Glee is the worst show on television, and its creator Ryan Murphy is the most unabashed bigot in television. We saw Kathy Griffin portray an egregious Tea Party stereotype last week (and, remember– this character was supposed to highlight Murphy’s
Read part one of the interview here. Here we continue our conversation with Daniel Smith, also known as Danielson, an independent musician and businessman based in rural New Jersey who’s done much to foster creativity and community for Christian performers
One of the best-kept secrets about the Church is that Christians have often been pioneers and giants in the arts. You certainly wouldn’t know that from what’s peddled as “Christian” music, that incestuous sub-genre known as CCM (contemporary Christian music)
With 2010 now behind us, I’m rounding out the retrospective of my personal favorites from that year with a look at the top 10 full albums of that rather impressive spin of the earth. This particular list is a little
We’ve learned quite a lot about how loathsome a commentator Lawrence O’Donnell is from his “Rewrite” segment on James Hudnall’s and Batton Lash’s “Obama Nation” cartoon. His hilariously uptight lecturing and blatant hypocrisy have already been documented, but one element
Within hours of the release of Lila Rose’s shocking and dismaying Planned Parenthood video, the leftist media trotted its favorite phrase for shutting out citizen journalists: “selectively edited.” I suggested jokingly that it would happen, but sadly, the left is
If we’ve learned anything from the Huffington Post, it’s that celebrity’ attempts at political eloquence almost always ends in disaster. A recent op-ed by Canadian singer Raffi was no exception; while God dumped enough snow on America to collapse the
I’ll be the first to admit that my home city of Pittsburgh has a permanent blemish on it: it’s the spawning grounds of the anti-capitalist punk band Anti-Flag. These guys function as ANSWER automatons; the first song I heard by
Any time someone commits an act of violence that grabs headlines, journalists scramble desperately for a scapegoat, some person or social force to crusade against and extend the story’s expiration date (and thus ratings). While it appears that Jared Lee
[Ed. Note: Ticket information and Larry O’Connor’s interview with Robert Davi can be found below the fold.] As a veteran of the film industry for more than 30 years, Robert Davi has become one of the most iconic and instantly
2010 was a great year for music, and these next few articles list my favorites from 2010. We’ve already gone through tracks 25-11 for the top individual songs of the year, and today we’ve got the top 10. If you’re
So 2010 is coming to a close, and man, what a year it was for music. These next few entries will chronicle my personal favorites from the year– first the Top 25 individual songs, then the Top 10 albums. There
Taylor Swift. Now that that’s out of the way, Kanye West has a new album out, and it’s pretty darn good. Not as good as all the other critics are managing to say once their spit glands dry up, but
You probably saw it on YouTube; maybe you read about it on Newsbusters; or, if your humanity is in question, you first saw it on Glee. Cee-Lo Green’s single “Fuck You” (or FU) is one of the biggest songs of
You had to hide it somewhere that no one would find it: your very first record, tape, CD– whatever medium– that Mom and Dad didn’t approve of. You had to listen to it through headphones or when they were out
It’s been satisfying to watch the rising star of
So I know we’re all hating on NPR right now, but for a fledgling music critic who has absolutely no clout getting advance copies of albums, their “First Listen” feature is a godsend. So if we can target just, like,
I’ve always been a little wary about indie superstar Sufjan Stevens. I first heard his music at an informational meeting for the philosophy club at my Baptist school (turns out it was a hangout for all the self-superior leftists with
GLAAD is just one of those organizations like PETA that you can’t help but feel sorry for. Their stars are waning; their time has passed. PETA can only grab a headline if they cough up enough money for some D-lister
I was never a big fan of the Beatles. For starters, I can’t spin that fast, and for all their musical innovation, I often can’t get past the whole nursery-rhyme vibe of it all. But Jeff Lynne idolizes them, and
Editor’s Note: Script reviews of upcoming projects have been around for as long as there’s been an Internet. Therefore it’s no secret that a film can evolve into something quite different from its screenplay. Please keep in mind that this
When I found out that Muzak was going bankrupt on February 11th, 2009, I cried myself to sleep at least four times that day. Who, besides satellite and terrestrial radio, would provide soft background music in public places for me?
Not much more can be said about the culturally ruinous effects of Lady Gaga. Never before has a “controversial” public persona been so contrived, derivative, and over-calculated. Every single move the woman makes is designed for one thing and one
[Ed. Note: This is the first part of a series expressing our affection for the kind of unpretentious, action entertainment Stallone is hoping to revive to with “The Expendables.”] There are few greater joys than ’80s action films. When I
Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs may seem like a record filled with sorrow, but it is a record filled with hate–hatred of the very thought of growing up. Spitting out every leftist cliché about the evils of suburbia, frontman Win Butler
