Month: February 2011

The Paladins – Make Me Feel So Good – Live in Holland, by Steve Stav

Despite some great, great records, The Paladins never achieved the fame that their roots-rock, SoCal predecessors The Blasters and X enjoyed. Nevertheless, they remain an epitome of the hard-working, immensely talented, touring roadhouse band… and in the genre, you will find few guitarists more skilled than Dave Gonzalez. After spending a half-decade on hiatus, they’ve …

Bachmann Overdrive: Ex-Fundamentalist Sees Michelle Bachmann as an Unlikely and Self-Serving Ally of Fully Politicized Christianity, by Mitch Hurst

As a post-believer raised in the Christian fundamentalist tradition, I maintain connection with my believing past through observing the evolution of Christian conservatism, particularly as it has become indistinguishable from modern Republicanism. [Note: I do not assume every Christian Conservative identifies as a Republican, but I am referring to the almost complete overlap of the …