On October 4, 2011, I went with some friends to see Frank Turner at The Loft in Dallas. We’d discovered Frank the year before, when he was one of the opening acts for Social Distortion, and he put on a great show. Then we dove into his music and fell in love with it.

So when Frank got his own headlining tour, we got tickets as soon as was possible.

Frank’s best-known song is “Photosynthesis” (iTunes link) and he closed the show with it. This is the edited cut, where I deleted about 5 minutes worth in the middle of the video, of introducing the band and ginning the crowd up.

Please forgive the frequent out-of-focusing; the dim and changing lighting, not to mention the band’s motion on stage, made it difficult for my little Canon point-and-shoot.

Frank Turner – “I Still Believe”

Jesus loves dinner time

Tonight at the dinner table, Samuel decided it was time to do a little singing.

Jesus loves dinner time from Chris Turner on Vimeo.

Dancing in the Minefields

Andrew Peterson’s latest single. Great song.

Hey, everyone, it’s Brent’s birthday…

…so let’s all celebrate by:
+ jamming out to Social Distortion, Pennywise, Son Volt, Pearl Jam, and Nirvana
+ having a good laugh while watching stupid-funny movies
+ diving into a good book
+ passionately teach a group of high schoolers how much God loves them, and how they can love Him
+ show off our family through Proud Dad & Uncle Alerts
+ fill up a journal with our innermost thoughts and secrets, even if we never share them with anyone else
+ do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God
Happy birthday, bro. Love ya.

Get well soon, Charlie.

Because: “That’s how you do it, son.”

(I love the little point with the breadstick at the end. My favorite part.)

Because it’ll make you smile

Because I know it will drive Brent bonkers

Brilliant mash-up.

Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger”

Except you haven’t heard it like this:

Today’s Shuffle 10

I haven’t done this in a while, so here are the first ten songs from the iPod’s shuffle mode today:
Remedy” – David Crowder Band
Already” – Rush of Fools
The Fist Fight/The Flying Wing” – Raiders of the Lost Ark Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Once Again” – Matt Redman
666 Degrees” – Ceili Rain
There’s No Way” – Alabama
There’s a Mother Always Waiting at Home” – Johnny Cash *
Go” – MercyMe
Dr. Feelgood” – Motley Crue
The Wall” – Johnny Cash
As usual, all links are to the song on the Amazon MP3 store, except those marked with an asterisk. Those links are to the physical CD, as the song isn’t sold in MP3 format.