog is our unique Emerging Church Worldview, and we firmly believe that every topic we post on should be overtly saturated with this distinctive. [...]

]]> By: michael lee http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2005/10/the-breath-of-god-in-broken-pieces-on-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-3475 michael lee Sat, 04 Mar 2006 06:23:17 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/?p=269#comment-3475 Sligh, reading articles like this is the kind of thing that will get you kicked out of BJU! Don't worry, we'll gladly make room for you at APU. Sligh, reading articles like this is the kind of thing that will get you kicked out of BJU!

Don’t worry, we’ll gladly make room for you at APU.

]]> By: sligh http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2005/10/the-breath-of-god-in-broken-pieces-on-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-3474 sligh Sat, 04 Mar 2006 05:52:04 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/?p=269#comment-3474 holy smokes. bravo. good job. a brillian piece of writing that kept me leaping ahead to see what would be said next and then going back and poring over what i'd just read. holy smokes. bravo. good job. a brillian piece of writing that kept me leaping ahead to see what would be said next and then going back and poring over what i’d just read.

]]> By: Paul http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2005/10/the-breath-of-god-in-broken-pieces-on-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-2835 Paul Thu, 02 Feb 2006 14:47:08 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/?p=269#comment-2835 Wow, I just found this via another site. I think that is the best description of Jazz for the layman that I have ever heard. Fellow jazz heads take notice, educate the squares. Wow, I just found this via another site. I think that is the best description of Jazz for the layman that I have ever heard. Fellow jazz heads take notice, educate the squares.

]]> By: Addison Road » Welcome to the Road House http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2005/10/the-breath-of-god-in-broken-pieces-on-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-1804 Addison Road » Welcome to the Road House Wed, 23 Nov 2005 05:49:44 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/?p=269#comment-1804 [...] We are a study in contrast. We are fascinated by (and sympathetic toward) the emerging church movement, even though most of us worship and work in more traditional (ha!) seeker/purpose/modern churches. We find fundamentalism sickeningly fascinating, mostly because it reminds us so much of our childhoods (and, to be honest, some of our still cherished beliefs). We vote, but we usually hold our noses while we do it. We love music, and wish our churches were better at it. But we also wish it weren’t the only art form our congregations were comfortable worshiping in. We are all quitting smoking. Tomorrow. We like movies (and films), books (and literature), songs (and music); we love the beautiful poetry of theology, but we don’t expect it to work. [...] [...] We are a study in contrast. We are fascinated by (and sympathetic toward) the emerging church movement, even though most of us worship and work in more traditional (ha!) seeker/purpose/modern churches. We find fundamentalism sickeningly fascinating, mostly because it reminds us so much of our childhoods (and, to be honest, some of our still cherished beliefs). We vote, but we usually hold our noses while we do it. We love music, and wish our churches were better at it. But we also wish it weren’t the only art form our congregations were comfortable worshiping in. We are all quitting smoking. Tomorrow. We like movies (and films), books (and literature), songs (and music); we love the beautiful poetry of theology, but we don’t expect it to work. [...]

]]> By: aly hawkins http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2005/10/the-breath-of-god-in-broken-pieces-on-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 aly hawkins Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:55:53 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/?p=269#comment-1249 Sorry, we're fresh out of publishers. Sorry, we’re fresh out of publishers.

]]> By: Gretchen http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2005/10/the-breath-of-god-in-broken-pieces-on-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-1247 Gretchen Mon, 24 Oct 2005 17:43:55 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/?p=269#comment-1247 ah the 8 minute cow bell solo...those were the days. I can still hear it ringing in my head. Aly, know any good publishers that can light a fire under my husband's rump to do something with well written words ;) ah the 8 minute cow bell solo…those were the days. I can still hear it ringing in my head. Aly, know any good publishers that can light a fire under my husband’s rump to do something with well written words ;)

]]> By: aly hawkins http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2005/10/the-breath-of-god-in-broken-pieces-on-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-1229 aly hawkins Sun, 23 Oct 2005 23:13:06 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/?p=269#comment-1229 Reading today and have to share: . There are these rare moments when musicians together touch something sweeter than they've ever found before in rehearsals or performance, beyond the merely collaborative or technically proficient, when their expression becomes as easy and graceful as friendship or love. This is when they give us a glimpse of what we might be, of our best selves, and of an impossible world in which you give everything you have to others, but lose nothing of yourself. Out in the real world there exist detailed plans, visionary projects for peaceable realms, all conflicts resolved, happiness for everyone, forever--mirages for which people are prepared to die and kill. Christ's kingdom on earth, the workers' paradise, the ideal Islamic state. But only in music, and only on rare occasions, does the curtain actually lift on this dream of community, and it's tantalisingly conjured, before fading away with the last notes. . From <em>Saturday</em> by Ian McEwan Reading today and have to share:
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There are these rare moments when musicians together touch something sweeter than they’ve ever found before in rehearsals or performance, beyond the merely collaborative or technically proficient, when their expression becomes as easy and graceful as friendship or love. This is when they give us a glimpse of what we might be, of our best selves, and of an impossible world in which you give everything you have to others, but lose nothing of yourself. Out in the real world there exist detailed plans, visionary projects for peaceable realms, all conflicts resolved, happiness for everyone, forever–mirages for which people are prepared to die and kill. Christ’s kingdom on earth, the workers’ paradise, the ideal Islamic state. But only in music, and only on rare occasions, does the curtain actually lift on this dream of community, and it’s tantalisingly conjured, before fading away with the last notes.
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From Saturday by Ian McEwan

]]> By: Morphea http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2005/10/the-breath-of-god-in-broken-pieces-on-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-1215 Morphea Sat, 22 Oct 2005 17:57:26 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/?p=269#comment-1215 Ooooh, yummy. Book links about jazz. Now to re-learn my modes before my brain utterly collapses with the onset of middle age. Ooooh, yummy. Book links about jazz. Now to re-learn my modes before my brain utterly collapses with the onset of middle age.

