in the midst of the season of our current economic “recession” – humorist tim hawkins offers some relief.
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Archive - August, 2009
filling in the blank and social networking
recently i presented a conversation at the local rotary club on the impact of social networking. rotary, like many local networking groups/civic clubs they are facing a radical shift in answering the “why” of their existence. in large part because of the way the world has turned. in a recent conversation at the weekly meeting members were broken into smaller affinity groups. the outcome was a common question: what value does being a member of ______ (you fill in the blank) add to your life? its a question that many are asking. what do you think?
its almost here! – the elms… true ROCK n’ ROLL
we’re getting close on the next album release . i’ve shared it here before. the elms are beyond amazing. i’ve known these guys for more than decade and their music is good for you soul. great hearts all! this album is going rock! grab the widget and add them to your network. you can follow them on twitter too.
wired-mansfield
our mother ship, berean baptist church put on a large addition about 18 months ago. one element was a new youth area. since may of last year scott finn a volunteer has lead the effort to create a music venue for mostly indie bands called wired. for the last 15 months, almost every other weekend wired has hosted three – four young bands. it has grown to become one of the best things that north central ohio has to offer high school and college students as a healthy, enjoyable place to connect on the weekends. recently they hosted everyday sunday for their newest cd release…best night of our lives.
everyday sunday on stage at wired. (note that's scott finn in the lower left working on some cabling issues during the concert)
this past weekend was the finals of the 2009 ultimate talent challenge. i got a chance to serve as judge. although i’m not a musician by any stretch, i do appreciate those that take the craft seriously. so it was so cool to see 5 young bands from screamo to ballad to punk to rock and roll take the craft seriously and engage. here’s video wrap-up.
UTC ’09 Finals – Wired Mansfield from tom roepke on Vimeo.
xgames3d-what if “it” is possible
so em and i hit up the 12:01 am show of xgames 3D. we got to the theater…(em drove). actually i bought our tickets online just to make sure we’d get them without any hassle. we pulled in to the parking lot…about 11:35pm. hmmm…lots of cars…retrieve the tickets from the atm…go and stand in line. dang…long line. glad we got here early. lots of commotion. 11:57pm the ticket taker takes our tickets and says…last door on the left. we walk past the entire line of folks and realize they are all there for an entirely different movie..REALLY? so we get to the last door and we ended up having the entire theater to ourselves. amazing. xgames 3d is a great flick. lots of leadership principles on taking risk and staying in the mix. there are several amazing stories of these amazing atheletes staying in the competition..even with a broken foot or almost a concussion, and yet because of the one opportunity to push themselves and their peers to a whole new level..they stay in it. in the midst of an incredible 3d experience…and just a lot of amazing eye candy video…there’s some things to take away.
ricky carmichael makes the statement:
in those moments when most people say…
i can’t …
they say…self perservation
they say “what if”… (you might get hurt?)
we say…what if…the other way…what if “it”… is possible?
xgames3d is worth the time. and btw if you click on the link above and then click on media tab you’ll find 3 songs from the soundtack as a gift from the good folks at ESPN.
also it was really fun to see kyle loza practicing in the shadow of saddleback church…and you’ll want to check out kyle’s web presence here. fun stuff. oh yeah…this playing for only 1 week. don’t miss it.
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