Comments on: David Bazan Unleashes a New Song: Bless This Mess http://www.thegeekcouch.com/2009/08/10/david-bazan-unleashes-a-new-song-bless-this-mess/ Music. Movies. Random Geekdom. Sat, 15 Oct 2011 02:33:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: duregger http://www.thegeekcouch.com/2009/08/10/david-bazan-unleashes-a-new-song-bless-this-mess/comment-page-1/#comment-278 duregger Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:30:05 +0000 http://www.thegeekcouch.com/?p=3425#comment-278 "But the main lyrical gimmick is sort of a self-conscious and hopeful interpretation of the Beatitudes, which I have an uneasy relationship with as the narrative tends to illustrate." - David Bazan, in an article here: <a href="http://stereogum.com/the-gum-drop/song.php?tid=82761&h=4fec0d8a71fe349c5d8c527e41cdf550" target="_blank">http://stereogum.com/the-gum-drop/song.php?tid=82...</a> that is cool... he did an artistic interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount... much like Joel Limpic's project "Brand New Mountain Speeches" of which I had a helping hand in, which was a communal artistic response to the sermon on the mount. (<a href="http://www.joellimpic.com)" target="_blank">http://www.joellimpic.com)</a> anyway, Matt 5-7 is a lot to handle and the beatitudes can crank out some heavy shit... as you wrestle with what God wants from us. "But the main lyrical gimmick is sort of a self-conscious and hopeful interpretation of the Beatitudes, which I have an uneasy relationship with as the narrative tends to illustrate."

- David Bazan, in an article here: http://stereogum.com/the-gum-drop/song.php?tid=82…

that is cool… he did an artistic interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount… much like Joel Limpic's project "Brand New Mountain Speeches" of which I had a helping hand in, which was a communal artistic response to the sermon on the mount. (http://www.joellimpic.com)

anyway, Matt 5-7 is a lot to handle and the beatitudes can crank out some heavy shit… as you wrestle with what God wants from us.

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