Anna Friel/Future Bible Heroes/Post Evangelical
Anna Friel
Anna Friel is like a freckle faced English Lindsay Lohan, although much older and wiser and without the self destructive tendencies. In fact there is little similarity at all aside from the freckles. She has been in some dubious films and TV shows, but even where these pieces fail she always shines, she has a natural animated face and an earthy character which was probably best put to use in the film ‘Land Girls’ in which she appeared alongside and out shone Rachel Weisz.
She has currently joined the ‘Brit Import’ club and can be seen in US TV show ‘The Jury’ and was described by the Daily News, New York as ‘More sultry than your average lawyer’
Future Bible Heroes
Future Bible Heroes are one of the many guises of Stephan Merritt, a collaboration between himself (lyrics) Claudia Gonson (vocals ) and Chris Ewen (bleeps) The song below is from a forthcoming compilation album celebrating the works and writings of Neil Gaiman, and is based on a character from one of his short stories. Short but packed with Merritt’s unique lyrics this sees FBH at their best and feels simultaneously like a children’s theme tune and something from a musical version of Silent Hill.
I’ve always been slightly terrified of puppets and have a natural aversion to Punch and Judy, in much the same way I have with Clowns - Inherently evil things clowns – but this song is so good I had to over come my phobia in order to post it.
For more FBH check out the brilliant ‘I’m lonely and I love it’ EP
MP3: Future Bible Heroes - Mr Punch
The Post Evangelical – Dave Tomlinson
The Post Evangelical was one of those life changing books for me, it looks incredibly dated now in some respects but it was the first book about Christianity that sought to be introspective to the point of viscous self criticism, something always lacking in modern church circles. It sought to address the imbalance whereby the crux of the modern Christian’s beliefs lay mainly in middle class assumptions of good behaviour and social etiquette and also how the ‘post modern’ world cannot sustain a vehemently ‘modern’ ideal of church culture.
Dave Tomlinson sparked the post-evangelical debate, which enraged some and inspired others, either way it was an argument that needed to be addressed, and he at least had the insight to get the ball rolling. For me he lost it slightly in his notion that the only way to overcome the tide of McChristianity was to hark back to some pseudo Catholic/Anglican almost pagan rituals, the good old days weren’t that good if history is anything to go by.
It felt like the manifesto for a revolution back in 1996 to me.
I’m still waiting for the call to arms.
(Read Unread Reading)
Anna Friel is like a freckle faced English Lindsay Lohan, although much older and wiser and without the self destructive tendencies. In fact there is little similarity at all aside from the freckles. She has been in some dubious films and TV shows, but even where these pieces fail she always shines, she has a natural animated face and an earthy character which was probably best put to use in the film ‘Land Girls’ in which she appeared alongside and out shone Rachel Weisz.
She has currently joined the ‘Brit Import’ club and can be seen in US TV show ‘The Jury’ and was described by the Daily News, New York as ‘More sultry than your average lawyer’
Future Bible Heroes
Future Bible Heroes are one of the many guises of Stephan Merritt, a collaboration between himself (lyrics) Claudia Gonson (vocals ) and Chris Ewen (bleeps) The song below is from a forthcoming compilation album celebrating the works and writings of Neil Gaiman, and is based on a character from one of his short stories. Short but packed with Merritt’s unique lyrics this sees FBH at their best and feels simultaneously like a children’s theme tune and something from a musical version of Silent Hill.
I’ve always been slightly terrified of puppets and have a natural aversion to Punch and Judy, in much the same way I have with Clowns - Inherently evil things clowns – but this song is so good I had to over come my phobia in order to post it.
For more FBH check out the brilliant ‘I’m lonely and I love it’ EP
MP3: Future Bible Heroes - Mr Punch
The Post Evangelical – Dave Tomlinson
The Post Evangelical was one of those life changing books for me, it looks incredibly dated now in some respects but it was the first book about Christianity that sought to be introspective to the point of viscous self criticism, something always lacking in modern church circles. It sought to address the imbalance whereby the crux of the modern Christian’s beliefs lay mainly in middle class assumptions of good behaviour and social etiquette and also how the ‘post modern’ world cannot sustain a vehemently ‘modern’ ideal of church culture.
Dave Tomlinson sparked the post-evangelical debate, which enraged some and inspired others, either way it was an argument that needed to be addressed, and he at least had the insight to get the ball rolling. For me he lost it slightly in his notion that the only way to overcome the tide of McChristianity was to hark back to some pseudo Catholic/Anglican almost pagan rituals, the good old days weren’t that good if history is anything to go by.
It felt like the manifesto for a revolution back in 1996 to me.
I’m still waiting for the call to arms.
(Read Unread Reading)
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