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January 10, 2013
Homebrewed CultureCast: ListMania, Antichrist o’ the Week & Sandwich Fetishes
No guest this week! It’s just Christian and Jordan and their wits against SILENCE. This week is all about end-of-the-year lists. Jordan runs down his ten favorite songs from 2012, and gets over his embarrassment at including OneRepublic’s “Feel Again”. Christian then breaks down the top quotes of the year, most of which include Mitt [...]
From STOP signs to POOP Signs: Ahh, Portland
It’s true that Portlanders pride themselves on being a different strain of weird. But for the most part, it’s a creative, whimsical sort of weirdness. It’s also pretty funny a lot of the time. Such was the case, at least in my view, when this story aired on the local news last night about vandals [...]
January 9, 2013
My Night With “Southpark” Creators’ “The Book of Mormon”
WARNING: there are some off-color references and descriptions in this blog post. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Having lived in Colorado for many years, I’ve heard the story of how Trey Parker and Matt Stone went from being the clowns of their high school to being some of the most prolific and important humorists [...]
January 8, 2013
Cut for Bieber: How Did We Get Here?
The ever-reliable and scrupulous news outlet TMZ recently publicized a photo featuring Justin Bieber with what could or could not be something resembling a hand-rolled cigarette or miniature cigar in his hand. The photo is far from conclusive in what it reveals, but this did not stop TMZ from reporting that Bieber appeared to be [...]
January 5, 2013
Church Sign Epic Fails, “God Likes Weed” Edition
When God gets the munchies, does he order take out, or does he just, like, *POOF* and there’s some pizza there?
Christian Anarchy, Jacques Ellul and Joel McKerrow
Up front, Christian and Jordan discuss their Christmases, and whether Hitler painted houses or paintings. The interview was actually recorded last summer, when the two sat down in Christian’s kitchen to talk with Australian spoken word artist Joel McKerrow. They discuss the land down under, Wild Goose West, and Joel does some really cool spoken [...]
January 4, 2013
VIDEO Church Sign Epic Fails, “Big Ass” Edition
Nothing sheds the holiday pounds while also getting the brain in shape like watching videos, so consider this your theological gym membership…whatever that means. “Satan’s Graffiti” VIDEO Edition of Church Sign Epic Fails “Beer in Hell” VIDEO Edition of Church Sign Epic Fails “Advent Onslaught” VIDEO Edition of Church Sign Epic Fails “Faith vs. Reason [...]
January 3, 2013
Finding God in Jane’s Addiction’s Perry Farrell?
I know this sounds totally bizarre, but I had a moment of clarity about the value of human life in, of all places, a kid-themed pizza joint yesterday. No, they don’t exploit their workers (that I know of, short of submitting them to overstimulated kids all day). It took a few steps for me to [...]
January 1, 2013
Ten Defining Phrases of 2012
Generally, we only know how history will be remembered once it is in the rearview mirror. Something, or some things, jump out and remain indelible in the collective memories of the culture. And in a world defined by sound bytes, sometimes only a few words tell us a lot about that moment in time. In [...]
December 31, 2012
Top Five Blog Stories of 2012
Wow, what a year! Thanks to all of you who helped my blog receive more than 615,000 pageviews in the past twelve months. It’s been an honor, a pleasure and an adventure to engage you in thoughtful conversation. Here’s to another year of more of the same! It’s good time to look back on what [...]
