{"id":4943,"date":"2016-02-07T15:05:24","date_gmt":"2016-02-07T22:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/?p=4943"},"modified":"2016-02-07T15:05:24","modified_gmt":"2016-02-07T22:05:24","slug":"is-that-god-or-peyton-manning-i-cannot-tell-chris-thiles-omahallelujah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paperbacktheology\/2016\/02\/is-that-god-or-peyton-manning-i-cannot-tell-chris-thiles-omahallelujah.html","title":{"rendered":"Is That God Or Peyton Manning? I Cannot Tell: Chris Thile’s Omahallelujah!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"omaha.001\"<\/a>Chris Thile is set to fill Garrison Keillor\u2019s shoes as the host of A Prairie Home Companion<\/em>, the faithful fans (of which I am one) have voiced some uncertainty\u00a0as to\u00a0how it would work. The show has long been a real musical variety show. The music has been truly live, and truly good for as long as I can remember, but the corny skits and melodramatic radio reenactments are\u00a0the real draw. APHC<\/em> is\u00a0a throwback to the days before tv, and it takes a certain kind of talent to pull it off.<\/p>\n

Thile was the guest host on the show yesterday, and it seems the agenda was to remove all doubt. If it\u2019s possible, I think the show might be about to get even better. Thile is a natural raconteur, and is nearly always the best musician in the room. Yesterday\u2019s show as as entertaining as I\u2019ve heard from my favorite NPR show. Thile was spot on the mark with everything from the Professional Society of English Majors, to this song about Peyton Manning, in anticipation of today\u2019s Superbowl. The jokes leading up to the song were as good or better than the song itself, and the song is genius. Don\u2019t take this as a sign that I\u2019m rooting for the Broncos, I\u2019m not. But I will never hear \u201cOmaha!\u201d in quite the same way again.<\/p>\n