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NEW MUSIC

What’s new on my iPod? Well, to be honest I have not been listening to much new music. Over the summer, I finally broke down and bought all (yes, all) of the Coldplay albums. That was definitely money well spent. Here is a small list of other albums that I have gotten over the past few months:

• “Dance or Die” by Family Force 5
• “The Long Fall Back to Earth” by Jars of Clay (my 7th Jars of Clay album)
• “Attention” by Kristian Stanfill
• “Roadmaps and Revelations” by Parachute Band
• “Give Yourself Away” by Robbie Seay Band
• “Over and Underneath” by Tenth Avenue North

All these albums are good. If I had to pick one out of the bunch as “must have”, it would be “Attention” by Kristian Stanfill.

WHAT I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO – David Crowder*Band is coming out with a new album, “Church Music”, on September 22. Can’t wait!

Just a reminder: Pirating music is stealing. Support artists you enjoy by buying their music.

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NEW MOVIES

If you know me, you already know that I am a big movie theater guy. Heather and I are more movie renters. The reasons are simple: (1) I have waiting my entire life to see that movie; why not wait a few more months so I can watch it sitting on my couch? (2) I am cheap and don’t want to pay for two movie tickets when I can wait to rent the movie and only pay for one.

Also, we have not had the time to sit down and watch a ton of new movies with our recent move.

We did watch all 6 Star Wars movies recently because Heather had never seen them in their entirety. After 5+ years of marriage, you still learn new things about your spouse. After I learned that little fun fact, we changed that very quickly. I also am pseudo ashamed that I have recently watched “17 Again”.

WHAT I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO – All of the summer blockbuster movies to come out on DVD. Since I did not see them in the theaters this summer, I am looking forward to renting them when they are released.

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NEW TV SHOWS

Summer TV is terrible. Nothing is new except crappy reality tv shows. However, not having to keep up with TV shows has been a great thing with our recent move. I have watched a lot of New York Yankees baseball over the summer.

WHAT I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO – New episodes of The Office, House, Heroes, Lie To Me, Baseball playoffs (Yankees), and NFL games.

SIDE NOTE: I saw that CW is airing a Melrose Place remake. First Beverly Hills 90210, then Melrose Place? If they are going to remake old TV shows, at least remake something cool like the A-Team!

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NEW BOOKS

I am in the middle of two books right now: The Air I Breathe by Louie Giglio and Courageous Leadership by Bill Hybel.

WHAT I AM REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO – Finally getting a chance to read Rob Bell’s new book, Jesus Wants to Save Christians: A Manifesto for the Church in Exile. I bought this book at the beginning at the start of the summer but have not had a chance to read it yet. That will change soon.

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NEW BLOG

Jen Hartsell, one of my coworkers at NORTHchurch, is now blogging. You need to check out her writing at http://jenhartnsoul.blogspot.com. Jen is taking her title of “world’s best writer of the facebook status” to a new level by writing on a blog. As a former English teacher, her writing is a very deep, very clever, and very grammatically correct. Check out Jen’s blog.

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What about you? New music? New movies? New TV shows? New books? New blogs?

Please share. I would love to hear what you’ve recently been hearing, watching, and reading.