“Worship is an experience that transforms the heart”: Songs That Bring Me to Worship

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Over the past few years, my reading habits oscillate from fiction and graphic novels to history to religion and beyond. Sometimes I have a plan for what I want to read next, and sometimes a book just falls into my hands, as if out of nowhere. The latter is what happened recently when I picked up Diana Butler Bass’ Christianity for the Rest of Us: … Read More “Worship is an experience that transforms the heart”: Songs That Bring Me to Worship

August 20, 2024 + fascism, music, nina simone, punk, sonic youth, the muslims, woddy guthrie

“This Machine Kills Fascists” An Antifascist Playlist

by Matthew Teutsch

During the performance of their song “Holiday” at a recent concert in Washington D.C., Green Day’s lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong asked the stage crew to turn out the lights. He stood on stage, with a flashlight pointed out towards the audience, as they held up their cell phone lights, illuminating the entire stadium, and asked, “Do you want democracy?” The crowd responded with a … Read More “This Machine Kills Fascists” An Antifascist Playlist

December 21, 2023 + afropunk, comics, graphic novels, james spooner, music, punk

The Misappropriation of Anti-Racist Punk Classics

by Matthew Teutsch

In The High Desert: black. punk. nowhere., James Spooner details growing up as a Black kid in Apple Valley, California, and being into punk rock. He details the liminality he felt, being seen as not Black enough by his Black classmates or as nonwhite by his white punk friends. When Spooner met Ty, a Black punk kid, at school, he fell in love with … Read More The Misappropriation of Anti-Racist Punk Classics

November 28, 2023 + memory, mineral, music, religion

Mineral’s “The Power of Failing,” Birth, and Death

by Matthew Teutsch

During college, I wouldn’t bat an eye at driving four to five hours one way for a concert then driving back home the same night. We’d drive to New Orleans or Little Rock to see bands like the Juliana Theory or to Lake Charles to see acts like Pop Unknown or Baton Rouge to see The Gloria Record. On a trip to Lake Charles, … Read More Mineral’s “The Power of Failing,” Birth, and Death

November 23, 2023 + christianity, five iron frenzy, mewithoutyou, music, religion, tool

Christian Punk/Hardcore and Evangelicalism

by Matthew Teutsch

During the late 1990s, I was a undergrad in college and heavily involved in the “Christian” hardcore/punk scene. I started in this scene while in high school when I found out about Tooth and Nail Records during youth group events. The promotional material would compare bands on the label to “secular” bands, saying for example that if you like Smashing Pumpkins you’d probably like … Read More Christian Punk/Hardcore and Evangelicalism

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“Worship is an experience that transforms the heart”: Songs That Bring Me to Worship

Tag: music