THE FIRST CHURCH OF HOLY ROCK AND ROLL

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-47423994-1', 'fortunecity.ws'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> <center> <br> <div> <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://ad.broadcaststation.net/ads/show_ad.php?width=728&height=90"></script> </div> </center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=200 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> <div> <B>ALL TEXT BY </B></div> <div> <B>THE REVEREND WAYNE COOMERS</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Batang" ><B>, </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>RAWK MINISTER AT LARGE....</B></div> <div> <B>Some things to sample until I get a full table of </B><B><U>contents together:</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id19_springstory.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Miscellaneous Witnessing"><U><B>Springsteen </B></U></A><A HREF="id19_springstory.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Miscellaneous Witnessing"><U><I><B>Storytellers </B></I></U></A><A HREF="id19_springstory.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Miscellaneous Witnessing"><U><B>rant plus grouchy ol' concert review!</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id19_velvetdialectic.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Miscellaneous Witnessing"><U><B>A long examination by two passionate fans of the Velvet Underground's </B></U></A><A HREF="id19_velvetdialectic.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Miscellaneous Witnessing"><U><I><B>Quine Tapes, Volume 1</B></I></U></A><A HREF="id19_velvetdialectic.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Miscellaneous Witnessing"><U><B>!</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id19_dylan_dialectic.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Miscellaneous Witnessing"><U><B>The Reverend and Dr. Filth Bat the Dylan Ball Around in re </B></U></A><A HREF="id19_dylan_dialectic.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Miscellaneous Witnessing"><U><I><B>"Love and Theft"</B></I></U></A><A HREF="id19_dylan_dialectic.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Miscellaneous Witnessing"><U><B>!</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id26_burtonint.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Interviews"><U><B>An interview with one of the legends of Midwestern rock and roll (and one of the funniest men alive), Charlie Burton!</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>SERMONS on</U></B><B>:</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id24_sermon1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sermons"><U><B>How Rock and Roll Saved My Life!!</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id24_sermon2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sermons"><U><B>My Personal Holy Trinity: the Minutemen, Husker Du, and the Replacements!!</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>AND...</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id27_kirkbook.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Books and Movies"><U><B>A review of a great 5-year-old book about a magic musician you really orter read!</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Blasts from the Past"><U><B>A plethora of reviews of forgotten records you might just wanna dig fer!</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Confessional"><U><B>ORRRR...read the horrifying confessions of music-listenin' sins of some of our readers, and maybe confess your own!</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=108 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <IMG SRC="065d43c0.png" border=0 width="468" height="60" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=372 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFF33" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="08d80e00.png" border=0 width="640" height="480" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>SWAMP DOGG LIVES!!!!! Check out his "We Crowned an Idiot King" (the last musical word on the Bush presidency) and his</B></div> <div> <B>recipes in the book </B><A HREF="http://www.catalog-of-cool.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.catalog-of-cool.com/"><U><B>THE CATALOG OF COOL.</B></U></A><B> Keep being your own man, Jerry! The First Church gonna put your image in STAINED FUCKIN' GLASS!</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>The First Church STILL respectfully asks you to donate </B></div> <div> <B>to a valid Katrina relief charity!</B><B> </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Batang" ><B> </B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B><U>Brutal Admission:</U></B><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Though my passion for music is totally undiminished, I have not felt the burning compulsion to write about it for over a year. Part of this is due to the nature of the most recent great music: what am I, a landlocked Midwestern, Bible Belt white boy of Dutch-German descent gonna have to say about M.I.A., Go-Go Bordello, or even Lil' Wayne that can enlighten you? BUT...BUT...BUT...for the music obsessive--despite the fact this site's seldom updated--if you explore it I am confident you are gonna find some cool musical "Holy Grails" to go after. And while we're talking 'bout that...FUCK MP3s!!!! Don't you want the hard copy, with real album art, musician credits, and liner notes? YOU KNOW YOU DO! IT AIN'T TOTALLY ABOUT CONSUMER CONVENIENCE AND PORTABILITY!!!! I don't fucking care if my house is overrun with CDs and vinyl--it's just my way of keeping connected to other humans in the face of a world that's whisperin' in your ear, "Hole up! Everybody's crazy, everybody's a threat!!! Create a life where you can get what you need and not have to really interact with humans!!! And give US (the ominous, vague, hovering, ominpresent US) your money so you can BE SAFE!!! NOTHING BETTER THAN SAFE!!!!" I have two words in response: Fuck "safe." Safe is anti-life. Throw yourself into the maelstrom and FEEL what it's like to be alive.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>OK...you're on your own.</B></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Check out the Reverend's Podcast, ROCK THERAPY:</B></div> <bR> <div>  <object allowNetworking="all" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" id="wiid_23" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" width="250" height="318" align="middle" data="http://cp.myspace.com/web/wrapper.php?file=RSS Reader.sbw"><param name="movie" value="http://cp.myspace.com/web/wrapper.php?file=RSS Reader.sbw" /><param name="flashvars" value="param=http://feeds.feedburner.com/RockTherapy&param_style_borderColor=000000&param_style_brandUrl=&partner_id=0&wiid=wiid_23" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="allowNetworking" value="all" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="bgColor" value="0x000000" /></object><div style="font:11px/12px arial;width:250px;margin-top:2px;"><b><a href="http://www.springwidgets.com/widgetize/23/?param=http://feeds.feedburner.com/RockTherapy&param_style_borderColor=000000&param_style_brandUrl=&width=250&height=318&wiid=wiid_23&partner_id=0" target="_blank">Get this widget!