Third Annual Gospel Fest Brings Praise to Cincinnati, Hope for Indonesia

Cincinnati Church of Christ
3rd Annual Gospel Fest

Sponsored by Cincinnati Church of Christ
Hosted by P. Ann Everson Price

(Host of Gospel's Best on WMOJ 100.3 FM)

Join us for an inspiring afternoon of praise!!

Featuring artists including:
Cincinnati Church of Christ Mass Choir
Cincinnati Church of Christ Voice of Truth
Cincinnati Super Choir
Team Cincinnati (from Clash of the Choirs)
Mt. Zion Baptist Male Chorus
Peace and Serenity
Derek, the Prodigal Son
New Identity
Landmark Baptist Choir

WHEN: Sunday, June 22, 2008
TIME: 4:00 PM
PLACE: 4220 East Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, OH 45236 (map)

All donations go towards Special Missions Contribution for Indonesia


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Miles Davis knew how to play

... and fortunately for us his music is still around to enjoy. Jeff Turner on Twitter pointed to this video:

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Clash of the Choirs Finale Tonight!

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Inspire Me Mix

Today started off rather stressful. I'm feeling the need for some music to really move me. I posted on Twitter that I was looking for the theme song to the TV show "Smallville". I've often thought it was U2, but Zaldor sent me a message that it's "Save Me" by RemyZero. Then my other friend, who goes by the handle Phelgon, pointed me to the lyrics. Very interesting.

Gonna start off this mix with that song.

1. RemyZero, "Save Me"

Elvis is Everywhere, Man!

It was thirty years ago today that the King of Rock and Roll passed away. I remember in January many years ago, WSAI-AM in Cincinnati played an Elvis marathon (It's now an ESPN station). We had wood floors, and my sister Steph and I would skate across the floor to the music in our socks.

In college I remember listening to WOXY-FM, and they'd often play "Elvis is Everywhere" by Mojo Nixon. This is the chorus, direct from my memory:

Elvis is everywhere
Elvis is everything
Elvis is everybody
Elvis is still the King
Man oh man
What I want you to see
Is that the King
He lives inside
You and me

Why not buy the song off iTunes today to hear for yourself? Just remember to steer clear of the evil, opposite of Elvis... the anti-Elvis. The Anti-Elvis has no Elvis in him.

Mojo Nixon, "Elvis is Everywhere"
Mojo Nixon, "(619) 239-KING"

pictures taken at the Memphis Welcome Center in May 2007

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danieljohnsonjr's Master Podcast Subscription Mashup

Okay, so I subscribe to a lot of podcasts. I think I have over 75 feeds in my collection at PodShow. Thankfully, I don't have to manage all of those individual subscriptions on my computer as the shows download. I used to at first, but when PodShow introduced Channels, I jumped on board. I started using GigaDial and Odeo to get individual items into a feed, shows that I not necessarily wanted to subscribe to, but just wanted to check out and/or make available to others.

PodShow+ does a pretty good job of helping manage the content delivery. I subscribe to my channel RSS feeds using Juice, and I'm glad that I only have a few subscriptions for each of my channels, versus the total number of subscriptions I have.

I also like being able to check out shownotes pages for the shows I subscribe to, and, until recently, I would subscribe to each individual feed in Google Reader. I found myself going through each individual show again, which became a bit cumbersome.

So after playing around with Yahoo! Pipes, which I first heard about some months ago from Christopher Penn, I am happy to say that I've created a configurable pipe, entitled "danieljohnsonjr's Master Podcast Subscription Mashup". It defaults to show 50 items, but you can increase or decrease that number as you wish. The pipe generates an RSS feed that I have subscribed to in Google Reader. I could similarly subscribe to this feed in Juice and further reduce the number of feeds I have there. I haven't decided yet. I can also listen to podcasts via Google Reader.

What I like about pipes is the ability to mashup content like this from various sources into one source, which is easier to manage.

So, if you wanna see my entire collection in a single feed, create one of your own from my subscriptions, or create your own to share, here you go:

Pipes >> danieljohnsonjr's Master Podcast Subscription Mashup: (link), (iTunes), (RSS)

As I play around with this tool, I can't help but consider its possibilities to aggregate information related to something for my job. Still letting that potential marinate. What interesting ways have you found to use Yahoo! Pipes?

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JIMM 90 - Crazy Busy Sticky Hot

Listener feedback about past episodes and such. Police and ER visits, Twitter tools, AMP, the upcoming One Voice Walk. Music with a country feel. 2-year anniversary in podcasting coming up this month. Other warm, juicy goodness.

Head over to the Journey Inside My Mind Podcast to listen and read more.

