Christopher Joel

In case you haven’t heard, Steven Curtis Chapman’s youngest daughter was killed yesterday in a traffic accident involving one her teenaged brothers.  I don’t know them that well, but I have met Steven and his two sons and I’m sure this is an incredibly difficult day for them.  It’s one thing to lose a daughter, [...]

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I read this story this week and kinda shrugged about it. So what? Then I got a copy of Apple’s Leopard and discovered it had this very same packaging. Apple’s discs normally come in a CD sleeve, which I then remove from the box, label, and stick in a file folder for that computer. This [...]

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Mariah Carey has passed Elvis’ record for #1 hits.  She has 18, he had 17.  Now she is second only to The Beatles, who had 20.  Scary stuff.  Hopefully, she doesn’t ever pass The Beatles.  How sad would that day be, huh?

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This guy thinks he has the answer: write a song that has the word “radio” in it.  Radio loves itself (like everyone, right?), so hearing about radio in a song makes it more likely that they will play the song.  At least, that’s the theory.  I might try that someday and see if it’s true…

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As you can see, Christopherjoel.com is all new! I’m so glad to get my domain name back and this site up and running. I’ve got one gig lined up already and hopefully more on the way. 2008 is going to be a great year for CJ and the band.

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