Archive for audiobook
I have been thoroughly swamped for the past week with lab work and preparation for the incredibly cool *WHOA TOP SECRET* event coming up… Umm, yeah I wasn’t supposed to say that. Thanks WordPress Editor! Ok, actually you’ll get more information on that this week, but I’m telling you it’s gonna be HUGE. So get ready…
At any rate, I decided that I need to take a break this week from recording the Christianity and War Audiobook. This will give you a chance to get all caught up with everything thus far, and I’ll have a fresh podcast for you next Monday or Tuesday. For a glimpse at what life has been like here the past few weeks, see the following PHD Comic:
Actually, this isn’t quite accurate. My advisor *does* have confidence in my competence… Hehe.
By the way, here’s something else for you… A couple of people have asked me what the music is at the beginning of the podcast. That music, my friends, is by my favorite fingerstyle guitarist of all time: Michael Hedges. The song is called Ritual Dance. Incidentally, it was featured in the film August Rush, played by Kaki King (in the guise of the main character).
Michael died in a car accident in 1997, and thus the world lost one of the most innovative musicians of our time. He literally revolutionized the way guitarists practice their craft, and Michael’s work has influenced my own music quite a lot. He often was categorized as a “New Age” musician, but this is mainly because there really wasn’t a way to categorize him (and that he was on the Windham Hill label). Michael would often in response describe his music as “Heavy Mental”, “New Edge”, ““Acoustic Thrash”, “Deep Tissue Gladiator Guitar” or “Savage Myth Guitar,” amongst other terms. The wiki article says Michael was affectionately known as “The Guitarist from Another Planet.” yeah, he was a bit weird…
Here is the essential chronological discography of Michael Hedges with links to Amazon… I recommend every album but Road to Return, which is kinda kooky but has some great songs like Sister Soul and Communicate.
- Breakfast in the Field
- Aerial Boundaries (MP3) <– In my opinion, this is his best album.
- Watching My Life Go By (MP3)
- Taproot (MP3)
- Live on the Double Planet (MP3)
- Road to Return
- Oracle (MP3)
- Torched (published posthumously)
- Some compilations of his best stuff:
You can also, of course, find many videos of him playing on Youtube. Most of them are live concert videos which prior to Youtube were extremely rare. It’s actually quite extraordinary that we have the opportunity essentially to watch and learn from the master himself whenever we want! Here’s one of my favorite songs, Aerial Boundaries, from a DVD Windham Hill made a while ago:
A toast to musical enjoyment!
Tags: audiobook, comics, music, science
Podcast: Christianity and War Part 1
Posted by: |Today marks the release of the first installment of the Christianity and War Audiobook Podcast. As many of you know, Christianity and War is the work of Laurence Vance, who has given me permission to begin recording the audiobook for him.
In this installment, you can hear the Foreward, the Introduction, and the first essay that gives the book it’s title: Christianity and War. I said earlier today that my goal was 20 minutes per podcast… well today it’s about 23 minutes. What can I say, there’s a lot of material!
You can find all of the original essays on LewRockwell.com in Dr. Vance’s archives. Enjoy the podcast!
Right click here to download the entire audio file. [23 minutes, mp3]
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Tags: audiobook, history, theology, war, war on terror
If you listened to the most recent LCC Podcast, you already have heard the big news. But, for those who have not, Laurence Vance has given his blessing to me to record the audiobook of his incredible Christianity and War, and Other Essays Against the Warfare State, as a series of podcasts on LCC! Tonight, the first installment will be released for your listening pleasure. I am super-excited about this opportunity to bring this book to you, and I hope that Vance’s words will be heard by many who may never have otherwise read his amazing work. Vance takes on the assumption that Christians should support aggressive war, and he shows why the Prince of Peace would never sanction such actions. We can be confident that aggression is not part of being a disciple of Christ.
Each installment will be no more than 25 minutes long (my goal is 20, but you never know…) and I will go through the book essay-by-essay, chapter-by-chapter. The book is over 300 pages long, so it will likely take a few months to do this. After the book has been fully recorded, the plan is to add it to the Mises.org archive, Dr. Vance’s website, and of course LibertarianChristians.com.
It will be very easy to keep track of the recordings as they are posted. For regular LCC readers, your RSS or email subscription will update you immediately upon release. (Please subscribe if you have not already done so!) If you have an mp3 player, such as an iPod or Zune, you can subscribe to the Podcast RSS Feed so that your software will automatically download the podcasts as well.
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If there is any interest in sponsoring these podcasts (i.e. with a plug for your blog, website, or business at the beginning), please contact me for more details.
Tags: audiobook, LCC, libertarian christian, theology, war
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