John Mayer will kick off a North American tour in support of his upcoming release, for his new album Battle Studie , beginning February 8th in Charleston, South Carolina, and will feature supporting acts Michael Franti and Spearhead. Tickets for the majority of dates are planned to go on sale to the general public on November 21st, with an American Express card member pre-sale window from November...
Kill Paradise have joined Breathe Carolina on their US tour. Kill Paradise's new album 'The Second Effect' on November 11th on Breaksilence Records. Nov 05 - Des Moines, IA @ People’s Court Nov 06 - St. Louis, MO @ Fubar Nov 07 - DeKalb, IL @ The House Cafe Nov 08 - Pontiac, MI @ iLounge Nov 10 - Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection Nov 12 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar Bar Nov 13 - Buffalo, NY @ Xtreme...
" Narcissistic Personality Disorde. A distressing triad made up of pathological self-centerness; a repeated pattern of frustrating, damaging efforts to establish intimate relationships; and an insecure, fragile self-concept. Internally an unpredictable lability makes life miserable." C.M.Berry, "The Baker Encycopedia of Psychology" Marshall-Pickering, London/Baker Book House, Grand...
Wisdom does not necessarily come with age. Two of Michigan's oldest academic institutions are showing nothing but stubbornness when it comes to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. Rather than endorse healthy academic debate, Hope College of Holland, Michigan and Calvin College of Grand Rapids, Michigan--my home state--are playing 'hear-no-evil-see-no-evil,' when it comes to exploring viewpoints...
Grand Rapids, Michigan ( The Weekly Vice ) – Brett Walsh, 21, and Suzanne Fox, 25, were arrested Thursday when authorities learned Walsh had abused his baby over 50 times while Fox, the mother, stood idly by hoping he’d stop. According to authorities with the Grand Rapids Police Department, Walsh admitted to abusing the child over 50 times since the 3-month-old’s birth. Fox stated...
Saosin's US tour starts on November 6th and will be supported by P.O.S., Innerpartysystem, and Eye Alaska. Nov 6 - House of Blues - West Hollywood,CA Nov 7 - Senator Theatre - Chico, CA Nov 8 - The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA Nov 10 - Hawthorne Theatre - Portland, OR Nov 11 - El Corazon - Seattle, WA Nov 13 - Murray Theatre - Murray, UT Nov 14 - Gothic Theatre - Englewood, CO Nov 15 - Beaumont Club...
Forever The Sicket Kids, Sing It Loud, The Rocket Summer and My Favorite Highway will begin a US tour later this month. 10/27 - Beaumont Club - Kansas City , MO 10/28 - Peoples Court - Des Moines, IA 10/29 - Station 4 – St. Paul, MN 10/30 - The Rave – Milwaukee, WI 10/31 - House of Blues – Chicago, IL 11/1 – Pop’s – Sauget, IL 11/3 – Orbit Room – Grand...
Deas Vail have signed to Mono Vs Stereo Records and will release their new album 'Birds and Cages' on October 27th. Deas Vail are currently on tour with Mae and will tour with Owl City in early 2010. On Tour with Mae 10/19 The Venue Boise, ID 10/20 The Railyard Billings, MO 10/21 In The Venue Salt Lake City, UT 10/22 The Marquis Denver, CO 10/23 The Record Bar Kansas City, MO 10/24 Triple Rock Social...
Pro tip for all you artists out there: make your work look exactly like a photograph and you will win cash prizes! The NY Times reports that 50-year-old Brooklyn painter Ran Ortner was awarded the grand prize of $250,000 last night at ArtPrize, a public competition in Grand Rapids, Michigan. That's allegedly the biggest chunk of change anyone has received in an art competition. Ortner's work, Open...
Baker has a couple of cool books out on Revelation and Apocalyptic thought: James L Resseguie The Revelation of John: A Narrative Commentary Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2009. Available at Amazon.com . Resseguie opens with a primer on narrative analysis and examines John's usage of metaphors [my NT101 students might find that useful for their essay], verbal threads, chiasms, inclusios , two-step progressions,...
Fleming Rutledge (an Episcopal priest in New York) is one of the brightest, best biblical preachers whom I know. She has written some wonderful books of sermons and has been an astute critic of some of my preaching. In her essay “A New Liberalism of the Word,” Fleming suggests that the core problem with much of today’s preaching is theological in nature. (Perhaps, at the core, this...
Pete Yorn will be swinging through Wisconsin this fall for a show at The Majestic in Madison on Oct 27. If it's been a while since you've caught up to speed with Yorn, you can stream some tunes at his website . Pete Yorn Tour Dates Oct 19 – Granada Theatre - Lawrence , KS Oct 21 – The Blue Note - Columbia , MO Oct 22 – Rococo Theatre – Lincoln , NE Oct 24 – Bluebird Nightclub...
it's no surprise that the 2009 Values Voter Summit, launching on Friday, sponsored by the Family Research Council, the American Family Association, Focus on the Family and a host of other professional anti-gay, misogynist, forced birth advocates, will entertain the attendees with a screening of Speechless: Silencing the Christians . This is the flick that was peddled around the country in local markets...
Forever The Sickest Kids will headline a US tour with The Rocket Summer later this year. The maine support comes from My Favorite Highway and Sing It Loud. with The Rocket Summer, Sing It Loud, My Favorite Highway and Vita Sun/10-25 Oklahoma City, OK @ Coca Cola Events Center Mon/10-26 OFF Tue/10-27 Kansas City, MO Beaumont Wed/10-28 Des Moines, IA @ Peoples Court Thu/10-29 St. Paul, MN @ Station 4...
Saosin will headline the US PacTour with support from P.O.S., Innerpartysystem, and Eye Alaska. In addition to this local battle of the band contest winners will be performing on each date. TOUR DATES: Fri/11-6 Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues Sat/11-7 Chico, CA @ Senator Theatre Sun/11-8 San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore Tue/11-10 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre Wed/11-11 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon Fri/11-13...
Videos
