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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 Tuesday, October 20
SINGLES
Philip Anthony Mud - Single (independent)

This Thursday, October 22
SINGLES
NEEDTOBREATHE Never Gonna Deserve Ya (feat. Evan Honer) - Single [UMG]

This Friday, October 23
ALBUMS
Bleach The Fox Den Sessions Vol. 1 [Residence Music]
Ernie Haase & Signature Sound Miami Live [StowTown]
Alex Henry Foster The Fragile Beauty (Of New Morning Hopes) [Hopeful Tragedy]
Future of Forestry Sojourner (independent)
Galactic Cowboys What Planet Are You From? [Cosmic Outpost Records]
JJ Hairston Anthems & Prayers (Live) [James Town Music]
m1L The Prelude EP [Polished Arrow]
Myles Maestro IDENTITY CRISIS [Syntax]
Melanie Penn Immanuel - The Acoustic Sessions (Deluxe) (independent)
Procyse I’ve Never Been Here Before [Polished Arrow]
QEW & Cyrus Sonata Chamber Saga EP [Syntax]
Josiah Queen Damascus Road [Capitol CMG]
The Sean Coleman Project Apropos of Nothing (independent)
Sidewalk Prophets Great Big Family Christmas (Live) [Curb]
We The Kingdom Soon The Streets Of Gold [Capitol CMG]
Devin Williams Conquer the World (Live) (independent)

SINGLES
Dave Barnes Christmastime - Single (independent)
Biscuits x albion. dawn - Single (independent)
Mark Bishop Unpack That Suitcase - Single [Sonlite]
Blanca Joyful, Joyful (We Singin' Out) - Single [Curb]
Elan Brio Airplanes - Single [Polished Arrow]
Chris Caro Hannah's Song - Single [Syntax]
Jordan Colle Worthy Of All Of It - Single [Bethel]
Matt Cooper Wonder - Single [QHMG / Quartz Hill Records]
ELEVATION LIVING ROOM BULLS & GOATS - Single [Elevation]
Hillside Recording & Addy Prado Joyful Joyful - Single (independent)
Keep Warm Like You (feat. Relient K) - Single [Real Fun]
Lakelin Lemmings I Ain't For Everybody (Piano) - Single [QHMG / Quartz Hill Records]
Mountains in the Sea My Burden Is Light - Single [Dream]
Naveszn Meadow - Single [Syntax]
No Vain Glory MOVE YOUR BODY (PT2) - Single [Syntax]
Jordan Rowe If Jesus Lived In My Hometown - Single [Tape Room / Capitol CMG]
Saints in Exile Haunted Nobody - Single [Syntax]
Skema Boy Worthy - Single [Provident]
Tommis & Company Your Name Is Jesus (Acoustic) - Single (independent)

Next Friday, October 30
ALBUMS
Beach Chapel A Special Place In Heaven (independent)
Kirk Franklin I Am What I Am [Uptown]
The Oak Ridge Boys Buried Treasures [Lightning Rod]
The Hyssongs We've Got a Song to Sing [Horizon]
Various Artists Songs Inspired By The Chosen: Season 1-5 [Capitol CMG]
Vomitorial Corpulence Martyrdomical Symphonanthem [Rottweiler]

SINGLES
Gracie Binion & Mitch Wong Gloria - Single [BEC]
Will Ellis My Yesterday’s Are Gone - Single (independent)
Leem of the Earth The Cavern of Dark - Single [Velvet Blue]
LOUDWERX Bass Go Boom (feat. Magic & Bird, Andy Mineo) - Single [Artist Influence]
Nai and J Follow - Single (independent)
Hunter Plake It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas - Single [BEC]
Jordan St. Cyr Guide Me Home - Single [BEC]
TobyMac The Hard Times - Single [Capitol CMG]
ZOEgirl I Still Believe - Single (independent)
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