Hello good people of earth. Three of my Square Peg Alliance compatriots recently released new albums that I believe are well worth your time and support: Andrew Osenga : The Morning (simultaneously released along with his remastered excellent solo debut, Photographs), Matthew Perryman Jones : Throwing Punches in the Dark and Jill Phillips : Nobody’s Got It All Together are now available for purchase off their websites. All 3 albums

My wife and I were in Louisiana this past weekend to celebrate my brother’s wedding. He married a sweet girl named Stephanie, whom he met while living in Los Angeles. She hails from Pittsburgh. They were married outdoors on the front steps of Mount Hope Plantation, a restored piece of history that had on its front lawn an enormous oak tree that must have been at least 150 years old.

I was awakened this morning at 4:30am by two familiar sounds, or as familiar as any sound can be in the vague hours approaching dawn (which reminds me of a question I’ve often pondered: at what point in the wee hours does “late night�? turn into “early morning�??) – the sounds of a songbird and my neighbors arguing. An American Robin (it might have been a Mockingbird imitating the sound

Scarce receives 4 out of 5 stars in “Christianity Today”. Christianity Today Scarce review

For those of you who live in the Nashville, TN area, WRLT Lightning 100 (100.1 FM), will be playing “The Storm” (off Scarce) during the week of May 1, 2006. The local spotlight airs at 2:40pm and again at 8:40pm each weekday. Tune in! Many thanks to stations like WRLT who give a rip about progressive music, independent or otherwise, and give unknowns like me a fighting chance to be