I’ve been reading Sean Penn’s San Fransico Chronicle diary of his June journey to Iran. He gives us a glimpse of his antisocial personality when he says in his day 3 post
“I am a reasonably social person, but that isn’t to say that I have been in a group or a party of more than four or five people without the support of alcohol in as long as I can remember.”
I was raised in a Christian household and went to a Christian school since third grade. I also went to a Christian college. This upbringing introduced me to the Christian music scene. But I’m not necessarily talking about the praise, worship and hymns many non-Christians may stereotype. Believe it or not, the Christian music scene has pretty much the same genres of music that are available to the mainstream - the only difference is that the lyrics are often Biblically-based or considered family-friendly.
Over the years, many of these Christian bands were second rate alternatives to their mainstream counterparts, but a lot has changed. Groups like Stryper, Jars of Clay, Lifehouse, Sixpence None the Richer, Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, DC Talk and others have found success in the mainstream and Christian scenes alike.
This brings me to talk about a recent happening. Last weekend I visited my brother in the Chicago-area. I went to his church and was surprised to find that Rex Carroll was playing in the worship band! Rex was the mastermind behind Whitecross, the Christian heavy metal group I enjoyed back in the day. Although I never really was into the metal scene, Whitecross was one of those groups that really allowed me to “praise and worship” while listening to some cool music. Rex Carroll is a phenomenal guitarist - I would encourage you to check out their most popular release entitled In the Kingdom.
Interestingly, after speaking with Rex I found out that the group decided to reform to re-record their original self-titled debut album. They are taking pre-orders for the album due for a September 12, 2005 release.
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Well, my dreams of another championship have tanked. ESPN reports that Marcus Williams and A.J. Price has been charged in some laptop thefts at UConn. Although we must follow the “innocent until proven guilty” credo, I don’t doubt that they will be found guilty. This is devastating news for a program predicted to win it all again this year. I doubt UConn can make any waves without a backcourt that would surely be magical with these two phenoms.
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Ah, the 60s and 70s. A time when anti-war liberals embraced the “make love, not war” credo. On that note, I was shocked to read Michelle Malkin’s blog today which, in part, displayed some hate mail she recently received.
I’m sure these people do not represent many civil liberals; nonetheless, these people give the left a very bad name. For good or for ill, we live in a democracy where we can freely debate and express our views. Unfortunately, there just happens to be some who are not articulate enough to participate in a civil debate. Instead, they must resort to using 5th grade playground tactics - spewing hateful, hide-behind-the-Internet-because-I-have-no-guts messages. Would they show the email they wrote to their mothers? Certainly it’s the behavior of these individuals that might make me change my “intelligent design” views and believe that there just might be something to evolutionary theory if they can be used as evidence in support of the missing link.
What goes on in the minds of these true “wackos?” It dumbfounds me that anyone in their right mind could be against war and violence yet send emails that include (and this is the only “clean” portion I could display) things like,
“I hope your [Michelle Malkin's] entire family perishes in a war of your liking.”
I thought right wing religious wackos had a monopoly on racial prejudice and hate speech. I guess I was wrong.
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I saw a great vanity plate on my travels back to Maryland from New England:
HATE 495