Founder/Host of @HearResistance and @analogue_io | Longtime music journo | Former pastor/church planter | A long obedience in the same Adam Duritz-led direction
Indianapolis, IN
Joined January 2012
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EPISODE 53 // JOAN OSBORNE
Our latest episode is out with the one and only @joan_osborne, featuring a deep conversation about the fears and doubts that remain after 30 years of making records. listentotheresistance.com/jo…
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"It was time to try something different and see what happens. It very much feels like a turning point and a new era in the band in an exciting way." -@Humbirdhumbird analogue.io/interviews/humbi…
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Before you:
Plant a church
Preach a sermon
Write books
Buy yourself onto NYT bestseller list
Scream at your congregation
Get married & have kids
Give marriage advice
Leave one church in scandal
Start another church ezpz nbd
Mock the least of these
Go to therapy.
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Had the chance to sit down with @JOHNNYSWIM for an in-depth conversation about the healing power of music and the search for authentic connection. listentotheresistance.com/jo…
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EPISODE 43 // COLIN WEST
We recently sat down with 'Linoleum' filmmaker @HelloColinWest for an in-depth conversation about mining the mundane and believing the audience wants more than they're often given. listentotheresistance.com/co…
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"There aren’t a lot of peers from when we first started that are making music, at least the way that we were. Everything’s changed so damn much." -Grant Widmer of @generationals analogue.io/interviews/gener…
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Our podcast @HearResistance is back with our first new episodes in a year! First up is Oliver Wood from the inimitable @TheWoodBrothers in a deep conversation about the importance of creative distraction. analogue.io/interviews/the-r…
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"A big question I had to ask myself in making it was, ‘It’s 2022. I’m a guy with a guitar. What justifies me even making a record.’" -@rongallo, discussing his new album in our latest feature/interview.
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Everyone on social media should know about the Illusory Truth Effect
If you see something repeated enough times, it seems more true. Multiple studies show that it works on 85% of people. Worse, it still happens even if the information isn't plausible & even if you know better.
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THREAD: The biggest story of my life is finally out.
Since 2019, I’ve been investigating a monitoring tool called Social Sentinel. They bill it as a way to help save students’ lives.
I found it had another purpose — surveilling campus protests. bit.ly/3xxFWM7
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Perhaps: abusive elected officials, religious leaders who give them cover, & many journalists all depend on the same $$ to buy their daily bread. Which makes me grateful for all elected officials, religious leaders, and journalists who know we do not live by bread alone, 1/2
.@brianmclaren, I’m truly befuddled as to why publicly acknowledging that abusive elected officials are in public arrangements with particular churches seems to be beneath the interest of so many journalists, pundits, & talkative people. Do you have thoughts on this?
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THREAD: “What’s the difference between this and Watergate?” Donald Trump raged in a statement Monday night after FBI agents.
Well, as a Watergate and FBI historian, four things stand out to me:
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A conversation with @madicunningham is always as meaningful and substantive as her music. Our latest interview is here: analogue.io/interviews/madis…
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This is how you add context to your political reporting. Every outlet should be doing this on every story. nytimes.com/2022/07/15/clima…
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"An album is not unlike the development of a single song. It’s going to have peaks and valleys and should take you on a certain kind of ride.” - Grant-Lee Phillips (@GrantLeeTweets) on his creative process and new LP. analogue.io/interviews/grant…
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"I didn’t have a dream to be a center-stage star, but I’ve always had big energy, so it’s worked for us.” -Mary Beth Richardson, on taking over as sole singer for @banditosband and their new album, ‘Right On'
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"I feel like I’m very proud of putting different types of songs together and forcing people to accept me on those terms.” -Dave Monks from @TokyoPoliceClub, on his new solo record and more analogue.io/interviews/dave-…
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"I’ve talked to other artists my age or as I’ve gotten older and the majority of people I talk to are like, ‘I don’t even know what I have to say anymore.’" -Meric Long of @TheDodos, in our latest feature/interview. analogue.io/interviews/the-d…
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Andrew Peterson writes in order to grieve his friend, listing for us some of his favorite things about Thomas McKenzie: is.gd/VS2mB4
“Yours was the long and steady presence of a brook coursing over stones, persistent and peaceful, and now the creek has gone dry.”
