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June 27, 2007
Cornerstone - what I'm missing
In my crashed-out stupor this weekend, I forgot to note that an article by my good friend Jeff Elbel appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, on the topic of Cornerstone Festival in Bushnell, Illinois. This is where I'd really like to be this week, both for the sake of the music and for the sake of my dear friends who are live-blogging the fest this week.
It's a great article. And I'm not just saying that because Jeff called me and my elitist-mates asking if we could help out with the "For every rocker there's a Christian counterpart" section at the bottom of the page. (I don't think Jeff would have written that if his editors hadn't asked him to; Christian music counterparts tend to be a dumb idea, especially when you have people like Flyleaf, Relient K and Family Force 5 who are pretty big in their own right; that said, it worked out AMAZINGLY well. I'm still in awe of calling Tess Wiley a mix of Shawn Colvin, Regina Spektor, and Liz Phair - that is just about DEAD ON. If you've never heard Tess before: here, have some.)
I'm also not just saying that because Jeff asked me if I could come up and help him out with mediastuff surrounding his band's show at the fest, as if he liked having me around and stuff.
By the way, Jeff Elbel is an amazing human being. By the way, Jeff's band is called Ping, and you can buy tracks from their latest album The Eleventh Hour Storybook on their MySpace page (including "Bark Along With Cody", featured on the Dr. Demento radio program!), or you can order all of Ping's albums through Marathon Records.
By the way: PLUG PLUG PLUG.
Posted by Chuck at June 27, 2007 08:34 AM
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