also

to yesterday's post, Ben has added the following:

      Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

      Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band

      Smokey Robinson and the Miracles

      Derek and the Dominoes

      George Thorogood and the Destroyers

      Tommy Jones and the Shondrells

      Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

also, apparently Randomgirl "is in actual fact none other than the infamous Laura Jayne Dobie"

and

My aim was to find 15 of the following (I succeeded)

---Katrina and the Waves
---Bob Marley and the Wailers
---Cliff Richard and the Shadows
---Diana Ross and the Supremes
---KC and the Sunshine Band
---Jimi Hendrix and the Jimi Hendrix Experience
---Bill Haley and [his] Comets*
---Siouxsie and the Banshees
---Adam and the Ants
---Sting and the Police
---Gladys Knight and the Pips
---Lionel Richie and the Commodores
---Kool and the Gang
---Echo and the Bunnymen
---Lulu and the Luvvers
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---Martha Reeves and the Vandellas (in case * doesn't count)

[thanks to me, Lyndsey, Tom, Matt, Phil, Randomgirl and Louise]

please add to the list as you find more...

Paris

postcards for sale:

ignored

...this gave me great pleasure

gone

the old me is dead and gone. dead and gone - TI ft. JT

I was "dead in [my] transgressions and sins
... but God ... made [me] alive with Christ" - PB ft. PT

farmer

Sow a thought, and you reap an act;

sow an act, and you reap a habit;

sow a habit, and you reap a character;

sow a character, and you reap a destiny.

- Charles Reade

The heart of the human problem is the problem of the human heart.

- J. John

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.

- God

dead

rubbish video, good song

_{Elvis is dead, Picasso is dead}

Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin are dead

Marilyn Monroe is dead- however…

Jesus is Alive

Brando is dead, James Brown is dead

Princess Di and John Lennon are dead

Biggie Smalls and Pac are dead- however

Jesus is Alive

Give praise to King Jesus, the blessed Son

Victorious, glorious resurrected One

To Him belongs the power, glory and honor

Ascended where He sits at the right hand of the Father

At the cross He made atonement- His people He saved

After three days He was raised in defeat of the grave

By faith the elect behold Him, His scepter is golden

He must have been hot or slippery because death couldn’t hold Him

The spotlight is on today’s icons

In a thousand years, nobody will care- their light’s gone

But at that time, Christ will still shine bright

He’s not in the limelight- He IS the limelight

Criminal minded, you’ve been blinded

Looking for the body of Jesus? You won’t find it

We never lack spirit, letting you cats hear it

Because His tomb is empty like most secular rap lyrics

Plato is dead, Socrates is dead

Aristotle and Immanuel Kant are dead

Neitzsche and Darwin are dead- however

Jesus is Alive

Buddha is dead, Mohammed is dead

Ghandi and Haile Selassie are dead

Elijah Mohammed is dead- however

Jesus is Alive

Throughout history there’s been mad religious leaders

Prophets, preachers, scholars, teachers

But when it came to the grave, no one could climb out

That’s where Jesus stands alone like taking a ‘timeout’

And don’t be mislead- I got a level head

No resurrection, Christianity would have never spread

The disciples weren’t stupid guys who would ruin their lives

And then choose to die for what they knew was a lie

That would be beyond ridiculous- Nah, the issue is

The risen Christ seen by 500 eye-witnesses

Imagine 500 people in a court of law

Each of them taking the stand reporting what they saw

If their stories lined up and made sense

The evidence would have to leave you convinced

But still it’s by faith that we trust and praise the Son

Who was raised for our justification

Nero is dead, Constantine is dead

Genghis Khan and Attila the Hun are dead

Alexander the Great is dead- however

Jesus is Alive

Napoleon is dead, Lao Tzu is dead

Che Guevara and Henry VIII are dead

Saddam Hussein is dead- however

Jesus is Alive

Through faith in Christ, we’ve been saved from hell

Because He’s risen, it means we’ll be raised as well

In glorified bodies fit for the new earth

For now, we participate in the new birth

The universal reality of the true church

With resurrection power, watch the Spirit do work!