]]> By: michael lee http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2005/10/the-breath-of-god-in-broken-pieces-on-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-1214 michael lee Sat, 22 Oct 2005 17:25:00 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/?p=269#comment-1214 Aly, it was unintentional, and I didn't even see it until you pointed it out, but I like it too, so I added a comma to make it explicit. . If anyone is interested, this entire post is an homage to a fantastic piece of heroin-induced fictional autobiography by Charles Mingus called "Beneath the Underdog". When he writes about jazz, you can feel both the cadence, and the frustration of his inability to press the ideas into words. . <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=addisonroad-20%26link_code=xm2%26camp=2025%26creative=165953%26path=http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html%253fASIN=0679737618%2526tag=addisonroad-20%2526lcode=xm2%2526cID=2025%2526ccmID=165953%2526location=/o/ASIN/0679737618%25253FSubscriptionId=0EMV44A9A5YT1RVDGZ82" title="View product details at Amazon"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0679737618.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" alt="Beneath the Underdog : His World as Composed by Mingus (Vintage)" /></a> Aly, it was unintentional, and I didn’t even see it until you pointed it out, but I like it too, so I added a comma to make it explicit.
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If anyone is interested, this entire post is an homage to a fantastic piece of heroin-induced fictional autobiography by Charles Mingus called “Beneath the Underdog”. When he writes about jazz, you can feel both the cadence, and the frustration of his inability to press the ideas into words.
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Beneath the Underdog : His World as Composed by Mingus (Vintage)

]]> By: Chad http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2005/10/the-breath-of-god-in-broken-pieces-on-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-1212 Chad Sat, 22 Oct 2005 14:42:58 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/?p=269#comment-1212 Bobby, You heard right. 43.5% accuracy here, baby, Bobby,

You heard right. 43.5% accuracy here, baby,

]]> By: aly hawkins http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2005/10/the-breath-of-god-in-broken-pieces-on-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-1211 aly hawkins Sat, 22 Oct 2005 14:28:27 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/?p=269#comment-1211 And by Tito Puente, I actually mean Pancho Sanchez. Early Saturday morning Alzheimer's. And by Tito Puente, I actually mean Pancho Sanchez. Early Saturday morning Alzheimer’s.

]]> By: aly hawkins http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2005/10/the-breath-of-god-in-broken-pieces-on-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-1210 aly hawkins Sat, 22 Oct 2005 14:27:11 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/?p=269#comment-1210 Incredible rhythm to this writing, Mikle. "...acknowledge and and then violate" completely works for me (I'm hoping you meant to do that so I don't feel like a dolt later.) It was like throwing an extra dig in, playing in sets of five. . For all your talking yesterday about not capturing the transcendant with words, you've done a masterful job of it here. The words read like that night at Steamers when Tito Puente played an 8-minute cowbell solo. And I mean that as a high, high compliment. Incredible rhythm to this writing, Mikle. “…acknowledge and and then violate” completely works for me (I’m hoping you meant to do that so I don’t feel like a dolt later.) It was like throwing an extra dig in, playing in sets of five.
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For all your talking yesterday about not capturing the transcendant with words, you’ve done a masterful job of it here. The words read like that night at Steamers when Tito Puente played an 8-minute cowbell solo. And I mean that as a high, high compliment.

]]> By: Bobby http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2005/10/the-breath-of-god-in-broken-pieces-on-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-1207 Bobby Sat, 22 Oct 2005 04:01:58 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/?p=269#comment-1207 The "same twelve steps"... lets see, isn't the first admitting you have a problem? . Seriously, that was a beautiful insight into freedom within structure. Thanks for the word pictures. . Chad, I heard you rocked the hizzy on the bizzy. The “same twelve steps”… lets see, isn’t the first admitting you have a problem?
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Seriously, that was a beautiful insight into freedom within structure. Thanks for the word pictures.
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Chad, I heard you rocked the hizzy on the bizzy.

]]> By: Chad http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2005/10/the-breath-of-god-in-broken-pieces-on-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-1204 Chad Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:56:49 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/?p=269#comment-1204 And one more thing: welcome to fundie blog addiction, Michael, the water is warm. And one more thing: welcome to fundie blog addiction, Michael, the water is warm.

]]> By: Chad http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2005/10/the-breath-of-god-in-broken-pieces-on-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-1203 Chad Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:54:10 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/?p=269#comment-1203 Oh yeah, I play jazz, by the way. Reasonable rates. Oh yeah, I play jazz, by the way. Reasonable rates.

]]> By: Chad http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/2005/10/the-breath-of-god-in-broken-pieces-on-jazz/comment-page-1/#comment-1202 Chad Fri, 21 Oct 2005 23:30:15 +0000 http://addisonrd.com/WordPress/?p=269#comment-1202 Dude, Ingrid just got served! Snap! Dude,

Ingrid just got served! Snap!

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