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JFH Former Staff: Mark Rice

  • Name: Mark Rice
  • Former Role(s) At JfH: Review Writer / Podcast Co-host
  • Pets: Ruby the Hungarian Viszla
  • Car: One that gets me from Point A to Point B
  • Education: BS in Mathematics Education
  • Hobbies: Music, Movies, History, Theology, Competitive Sprinting, Physical Activity, Relaxing, Amassing Useless Trivia
  • Pet Peeves: Ever since becoming a teacher, my biggest pet peeve is excuses
  • Thing you MUST Know: Always be really nice to your teachers. They have it harder than you will ever know...
  • Guilty Pleasures: Being nostalgic (usually in the form of animation geared for much younger audiences than my current self)
  • Favorite Sports: Track & Field
  • Favorite TV Shows: "Classic" cartoons or 90's cartoons...
  • Favorite Movie: All-Time = Wall-E. I'm an avid movie watcher, but I greatly prefer movies that have survived the test of time... and Pixar movies...
  • Favorite Actors: All-Time = Jimmy Stewart. Next 5: Humphry Bogart, Cary Grant, Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks, Charlton Heston
  • Favorite Actresses: All-Time = Audrey Hepburn, Next 5: Ingrid Bergman, Sandra Bullock, Grace Kelly, Katharine Hepburn, Meryl Streep
  • Favorite Books: The 66 that guide my life,The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, To Kill A Mockingbird and the Redwall series
  • Favorite Cartoon Characters: Bugs Bunny, Donald Duck, The Warner Brothers (& The Warner Sister), Pinky & The Brain, Tigger, and the Peanuts gang
  • Favorite Bands: All-Time = Steven Curtis Chapman. The rest are here
  • Favorite Live Shows: Is it blasphemous for a music critic to never attend concerts?
  • Favorite Animal: Meerkats (this would definitely be my choice for an exotic pet)
  • Favorite Food: Honeycrisp Apple
  • Favorite Fast Food: I've never seen food race before, so I honestly can't say...
  • Favorite Breakfast Cereal: Honey Nut Cheerios
  • Favorite Drink: Without water, I'd be dead.
  • Favorite Candy: Nerds
  • Little-Known Super Power: An inordinate ability to learn trivia

 


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Music Out This Week


This Wednesday, August 5
ALBUMS
Life.Church Switch Simple - EP (independent)

This Friday, August 7
ALBUMS
The Choir Dragonfly [Galaxy 21]
John Elefante Stories: The John Elefante Collection [Girder]

SINGLES
29:11 Worship Child of God - Single [Dream]
Francesca Battistelli He Will - Single [Curb]
Adriel Cruz I Don't Know About You - Single [Syntax]
Drea LP & OnBeatMusic Don't Think About It - Single [Syntax]
Josh Grove Trust (Psalm 13) - Single (independent)
Daye Jack He Is There For Me - Single [Syntax]
Allan Scott Everybody Needs Someone - Single [Dream]
Good Weather Forecast, SOFYKA NOMADIC TENDENCIES - Single [Dream]
Solachi Voz ABBA - Single [Syntax]
Carly Ann Taylor Lifeline - Single [Wings]
Vineyard Worship Reign Forevermore - Single [Vineyard]

Next Thursday, August 13
ALBUMS
Various Artists Songs We've Been Trying To Tell You About (And Others We Haven't), Volume Fifteen [JFH Music]

Next Friday, August 14
ALBUMS
The Arcadian Wild Make It Out Alive [Rip Stitch]
Jenna Raine Jeans, Boys & Jesus [Warner]

SINGLES
GLADDEN Free Fall - Single (independent)
V1 Worship You Alone, Jesus - Single [Dream]

Next Saturday, August 15
VINYL
Mat Kearney Nothing Left to Lose (Deluxe) Vinyl
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