</a></b></div>  </div> <div> <A HREF="id18_paul_k.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reviews and Rant"><U><B>NEW! 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Reverend</B></U></A><B> </B><B>and </B><A HREF="http://www.idolator.com/?op=jp_showpoll&user_id=44729" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.idolator.com/?op=jp_showpoll&"><U><B>Pete Bland</B></U></A><B> </B><B>chiming in!)</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://music.msn.com/music/consumerguide" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://music.msn.com/music/consumerguide"><U><B>Christgau's Consumer Guide on MSN</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.emusic.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.emusic.com/"><U><B>eMusic: The best subscription download site in the Internet!</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>     </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Batang" ><B>We have been suffering from  technical difficulties and  waning inspiration of late. </B></FONT></div> <div> <B>While we correct  them, make sure you've heard these great records from 2006:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>SONNY ROLLINS: Sonny, Please</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id18_jerry.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reviews and Rant"><U><B>JERRY LEE LEWIS: Last Man Standing</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>THE COUP: Pick A Bigger Weapon</B></div> <div> <B>THE HOLD STEADY: Boys and Girls in America</B></div> <div> <B>WORLD SAXOPHONE QUARTET: Political Blues</B></div> <div> <B>VARIOUS ARTISTS: Rogue's Gallery--Pirate Ballads, </B></div> <div> <B>Sea Songs, and Chanteys</B></div> <div> <B>BOB DYLAN: Modern Times</B></div> <div> <B>HANDSOME FAMILY: Last Days of Wonder</B></div> <div> <B>TODD SNIDER: The Devil You Know</B></div> <div> <B>VARIOUS ARTISTS: Tropicalia--A Brazilian</B></div> <div> <B>Revolution in Sound</B></div> <div> <B>ORNETTE COLEMAN: Sound Grammar</B></div> <div> <B>VARIOUS ARTISTS: It Came from Memphis--</B></div> <div> <B>The Legendary Sounds of Memphis</B></div> <div> <B>CHARLES MINGUS: UCLA, 1965</B></div> <div> <B>BABY GRAMPS AND HIS BACK SWAMP POTIONERS:</B></div> <div> <B>Baptized on Swamp Water</B></div> <div> <B>THE LEGENDARY SHACK SHAKERS: Panedelirium</B></div> <div> <B>H-BOMB FERGUSON: Big City Blues 1951-1954</B></div> 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disobedience, disillusion, and spiritual skepticism, the Church imploded. Now that I have thoroughly wallowed in the ashes and been re-sanctified by the Drive-By Truckers, a summer full of New Orleans R&B, and a winter enlivened by the Hold Steady, I'm rebuilding. Please be patient...there's still mostly old stuff up and it's currently a pain to navigate. But if you're new or just a sentimental old fluff...click on any of the site areas below (I suggest either of the first two) to get a taste of what the Church is about.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>(Relatively) Recent Stuff: </B></div> <div> <B>***</B><A HREF="id31_maximo_park.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Youth Choir"><U><B>The Youth Choir: Anne Shifley sounds off on Maximo Park's </B></U></A><A HREF="id31_maximo_park.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Youth Choir"><U><I><B>A Certain Trigger</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <B>***</B><A HREF="id18_no_direction.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reviews and Rant"><U><B>Dylan doc soundtrack rip-off</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>PLUS...a slew of capsule reviews: </B><A HREF="id18_wide_right.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reviews and Rant"><U><B>Wide Right</B></U></A><B>, </B><A HREF="id18_the_fall.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reviews and Rant"><U><B>The Fall</B></U></A><B>, </B><A HREF="id18_hustle.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reviews and Rant"><U><I><B>Hustle & Flow</B></I></U></A><B>, </B><A HREF="id18_ayh.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reviews and Rant"><U><B>Alvin Youngblood Hart</B></U></A><B>, </B><A HREF="id18_living_things.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reviews and Rant"><U><B> </B></U></A><A HREF="id18_living_things.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reviews and Rant"><U><B>Living Things</B></U></A><B> (Missouri's answer to Nirvana 10 years later), </B><A HREF="id18_doom.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reviews and Rant"><U><B>MF Doom</B></U></A><B>; "Blasts from the Past" reviews of </B><A HREF="id25_hawking.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Blasts from the Past"><U><B>MC Hawking</B></U></A><B>, </B><A HREF="id25_lefty.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Blasts from the Past"><U><B>Lefty Frizzell</B></U></A><B>, and</B><B> </B><A HREF="id25_mack.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Blasts from the Past"><U><B>Lonnie Mack</B></U></A><B>.</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Statement of Purpose"><U><B>Statement of Purpose</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Commandments"><U><B>The Commandments</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sermons"><U><B>Sermons</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reviews and Rant"><U><B>Reviews and Rant</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Blasts from the Past"><U><B>Blasts from the Past</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Youth Choir"><U><B>The Youth Choir</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id29.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Desert Island Discs"><U><B>Desert Island Discs</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Interviews"><U><B>Interviews</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Books and Movies"><U><B>Books and Movies</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Miscellaneous Witnessing"><U><B>Miscellaneous Witnessing</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mailbag"><U><B>Mailbag</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id30.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Holy Documents"><U><B>Holy Documents</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Favorite Links"><U><B>Favorite Links</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U><B>Contact Me</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Confessional"><U><B>The Confessional</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mr. WebCounter sez:</B></div> <div> <B>Attendance since</B></div> <div> <B>8/16/05 is....</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <IMG SRC="http://counter.digits.com/wc/-d/4/FirstChurchAttendanceasof08_16_05" ALIGN=middle WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=20 BORDER=0 HSPACE=4 VSPACE=2>  </B></div> </td> </tr></table></body>