Looking at my polls, the unanimous request from my (three) responders is for a post about music. So, here it is.
Looking at my iTunes "Top 25 Most Played", I have seven different artists. Seven of the songs are Japanese, ten are sung by Reese Roper (Lead singer of Five Iron Frenzy and Brave Saint Saturn, two excellent bands), and only one song that I would have any chance of hearing if I flipped on the radio (Don't Stop Believin' - Journey).
But my favorite song on my top 25 Most Played, at the moment at least, is Invictus by Brave Saint Saturn. It's a song I forget about for a few weeks, then listen to again and remember why I like it so much. Reese Roper's voice, for better or for worse, is raw. Which suits this song perfectly. In Invictus, the singer recognizes his own brokenness in his attempts to earn God's love, then praises God's redemption and eternal love, regardless of our actions.
One of Reese Roper's continued themes is that of the incomparable love and grace of God for us, when we deserve absolutely none of it. (See... Er, hear also Dandelions by Five Iron Frenzy) Invictus, the final song on Brave Saint Saturn's most recent album, caps the Saturn Five trilogy (Yes, a trilogy of albums) by recognizing this grace and responding with thankfulness and awe.
If you haven't heard the song, and are too cheap to buy it, I'm sure it's on YouTube somewhere... Not that I would ever approve of such illicit practices as listening to music on YouTube.
So there you go. That's a post about music.
Three random thoughts:
1. This actually wasn't one of the ideas I had stewing in my mind last night. Go figure.
2. Don't you hate it when you think you're over being sick, and you aren't?
3. I've been having some weird dreams lately. Not "Whoa, reality is gone!" dreams, but "What was I thinking that prompted that?" dreams. Maybe I'll tell you about some of them... If I ever remember them well enough to put into writing.
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