The State
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Dylan, Dusty, Preston, BJ, Erin Schwend and myself went out last night to have a dual celebration! One was Dusty's birthday and the other was Erin's last night before leaving for Kenya. No, not Kenya, Missouri but Kenya, Kenya...as in the country. I won her a special gift at Perkins her last night in KC. The old claw that grabs a stuffed animal - that's right, I won a huge, brightly colored one revealing the colors of the rising and setting sun. Let me give props to Dusty as he definitely had an assist on the grab. But, I digress to the major point - Dylan's band. They are titled "The State" and have a website I've included on the side. I downloaded some songs and will admit it's quality sounds. I particuraly enjoy the song "Nothing Alone," both for the words and feel. Here is there biography...enjoy and check em out - I highly recommend.
Realistic Version:
Alright, here goes. The State is based out of Kirksville, MO, a relatively small town who's claim to fame is the fact that it has a Super Walmart. We are fairly simple guys, who like music, and ping-pong, and pool. We also like girls. A lot. In January 2004, we started casually writing music together, and immediately felt some serious musical chemistry that we wanted to look into. So we kept writing, and recorded a few songs. We soon decided to make music more of a priority. Currently, we are still writing, working on a recording, and are planning some shows, possilby a tour, for April on through the summer.
Exaggerated Version to make us sound cool:
The State hails from Kirksville, MO, which is a booming metropolis in the heart of the tri-state area. From the ashes of failed bands and broken relationships, The State formed in hopes of leaving the past behind, and and letting the power of sweet rock music lead us toward the future. Our mission is simple: to take over the world with our high-voltage rock. The world is hopeless and divided, containing billions of people that hate each other, who speak thousands of languages. We hope to unite all people with a language everyone can understand: the language of rock. We will create a unified dominion, and govern the people with the authority of one who eats, sleeps, and breathes guitars. We will love the unlovable, bring joy to the downcast, and bring headbanging to the nursing homes. Armed with flame-throwing guitars, pyrotechnics out the butt, and an anti-gravity chamber in which all of our shows are played, we will lead the way to a better tomorrow. Oh, and hopefully chicks will dig us, too.
posted by andebos at 9:33 PM
2 Comments:
So yeah. Are you in the band?
Tyler-
Sorry that it took me so long to get back with you, but I've been swamped with work this week.
Regarding the move to MN, I cannot overstate how MUCH MORE COLDER it is than Kansas City...
I moved here last July and by October we were in full blown Winter (and this Winter has been considered incredibly mild by the locals). I think that the big difference is the duration and the severity of the coldest temps.
The sun does shine, but those are typically the coldest days due to the absence of cloud cover. It is typical to "go sub" which is when you have periods of a week or longer where the ACTUAL temperature stays below zero both day and night. We won't even TALK about wind chills.
The big deal about Winter is just expectations. If you expect to have to buy some new clothes and embrace the limitations of the climate as an opportunity to do new things, like ice skating outdoors, you will be fine. As you can tell, I'm still working on that...
The people are great! It's a very Norweign & Scandinavian culture which means very liberal and very "nice". "MN nice" means that people are generally polite out of obligation. That's very helpful for a stranger.
The state is very well educated. In fact, the Twin Cities was voted the most "intelligent" metro area in the country last year. Additionally 78% of registered voters voted in the November election. That was also the highest percentage nationally.
Regarding differences between Solomon's Porch and JW, the core values (community, authenticity, proximity, etc.) are the same but how those values are expressed is very different.
SP meets in a warehouse building and the meeting room is much smaller than JW. In that room, the "covenant partners" sit on sofas and the pastor sits in the middle of the room on a barstool and preaches in the round.
Another big difference is worship. JW has an awesome worship band with Mike Crawford. At SP, the focus of the music is different and so is the congregational response to it. All of the music is original and written by the worship team. It is very introspective.
I think probably the biggest difference is how much MORE SP focuses on community and the belief that God is continually revealing Himself to us through contact with each other. That makes every activity sacred and potentially life changing.
I hope that I haven't scared you off yet, but I'm originally from the East coast (FL) so I'm usually brutally honest. It's a trait that can get me in a lot of trouble up here.
Take care and let me know if you're ever in the area. I'd love to introduce you to the Porch.
Victor
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