Site News & Updates In 2004
Bootleg Downloads
December 15th: Courtesy of Mint Shows, you can now download all existing bootlegs in lossless-quality FLAC format. Please be kind to his server by downloading one file at a time. There is more bootleg audio out there, it just hasn't bubbled to the surface yet...
Second Chance Movie Updates
December 15th: More Second Chance linkage:
- Photo gallery from the shoot (scroll down to "Smitty Behind the Scenes Photos")
- Smith sets sights on movie ministry - Details: Set for release in September 2005, to be distributed by New Market Films
Site Update
November 20th: Old and stale updates from the front page of Sock Heaven are now in a news archive. Two new articles:
- In Concert: Gastonia, North
Carolina
Vortexx, Summer 1986 - Steve Taylor
Interview
Rock Of Life Magazine, Q1 1995(?)
Second Chance Movie Updates
November 20th: More Second Chance linkage:
- Press
release
October 14th press release that slipped through the cracks - Michael
W. Smith to Star in Feature Film
From ccmbuzz.com - Michael
W. Smith, Steve Taylor Collaborate on Film
Details and photo - Photos
From Second Chance Filming
More photos on Michael W. Smith's web site - I'm
ready for my closeup, Mr. DeMille
Blog entry by John Carney, who was on hand for some of the shooting as an extra - Get Religion blog entry
Second Chance Movie Updates
November 18th: Shooting for Second Chance has wrapped. The rumored plan is a limited release next Fall in 300 to 600 theaters. For more in-depth news:
- God
and men, at work - Nashville movie deals with reality,
redemption
The Tennessean (Nashville newspaper) - On
Location at the God Almighty Restaurant
ChristianityToday.com
Second Chance Movie Updates
October 13th: Courtesy of KingDavid of On The Fritz and Pilar, a synopsis of Second Chance is on Michael W. Smith's web site, and CCM has a story about being an extra in the movie.
Site Update
October 10th: Two new articles courtesy of Scott Welshans, and four thanks to Norvin Coblentz:
- Ever
Unpredictable
Notebored, January/February 1988 - I Predict 1990
Notebored, January/February 1988 - Devoted To Satire
Chicago Tribune, November 28, 1993 - Steve Taylor
Billboard, September 3, 1994 - Steve Taylor's
Resurrection
Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph, September 30, 1994 - Steve Taylor: Getting By On
Acerbic Charm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 6, 1994
Site Update
September 24th: Two very nice artifacts in the press archive thanks to Lorenz Schmiege:
- Kevin: The Chagall Guevara
Newsletter
Autumn 1991 - Postcard and Letter for
Chagall Guevara Promotional Cassette
December 1, 1990 & February 15, 1991
Second Chance Movie Updates
September 12th: This just in from headquarters: Steve's movie Second Chance will begin shooting in two weeks and is scheduled to wrap by Halloween. Stay tuned for further updates.
Site Update
August 28th: Two new articles:
- "...As You Squint
With the Light Of Truth In Your Eyes"
Cross Rhythms, February/March 1994 - Pick Of The Pile:
Steve Taylor "Squint"
Cross Rhythms, February/March 1994
Site Update
August 27th: Three new articles:
- I Predict 1990 (Review)
CCM Magazine, January 1988 - Rebel Artists Become
Passafist
Syndicate Magazine, July 1994 - Critique: I Predict A
Clone
Syndicate Magazine, July 1994
Site Update
August 21st: Three new articles:
- Steve Taylor: This Joker's
Wild!
Gospel Music Today, January/February/March 1988 - Steve Taylor Blew Up
Christian Music Real Good!
Harvest Rock Syndicate, April/May/June(?) 1988 - Critique: I Predict 1990
The Video Album
Harvest Rock Syndicate, April/May/June(?) 1988
Site Update
August 15th: Four new articles:
- Steve Taylor Comments On
His Ministry
Gospel Music Today, July/August/September 1987 - Critique: Chagall
Guevara
Harvest Rock Syndicate, January/February(?) 1991 - Chagall Guevara, How'd
You Get So Good?
Harvest Rock Syndicate, March/April(?) 1991 - Taylor Tribute Worth
It
Visions Of Gray, June 1994
Site Update
August 13th: Two new articles:
- Concert Reviews:
Chagall Guevara
Harvest Rock Syndicate, July/August(?) 1991 - Steve Taylor's Musical
Matinee
Christian Music Crossroads, October 1995
Cornerstone 1987 Bootleg Download
You can now download the Cornerstone 1987 bootleg in losslessly-compressed FLAC format using BitTorrent courtesy of the helpful people at sharingthegroove.org. Click here for more info.
A request from those of us who help spread bootlegs around for free: Please never buy bootlegs or copies of studio albums. There are plenty of avenues for getting both for free, and you officially have Steve's explicit permission to do so. You can download studio albums in MP3 format at KingDavid's site "On The Fritz", and bsides the previously-mentioned torrents, you can get copies of studio albums and bootlegs in lossless format from me and KingDavid just by asking.
Ben Pearson Interview
An interview with Ben Pearson on the Grassroots Music web site, apparently from the end of 2003, drops another small detail about Second Chance:
I also wrote a piece called Second Chance which just got green-lighted. Steve Taylor will direct that one. It's kind of ER meets an inner-city church. The tension comes with the fact that the inner-city church is owned by one of those huge, five-city-blocks mega churches. I called up Michael W. Smith because it seemed like a role that would be perfect for him. We'll start shooting that in January or February of 04.
Second Chance Details
Sandy Roberts posted to the mailing list about a short blurb on Cross Rhythms' web site in which details about Steve's movie project Second Chance trickle out:
In the interview [Michael W.] Smith also revealed that if he will be appearing in an upcoming film, The Second Chance. "It's about an associate pastor named Ethan in a suburban church. Ethan ends up being sent to an inner city church. He does not want to go, but he goes. He falls in love with the people and it changes his life. Steve Taylor, Ben Pearson and Chip Arnold wrote it."
March 2004 CCM Magazine
A brief "20 questions" article about Steve can be found in the March 2004 edition of CCM Magazine. In it Steve lightly touches on his current film project titled "Second Chance":
"It's Training Day set in an inner-city church," Taylor says of his first feature-length film. Co-written with Ben Pearson and Chip Arnold, cameras roll this summer with a target release date of early 2005.
There is also a reference made to KingDavid's fan site and the Favorite Steve Taylor Songs poll he ran a little while back.
In addition, Sixpence None The Richer, Squint Entertainment's once-flagship act, has announced that they are calling it quits.
