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August 24, 2013
Billy Corgan on Christian Rock: I Think Jesus Would Like Better Bands
By Alan Atchison, Co-Editor The Smashing Pumpkins helped me get through my adolescent years. When Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness was released in 1995, I was a hormonally-charged fifteen-year-old wondering how on earth to make sense of the chaos of life around me. “Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in [Read More...]
August 23, 2013
The Adventures of Kirk Cameron, Evangelical Rebel, Part Two
(Find Part One of this interview here) When Kirk said he got into trouble with evangelicals over Unstoppable, I almost wrecked my car. Kirk, as many know, is virtually THE right-wing evangelical poster boy. “Kirk, you’ve got to tell me more about that,” I said. He paused for a moment and then gave a rueful [Read More...]
August 22, 2013
The Adventures of Kirk Cameron, Evangelical Rebel, Part One…
When a friend of mine found out I would be interviewing Kirk Cameron, he dashed off a text to me and asked, “You’re not going to bash Kirk, are you? I’m getting tired of hipster Christians making him an easy target.” I understand my friend’s concern. Cameron makes himself a target for a lot of [Read More...]
New Album Review: Derek Webb’s “I Was Wrong, I’m Sorry & I Love You”
By Alan Atchison, Co-Editor Exactly ten years ago, singer/songwriter Derek Webb looked at the state of the Church and declared that “she must and shall go free.” This year, he’s telling us all that he was wrong, he’s sorry, and he loves us. But contradicting himself, he is not. In the decade since his departure [Read More...]
August 21, 2013
Stranger….New J.J. Abrams trailer is scary awesome…
Everyone who reads GGR knows I’m a huge J.J. Abrams fan. So, when this new trailer hit…well…let’s just say I Geek out just a little bit….
August 20, 2013
Christian Music’s Authenticity Problem (or How I Learned to Stop Consuming and Actually Engage)
From Geek Goes Rogue TV Editor Zach Lorton, as told to by the giant CD rack staring him in the face… One thing I love to do is engage in well-thought conversations. Sometimes, this manifests itself as inadvertent instigation, especially on social media. Such was the case last week, when I was taking my nephew [Read More...]
7 To Go: GGR Reviews Breaking Bad – “Buried”
From Geek Goes Rogue TV Editor Zach Lorton, who should NOT be eating gelato directly out of the container… It’s that time again, time to see what Heisenberg and his (now defunct) crew are up to. Here we go with my blow-by-blow review of the Breaking Bad episode “Buried”. #SpoilerAlert. ==================== 0:01:01 – Recap. Read [Read More...]
August 19, 2013
My Fragmented Life….The Hardy Boys
Recently, a friend posted a photo on Facebook of an old Nancy Drew mystery called, The Mystery of the Black Keys. He captioned it, “For a laugh.” The implied joke was for those of us who are huge fans of The Black Keys, one of the best rock bands to ever come out of [Read More...]
August 16, 2013
You’re Next….Horror for Meth Addicts
When I get invites for press screenings, I try not to turn them down. As someone trying to build credibility with my film reviews, I take every opportunity given to me. Plus, as a horror writer with a novel coming out in October, You’re Next appealed to my sensibilities. As I went to the theater [Read More...]
August 14, 2013
Kick Ass 2: Is Violence Ever Good?
(Possible Spoilers Ahead) I wrote one version of this review that was far more positive than the one I’m writing now. My first impression of Kick Ass 2 is that I liked it quite a lot. Then, I started to reflect on the film and I realized a few things disturbed me. Here are my [Read More...]
