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Yes, the planets are once again aligned and I am gracing the unwashed masses with another concert The theme of this one is "The Geometry of Eternity," a concept based upon a song of the same name. In this song, I connect C.S. Lewis' imagery of eternity (The Great Divorce) with some further reflections of my own. I suggest in this song that the "geometry" of eternity has little to do with the location of saint and sinner in terms of proximity to heaven or hell as materialistically conceived realities, but is rather realized in the relatedness of the individual to God and the attendant consequences of the same. Here is a snippet:

"Imagine a time, with no time / And separation without a space in between / To stand right next to life, and yet still die / To be sustained, but never fulfilled"

The rest of the songs amount to a sort of theological escapade wherein I walk through some of the more difficult and/or interesting theological issues of Christian belief, including but not limited to the nature of faith, eschatological frustration, atonement theology, human sinfulness, epistemological shifts in Christian thinking, etc.

See you there. Or else.

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Anberlin absolutely shines on their newest album, Cities.

True enough, many of their critics suggest that Cities is yet another collection of the standard Anberlin fare, and in a sense the critics are correct. Melodically, Anberlin does not diverge significantly from previous works, and the band delivers the same aggressive musicianship for which they are adored.

What makes Cities a meaningfully different album, then, is the level of introspection in which the band engages throughout the project. Cities engenders the human condition, confronting issues of love, failure, disappointment, injustice–just to name only a few. Yet the depth of these existential investigations is not simply thrust upon the listener without warning, but is rather buttressed gracefully by the driving, yet infectious melodies and rhythms which seem to move and fuse seamlessly from track to track, creating a truly epic and album-ic listening experience. This collusion of lyrical depth and melodic intensity underscores the importance of each line, creating an almost desperate yet intoxicating pleading for the full attention and involvement of the listener in the profundity of what is occuring in this primal moment.

In this sense, then, Cities is not meant for easy listening or casual interaction; rather, it’s very form and function More >

Here is a pretty great song by Dead Poetic entitled "Vanus Empty." Check out these lyrics:

It's a deep, red wound. Enough to stare. It's a beautiful rose and everyone's aware You squeeze it tight enough to bleed. But suicide is something we'd rather not mention here. In our beautiful world of saving face. So Vanity's got this new gun that she wants to try on you. And as we stand here waiting for the sound.. Get me out of this hell before I'm sucked in. But you're the beautiful one. And everyone is painted on, singing scripted songs. And your seizure-like finger is dead on the trigger. And then, it's all blown away. With you or us all. And they had you in their targets. They're smiling with you in their targets. So Vanity's got this new gun that she wants to try on you. And as we stand here waiting for the sound.. So Vanity's got this new gun that she wants to try on you. And no one says a word from there on out. But I knew she was beautiful, you're the ones with the flaws. Oh I knew she was beautiful she should of had More >