NorCalUrban

Gotta give it up for Bruce Springsteen - his latest release 'Magic' is a great record! It certainly appeals to the 'Jersey boy' in me (yes folks, I was born in the Garden State - and proud of it!). Jeremy, NYC may have the Yankees, CBGB's and the Garden, but Jersey has 'The Boss', the Shore, the Sopranos, and the greatest tomatos on earth and, arguably, better pizza and Italian food than the City.  It's a bummer the Nets have lost Jason Kidd... This could be his best in a long time, but in reality he's been pretty consistent. Check out 'Your Own Worst Enemy' or ' Girls in Their Summer Clothes' that have shades of the Beach Boys / Phil Spector. Those tracks are certainly different takes for Bruce. ' Gypsy Biker' sounds like a old school Bruce song. 'Radio Nowhere' is an outstanding opening track, 'I'll Work for Your Love' is great.  Buy it here or at your favorite music source. I know many of my folk...

Man, do I love YouTube! Here's a very cool thing I found. See- If I'm blogging about music it's either Ryan Adams or U2!

Headed home, picked up a copy of Rolling Stone with Bruce Springsteen on the cover. There is an EXCELLENT article with the Boss. He's now 58 and is starting to look back. He ends the article talking about his life and what's really important. His words were poignant to me (and perhaps those in ministry / non-profit worlds). Q. What did you learn (after stepping back and changing scenery for 10 years)? A. I guess life outside of work. This is a very satisfying life work, but it's a part of your overall life. How do you have relationships? How do you commit to things that are forever? How do you break all the old habits, or some of them? I had to work on it (changing) the way that I had to work on playing the guitar when I first started - many , many hours and a lot of intense devotion. I realized that some people may come to that naturally, but I was someone that was going to have to learn it, because my instincts were wrong. (speaking about connection to family and friends ...