So my college campus (where I used to be a student, and where I'm now
an employee) is discontinuing Usenet support.  It's a really sad day
(despite the fact that there hasn't been any signal through this
newsgroup in a decade), because I used to post here CONSTANTLY (as
the Google Groups record can attest), and met a lot of friends here
in the mid-90s that I talk to and hang out with to this day.

So I figured I needed to make one last post through my Georgia Tech
account before the service goes away entirely by the end of the year.
I dunno if there are any humans left reading this group or not, but
if so, here are some of my musical recommendations. :-)

The latest Anberlin CD, _Dark Is The Way, Light Is A Place_, is solid.
"Impossible" may be their best song ever, and they're great live.

The new Switchfoot CD, _Hello Hurricane_, is quite good, and this is
coming from somebody that NEVER liked Switchfoot, going back to their
very early days when I saw them opening for Third Day and such.

I'm really looking forward to the new Paper Route CD (_Absence_ is
great - buy it!), the new Eisley CD (_Combinations_ is great - buy it!),
and the new Mute Math CD (_Armistice_ is...well, it was a bit of a
letdown, actually).  But all three of those bands are also KILLER live,
so go see them if you get the chance.

And for a blast from the past, I'm looking forward to Cornerstone Festival
this summer, which is celebrating the Jesus Movement by bringing in
artists like Keaggy, Stonehill, "Classic Petra" (Volz/Hartman/Weaver/
Kelly/Lawry - awesome!), and of course Resurrection Band.  Should be
a lot of fun.

The Choir just released a couple of good CDs, a new studio CD (_Burning
Like the Midnight Sun_) and an unplugged CD (_de-plumed_).  Good stuff.

The Violet Burning, once feared to be defunct, actually has THREE new
albums available for pre-order, with a tour to follow.  That's very
exciting, and the material sounds pretty diverse and very cool.

And with that, I guess it's officially time to move on to the FaceSpaces
and MyBooks and whatnot.  So long, r.m.c.

JRjr
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"I am so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month.
 I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis."
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