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Entries from Austinist tagged with 'jerryfalwell'

November 12, 2007

But what if attitudes and religious memeplexes aren’t changing because adapting to social pressure is necessary? What if the new millenarianism, instead of crashing computers, will be a fight to the death with a Frankenstein version of Mother Nature? What if environmentalism is becoming the new faith? What if responsible consumerism is the new moral ethic? What if recycling, dear Green God, is the new ritual of absolution?...

Continue Reading "The Accidental Gentrifist: The Rape of Proserpina"

August 15, 2007

Conspiracy or coincidence? You hash it out. Sure to be already spreading across the blogosphere like wildfire, a reader sent us this image of evangelical powerhouse Billy Graham on the cover of this week's TIME Magazine, standing in praying position, head slightly downward, with the two peaks of the precariously placed letter M protruding from his skull like a pair of Beelzebub's horns. Now, we understand if this were Jerry Falwell then it would......

Continue Reading "TIME Magazine Puts Devil Horns On Billy Graham?"

May 16, 2007

Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and Postal Service fame played to a sweaty, sold-out crowd at a sweltering Emo's on Tuesday night. Openers Jonathan Rice and David Bazan (Pedro the Lion) opened the acoustic evening with solid sets and a profuse thanks to Gibbard for giving them the opportunity to tour. Gibbard's set was comprised mostly of Death Cab favorites with a dose of Postal Service thrown in for good measure. In......

Continue Reading "Snapshots: Ben Gibbard @ Emos"

May 15, 2007

Warning: video above can be terrifying! [Televangelist, Christian Leader Jerry Falwell Dies] [Comments on the Death of Jerry Falwell] [Falwell's Gay Legacy: Hate and Discrimination]......

Continue Reading "BREAKING: Jerry Falwell Dead at 73"

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