I know I've been talking about Donald Miller a lot lately, but bear with me...
When I was in jr high and high school I was reeeeally into Christian music. One of my favorite artist at the time was Steve Taylor. His music was always a tad on the cheesy side (maybe that's just me looking at them through the lens of twenty years gone by), but his lyrics were always really smart and a bit acerbic.
Well, it turns out Steve Taylor is one of the guys who's been helping Donald Miller turn Blue Like Jazz into a screenplay. And they hang out and stuff.
Miller recently put up some pictures on his Flickr page of Taylor and himself "road kayaking."
It's strange when a hero from your past and a hero from your present hang out together. It's even stranger when they pull each other down snow-covered streets in a boat with a pick-up truck.
Monday, June 25, 2007
When heroes collide
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I only have one question to this post..... what in the world do acerbic lyrics sound like?
Taylor, more so than a lot of artist at the time, was the guy who liked to poke holes in a lot of Christian double standards and sacred cows. Acerbic kind of implies bitter, I guess. He wasn't so much bitter as biting at times, though.
Thanks, Patrick. I learned my new word for today. Guess you did pick up some info outside Jack Kirby's sphere of influence.... or else I missed that issue.
Does Meltdown at Madame Tussauds fall within the 'cheesy' category? I still think it was a brilliant composition.
-Lin
Oooh! A fellow afficianado!
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