Gay bands, straight bands, ministry, botched executions, and cannibalism!

My friend Marilynn (_angel_of_nite_) read this online article at Punk Bands.


Love God's Way, "a Faith-based Ministry with the goal of spreading God's Love through teaching and healing," has published a list of "gay bands" and "safe bands." I'm not making this up. They also have a section on their website called "C.H.O.P.S." which stands for "CHANGING HOMOSEXUALS into ORDINARY PEOPLE."

Anyway... here's the intro the group put up as an introduction to their "Gay Band" list. Of course the list is below, as well as their "Safe Bands" list. Feel free to email the ministry's pastor, Donnie Davies with any bands he may have missed.

donniedavies@gmail.com

"One of the most dangerous ways homosexuality invades family life is through popular music. Parents should keep careful watch over their children's listening habits, especially in this Internet Age of MP3 piracy."

GAY BANDS:

The Spores
Scissor Sisters
Rufus Wainwright
Merzbau [NOT the Japanese noise band Merzbow!]
Ravi Shankar
Wilco
Björk
Tech N9ne
Ghostface Killah
Bobby Conn
Morton Subotnik
Cole Porter
The String Cheese Incident
Eagles of Death Metal
Polyphonic Spree
The Faint
Interpol
Tegan and Sara
Erasure
Le Tigre
The Gossip
The Doors
Phish
Queen
The Strokes
Sufjan Stevens
Morrissey (questionable?)
The Pet Shop Boys
Metallica
Judas Priest
The Village People
The Secret Handshake
The Rolling Stones
David Bowie
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Man or Astroman
Richard Cheese
Jay-Z
Depeche Mode
Kansas
Ani DiFranco
Fischerspooner
John Mayer
The Indigo Girls
Velvet Underground
Madonna
Elton John
Barry Manilow
Indigo Girls
Melissa Etheridge
Eminem
Nirvana
Boy George*
The Killers
Lou Reed
Lil' Wayne
Mötörhead
Jill Sobule
Wilson Phillips
DMX
Lisa Loeb
Dogstar
Thirty Seconds to Mars
Lil' Kim
kd lang
Frank Sinatra
Hinder
Nickelback
Justus Kohncke
Bob Mould
Clay Aiken
Arcade Fire
Bright Eyes
Corinne Bailey Rae
Audioslave
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Panic at the Disco
Elton John (really gay)


SAFE BANDS:

UnderOath
Cyndi Lauper
Falling Up
Flyleaf
THE TURNING
Disciple
P.O.D
By The Tree
Scott Reed
Michael W. Smith
Jars of Clay
DC Talk
Danielson

Here's the website for Love God's Way.

I can see why they included some bands in the "gay" list if it's on the basis of (assumed) sexuality, like Melissa Etheridge / Rufus Wainwright / Indigo Girls / Elton John. But I don't really agree with it at all... this is just for online posterity, haha.


Today's Botched Yet Truly Morbid Fact!

Since 1983, the number of botched executions involving lethal injection have been more than double the number caused by the electric chair.

Culled from: Last Suppers

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Wretched Recommendations!

gabby17 has a book recommendation to offer:

Cannibalism: From Sacrifice To Survival by Hans Askenasy, Ph.D.

"I thought you guys would find this book of interest. Here is an excerpt which you might like: 'The Nigerian Bafum-Bansaw tortured their prisoners before killing them by using bellows to pump boiling palm oil into their bowels and stomachs to make the meat juicier; at other times, they pumped oil into a carcass and left it to marinate. Indonesian cannibals were partial to the soles. Roasted over hot ashes, the penis was regarded as a great dish by some.'"

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Morbid Mirth!

Q: How do you get a baby out of a tree?

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A: You give a Mexican a stick and tell him it's a piñata!

You can blame David for that one.