Sunday, May 10, 2015

A week ago on Saturday evening I was sitting in a tent in Lancaster, Pennsylvania listening to two of New York City's most important independent musical acts perform in concert. You might wonder why go to Pennsylvania to hear NYC bands, well Springtime is a great time for an occasional road trip and seeing Melanie Penn & Burlap To Cashmere anywhere, anytime is well worth the effort. At the same time I was listening to an amazing concert, radio DJ Vin Scelsa of WFUV was doing the final broadcast of his long running program called "Idiot's Delight". It made me sad to think of such an amazing show not being around anymore.  It also made me want to make sure that every time that I sit down in the studio at 88.1fm & WCWP.org to do my radio show, "Rock N Soul Gospel", that I am giving listeners the absolute best music that is available for them to hear. The older that I get I find the more passionate for good, no make that great art I am becoming. Christians claim to be in a unique relationship with the Creator of art, therefore, as far as I'm concerned art by those who claim to follow that Creator should and must reflect excellence. While in Lancaster I got a chance to visit two places other than the concert venue. The first was the Square Halo Art Gallery in the downtown area. They had just opened a new exhibit based around the story of Noah's Ark from the Book Of Genesis in the Bible. A few doors down was an art/ performance space called The Rabbit And The Dragonfly patterned after the pub where The Inklings, JRR Tolkein, CS Lewis and their friends would gather for food, drink and conversation. Both places were like a breath of much needed fresh air. They are also along with the Hearts and Minds Bookstore in Dallastown, Pa. thin places where the veil between this world and the next is very tangible. Take time this summer to visit all three of these places, you won't regret it.