Amen Brother!
I live in the blue corner of a magenta state, and so it isn't a surpise that I don't know much about the oxymoronic musical form known as Christian Rock. Rob Long, in Slate, confirms my worst fears:
I've listened to my fair share of it, too?long drive across the country; busted iPod?and there's something so weird about it. It sounds like regular bad music when you first tune in. The lyrics always seem like regular bad music lyrics, too?"I feel your body next to mine/ And that makes my whole life shine"?but after a second or two you realize that they're singing about Jesus, not some girl named Mandy, and the whole thing just seems, well, creepy. Because rock music?and most other forms of entertainment, when you really think about it?is fundamentally about carnal desire. And Jesus, when you really think about it, is fundamentally not.In light of my post yesterday I didn't appreciate the bit about the broken iPod. But I digress. More from Long on the entertainment-at-the-Convention angle:
Which is all a long way of saying that I don't think I'm going to enjoy the "entertainment" portion of the Republican National Convention.
I'm aware that I'm going to sound like one of those liberal Democrat media snobs?which is unfair, because I'm a conservative Republican media snob?but who are these people? I live in Venice, Calif., so I happen to know who Daize Shayne is?Google her yourself, if you're interested?but most of the other names are drawing big blanks. There are rumors, of course, that Britney Spears is a closet Bushie?which might be true; she's from Orlando, right??and we've all seen Ted Nugent's Republican spiel. But the sad truth is, the real difference between Democrats and Republicans is that their celebrities are, like, actually famous and ours are, well, singing weirdly erotic songs about Our Savior.Amen Brother!