myOtaku.com: John

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Vitals

Birthday
• 1990-03-29
Gender
• Male
Location
• Kansas
Member Since
• 2003-07-31
Occupation
• Student
Real Name
• John Cook

Personal

Anime Fan Since
• Oh, I don't know. DBZ, sixth grade?
Favorite Anime
• Cowboy Bebop, Evangelion, World Record (Animatrix)
Goals
• Finish an Illustrator project of mine, learn guitar
Hobbies
• Illustratoring, browsing the internet, listening to music, being generic.

myOtaku.com: John

Friday, May 28, 2004

Crawfish and air guitar twinkies
My family finally celebrated my birthday, March 29, two days ago. We got a 35-pound bag of live crawfish, just like we used to have, and boiled half of them off (the other half was boiled yesterday). They weren't spicy at all, though, because my dad is still recovering from throat cancer and can't eat anything relatively spicy. But they were still good and in plenty. I got a pair of surfing ducky boxers, a hundred dollars from my dad (I think that's the first time he's ever given me money on my birthday), and an Anberlin CD.

I had been wanting their CD ever since I saw Anberlin in concert with Relient K and Don't Look Down. The concert was awesome, especially when the heavy-set guy in the Twinkie suit jumped onstage on Relient K's last song and started playing air guitar on a strange tube-thing, which turned out to be a potatoe gun that shot out a spray of confetti at the end of the song. Wow, that was great. ^_^

Anberlin is incredibly talented, but they couldn't ever make it big just because they're a Christian band. Christian bands, strictly by stereotype, are supposedly untalented, so the big labels like Virgin usually won't give them a try. There have been a few exceptions (DC Talk, P.O.D., Switchfoot), but as a general rule, producers don't go for Christian bands.

I personally think they have much better music (in terms of rock) than secular (with the exception of Creed). There's a ton of variety with Christian rock. Do yourself a favor and look into Blindside or Pax 217.

Of course, Anberlin is more punk than rock, and there's just no debate that Christian punk is better than non-Christan. In fact, I usually hate punk, but I've come to like bands like Ghoti Hook, Anberlin, and Relienk K. No hypocritical "I'm better than the world" lyrics; no scowling, nasal-voiced singers; actual music. Look into those bands, too. They're worth your while.
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