Sacred sounds. Pantheons of minstrels--demigods, saints, and idols. We go to revival meeting-concerts and rededicate our lives, through call and responses. Hear our favorite visiting preachers. Remake ourselves in their image. Epidemics of beards and tight pants sweep the nation. We sing along to playlist liturgies. We dance our ecstatic worship dances. We worship en masse at parties, together in the car, alone with an iPod on the bus.
The stories of our lives are indexed to songs--"our" song, theme songs, the song you were listening to when you got some news. We grieve to them. Heal to them. Celebrate to them.
Together, they make up our music religion, our music church.
A couple of my favorite priests: Devendra Banhart and The Tallest Man on Earth.
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