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Pastor Tim

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About Me

Just a music freak who also happens to believe in the One. I'm a pastor of a small Lutheran church in downtown Great Falls, Montana; I'm dad to John, and husband & colleague to Sandy; community guy; music archivist; and full-time freak of many stripes and colors.

My Interests

music, gardening, music, being a dad & husband, recording music, biking, archiving music, brewing beer, and uh... did I mention music yet?Go! I am 92% Hippie.
.. The man may have me down, but I am not out, man. I put up the good fight, and stink to high heaven. I should put down the blotter, and take a bath, man. Take the
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And this year I won't be the guy on the cell phone!

Music:

Oh wait, I wasn't supposed to mention music til now?! Dang! Please add Yonder Mountain String Band, The Big Wu, Gomez, Grateful Dead, [insert 4,000 other favorite bands here], the 10,000 vinyl LPs, 5,000 CDs, 700 DATs, and gajillion CDRs that line the walls of my studio; and uhhh, did I happen to mention that I listen to a lot of music...?NOTA BENE: You'll probably want to pause the audio-player (above) to watch our Mom sing this traditional family tune or it'll sound like a wierd musical smackdown...Sweet Violets

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Movies:

Lord Of The Rings, Monty Python & The Holy Grail, Mystery Train (okay, ALL Jarmusch films), High Fidelity, and absolutely any of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) flicks.

Television:

Hustle, The Simpsons, SF Giants baseball on MLB Extra Innings, and the Independent Film Channel.

Books:

David James Duncan's 'The Brothers K,' Douglas Adam's 'Hitchhikers Guide' trilogy (ha!) & the Dirk Gently novels, Robt Pirsig's 'Zen & The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance,' C.S. Lewis' 'Chronicles Of Narnia' (7 volumes, but especially 'Voyage Of The Dawn Treader' and 'The Last Battle'), everything Terry Pratchett's ever written (thank you, BR!), The Bible (preferably The Message translation), and the writings of Thich Nhat Hanh.------------------------------------ Your Language Arts Grade: 100%

Way to go! You know not to trust the MS Grammar Check and you know "no" from "know." Now, go forth and spread the good word (or at least, the proper use of apostrophes).

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Heroes:

My 'little' brother Matthew; my wife Sandy and my son John; the people who've accepted me without pigeonholing me; Ben Kaufmann; John Cleese; Mark Pederson, Jerry Ebbinga, Mark Ramseth, & Walt Kirkegaard (my professional mentors); and people who still believe they can change the world... and you.Oh, and this guy with the fine legs and ankle tat:

My Blog

PT's Artist of the Week bulletins - May 2007

PT's Artist of the Week: Deadwood Revival (May 7-13, 2007) http://www.myspace.com/deadwoodrevival  Hi, folks -- Welcome to my new feature, "PT's Artist of the Week."  Each week I'll post a ...
Posted by Pastor Tim on Mon, 28 May 2007 09:38:00 PST

Sept 25, 2006: Why my player-song changes so often

Someone asked me last week why my player-song is constantly changing, so I'm going to take a few minutes to reflect on that.  Then another person asked "What was that one song you had on like two...
Posted by Pastor Tim on Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:46:00 PST