Joseph Allen
Joseph Allen studied comparative religion at the University of Tennessee. After earning a liberal arts degree with honors, the next step was obvious—learn a real trade. Allen began working as an entertainment rigger in Miami and Boston, and has indulged his wanderlust ever since. He is currently collecting the sanctified dead at RockStarMartyr.net.
Pop Music
Mr. Waters, Tear Down Your Own Wall!July 07, 2012 I watched Pink Floyd’s trippy rock opera The Wall on VHS at least a dozen |
Low Life
Losers at the Game of LifeApril 28, 2012 People often compare video gamers to crackheads, but that’s unfair. Crackheads |
Evolution
Pop Evolution: The New EvangelicalismApril 20, 2012 Did life evolve by purely natural processes? Could random mutation and natural |
Cultural Caviar
Fundamental Contradictions About EasterApril 07, 2012 “What day did Jesus die on?” my friend asked. “It was on Christmas, |
Tech Overload
Google GogglesApril 02, 2012 As if smart phones weren’t irritating enough, by the end of the year people |
Takimag Classic
Race: Real and SurrealMarch 23, 2012 I tried to go into the 2012 American Renaissance conference without prejudice, |
Pop Music
Jesus Returns (in a Tour Bus)March 18, 2012 Christian rock is just like any other music that sucks, except it’s played for |
Wild Things
Thar’s Meth in Them Thar HillsMarch 12, 2012 Two years ago Oak Ridge, TN housed the world’s fastest supercomputer. Even |
Tech Overload
Smash Nomophobia!March 05, 2012 Nomophobia, or “no-mobile-phobia,” sounds as stupid as luposlipaphobia. At |
Pop Music
The Boredom of WhoredomSeptember 11, 2011 A good woman is hard to find, especially if you’re a rigger. That’s my job, |
Cultural Caviar
Male Gays and the Male GazeJuly 15, 2011 It’s amazing what a man will do for love. To please my girlfriend, I recently |
Manhunt
Election Eve 2008: A Bad Night to be White in HarlemNovember 17, 2010 Two years ago, I was invited to an Election Eve party in Harlem. I found New |
Tech Overload
Cybershark Feeding FrenzyOctober 20, 2010 The perverse coupling of surveillance and exhibitionism forms a cornerstone of |
Culture Clash
Beyond the Burqa: America’s Role in Regulating TasteSeptember 29, 2010 France’s recent “Burqa Ban” has provoked all the global indignation and |
Death of Rock 'n' Roll
Bonnaroo: From Harmless Hippie Fest to Corporate ScamJune 21, 2010 In a perfect world, we would be stuffed together in plastic tents under the hot |
Pop Music
Why I Quit Touring with The Black Eyed PeasMay 19, 2010 Last year I toured with the Black Eyed Peas on their Japan/Australia run. It |