OK, I don't know if this had anything to do with it, but I noticed that the date on my computer was set to April 9, 2001.  Now, I just switched my PC to a new case.  Is it possible that my CMOS battery is toast, or is there some virus that is messing with the date?

Anyway, the reason that my posts did not show up on my blog is because they occurred "in the past."  According to my PC, the posts were dated in 2001, so they didn't appear on my home page.  Ugh.

I've been having problems with Radio UserLand.  It seems to have lost my "usernum," and that prevented upstreaming.  Now it doesn't seem to be upstreaming correctly for some other reason.  In many ways, this post is just another test of the posting/upstreaming mechanism.  Aargh!!

David Meece was the first artist I listened to as a teen in the 80's.  I come from a traditional Pentecostal background, and "Christian Rock" was labeled as "rebellion" by many of the adults I knew.  So for me, contemporary Christian music with a heavy beat and grueling guitar (or so I thought) was a way for me to push back at the rigorous traditions that I felt had been forced upon me.  I bought David Meece's recording (called "Seven").  I really dug the song "Unknow Soldier," especially since I had first been introduced to it during the local skating rink's Christian skate night.

I felt like I had picked a really good hero.  He was a gifted pianist, a childhood prodigy.  His Christmas songs are his most recognized contributions to the CCM industry: "One Small Child" and "We Are The Reason."

The last album that I bought by David was "Learning To Trust."  I saw him in concert in the early 90's at Cooper Stadium in Columbus, Ohio.  Then nothing.  For 10 whole years--nothing.  (Actually, in researching this post, I found that it wasn't 10 years.  He actually released "Once In a Lifetime" and a greatest hits collection, "Odyssey," in the time since "Learning To Trust.")

I did a spontaneous Google search for his name recently and found his official home page.  He has a new project called "There I Go Again.".  I haven't heard it yet, but you have to wonder how an artist's music changes after so long.  I'm definitely excited to hear the new stuff.  Glad you're back, David.