The Quest for Soda
Sep. 8th, 2004 08:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vovatIn the library building where I worked yesterday, one of the soda machines was totally sold out of everything, and the other was out of anything I might want. I tried the next building over, and they had another sold-out soda machine, plus another one that wasn't even turned on. Finally, in the third building, the porridge was just ri--I mean, I was actually able to get something to drink. Seriously, who's heard of not filling the vending machines until they're totally empty? Shouldn't the vendors do that more often, if they sell out quickly?
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bethje and I were listening to one of those religious stations from the really high numbers on the FM band. I believe the group that was singing was seriously called "The Praise and Worship Choir." Beth brought up the question as to whether people think that they can't dislike that kind of stuff, or they'd be disliking Jesus. It's sort of cheating, like writing songs about national tragedies or dying children. Of course, just because you like or sympathize with the subject doesn't mean the song itself is any good, but I think there's a certain group of people who don't realize that. There's good religious music out there, certainly, but that Praise and Worship Choir kind of stuff is awfully trite, with mediocre singing.
A few weeks ago,
bethje and I were listening to one of those religious stations from the really high numbers on the FM band. I believe the group that was singing was seriously called "The Praise and Worship Choir." Beth brought up the question as to whether people think that they can't dislike that kind of stuff, or they'd be disliking Jesus. It's sort of cheating, like writing songs about national tragedies or dying children. Of course, just because you like or sympathize with the subject doesn't mean the song itself is any good, but I think there's a certain group of people who don't realize that. There's good religious music out there, certainly, but that Praise and Worship Choir kind of stuff is awfully trite, with mediocre singing.
