Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Music
The Hope of The Rocket Summer Bryce Avary talks faith, fans and why he’s always so happy. Read more |
Johnny Cash's Complicated Faith Unwrapping the enigma of the Man in Black. Read more |
Davis Guggenheim Out Loud The director of It Might Get Loud on the art of uncovering a good story. Read more |
The Good, The Terrible and the Grammys We recap the 2010 music awards ... that only consider a thin slice of music.... Read more |
The Gorillaz, Plastic Beach The cartoon band returns with a guest-filled, happy triumph. Read more |
The Rocket Summer, Of Men and Angels Alyce Gilligan says the new album is happily infectious. Read more |
Johnny Cash, American VI The last album from the Man in Black stands as a mostly unnecessary coda to ... Read more |
Yeasayer, Odd Blood Wes Jakacki says this new effort from the Brooklyn indie trio is just too di... Read more |
Music Blog
Innovate or Die. Seriously.Music has been a part of culture, more specifically American culture, since its ... Read more |
The Multifaceted Castanets Being "consumed" with love, death and God—and why he doesn't make ... Read more |
Storytelling with Eric PetersTrying to nail a square peg in a round hole works about as well as describing Ka... Read more |
This Generation’s Music RevolutionAfter five years of contributing to RELEVANT, the time has come for me to step d... Read more |
Film
Hey Look, the Oscars Get It Right Recapping an evening of terrible hosts, (mostly) great movies and Na'vi. Read more |
Q&A: Johnny Depp & Tim Burton We talk to the Alice in Wonderland director and star about 3D, mercury poiso... Read more |
Why Do We Watch Movies? This awards season, take a deeper look into the movies you like. Read more |
The Twisty Spirituality of Martin Scorsese How one of the greatest filmmakers of all time exposes the divine. Read more |
What Should Have Won: The White Ribbon Reviewing a modern classic from director Michael Haneke. Read more |
Alice in Wonderland Our reviewer says Tim Burton's vision for wonderland is disappointing. Read more |
Cop Out Our reviewer says nothing can save this mess of a movie. Read more |
Shutter Island Carl Kozlowski says the new Scorcese picture is a fun, twisting thriller. Read more |
TV
7 Career Options for Conan O'Brien We'd like to humbly offer our ideas for Coco to get over NBC. Read more |
Avatar: The Globes Got it Wrong And other observations from the 2010 Golden Globe Awards. Read more |
The Life and Faith of 'Chuck' Star Zac Levi The star of the hit show gives us a fascinating glimpse into being a Christi... Read more |
RELEVANT's 2009 Emmy's Recap We talk about the winners and losers of "television's biggest night.&qu... Read more |
TV Blog
The Reality of American IdolIt’s time. I know many of you were hoping that we could avoid this moment, that ... Read more |
The Incarnational Lessons of Undercover BossUndercover Boss is a show where the boss of a major corporation goes to work at ... Read more |
The Olympics and National PrideI know RELEVANT doesn’t do sports. Normally, that works out quite well for me be... Read more |
NBC's Thursday Night ChoicesI am not what anyone would consider a loyal fan of the NBC Thursday night comedy... Read more |
Books
The Queen of Darkness Finds the Light Talking to Anne Rice about faith, angels and vampires. Read more |
RELEVANT's Best Books of 2009 We reveal our list of the best books of the year. Read more |
Q&A with Author Donald Miller Talking with the author about story, why it took so long to write another bo... Read more |
The Chronicles of Ray Bradbury We talk to the Fahrenheit 451 author about craft, his new play and why he's ... Read more |
Book Reviews
The Book of Genesis Illustrated We review the new Bible graphic novel by famed underground comic artist R. C... Read more |
Book Review: The Humbling by Philip Roth With the recent passing of John Updike and J.D. Salinger, Philip Roth now stands... Read more |
Roman Numerals by Ben & Ann Witherington Our reviewer says this book is filled with Biblical insight—and is fun and f... Read more |
Counterfeit Gods, by Tim Keller Our reviewer says this short book is filled with powerful material. Read more |
Tech
Excuse Me, Did You Pay for That? How should Christians respond to the free culture movement? Read more |
Why Music Should Be Free How the new cultural reality benefits both artists and consumers. Read more |
Twitter: What's It Doing to Us? One-hundred-forty characters doesn't seem like a lot. It leaves very little room... Read more |
How Video Games Taught Me About GodLet’s make a game. Let’s you and I sit down together and invent our very own vid... Read more |
Tech Blog
In Defense of FacebookI logged onto Facebook this morning and sinned. Read more |
Lighten Up with Flash MobsFor years, politicians, ministers, artists and beauty pageant contestants have p... Read more |
Video Game ReligionsVideo games and religion have had a tumultuous relationship. It would seem that ... Read more |
