not much…

Are there any bloggers/writers out there that really enjoy writing and want to write something or write about something, but have nothing to write about. I am there. I am currently sitting at my starbucks (the one I work at) and I just got done with a shift manager meeting and the first thing I wanted to do, besides call my girlfriend, was write a deep and captivating blog.  Well, the problem that I am running in to is I have zero material to write about. I don’t have a deep experience that took place in my life. I don’t have a story about my walk with God. I don’t even have a new band/artist to rave about.

 All I wanted to was write….and that’s it.  Something about writing compels me. Sometimes…I even fight it because I am overcome with laziness and the discouragement that what I blog or write about wont speak to people or touch someone. That is the stuff that I feel God has called me to write…..The kind of stuff that you feel when you hear it or read it.  Whether it is going to be in a song, blog, or magazine article I want to move people. I want to write stuff that make people uncomfortable, but at the same time cause them to fire a change in their lives. My next blog….I am going to write something that may down right piss them off….but only because it is truth and they can’t deal with the reality of it.  

Wow….this has probably been one of my best blogs yet….well, maybe not for the reader but for me personally. It started as a blog that I had no idea what I was writing about, to a monumental pep talk blog to get me to just speak some truth and let it out.

All my frustration will land here.

All of my glory moments will land here.

All of my failure stories will crash here.

This is my place….my venting station. 

I have refrained from placing my frustrations, mainly because I don’t want to seem like a whiner….but that is out the window It is time for me to speak out….BE LOUD. Say something! If I don’t nothing will be done. 

I am tired of not speaking up when something that I don’t agree with is going on in the church, at the workplace, or at home. I am done with all of that. 

Get ready for this….I might make you mad. I might make you pump your fist. I might just make you want to punch me…..who knows, but all I know is it’s changing!!!

Don’t worry though….I will stay as far from political hoopla as I can.

 

JLuc.

New Music MONDAY!!!!!

I know that my blogs in the past have read “New Music Tuesday”, in order to attempt to almost mimic those iTunes emails that everyone receives about their latest album releases, free downloads, etc. (Those emails always sucker me in to buying way too much music). I was going to wait until Tuesday to write this email, but the excitement that I have for writing this blog on this particular band and album is incomprehensible!

Coldplay….what an amazing band? They dropped their latest album, Viva La Vida, June 17th to a large (and I mean large) number of fans probably almost expecting an electronic, guitar driven sound, with a huge Fix You type ballad somewhere in between. Well, I am here to say they didn’t deliver that….and I am overwhelmingly pleased to say that! This new album is full of piano driven instrumental sections, inventive and creative guitar riffs, and powerful lyrics that reach great lengths.  At first listen, I was slightly disappointed in the amount instrumental portions of the album, but after listening to the album over and over I realized that these instrumental tracks and sections do not need lyrics….the music speaks for itself.  The album truly hits on all cylinders and because of the total reinvention has caused me to become an even bigger fan of them.  Great move Chris, Guy, Will, and Jonny for changing the game and pulling me in even more in to your musical mystery world!

 

 

JLuc.

Where Have I Been?

Well, it has been a while since my last post…..a long while.  I thought getting a laptop would improve the hiatus between each blog post, but….I was definitely wrong.  The thing that I can’t prevent from getting in the way of blogging is….life. Mostly good things have happened in my recent past, a few little hiccups, but other than that it has been pretty cool.  Obviously, it has been amazing enough to keep me from the blogger world….that’s saying a lot! I will do my very best to keep up with my blogs on a daily/weekly basis. If I don’t….you can personally beat me, if you can find me……HAHAHAHA!!!!  

JLuc.