Scott Walker

@Tefrin Thank you for asking important questions and advocating for disabled and vulnerable persons.

@StatCan_eng @Tefrin This is a HUGE concern that cannot be explained away with a "sMaLl ClArIfIcAtIoN" . This is as many have feared- that our country is covering up actual numbers of MAID. Stupid at best, ghoulish at worst. I fear for all vulnerable and disabled persons 😔

@Tefrin We'd like to offer a small clarification to our previous response : In the case of a disability or mental health condition, deaths are coded to the underlying disability or mental health issue that MAID was granted for.

A dataset from the Canadian Vital Statistics - Death Database covering the 2022 reference year was released today. For more information: www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quoti….

@honeybjackson 5 out of 7 of us now have the dreaded pink eye....it's bad, but I fear Strep throat is worse 😔 hope you all feel better soon!

I spent the week worried that I was going to get pink eye from my son. Nope. It's strep throat instead....

@honeybjackson @menny_thoughts 😀

@MrWalkerEICS @menny_thoughts Thank you! Same to you

Throwback: celebrating 8 years today. Happy anniversary to my love, who only loves me with the purest intentions. 💛

@menny_thoughts @walkmystep Thank you sir!

@MrWalkerEICS @walkmystep Congratulations and many blessings

@StormlandBand They are Swede-ish lololol.....ok, I'll see myself out 🙃

Is In Flames still even Swedish at this point?

@HaleyCarrots The production notes on Wikipedia give me hope!

Oh man. I hope this is good. I’m nervous but hopeful.

@melissadamur May he rest in peace. May Peace be with you and your family .

@mattswaim I read an article a LONG time ago in a magazine (maybe HM?) where Andy Prickett (guitarist) described making Mercury as trying to write a "riffless album", so that fits 🙃

@MrWalkerEICS Mercury is probably my favorite album of all time. But for very obvious reasons, Humb would not work as one of those legendary opening track riff tunes :)

This title has been bothering me for weeks... Not because I deny the influence of Switchfoot (I have enjoyed a track or two in my day), but because I can think of at least 10 track ones from albums that changed Christian rock a lot more for me: religionnews.com/2023/04/29/20-… via @RNS

@mattswaim This and Mercury were hugely influential for me.

9. The Prayer Chain - Crawl Holy mackerel, the first time I put this in, I felt I had entered into a new universe of rock that I did not even think was possible. Listen to 20 seconds of it and realize quickly we are miles and miles away from CCM here. youtube.com/watch?v=YRvBP9…

@mattswaim Housewife Love Song remains my fave...that tone is *chef's kiss*

11. Starflyer 59: Blue Collar Love Starflyer could have made it on for a few track ones (The Voyager, A House Wife Love Song, etc), but this is the song that introduced them to the world, so that's what you're getting. youtube.com/watch?v=FAYq74…

@mattswaim YAAAAAS. The whiplash I got from Splinter Shards to this was extreme, but in a very, very good way.

14. Zao - Lies of Serpents, a River of Tears I feel like an entire generation of people got into Christian metalcore through the opening riff in this track. It is the quintessential Zao song in so many ways. And it holds up impossibly well. youtube.com/watch?v=-Qbxa3…

@mattswaim I was so excited to finally get this album when it first came out. I knew it would be awesome and it did not disappoint. I air drummed the crap out of this album.

15. Stavesacre - Threshold Lots of us heard rumors Stavesacre would be cool. Then we got a comp disc with this track on it, and the first few seconds -- clean build to epic melodic explosion -- had us all in and ready for more. youtube.com/watch?time_con…

@mattswaim @RNS My favorite track 1 from my early foray into high quality Christian rock: youtu.be/CVuaqsD65jU

@mattswaim EVERY @hopesfall ALBUM IS AWESOME

4. Hopesfall - Shines Through There were other Hopesfall albums. Or so I am told. Track 1 of this first major breakthrough project wore out in my car so I bought it again. youtu.be/0os37xVVoSY

@mattswaim Dude. This album was so rad. I can't find my copy anymore - and it isn't on any streaming services in Canada 😭

3. Fell Venus - Nice Guy First heard this on a late Friday night Christian radio show in the early 90's in Ohio. Spent weeks trying to get the timing right to be able to record it off the radio. Still have no idea who these guys are in real life. youtu.be/K3cOPQkgX9o

@jdflynn My son shared this one with me....even better 😆

@gregorykhillis Leisure, the baseball of time?

Am I writing an brief piece on Josef Pieper, baseball, and the pitch clock? Maaaaaaybe.