United with Christ, we reside in His light

Abide in His might, keep in stride as we fight

The pride in our life, the lies and the spite

We strive to be wise as He guides through the night

He’ll chide and He’ll slice- recognize that He’s right

His brightness inside lights our eyes and it’s tight

(He) decided to die to wash white all our strife

His life was the price to delight in His wife

He told death “sike” just to rise like a kite

All eyes on the Christ- let’s prize Him tonight

Pharaoh is dead, Cyrus is dead

Darius and Sennacharib are dead

Nebuchadnezzar is dead- however

Jesus is Alive

Caesar is dead, Herod is dead

Annas, Caiaphas and Judas are dead

Pontius Pilate is dead- however

Jesus is Alive

fixion?

oh happy day

that washed my sin away

book

this is the book I bought today, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies:

I am officially beyond stoked for this book!

- Entertainment Weekly

The real question is: If Mr. Darcy became infected, would Elizabeth have the fortitude to behead him in time?

- Salon.com

everybody

...been looking for this for ages! the chorus reminds me of Vanessa Amorosi's absolutely averybody.

*shamed silence*

respekt

Fidelity - Regina Spektor

sig.

_{on church:}

If we are not careful, our longing for and experience of community can subtly displace the gospel. Biblical community is much, much more than this.

Biblical community is significant not because it makes you feel significant, but because it recognizes that Jesus is our common source of significance. The gospel, not people, becomes the means to the end of our identity.

Our sense of acceptance flows from our relationship with Christ which, in turn, frees us to love and serve one another, instead of judging, demanding or ostracizing. We become a "one-another" community, freed by the gospel to love and serve each other. We are never too spiritually mature for the gospel.

- JD

stand

down

talk you down - the script

(P.S. I've just realised listening to their album that they've written/sung every good song I've heard in the last year on the radio)

eggs

_{an excerpt:}

"Easter is still celebrated as a major holiday all around the globe, but the truth of Jesus' gory crucifixion and glorious resurrection is often obscured by the garish cartoon bunny in the stores and the gaudy displays of springtime fashion among the religious. Traditions of cute bunnies, colored eggs, and little girls in pink dresses are harmless enough, but at the same time we must not let anything obstruct our view of the earth-shattering reality represented by Easter. There's nothing cute or cuddly about the fact that we killed God. When we were his enemies, he came to us, suffered in our place through the horror that was Good Friday, and rose from his grave on Easter Sunday so that we will one day rise from ours. The curse is broken, and we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus because we know we will one day experience it (1 Cor. 15:20-23). Let's be joyful, let's never shrink from speaking about Jesus' death and resurrection, and let's never trivialize it."

_{from here}

_{apologies for the American spelling}

jack.

superlambbanana

they exist, honest!

lwelsh

• llol - laughing literally out loud
• llmao - literally laughing my arms off
  
• lloll - laughing literally out loud - literally
  
• lrofl - literally rolling on the floor laughing

_{this post is dedicated to all the rahs of Durham}

last of the English roses

not a huge fan of the individual, but...

hymn 2

To the dear fountain of thy blood,
Incarnate God, I fly;
Here let me wash my spotted soul,
From crimes of deepest dye.

A guilty, weak and helpless worm,
Into Thy hands I fall;
Be Thou my life, my righteousness,
My Jesus and my all.

Charles Wesley

hymn 1

Behold the Saviour of mankind
Nail'd to the shameful tree!
How vast the love that Him inclined
To bleed and die for thee!

'Tis done! the precious ransom's paid;
'Receive my soul', He cries;
See where He bows His sacred head!
He bows His head, and dies!

Charles Wesley

3D

Google Chrome now shows the internet in glorious 3D - this is the best day ever!

G20 = Gordon's 20

...like a politician version of Ocean's 11