Not About Religion Magazine and Blog
An intelligent, open-minded discussion of belief and non-belief...for entertainment purposes only.
Where Everything is Music Don’t worry about saving these songs! And if one of our instruments breaks, it doesn’t matter. We have fallen into the place where everything is music. The strumming and the flute notes rise into the atmosphere, and even if the whole world’s harp should burn up, there will still be hidden [...]
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The Beastie Boys’ gray headed, gravelly voiced member Adam Yauch (MCA) passed away today after a battle with cancer. Yauch, a long-time buddhist, talked with Shambhala Sun back in 1995 about his spiritually and other things. From Shambhala Sun: Loud, clever, witty, weird and POSITIVE, the Beastie Boys are one of the world’s biggest alternative [...]
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Wow, wow, wow! This is a mind-blowing, goose-bump-inducing, passionate performance of “Jesus Gonna Be Here.” Tom Waits is a prophet. Tom Waits is a god. He may be possessed by the devil himself. Well, Jesus will be here Be here soon he’s gonna cover us up with leaves With a blanket from the moon With [...]
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The future is here, kids. A novel is no longer limited to printed words on paper. We have the technology! In addition to the old-fashioned book, a novel can include rock and roll music, film, and even a youtube playlist. Almost like a Sunday service at your local mega-church.
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The Taqwacores, a movie based on Michael Muhammad Knight’s modern
of the same name, shows a very different Islam. A very American Islam; a punk rock Islam.
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“In the Beginning” is the eighth installment in the Symphony of Science music video series on YouTube. Other than featuring sound bites from the world’s foremost scientists, the videos utilize perhaps the best use of auto-tune I’ve ever heard. This one features Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Carl Sagan, Tara Shears, and Neil deGrasse Tyson. I [...]
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Of all the Christmas miracles bestowed upon mankind, perhaps none has showcased the sheer majesty of divine power more than when David Bowie and Bing Crosby came together for one fateful night to perform the best, and most unlikely, Christmas duet of the last 2000 years.
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Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life Steve Almond Random House (2010) Everyone likes music. Some more than others. But for an unfortunate minority, music is life. It ceases to be merely pleasant background noise and invades every aspect of daily existence. It defines the clothes they wear, influences speech and thought patterns, dictates who [...]
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If punk rock songs are short, loud, offensive, and give a big F.U. to the mainstream, then Michael Muhammad Knight’s new novel, Osama Van Halen
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While browsing YouTube, I came across this beautiful song Yusuf Islam wrote for his baby daughter to teach her the Arabic alphabet. Enjoy.
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This is a music video beyond description. It may be religious…er cultish. Mythic for sure.
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