Kiss the Son
Posted 11-07-2009 at 06:54 AM by Poppinjay
as a rule, I really dislike contempo Christian music. It's cliche'd crapola. Ubiquitous choral background aiding an earnest male voice.
that, plus the earnest puns on the word Son. Hey, let's get a band together and sing rock, but rock about God! We'll really rock, not like those other bands! And let's incorporate the word Son into the title because Jebus is the Son of God and he's the reason for the season! Man! So we have Sonrise, Setting Sons (which is actually the title of a pretty cool punk album by The Jam) etc.
While studying my bible on how to convert dirty non believers to my faith, I came across the term, "Kiss the Son". And I thought, what a cool name for a band. I feel kind of bad about that, given my distaste for contempo Chirstian music, culture, zombieism, and conformity in general. But still, Kiss the Son. It would also be a neato book title, for a horror story.
The actual verse is, "Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish in the way, when His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him." Excellent fodder for a Norman Bates type thriller/macabre fest. The verse actually has to do with purity, so no fucking you sodomites. I could totally see a band of psuedo rockers breaking it down in the middle of a set to promote virginity and promise rings, converting those who wish to be Mrs. Jonas III. They might even mention diseases, though I'm sure the primary topic would be chasting for Jesus.
The flip side of that type of earnest earnestness is the cynical darkness that envelopes so many in DC. It came as a surprise to me years back when I related to some friends how my new cow-orkers were cynical and possessed of dark humor. The responses ranged ranged from, "like you?" to "you should fit in then". It's been no secret that the Washington Post, the paper that brought down Nixon, is suffering and reacting to print ephemerality poorly. Let's blog! Let's point our print readers to our blogs! Let's be witty! Let's be droll! Let's care about American Idol! Let's put Jon and Kate on the front page!
At any rate, the Style section has become a haven for reporters who don't report, but prefer to write sarcastic commentaries on the vapidness of pop culture. Therefore, it is also a haven for reporters with notoriously poor skills. But they impress the editors as the kind of people they would like to lunch with. And they hope fervently that these folks will become the next Joel Steins or Mo Roccas, with appearances on "I (heart) the 80's", offering comments like, "oh man, (that popular thing that is now dated) was the bomb! What were we thinking?" hahahahahaha. Yeah, I had one of those popular things too. I relate, man.
It would be nice if there could be a defining line to straddle between the earnestness of belief, belief in anything that involves doing something decent, and the disconnected view askance of pop culture. Then maybe more people would be like me! Unfortunately, I don't think I would get on well with me.
that, plus the earnest puns on the word Son. Hey, let's get a band together and sing rock, but rock about God! We'll really rock, not like those other bands! And let's incorporate the word Son into the title because Jebus is the Son of God and he's the reason for the season! Man! So we have Sonrise, Setting Sons (which is actually the title of a pretty cool punk album by The Jam) etc.
While studying my bible on how to convert dirty non believers to my faith, I came across the term, "Kiss the Son". And I thought, what a cool name for a band. I feel kind of bad about that, given my distaste for contempo Chirstian music, culture, zombieism, and conformity in general. But still, Kiss the Son. It would also be a neato book title, for a horror story.
The actual verse is, "Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, and you perish in the way, when His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him." Excellent fodder for a Norman Bates type thriller/macabre fest. The verse actually has to do with purity, so no fucking you sodomites. I could totally see a band of psuedo rockers breaking it down in the middle of a set to promote virginity and promise rings, converting those who wish to be Mrs. Jonas III. They might even mention diseases, though I'm sure the primary topic would be chasting for Jesus.
The flip side of that type of earnest earnestness is the cynical darkness that envelopes so many in DC. It came as a surprise to me years back when I related to some friends how my new cow-orkers were cynical and possessed of dark humor. The responses ranged ranged from, "like you?" to "you should fit in then". It's been no secret that the Washington Post, the paper that brought down Nixon, is suffering and reacting to print ephemerality poorly. Let's blog! Let's point our print readers to our blogs! Let's be witty! Let's be droll! Let's care about American Idol! Let's put Jon and Kate on the front page!
At any rate, the Style section has become a haven for reporters who don't report, but prefer to write sarcastic commentaries on the vapidness of pop culture. Therefore, it is also a haven for reporters with notoriously poor skills. But they impress the editors as the kind of people they would like to lunch with. And they hope fervently that these folks will become the next Joel Steins or Mo Roccas, with appearances on "I (heart) the 80's", offering comments like, "oh man, (that popular thing that is now dated) was the bomb! What were we thinking?" hahahahahaha. Yeah, I had one of those popular things too. I relate, man.
It would be nice if there could be a defining line to straddle between the earnestness of belief, belief in anything that involves doing something decent, and the disconnected view askance of pop culture. Then maybe more people would be like me! Unfortunately, I don't think I would get on well with me.
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My younguns bring new Christian rock into the house all of the time. 15 seconds into the first track, I'm off and out of there.Posted 11-07-2009 at 05:03 PM by grumpyolddude
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