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Music Monday: Bodhisattva Vow, by the Beastie Boys

April 7th, 2008 · by John · 4 Comments

You’d never think that the Beastie Boys, of all groups, could produce thoughtful, meditative/religious tunes.  This one is god-free, but does pitch some supernatural Buddhist ideas:

I love to blast this and focus exclusively on the deep bass chanting.
The following song is all about doubt and searching.  The imagery is pretty generic, so you can just […]

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(Belated) Music Monday: Gravedigger, by Dave Matthews

April 1st, 2008 · by John · No Comments

A little dose of mortality:

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Music Monday: Dear God, by XTC (and covered by Sarah McLachlan)

March 24th, 2008 · by John · 7 Comments

One of my old atheist standbys:

I was delighted to learn later that Sarah McLachlan covered it (sorry, good music, sucky visuals):

Any preferences?  I like ‘em both, for different reasons.

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(Belated) Music Monday: Chocolate Jesus, by Tom Waits

March 6th, 2008 · by John · 4 Comments

Between jury duty and studying for midterms, I missed Music Monday. Like the Good Book says, better late than never.  Here’s a little something for those of you who like your Jesus to be tasty, satisfying and deep inside your belly. Here’s Tom Waits performing the song on Letterman:

Here’s the song with understandable […]

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Music Monday: Thou Shalt Always Kill, by Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip

February 25th, 2008 · by John · 8 Comments

I present you with more music to be all godless to. You’ll need new commandments to replace those old, threadbare ones:

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Music Monday: Do You Realize, by the Flaming Lips

February 18th, 2008 · by John · 11 Comments

Sisters and brothers and everyone in between, welcome to the Church of John!  [insert organ riff] One of the great blessing of being a skeptic is that you can find your scripture anywhere. Emily Dickinson, Bad Religion, William Gibson and Joss Whedon are my prophets. When I was lost in the darkness […]

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