Praise You

Saturday beckoned with an early morning run with the dog over the Country Park and then on to a seminar to give a presentation. It's a funny thing this ipod business and it creates some very surreal moments when there is a difference between what you hear and what you see. Actually I have just finished a book (The Hip-Hop Years) which is a history of the rap and hip hop movement. This means I have been relistening to a lot of 80's and 90's rap. Including the seminal 10th Anniversary edition of the 1988 album Straight Outta Compton from N.W.A. They, were the rap collective that brought together Dr Dre, Ice Cube and Easy E who later dominated the West Coast rap scene. It is the hard core emergence of a completely new musical form which caused much controversy when it was released all those years ago. Anyway, in my ears is the kick drum dominated vibes of South Central Los Angelas gangland as I enter a room with a number of vicars drinking tea - a totally unreal juxtoposition! For today I speak at an event which launches Church and Community Week and a local initiative (Hope '08) which aims to link local churches with community activities. Hopefully what I say is informative and gets accross the contribution churches and other faith groups have made to the VSC both past and present. It is a nice group of people - lots of energy - although time defeats us as the workshops could have done with a little longer to make real progress. Anyway our lyric today is from Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim) the video to this just always makes me smile!! Enjoy...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ULVQOneeZE