tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29862938.post3352470861640803178..comments2023-09-28T04:15:14.072-04:00Comments on IndieFaith: Ministers of DeathUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29862938.post-63189160026756359032008-07-29T22:07:00.000-04:002008-07-29T22:07:00.000-04:00Thanks for stopping by. I am at a point where I g...Thanks for stopping by. I am at a point where I go in seasons with his work and recently ran through nearly all his albums and it was great to be moved by new songs and lines that I hadn't noticed before.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17045950595392790139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29862938.post-71225364415667953742008-07-29T19:31:00.000-04:002008-07-29T19:31:00.000-04:00Wow, it is great to see some others who are engagi...Wow, it is great to see some others who are engaging with Bazan's view on faith. My blog is actually titled "Fewer Broken Pieces" in his honor. I meant to comment on the other post with the lyrics from selling advertising, but it seems comments were disabled. Anyhow, I thought it fitting to mention that I first understood the final stanza to be a critique of seeker-sensitive mega churches:<BR/><BR/>"Just pretend<BR/>that you don't make your living<BR/>from selling advertising<BR/>tracking trends<BR/>corralling demographics<BR/>and maximizing traffic"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29862938.post-31895091509432548862007-11-03T10:07:00.000-04:002007-11-03T10:07:00.000-04:00i think prophet is definitely appropriate, but per...i think prophet is definitely appropriate, but perhaps not in the most traditional sense.<BR/><BR/>i hope david does read your post. it's honest, it seems (but is it really as honest as the rant has been?...j/k). i am glad that, of the things that often have seperated us (including expressions of faith at times), this is one thing we have in common (honesty too but i am referring to our love of bazan's expressions in music).<BR/><BR/>i don't know if you read my post on the "other blog" about the funeral i attended. but i actually find the kind of honesty in bazan's priest's message to be comforting. maybe i haven't suffered the death of someone close enough to me, and i hope i don't have to any time soon, but for the deaths in my family and amongst some friends i find the traditionally "hopeful" messages of Christian ministers to be trite and actually kind of dull.<BR/><BR/>i suppose this is why i appreciate bazan's music as a whole. i prefer the perspective that stares the difficulties of life right in the face and tries to deal with them directly in a reactionary way. surprising? probably not, for those that know me.johnny mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10947955000754912566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29862938.post-70467332221227223442007-11-03T10:05:00.000-04:002007-11-03T10:05:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.johnny mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10947955000754912566noreply@blogger.com