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INFLUENCERS
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Influencers: How Trends & Creativity Become Contagious.
This looks good. An upcoming documentary that explores what it means to be an influencer. Featuring some New York creatives who are influencing & shaping culture.
(via Charles Lee)
Loving You Some A.D.D.
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Love Blaine’s transparency in this recent post. Reminds me of why his is one of only a handful of blogs I’m adamant about reading on a very regular basis.
My friend, Mike Foster, is in Bangkok with his family for a couple of months. I’m enjoying his tweets and posts. But I’m jealous too. 
Finally finished watching Julie and Julia last night. Watched the first half a couple of weeks ago. It was a fun movie. Quick fun fact: I was in NYC when it was being filmed and accidentally walked onto the set.
Video: Octopus Ballet. Um…wow. Amazing.
Excited to have the opportunity to work with Jarrett and Jeanne Stevens at this year’s STORY Conference. I’ve loved getting to know these guys. There was a solid connection from the moment we all met. Also loved having them at The Orchard a couple of months ago. You can download their talk here. BTW…love the direction STORY is headed this year.
Irish Hipster-Theologian, Peter Rollins was at Mars Hill (Rob Bell) this past weekend. Enjoyed listening to most of Peter and Rob’s conversation.
Innovation Cultivation. It’s the title of this post from The Orchard’s very own Larry Boatright over at the Origins blog.
I’ll be honest. I’m a sucker for cool hotels. I especially love finding affordable, non-chain, boutique hotels whenever I travel to major cities. Loved staying at this one on a visit to Austin last year. Speaking of hotels, truth.travel is a great blog from the folks at Conde Nast Traveler. Great photos too.
That’s it for now. Thank you for weeding through my A.D.D. Time for some Adderall.
Magic of The Swell Season
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Had the wonderful privilege of seeing The Swell Season in concert with Amanda a few days ago at the Auditorium Theatre in Chicago. In case you’re not familiar with TSS, they are made up of Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (Film, Once) along with Hansard’s longtime band, The Frames.
I could go on and on about the show, but let me just sum it up by saying that it was one of the best live performances I have ever been to. Seriously. It was amazing. In a way….almost magical.
Why? Well here's a few things I was reminded of during the performance that may answer that.
People don’t want to simply hear the music; they want to feel it too.
I don’t even know why, but there was something really amazing about experiencing Glen Hansard standing at the edge of the stage, off-mic, singing….screaming….almost crying….from the depths of his soul. It was…..just wow. You felt his journey. His pain. His joy. His struggle. And….his redemption. It was beautiful.
People love the unexpected.
Loved how Glen (in his “Where’s Waldo?” hat) and Marketa opened the show by sitting on the floor with an acoustic guitar and a cheap Casio keyboard performing the song, “Fallen From The Sky.” Totally unexpected. And everyone loved it.
Everybody loves a good story.
Glen is a great story teller. He includes details that seem unnecessary until you realize that you've fallen in love with the character because of those details. I’m 100% convinced that people love a good story. Partly because we see ourselves in most of them.
People want to participate.
But you have to ask them to. Bottom line is that people need to be led. I think every church worship leader needs to see Glen Hansard perform. He leads people well by performing with a ton of authenticity and by bringing depth to his audience.
Ireland has brought some pretty good stuff to our world.
Guinness, The Swell Season, The Commitments, The Cranberries, The Frames, Snow Patrol, Damien Rice, and of course….U2.
Go listen to The Swell Season. See them in concert if you can. I know I will. Again. And again.
Redeemer’s Renew Video
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Beautiful city… Beautiful Music… Beautiful Call.
REN3W Vision Campaign from Redeemer Video on Vimeo.
charitywater.org
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Gabe Lyons just finished interviewing Scott Williams Harrison (thx Emma) from charitywater.org. Amazing story… Check out their video featuring Jennifer Connelly debuting tonight on American Idol.
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