But in reading a snippet from N.T. Wright's "Surprised by Hope" the other day, in which he called for our Easter celebrations to be not merely a high holy day but a "hats in the air" day, with "champagne for breakfast" and exuberant festivities — and that our joyousness at life be reflected not in just one day a year but that we live as Easter people — it became clear that Easter would be a celebration of music.
All the music which I had culled through — some joyous, some tired, some dissonant, some incisive (it actually turned out to be more of a chore at times than I was expecting) — felt a lot like tilling the earth. It was seeking and sorting, clawing and straining for glimpses of silver beauty. At the end of it, it became clear that I wanted to celebrate Easter with a rememberance playlist and hold forth the best of what I'd found in a shout of alleluia.


Most fun was receiving new music, and music recommendations, from friends, as well as revisiting the last four years' worth of community-group music-sharing nights. I tend to spin my wheels in a music rut when left to my own devices (and I revisited a lot of older favorites of mine that no longer struck a chord with me), so thank you to everyone who helped me shake free.
Well I'm glad to have recruited another fan for Late Tuesday :o). And I'm sorry if anything I loaned you was unpleasant to listen to! I've forgotten what all I loaned you, so you'll have to give me your honest takes on them for future reference. Have you heard Newsboys' "Devotion" album? It is in a similar vein as "Adoration," but for some reason I like it even more.
ReplyDeleteHa! No, nothing you loaned me was unpleasant. Mostly it was old stuff I hadn't listened to in years but used to like, and instead of being good nostalgia it was just kinda tired, which was somewhat of sad. I haven't heard "Devotion" yet but I just put it on hold at the library!
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