nice neat flaming little shit.

"Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed — not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence — continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose."
phillipians 2:12-13

i believe that god created me to play music. unfortunately, the society we live in doesnt share that belief. our society would like me to do something that would make me money. and why wouldnt society want that for me? money is the one proven thing that can give you all the things you want. i suppose my problem is that i dont have many wants. i am just too focused on my needs. what i really need is to be me.

when i am on stage, im not "eric the christian" or "eric the sales associate" or even "eric the musician." when i put sticks to heads, i become "eric, the child of god." and this eric doesnt need money or fame or power or security or social status or sexiness. this eric is honest, he loves and respects all living things, he wants to serve all people, he wants to contribute to his community. this is the person i wish i were all of the time.

i dont think that someone who would give up his or her passion for a nice neat life full of money and security and predictability is in any way a real person. i think that kind of person is pathetic and spineless. this kind of person is afraid, not of failure, but of success. fuck those people. i would rather die than be one of them.

why is it that when shane claiborne lives a life of forced poverty dedicated to helping and loving others, he is criticized by christians? i think its because they are worried he might fuck up their nice neat flaming little shit. pisses me off.

peace.

the white stripes

it took me forever to warm up to this band, because, lets face it, meg white is a shitty drummer. ive always admired jack white because his songwriting is a stroke of genius, but the fact that he would let meg white play with him always confused me.

after a few years, i realized that the reason meg white plays the way she does, the reason there is only two of them, the way jack white plays guitar, all that weird shit about the band... its a statement about the current state of music. and once i understood that, the white stripes became one of my favorite bands of all time.

in 20 years my generation will be talking about this band the way our parents talk about the beatles or the rolling stones or stevie wonder.

watch out for these bands in 2008...

search the city [tooth and nail]

sky eats airplane [equal vision]

anathallo [sony artist friendship]

the morning of [tragic hero]

forever the sickest kids [universal]

tickle me pink [wind-up]

on former members of what about pluto?.

so josh was adding people for what about pluto? on myspace and came across a denver band called for love of ivy. he just happened to look at their members section. guess what? "bass guitar: jordan bever." no way. cant be. he checks their pictures. march 8th, opening up for tickle me pink at a sold out show at the aggie, theres jordan, rocking his fucking head off. well we have to give him the benefit of a doubt. so we message the band,

"hey guys. is jordan a permanent member of your band or is he just filling in?"
"he is a permanent member."

apparently, this is why jordan has been so hard to get a hold of. the last time i talked to him on the phone, i asked him if he wanted to still be in the band. he said yes. i told him i would save him a room in the new house me and ely are living in. "sounds good," he said. what the fuck? if he didnt want to play in the band, all he had to do was say so. nobody would have been mad because we are friends (or so we thought). i have to be honest. i am more than a little bit pissed.

peace.

birthday wish list (march 26th)

guitar center gift cards.... lots of them. i need cymbals, badly. i cant buy the cheap kind because the cheap kind sound like shit. a set of cymbals will cost around $800 and thats if i can get a really good deal.

new rollerblade wheels. spring is coming and im going to start doing it again. i wore my wheels out last summer.

some cool slip on shoes (size 11 1/2).

an evans compact flip drumkey. it fits onto your keychain perfectly and i keep losing drumkeys.

"tenacious d: the complete masterworks" on dvd.

a random shirt from randomshirts.com.

a wireless mouse for my laptop.

my so-called life: the complete series on dvd.

my own theme music.

my goodness...

well after a good four years on xanga, ive finally decided to switch to this one. im excited.