Comments on: [Insert Site Here] is the New MySpace http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/ Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:08:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ioannes http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/comment-page-1/#comment-59163 Ioannes Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:08:13 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/#comment-59163 Cool. Cool.

]]> By: Keith Giles http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/comment-page-1/#comment-49505 Keith Giles Sat, 17 Nov 2007 02:38:45 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/#comment-49505 You guys should go over to www.TheOOze.com and read the articles, "Destroy the Christian Subculture parts 1 and 2, and also Consumption, Expression and Identity. You guys should go over to http://www.TheOOze.com and read the articles, “Destroy the Christian Subculture parts 1 and 2, and also Consumption, Expression and Identity.

]]> By: Nathaniel Adam Briggs http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/comment-page-1/#comment-29808 Nathaniel Adam Briggs Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:02:59 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/#comment-29808 Just thought I'd drop a note concerning http://eGenerations.com - a premier internet destintion for those who've amassed a great deal of life experience. It's not a MySpace replica in anyway, but does offer some social networking portions. I'd invite anyone age 50, and up to review us, and tell me what they think, or how we can improve! Nathaniel Adam Briggs, CEO/Founder, eGenerations.com http://eGenerations.com Just thought I’d drop a note concerning http://eGenerations.com – a premier internet destintion for those who’ve amassed a great deal of life experience.

It’s not a MySpace replica in anyway, but does offer some social networking portions.

I’d invite anyone age 50, and up to review us, and tell me what they think, or how we can improve!

Nathaniel Adam Briggs, CEO/Founder, eGenerations.com
http://eGenerations.com

]]> By: Alex http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/comment-page-1/#comment-25166 Alex Wed, 25 Apr 2007 10:31:16 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/#comment-25166 Thank You Thank You

]]> By: nathan http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/comment-page-1/#comment-24036 nathan Fri, 13 Apr 2007 06:53:55 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/#comment-24036 wow. my uncle steve owns iv groups in nashville. he is a very educated fellow. he gets on godtube all the time and trumps people who regurgitate crap they heard from a friend or the latest edition of larry king. you can check out his xanga. sayuncle is his username. i don't agree with bathing egotism in weblogs. but people who attempt to backup rubbish thoughts are fun. myself for example. on the case of parody and cynical discussion, i think joel osteen is a prophet of the true gospel. wow. my uncle steve owns iv groups in nashville. he is a very educated fellow. he gets on godtube all the time and trumps people who regurgitate crap they heard from a friend or the latest edition of larry king. you can check out his xanga. sayuncle is his username. i don’t agree with bathing egotism in weblogs. but people who attempt to backup rubbish thoughts are fun. myself for example.

on the case of parody and cynical discussion, i think joel osteen is a prophet of the true gospel.

]]> By: Dustin http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/comment-page-1/#comment-22496 Dustin Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:53:16 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/#comment-22496 I think Derek Webb is a prime example of a Christian who is creative, but real. I digg his music, though his music is not necessarily what gets me. I do, however, so appreciate how honest he is. His music is not chipper and superficial. He's one of the ONLY christian artists I listen to because he's real. He's not 'divin' in, goin' deep, in over his head he wants to be...' He's saying 'how can I go to war and kill the people that the Bible commands me to love (paraphrased)?' Whether you agree with him or not, you have to see that he is one of few in the industry to ever really call the Christians to a higher standard of living. By that I simply mean thinking for themselves. What gets me is the 'WHY?' WHY aren't Christians the ones setting the standard? I see creative people around me that are creating amazing things, be it music, 3-d animation, websites, printed materials, etc. What I have seen, though, is that it is not those people who are being pursued by the industry. It's the people that sound like someone else. Do we blame the industry? Do we blame Christians? Do we blame anyone? I think Derek Webb is a prime example of a Christian who is creative, but real. I digg his music, though his music is not necessarily what gets me. I do, however, so appreciate how honest he is. His music is not chipper and superficial. He’s one of the ONLY christian artists I listen to because he’s real. He’s not ‘divin’ in, goin’ deep, in over his head he wants to be…’ He’s saying ‘how can I go to war and kill the people that the Bible commands me to love (paraphrased)?’

Whether you agree with him or not, you have to see that he is one of few in the industry to ever really call the Christians to a higher standard of living. By that I simply mean thinking for themselves.

What gets me is the ‘WHY?’ WHY aren’t Christians the ones setting the standard? I see creative people around me that are creating amazing things, be it music, 3-d animation, websites, printed materials, etc. What I have seen, though, is that it is not those people who are being pursued by the industry. It’s the people that sound like someone else. Do we blame the industry? Do we blame Christians?
Do we blame anyone?

]]> By: Cameron http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/comment-page-1/#comment-22333 Cameron Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:23:27 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/#comment-22333 <blockquote>Facebook… I still haven’t figured out what the heck YOU DO on there.</blockquote> Same thing you do on Buddytown. ... nothing.

Facebook… I still haven’t figured out what the heck YOU DO on there.

Same thing you do on Buddytown.

… nothing.

]]> By: blaine http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/comment-page-1/#comment-22330 blaine Tue, 27 Mar 2007 13:28:59 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/#comment-22330 GodTube is ripe for jacking. There's a subversive jihad-garbed dude putting videos up there that mock the entire premise of GodTube -- and his stuff reamains, I think, because the GodTube folks don't understand the concept of satire. I find that sad ... and hilarious. GodTube is ripe for jacking. There’s a subversive jihad-garbed dude putting videos up there that mock the entire premise of GodTube — and his stuff reamains, I think, because the GodTube folks don’t understand the concept of satire.

