Anita: I can’t believe how funny you are. You’re EXTREMELY HILARIOUS!!

And you might well take note that I usually post here late at night. What that all means is you’re getting the tired-giddy-silly-me as opposed to the tired-cranky-grumpy-pants-me which follows shortly after. Thank your lucky stars and the God who tossed them that “Suddenly Christian” is only 3/4 of the way down in my RSS Feeds. Have pity on those who fall below you. It’s not pretty.

@ Anita… it’s cool you don’t appreciate Kirks more recent endeavors. The purpose of his brand of Gospel is to reach a young mostly urban (read black) hip hop crowd who are less likely to get their dose of Jesus from the church house. My daughter absolutely LOVES Kirk Franklin, Ty Tribbett, KiKi Sheard, Mary Mary and a few other Gospel Contemporary Artists.

So Ingrid, what I hear you saying, and oh please, correct me if I'm wrong, is that you've ruled out the possibility that I'm young, urban, and hip hop. So okay, I might be white as the Pillsbury Dough Boy (and just as squishy soft), but really, when you consider the mighty tubeworm (formally known as Lamellibrachia.) which has a life-span of 170 to 250 years, my 51 years is barely scrapping adolescence. As to hip hop, I've been hip-hopping ever since I took a nasty fall off my front porch in the summer of 2003. Oh wait. That's hip-popping. Nevermind.

May I mention Mahalia Jackson? She made it "Great Gettin' Up in the Mornin'" as a kid.

Mom sang so.

Wish I'd known about the Blind Boys – heard of them in passing but never checked them out.

Thanks for the review.

-Sam

Morse:Yeah, that's the right attitude, for sure. Before I was a Christian, I used to like gospel music exactly the same as I do now, which is to say not terribly much. But when it was good, it was awesome–same as now. And JCS IS a great show, no matter what. I saw the traveling Broadway production of it when I was in high school, and just about died it was so great.

The day I can't listen to something from the Blind Boys or check out a production of Jesus Christ Superstar is the day I become worm food.

You are too funny for words. I have several of their CD's and enjoy all of them on my Ipod. It's a trip to be listening to ZZ Top or Merle Haggard and have something from the Blind Boys of Alabama come on and set me straight again.

Then again, I really have no idea what Franklin's done lately. I just didn't like the few cuts of it I heard. But I heard so little of it. So I'll shut up now.

Ingrid: Way to encourage people to open their blinds. It drives me crazy how many people don't. I spent good money for my night goggles, and don't get to use them nearly as often as I'd planned.

@ Anita… it's cool you don't appreciate Kirks more recent endeavors. The purpose of his brand of Gospel is to reach a young mostly urban (read black) hip hop crowd who are less likely to get their dose of Jesus from the church house. My daughter absolutely LOVES Kirk Franklin, Ty Tribbett, KiKi Sheard, Mary Mary and a few other Gospel Contemporary Artists.

I am a Fred Hammond Israel Houghton kinda girl myself, but Kirk still gets me out of my seat for a mini praise session. Open your curtains girl! Let the sun shine in! Gospel music has that effect on mostly all of us!