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Thank you Sophia Ramos and Matthew Ebel for helping me get to work today

Situation: Our 1993 Saturn SL2 needs brake job. It's our only car. I work in Dayton but live in Cincinnati. We got a rental from Enterprise, and it has working A/C and a CD player. We dropped our car off at the mechanic's shop in Mount Healthy last night, and I drove the car to work this morning.

Normally, I'd listen to podcasts through my iRiver. I opted instead today to bring some CDs from home. I am so glad I did. I came into the office today so fired up from listening to Her Majesty from Sophia Ramos and Beer & Coffee from Matthew Ebel. Specifically, the following songs, in order, just made the hour-long commute so much more bearable (links to the iTunes Music Store):

Off Sophia Ramos's album, "Her Majesty"

1. "Black Madonna"
2. "What I Do Know"
3. "Esperanza"
4. "Kill Your Pain"
5. "Torn Down"

Off Matthew Ebel's album, "Beer and Coffee"

1. "I Know You're There"
2. "Trees"
3. "Nothing"
4. "Latté Days & Porter Nights"

Why not spend some coffee money and pick up some of these tunes? Or buy the albums - they're both rock-solid.

To Sophia and Matthew -- thank you so much again for sharing your talents. You both rock!!

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8 Songs I Want to Buy Right Now

Feeling a bit reminiscent of my college days, I'm going to buy me some songs off iTunes.
1. The Police, "Message in a Bottle"
2. U2, "Vertigo"
3. New Order, "Fine Time"
4. Concrete Blonde, "God Is a Bullet"
5. Jane's Addiction, "Stop"
6. The B-52's, "Channel Z"
7. The Alarm, "Rain in the Summertime"
8. Depeche Mode, "Route 66"

Update: I bought 'em. Wow.

Talking your ear off about lots of stuff (video)

And now, the link-love cornucopia:

• Follow me on Twitter
• Journey Inside My Mind Podcast
• picture of Saturn
• Cheryl Dawson podcast
• Heart to Heart One Voice Walk: September 9, 2007
• School of Podcasting's Morning Announcements
• Managing the Gray
• Get That Job! - looking for people to share their job hunting success stories
• LiveOfficeFreeConferencing
• Odd, emotionally down week, reminiscent a little of Independence Day 2006
• Chris Brogan and the Down Engine
• Shared about emotional struggles in previous posts on Journey Inside My Mind blog
• Call (206) 666-5466 if you'd like to leave an audio comment.
  I wished that the videos from Blogger in Draft had an option to be public - but I think the video gets put in as an enclosure, so it gets downloaded with the feed. Let me know if you find that to be the case.

Recommended podcast listening channels:

• danieljohnsonjr Recommends (individual episodes) (iTunes) (RSS)
• Recommended JIMM episodes (iTunes) (RSS)
• Music (iTunes) (RSS)
• Music for Chillin' (iTunes) (RSS)
• Out and About (iTunes) (RSS)

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Dan and Keisha Talk Stuff (video)

Mood: hilarious
Eating: chocolate chip cookies
Watching: the video you see on this post

In this video Keisha and I talk about what she did this morning at the YWCA, her upcoming birthday week (yes, I said week), and Harry Potter. Hilarity ensues. Click play to watch.



If you want to comment, you can leave it here, email it, or call it in to (206) 666-5466.

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JIMM 87 - Summertime, Soundseeing, and Catching Up

The latest episode of the Journey Inside My Mind is now live! Some great music to help kick off the summer and more.

SUMMARY

Welcome to summertime 2007! In this episode we share some soundseeing from the tallest building in Cincinnati, and I spend some time catching up with recent events. And always some great music. Go check it out already, would ya? Full shownotes at http://jimmpodcast.com. Direct link to file (mp3, 58:28, 53.5 MB)

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Celebrating Paul McCartney Coming to iTunes (video)

Geoff Smith scores again with this video:



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Manualist plays "I Feel Good" on his hands!

It's called manualism:

The new media playground is like jazz

Mood: upbeat
Listening to: Managing the Gray: Every Day is a Good Day
Reading: Learning XML, Second Edition
Eating: an apple

I checked my Bloglines and noticed that C.C. Chapman mentioned my name on his latest episode and the Journey Inside My Mind Blog in the shownotes, specifically with an audio comment about how the new media playground is a lot like jazz:

"Do not fear mistakes; there are none." - Miles Davis.

A lot of jazz music usually involves improvisation within the boundaries of a chord progression. The song starts off, usually with the melody. Then different instruments take their solos, which usually fall within the same chord progression as the melody. Eventually everyone comes back together to wrap up the song.

I'm probably grossly oversimplifying things with that description, especially when you consider trendsetters like Miles Davis, who through constantly reinventing himself, created new boundaries and genres of jazz music (Check out this post from 2003 for more information: Paving the Milestones).

I like to think that's what it's like with what we're doing with new media.

ABOUT DANIEL JOHNSON, JR.

