Black and Gold

Once in a while I will check out the free singles on iTunes. Usually they don't offer anything remotely resembling good music, but I was pleasantly surprised with this week's selection. I listened to a sample of Sam Sparro's Black and Gold and immediately downloaded it. Now, maybe everyone else already knows about this song, but it was new to me. I usually try to listen to popular music since I teach middle school music and often need to know what they are listening to in order to know what they are talking about when they are making musical comparisons. However, I usually only listen to the radio when I'm driving, and I have been without a car for a couple of months. I tried listening to the radio when I got home from work, but I quickly realized that while I do have the patience to listen to such clever lyrics as Sexy can I hit it from the front, can I hit it from the back... while I am driving, I don't want that garbage in my home while I'm trying to relax. So anyway, if you haven't already heard the song and downloaded it for free on iTunes, I highly recommend it!



The lyrics are clever, and it's interesting how people are interpreting them differently. I think it's pretty clear that it's about wanting to believe in God and having a crisis of faith. He is wondering if evolution proves that there is no God but argues with himself that the truth is not necessarily something that can be seen. He feels that there is something beyond the black and gold of night sky, but he's not sure. Does anyone else have a different interpretation?

Once again, this song is free on iTunes this week!

Re: Reader-Submitted Book

As most of you know, my terribly clever and funny sister-in-law has a blog, and her video post today made me chuckle. Apparently, one of her readers sent her a copy of a book written by a woman Megan criticizes on her blog, and she was wondering what she should do with it. This is what I see directly to the left of my computer:



It has been doing a great job of keeping air moving in my office, and it is certainly serving a greater purpose propping up my window than it ever did as good reading material. Megan, with the summer months ahead you might find that book to be quite useful!