As winter tours wrap up and summer festivals ramp up, artists are busy sharing their thoughts, pranks, and plans from the studio and the stage-- both heartfelt and humorous. Catch up on the best of both categories below!
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TOP TEN TWEETS
#1 - Against the Current
@loswhit: Hey amigos. It's a day later. All you hipsters who hate going with the crowd can now buy my record... http://goo.gl/k2DeX (May 1)
Just in case buying things on release day is too mainstream for you... worship artist Carlos Whittaker made sure to send out a reminder that any other day will now work for you to buy his latest release, Fight.
#2 - In The Background
Andrew Peterson shared this bit of musical genius on his twitter this week. Let's just hope he doesn't take this as musical inspiration for his next album...
#3 - Too Tight
@coltondixon: Just heard @taianderson say he could not fit his arm in a leg of my jeans on the radio. #hilarious #yesyoucould!!! #proudchickenlegs (May 2)
#4 - Alternate Endings
@jonnydiaz: What they don't tell you is that Edward Scissorhands was tragically crushed by Edward Rockhands (who gives a horrible haircut) (May 3)
If the classic 80s Tim Burton movie Edwards Scissorhands were actually a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors... this would be how it ended. Fortunately, Jonny Diaz isn't writing movie scripts.
#5 - Intentionally Impressed
@JimmyNeedham: Spend long amounts of time in God's word. The more impressive His résumé becomes to us, the easier it will be to trust Him. (May 3)
Artist Jimmy Needham shared this insight with his Twitter followers this week, emphasizing the importance of intentional Bible reading.
#6 - A New Stage
@thejasondunn: After a long day of rehearsing & perfecting our show, we're ready for our first festival of 2013. Look out South Carolina, here we come! (May 3)
#7 - Saving Scents
@itslesliejordan: dipped my hair in my breakfast while running out the door. smells like strawberries now (win) - will smell like old yogurt later (lose). (May 3)
Anyone who lives on the go can probably relate to the win-lose situation Leslie of All Sons & Daughters shared via Twitter. The key is to enjoy the wins when you can.
#8 - In Memory
@DecembeRadio: Our prayers and condolences go out to the family of Chase Lovelace, drummer for SuperChick who lost his battle with cancer. RIP Chase (May 3)
This week many bands took time to remember the life of Chase Lovelace of Superchick, who went home Friday after an intense ongoing battle with cancer. For more information on Chase, see
http://chaselovelace.org/.
#9 - Cranking Chainsaws
The Family Force 5 boys finally release their long awaited video for “Chainsaw,” which included a new mix with a guest appearance by Tedashii. Watch the video at the link above, and if you want to pick up the track, it's now available
here.
#10 - Back On Track
@ichthusfestival: Great news! The Ichthus Festival will be back in 2014! It's now a part of the Creation family of music festivals (May 4)
For those who mourned the end of Christian music's oldest festival this year, good news has arrived: Ichthus will be returning under the Creation Festival umbrella. Stay tuned to
http://www.ichthus.org/!
TOP TEN PICTURES
#1 - Road Runners
Quite a few artists ran in Nashville's annual Country Music Marathon on April 27, despite a chilly deluge that continued throughout the day. TobyMac was one of the running warriors who stuck it out despite the weather.
#2 - Multitasking
Just in case you wondered, The Afters know exactly how to have fun during even the most routine aspects of their job.
#3 - Play it Cool
Clearly Tim Timmons knows how to show up Nashville on the cool scale. His glasses alone would probably do the trick.
#4 - Warning Labels
If warning labels took the emotionally child-like into account, KJ wouldn't be the only one in trouble.
#5 - If At First You Don't Succeed...
In case you've ever been discouraged by the amount of attempts required to get something right, you're in good company. Veteran songwriter Jon Foreman is well acquainted with the need to write things again... and again... and again.
#6 - Band Bonding
Kari Jobe's band shared some unusual bonding time this week. The band that gets their hair cut together... stays together?
#7 - Miscalculations
As Remedy Drive discovered this week, sometimes what seems to be the quickest way to accomplish a task... actually takes three times as long due to the need to clean up scattered merch.
#8 - Lunar Tours
We As Human had the chance to take a detour while on the Release The Panic Tour with Red this week... a detour that included a private tour of NASA and a shot at driving the lunar rover.
#9 - Righteous Rapping
Paul Baloche and his crew added their own spin on Mandisa's performance. For a video of the outcome, see here: youtu.be/I6jSIpKqXVU
#10 - Bus Backyards
@matthammitt: Woke up this morning, wondering how this got in my backward.
When you're on tour, you have a different backyard every day. And sometimes that backyard holds some surprising views.
