Posted on June 25, 2009 by Brittian Bullock
I’ve been out of the blog world a bit these days. It’s been unintentional…I just feel like I haven’t really had that much to say. I’m in a weird place–strangely. I don’t know what to say about it actually. So here’s life right now–in some small dim snapshot.
Bummers
* Impending financial ruin
* The continued recognition of [...]
Filed under: beauty | Tagged: community, faith, portland, Job, music, life, southeast, josh ritter, systems science, organizational psychology, family, depression, struggles, homespun, concern, homebrew | 5 Comments »
Posted on June 8, 2009 by Brittian Bullock
Many of you may already be familiar with cocorosie (pronounced Coco-Rosie), the sister’s hip-hop/ Bjork at the Opera band rated as one of the 20 most influential artists of the last decade. However, if you’re not…consider their music. it’s evocative, emotive, and chalk full of insightful and intuitive lyrics. This one, Werewolf, deals with much [...]
Filed under: pain | Tagged: abuse, cocorosie, culture, hip hop, music, techno, werewolf | 2 Comments »
Posted on May 31, 2009 by Brittian Bullock
Shortly before one of my favorite bands, Radiohead, released one of my favorite albums, KID A, I remember reading an interview with their lead singer, Thom Yorke in Rolling Stone. He previewed the albums stark contrast with their previous work. As the interview progressed it became apparent that many of the signature Radiohead sounds would [...]
Filed under: inward journey | Tagged: britpop, Christianity, doubt, electronica, faith, faith tradition, in rainbows, kid a, losing my religion, mother-tongue, music, ok computer, postmodern, radiohead, song, spirituality | 9 Comments »
Posted on May 25, 2009 by Brittian Bullock
Since last November when my buddy Kevin, who was living with us at the time, introduced me to them, I’ve been coming back to the sounds of Blind Pilot. Both in terms of sound and lyrically as well, they articulate so many of the elements that have come to crystalize my year so far. And [...]
Filed under: lyrics | Tagged: blind pilot, carson daily, folk, music, one red thread, singer/songerwriter | 3 Comments »
Posted on May 13, 2009 by Brittian Bullock
Another Wolf Parade song. I’ve really been enjoying both their styling’s and their lyrics.
One of the best lines for me in this song is:
To block out the view, I gotta get
New bell to ring
New song to sing
A steady hand to ring
A readiness of things I do
I gotta get a new plan [...]
Filed under: culture | Tagged: dear sons and daughters of hungry ghosts, fake, god's plan, music, tricking people, wolf parade | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 3, 2009 by Brittian Bullock
I wrote and threw this together yesterday.
Partially it was a fun experiment to see what I could do at first blush NOT using guitars (or at least them not sounding like guitars).
The words are:
Let all creation sing Her praise–to U. Let all the colors bleed to U. Inside my doubt there is faith. And in [...]
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Posted on December 18, 2008 by Brittian Bullock
My love song to God…my tribute to the art and artists I love, the friends and family I adore…my fragile attempt to put into song my current feeling and experience.
Filed under: confession | Tagged: brittian bullock, courage, doubt, faith, music, psalming the silence, singer songwriter, song | 1 Comment »
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