Monthly Archives: January 2015

Epiphany 3: Call Me Maybe

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Tom Emanuel

The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying, “Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.” So Jonah set out and went to Nineveh, according to the word … Continue reading →

Posted in Lectionary 2015 | Tagged Call Me Maybe, calling, Carlie Rae Jepsen, Christianity, disciples, Epiphany, fishers of men, Frederick Buechner, Jonah, sermons, Top 40 | Leave a comment

Album Review: Belle & Sebastian, “Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance”

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Tom Emanuel

Growing up, I considered myself a thoroughgoing introvert. And why shouldn’t I be? I was bookish, shy, with a strong intellectual and artistic bent and a revulsion of loud parties. Most of my adolescence was spent reading classic novels, listening … Continue reading →

Posted in Album Reviews | Tagged Albums of 2015, ambivert, Belle and Sebastian, chamber pop, Dear Catastrophe Waitress, Enter Sylvia Plath, Ever Had a Little Faith?, extrovert, Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance, God Help the Girl, If You're Feeling Sinister, indie, indie pop, introvet, Nobody's Empire, Pet Shop Boys, Sarah Martin, Stevie Jackson, Stuart Murdoch, The Cat with the Cream, The Everlasting Muse, The Life Pursuit, The Party Line, Tigermilk, twee | 1 Comment

Epiphany 2: L’essentiel est invisible pour les yeux

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Tom Emanuel

O Lord, you have searched me and known me. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from far away. You search out my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with … Continue reading →

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Epiphany 1: Same Water, Same Love

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Tom Emanuel

John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And people from the whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to him, and were baptized by him … Continue reading →

Posted in Lectionary 2015 | Tagged An Open Letter to the Church from My Generation, baptism, Christianity, Epiphany, gay marriage, Macklemore, marriage equality, religion, Ryan Lewis, Same Love, same sex marriage, South Dakota | Leave a comment

Tom’s Top 5’s: Most Anticipated Albums of 2015 (Addendum!)

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Tom Emanuel

Upon posting my Top 10 Most Anticipated Albums of 2015, friends questioned why I hadn’t included several other exciting new releases scheduled for the coming year. In my defense I can offer only ignorance: in most of these cases, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Top 5's | Tagged Aleksander Vinter, Astoria, blues rock, Dire Straits, dubstep, EDM, electronica, glitch hop, Here's to the Zeros, hip-hop, indie, Invasian, Josh Ramsay, Macklemore, Marianas Trench, Mark Knopfler, Neal Morse, pop, Pop 101, pop-rock, prog, progressive rock, Ryan Lewis, Savant, singer-songwriter, symphonic prog, The Grand Experiment, The Heist, Tracker | 2 Comments

Christmas 2/Epiphany: This Little Light of Mine

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Tom Emanuel

Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. For darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you, and his glory will appear … Continue reading →

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Tom’s Top 10’s: Most Anticipated Albums of 2015

Posted on January 9, 2015 by Tom Emanuel

Any year that kicks off with Kanye West and Paul McCartney collaborating on a Stevie Wonder-esque ballad is going to be a year of surprises. A mere week into the new year, it’s tough to say what curve balls 2015 … Continue reading →

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Tom’s Top 10 of 2014, Pt. 2

Posted on January 5, 2015 by Tom Emanuel

It’s a blustery, snowy day here back home in South Dakota. So what better time to bundle up indoors with a cup of tea and finish up my Top 10 Albums of 2014? The first half of my Top 10 … Continue reading →

Posted in Top 5's | Tagged Albums of 2014, Best Albums of 2014, Charlotte Kemp Muhl, Christopher Tin, classical, Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, GOASTT, Into the Lime, Jukebox the Ghost, Midnight Sun, neo-psych, New Mendicants, pop, pop-rock, power pop, psych rock, retro, Sean Lennon, Sun Structures, Temples, The Drop That Contained the Sea, The Great Unknown, world music | 1 Comment

Tom’s Top 10 of 2014, Pt. 1

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Tom Emanuel

In December 2013, as regular readers may recall, I decided to catch up on the state of contemporary music by listening to and reviewing an album every day for a month. My listening in 2014 was more evenly spread out … Continue reading →

Posted in Top 5's | Tagged acid folk, Albums of 2014, Best Albums of 2014, Bruce Springsteen, Dap-Kings, David Gilmour, E Street Band, folk rock, High Hopes, Jenny Lewis, Linda Perhacs, mainstream rock, neo-psych, Nick Mason, Parallelograms, Pink Floyd, power pop, psych, R&B, Rick Wright, Rilo Kiley, Sharon Jones, singer-songwriter, soft rock, The Endless River, The Soul of All Natural Things, The Voyager | 1 Comment

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