WHY SHOULD THE DEVIL HAVE ALL THE GOOD MUSIC II

A few weeks ago I lamented the state of music, Christian in particular. Then along came Spock's Beard, which is still in my Sunfire's cd player and in my head most days. Awesome stuff. When I can get over to the neighborhood Christian music store I plan to check out Reliant K too.

One other reason that music is boring nowadays is the absence of Steve Taylor. What in the world has Christian rock's original rebel been doing for the past few years? Lots of things--films, watching his successful indie label (which brought us Sixpence None the Richer) crash and burn, and battling with evil recording industry lawyers. He summed up his recent wanderings in an entertaining interview.

One interesting item--he doesn't mind if you download his music from the web. The three labels on which he has released music have put most of his stuff out of print, and won't sell the rights back to him so he can re-issue. So he says if you can find Steve Taylor mp3's, have at it.