I suppose I should share a bit more about me, in case this is your first time here.

I've been blogging since January 2002 and podcasting since August 2005. I now have more blogs than I care to count. Here is more of me, in case you're interested:

• Daniel Johnson, Jr. - my portfolio blog
• Journey Inside My Mind Podcast - the podcast spin-off of this blog
• Get That Job! for job-hunting, career development, toolkits, success stories, and the like
• QuotesBlog quotations collected from various places over the years
• Follow danieljohnsonjr on Twitter - more frequent updates of stuff going on. By the way, if you add me as a friend, please contact me via email or leave a comment here so that I know how you found me.

And of course you can find me on MySpace, LinkedIn, and other social media networks. I'm always open to connect; just let me know how you found me.

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Sophia Ramos Video Promo

I received a Google Alert for "Journey Inside My Mind", and found this from Rock Goddess Sophia Ramos, whose music I've played many times on the Journey Inside My Mind podcast:



Stop by CD Baby to pick up the CD "Her Majesty" with some great original rock music that channels Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin and others. Sophia Ramos rocks!

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For the Drive #1 - Music Mix

We're getting ready to head to Fort Worth, Texas the week before Memorial Day for vacation. We really look forward to seeing family we haven't seen since 1999, and new family members we've never met.

We weighed all the options and decided that driving would be the best option. But it's about a 15-hour drive, so I knew we'd want some music to keep us company. I recently released JIMM 85 - Super THRILL Mix, which contains a 54-minute mix of independent music for the drive. I also have been creating a pretty good music library on iTunes, and I thought I'd share the recent mix I put together on a CD. All links in the table below go to the iTunes Music Store. Why not pick up some of these tunes yourself?

Order	Song	Artist	Album
1	Bring Me to Life	Evanescence	Fallen
2	Let's Get It Started (iTunes Originals Version)	Black Eyed Peas	iTunes Originals - Black eyed Peas
3	Ready to Go	Republica	Republica
4	What I've Been Looking For	Ryan & Sharpay	High School Musical (Soundtrack)
5	Austin Powers (soul Bossa Nova)	The National Youth Jazz Orchestra	Jazz in Film
6	P.D.A. (We Just Don't Care)	John Legend	Once Again
7	Baby Now That I Have Found You	The Foundations	20 of Your Favourite Number 1s
8	I Wanna Talk About Me	Toby Keith	Pull My Chain
9	Pump Up the Jam	Technotronic	Pump Up the Jam - The Album
10	Black Betty	Ram Jam	Drivin' South - Southern Rockin' Smash Hits
11	Crazy in Love	Beyonce	Dangerously in Love
12	Desert Rose	Sting	Brand New Day
13	Let's Go to Bed	Ivy	Guestroom
14	Free Ride	Dan Hartman	Keep the Fire Burnin'
15	Theme from "Shaft"	Isaac Hayes	Shaft
16	Prime Audio Soup	Meat Beat Manifesto	Actual Sounds+Voices
17	Where the Streets Have No Name (Live From Boston)	U2	The Complete U2 - Walk On

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Music is indeed the soundtrack of our lives

... and not only that, but also the soundtrack to the Journey Inside My Mind!



It's just a powerful song. I especially love how it builds up to the first chorus. Pick it up here at the iTunes Music Store: Evanescence - Bring Me to Life

I've noticed I've recently sent the following message on Twitter to indicate I'm online/at the computer/doing work stuff:



That reminded me of the scene in the movie (The Matrix) when Morpheus, Trinity, and others take Neo to see the Oracle. I searched IMDB and was reminded that the song is Meat Beat Manifesto - Prime Audio Soup. I went to the iTunes Music Store and bought it. Click that link and you, too, can buy it.

If you're interested in getting the soundtrack, follow this link:


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JIMM 82 - In Search of a Message

Podcasting hiatus is OVER. In this podcast I share about my passions and play some great music. Check out what I have to say here.

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Get Ready To Bum Rush The Charts

In about 7 hours we are going to Bum Rush The Charts!



Starting at midnight Eastern Daylight Time, I want everyone reading this post to go to the following link and buy "Mine Again" from Black Lab is:

http://www.FinancialAidPodcast.com/bumrush

Using this link will net 5% in affiliate fees from Apple on top of the 50% donation from the band to a scholarship fund.

You can GIFT "Mine Again" using this link as well, so if you already own it, you can gift it to a friend, colleague, or associate who may not have heard of Black Lab before.

If you or someone you know is in college or graduate school, in order to be eligible for the scholarship, you need to set up a free profile at:

http://www.ScholarshipPoints.com

If you haven't already done so, you need to download and install iTunes, plus open an iTunes Music Store account with a valid credit card and/or PayPal account. You could also buy and redeem an iTunes Gift card, which is what I did.

http://www.iTunes.com

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