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Crispin Schroeder

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songwriter, musician, blogger, wanna-be-author, worship pastor at Vineyard Church of Kenner,

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Member Since: 10/03/2006
Band Website: http://www.crispinschroeder.com
Band Members: Crispin Schroeder - Guitars, Keys, Vocals / Ben Davis - Drums / Micah Nickens - Bass / Ronnie Boudreaux - Electric Guitar, Vocals/Extended Band: Dave Rumsey - Guitars / Brian Graber - Sax, Trumpet / Aaron Broussard - Sax /
Influences: Daniel Lanios, U2, Camper Van Beethoven, Mark Knopfler, Bruce Cockburn, Over the Rhine, The Wood Brothers, Medeski Martin and Wood, John Scofield, David Byrne, Brian Eno, Neil Finn, Crowded House, Keb' Mo', Bill Frissell, Kelley Joe Phelps, B. B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Garage a Trois, Guster, Wilco, Paul Simon, Tom Petty, Van Morrison, Bill Mallonee and Vigilantees of Love, Peter Gabriel, Pixies, Coldplay, Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Chris Lizotte, Ryan Delmore, Rev Kev, Waterdeep, Ben Harper, The Beatles, Dylan, Cash, Elvis Costello, R.E.M., The Cure, Sting, Brad Bird, Tolkien, Lewis, N.T. Wright
Sounds Like: change
Record Label: Spring
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Fear, Love, and Swimming

 Last month we did a little family camping trip in Mississippi. I wanted to try and squeeze in a couple of days of camping before the weather got too oppressively hot and humid. And boy did with we ...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:36:00 GMT

Where Is Your Church Going to Be?

Since announcing our intentions to plant a Vineyard Church in the Covington / Mandeville area (which we are calling North Shore Vineyard) a couple of months ago I have been asked two questions just...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:34:00 GMT

Open Hands, Open Heart, Open Eyes

Philippians 4:4-94 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer a...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:19:00 GMT

Whats Up With All the Skinny Santas?

I have noticed a very disturbing trend this Christmas season  Skinny Santa's. I've been bumping in to them everywhere and it just isn't right to see a Santa with his clothes barley hanging on, with ...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:47:00 GMT

Slumdog Millionaire - A Review

I saw one of the best films Ive seen in a long time today called Slumdog Millionaire. Slumdog scores big on everything from screenwriting to acting and cinematography but mainly on the strength of it...
Posted by on Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:04:00 GMT

Speaking of Christmas Gifts

Speaking of Christmas gifts, I saw an add for Snuggies today. There must have been some bet by a group of marketers to see who could come up with the most ridiculous product and see if folks would bu...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:32:00 GMT

They Kept Shopping

I was saddened this morning to see a news story about a man who was trampled to death at a Wal-Mart in Valley Stream New York on Black Friday http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/business/29walmart.html?.. .
Posted by on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:37:00 GMT

Give Presence

I watched a promo video for something called Advent Conspiracy recently http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVqqj1v-ZBU . While the whole promo was really done well, there was one line that has really stu...
Posted by on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:32:00 GMT

Will Vote For Coffee

I know I am a rare breed these days when it comes to ordering coffee at Starbucks. While others may take a good half-minute to place their order for a tall-nonfat-decaf-vanilla-mocha-latte-over ice, ...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:11:00 GMT

A Repressed Childhood Memory of Halloween

Unlike the typical morning of school day prep with the normal daily business of cereal, brushing of teeth and getting dressed, today had an extra dimension of drama as we dressed the kids up for Hallo...
Posted by on Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:06:00 GMT