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In the past couple weeks, I have resurrected an album that was in my top 20 favorite albums of 2005. The album itself is from 2003, but I didn't buy it until 2005, so that's why it ranked then. The album is The Beauty Of Simplicity by Telecast. It has a gentle, sweet pop sound and all of the lyrics are vertically focused (which in most cases means worship-oriented). I have some good worship experiences while listening to this album. I'm not sure what has brought it into such active play i… Continue

I am tallying up my music listening habits from 2008. Here is what I found. First of all, the styles of music I listened to most, in order:

CCM Dance: 203 listens
CCM Modern Rock, Punk, Pop, and Acoustic: 137
CCM Alternative, Industrial, Metal: 119
Secular Alternative: 54
CCM Praise & Worship: 51
Chill: 33 (one-third CCM, two-thirds secular)
Secular dance: 28
CCM Urban: 16
Secular pop, rock, rap: 11
Classical: Less than a dozen
World beat: 9

So clearly, my #1 music this year was CCM dance.… Continue

On Christmas Day, my sister-in-law got a DVD of Mamma Mia. I hate cooking but don't mind dishes, so I volunteered to do the dishes providing I didn't have to help cook. So while I was doing dishes, she put Mamma Mia on the home theater system. I could not see the screen from the kitchen, but I could easily hear the music, which was cranked up to a solid volume. It was great hearing all those old ABBA songs again, and from time to time I danced around the room as they played.

That… Continue