Jonathan Ryan's Blog, page 87

Grace Unplugged: Creating Art out of Personal Pain.

One of the questions I get as a writer is: where do I get my ideas? I find it a difficult question to answer, because some of my stories are grounded in deep personal pain that I have no wish to discuss with the wider world. Usually, I give some lame answer about “not really [Read More...]

Are You Ready for Fall Television?

From Geek Goes Rogue TV Editor Zach W. Lorton, who hasn’t been himself since a certain DEA agent died… What do you do when you’re trawling the internet, but trying not to read ANYTHING about the latest episode of Breaking Bad because you haven’t watched it yet? What’s easy?  Let’s look at the fall television lineup. ABC [Read More...]

Cross-Country Romances Do Sometimes Work

By Alan Atchison, Co-Editor “How can you not be romantic about baseball?” Truer words were never spoken by Oakland Athletics’ GM Billy Beane…or at least, by Brad Pitt playing Billy Beane in 2011’s Moneyball. Here we sit, two weeks away from the end of another glorious baseball regular season, and for the second straight year, [Read More...]

“Ripping Callouses off People’s Hearts”: Interview with Indie Music Artist Jennifer Daniels

(Every time I listen to Jennifer Daniels, I’m transported to my college days. Covenant College is a converted 1920′s hotel and grounds (yeah, its as cool as it sounds), so it had a lot of neat little secrets around every corner. Tucker Hall, if I remember right, was old caretaker cottage converted into a coffee [Read More...]

3 To Go — Geek Goes Rogue Reviews Breaking Bad: “Ozymandias”

From Geek Goes Rogue TV Editor Zach W. Lorton, whose wife is on her way home from being out of town, which means he doesn’t have to wait a whole day while the internet explodes to write this review… So, at the end of last week’s episode of Breaking Bad, we saw Walt get arrested, Jesse [Read More...]

Can the Christian Movie Grace Unplugged Save Miley Cyrus?

Two weeks ago, I attended the Grace Unplugged press junket in Hollywood. The night before I left, Miley Cyrus decided to cause a bit of a stir (you may have heard about it) by backing her rear end into Robin Thicke. (Couldn’t it have been someone who DOESN’T look like a future Las Vegas lounge [Read More...]

Passage from my upcoming novel, 3 Gates of the Dead…

  My novel, 3 Gates of the Dead, drops in bookstores everywhere a month from now on October 15th. Here is passage from the book…. “Edna sometimes has dreams, only thing I know what to call them. Anyway, she had a dream that she was walking in this field, and she saw a little boy [Read More...]

Faith-Based Films: As Bad as Christian Music?

From Geek Goes Rogue TV Editor Zach W. Lorton, who enjoys the oatmeal cookies his wife bakes, but has a hard time keeping them down when discussing this subject… Some news was made very recently about a Christian film company who created a film that was given an R rating from the MPAA.  Peter T. [Read More...]

Do You Love/Hate Derek Webb? Got a Question You’re Dying to Ask Him? Tell Me!

Hey geeks, Alan Atchison here! In the next couple of weeks, I’ll be having a one-on-one interview with singer/songwriter Derek Webb for a Geek Goes Rogue exclusive in the wake of the release of his new album. If you’re a die hard fan, a casual fan, or even despise the guy and all he stands [Read More...]

4 To Go — Geek Goes Rogue reviews Breaking Bad: “To’hajiilee”

From Geek Goes Rogue TV Editor Zach W. Lorton, who just saw The World’s End and really wants a pint… Get your bug bombing tents out and practice your best “Am I under arrest” delivery, because it’s time once again to travel back into the world of chemistry teacher turned drug emperor Walter White and his [Read More...]