Live: Pearl Jam 11/24
“It’s evolution baby!” Pearl Jam played an invigorated three hour set at the Los Angeles Sports Arena on Sunday night. The 33 songs…
Artpop: the Latest from Gaga Needs More of her Gospel
In my chapter for Donald Boisvert and Jay Johnson’s book Queer Religion, “God, Sex, and Popular Culture: the Evil Demon of Images and…
Are You There God? It’s Vampire Weekend
Editor’s note: Another great post from Benjamin Griffin, lover of all things musically creative and Master of Spirituality. (Really, that’s his degree.) Here,…
Yeezus H. Christ: the Self-Apotheosis of Kanye West
I come to review an artist even our unflappable president referred to as a “jackass.” Although I have severe doubts about some of…
Dying in the Glass Closet
Prior to gay liberation, gay people, unable to come out, had little choice but to build magnificent closets. Mad King Ludwig built fairy-tale…
Jesus and John Lennon: Misremembered Messiahs
I had the opportunity to give a talk at the PSR Sacred Snapshots event in Berkeley on April 20th about John Lennon as…
Psalms of “Black Velvet”
Steve Sudeth with a post on the little-known Charles Bradley, a one-time James Brown impersonator who has now released his own albums rich…
Super Fun Pack – 3 Music Reviews!
Finally getting around to writing about some music I’ve been listening to for the last few months, here’s some brief reviews of three…
Musical Indoctrination
Occasional Pop Theology contributor Steve Sudeth shares his thoughts on “raising up a child in the way he should go” with particular attention…