And it came to pass... that Rock & Roll is dead

If Hendrix were alive to see this commercial he would probably smoke a garage full of weed to ensure no memory of this lingers in his mind. If this doesn't signify the official "death" of rock and roll as we know it, I don't know what does. In this commercial for Rock Band 2 we can see that the poser/hipster/apatheticool scenes have (like the Borg) assimilated all sacred remnants of Rock's discernable legacy. Now we're left with grinning videogamers who stand just long enough to turn on their xboxs which now spin the former soundtracks for social destruction. Video Killed the Radio Star...indeed...and so did irony, the ultimate killer of meaningful movements. Remember the phrase "sex, drugs and rock & roll"? Yes? Well, the first of those isn't likely to happen if you're prancing about your living room like a jackass playing a guitar video game.
Who knew that AC/DC would help usher in the extinction of what they helped create.

"Jesus Is My Friend"...

or at least he was until they wrote this song. Looks like Danny and Armi have serious competition for the worst musical performance ever caught on tape. Sonseed, the Assembly of God's answer to Regatta de Blanc, pushes the boundaries of pentacostal honkyness and paints a disturbing portrait of God as a persistent mountie who will zap you...zap. because he does that. Remember Sodom and Gomorah? They weren't indulging in fleshly carnalities, they were writing late 70's, light-pop hits. I have to admit however the rhythm is fresh and uplifting...like a thousand sunday school lessons crammed into my skull. Like wearing a three piece suit to the beach...or the shower.



and as if that weren't enough for one day, dig this, messa'me...A Bob Jones offertory is temporarily possessed by the spirit of the dragon: Siquo...Maybe it's just my rigid Baptist upbringing but I don't think the Apostle Paul would have approved of cabbage-patching and moonwalking as a means of worship, I'm pretty sure he condemns it in one of his letters to Corinth.