I find that sad … and hilarious.

]]> By: benjaminyoung http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/comment-page-1/#comment-22310 benjaminyoung Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:21:45 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/#comment-22310 While totally on point with new myspace/old myspace, I think the the discussion about the void of 'good' christian art is really interesting. One of the problems I see is the lack of willingness and ability to engage melancholy, depression or just generally the darker side of things to generate artistic output. There's such a mind-numbing need to 'be positive' and 'be glad, rejoice!' among christians that the discussion about how to engage the very things I listed is often too uncomfortable to even have. And so christian pop-art is cheery and positive, praising God and being glad, and while all those things are fundamentally good, the ability to make anything more than superfically happy draws away to the periphery. Even looking at a musician like Bebo Norman, who, to his credit, has written some pretty heavy stuff, and then considering the singles deemed worthy for christian radio, it's always his happy stuff about walking down a mountain and whatnot. It's seems the absence of 'good' christian art is, in itself, fairly easy to remedy. I'm not convinced that the general american church is ready or willing to be honest enough to embrace the cure. While totally on point with new myspace/old myspace, I think the the discussion about the void of ‘good’ christian art is really interesting. One of the problems I see is the lack of willingness and ability to engage melancholy, depression or just generally the darker side of things to generate artistic output. There’s such a mind-numbing need to ‘be positive’ and ‘be glad, rejoice!’ among christians that the discussion about how to engage the very things I listed is often too uncomfortable to even have. And so christian pop-art is cheery and positive, praising God and being glad, and while all those things are fundamentally good, the ability to make anything more than superfically happy draws away to the periphery. Even looking at a musician like Bebo Norman, who, to his credit, has written some pretty heavy stuff, and then considering the singles deemed worthy for christian radio, it’s always his happy stuff about walking down a mountain and whatnot.

It’s seems the absence of ‘good’ christian art is, in itself, fairly easy to remedy. I’m not convinced that the general american church is ready or willing to be honest enough to embrace the cure.

]]> By: dan simmons http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/comment-page-1/#comment-22277 dan simmons Mon, 26 Mar 2007 23:28:07 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/#comment-22277 hey joshua ever heard of churchmarketingsucks.com? that godtube.com reminded me of it. hey joshua ever heard of churchmarketingsucks.com?

that godtube.com reminded me of it.

]]> By: Daniel http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/comment-page-1/#comment-22273 Daniel Mon, 26 Mar 2007 21:46:10 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/#comment-22273 I think one of the unfortunate realities we face is that the Christian Music Industry is just like the secular music industry because it's mostly PART of the secular music industry. Most of the major Christian labels are owned by major secular labels. OR they have to go through secular distributors, etc. So we see the same kind of filtering we do in the Top 40, or the local alt-rock station, or what-have-you. Thankfully, with better and cheaper access to technology and distribution channels (the internet, or at least for advertising yourself) that's becoming less of an issue for both secular and Christian groups. A lot of these so-called social networking sites like MySpace and Virb help that, I believe. It's not perfect, but it's sure gotta beat going through Sony or whatever. I think one of the unfortunate realities we face is that the Christian Music Industry is just like the secular music industry because it’s mostly PART of the secular music industry. Most of the major Christian labels are owned by major secular labels. OR they have to go through secular distributors, etc. So we see the same kind of filtering we do in the Top 40, or the local alt-rock station, or what-have-you.

Thankfully, with better and cheaper access to technology and distribution channels (the internet, or at least for advertising yourself) that’s becoming less of an issue for both secular and Christian groups.

A lot of these so-called social networking sites like MySpace and Virb help that, I believe. It’s not perfect, but it’s sure gotta beat going through Sony or whatever.

]]> By: Joshua http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/comment-page-1/#comment-22267 Joshua Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:35:35 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/#comment-22267 <blockquote>You would think with God on their side Christian artists would produce amazingly kick-ass media. Sadly, that’s hardly ever the case (minus, of course, the High Renaissance era).</blockquote> So good and true I just thought it should be repeated.

You would think with God on their side Christian artists would produce amazingly kick-ass media. Sadly, that’s hardly ever the case (minus, of course, the High Renaissance era).

So good and true I just thought it should be repeated.

]]> By: Charlie http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/comment-page-1/#comment-22263 Charlie Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:23:13 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/#comment-22263 Godtube? I just died a little bit in my chair. Don't just imitate, innovate. Jesus, save me from Your followers... Godtube? I just died a little bit in my chair.

Don’t just imitate, innovate.

Jesus, save me from Your followers…

]]> By: M.A.T. http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/comment-page-1/#comment-22262 M.A.T. Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:23:02 +0000 http://joshuablankenship.com/blog/2007/03/26/insert-site-here-is-the-new-myspace/#comment-22262 You would think with God on their side Christian artists would produce amazingly kick-ass media. Sadly, that's hardly ever the case (minus, of course, the High Renaissance era). You would think with God on their side Christian artists would produce amazingly kick-ass media. Sadly, that’s hardly ever the case (minus, of course, the High Renaissance era).

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