http://www.guernicamag.com/features/2874/meghan_ogieblyn_7_15_11/
Staying relevant in late consumer capitalism requires highly sophisticated resources and the willingness to tailor your values to whatever your audience wants. In trying to compete in this market, the church has forfeited the one advantage it had in the game to attract disillusioned youth: authenticity.
- Guernica July 2011
This excerpt pretty accurately de-masks what much of the Christian music scene is and isn’t, and is pretty insightful, I think, into the disconnect between what is truth and what is entertainment and the struggle in the church to espouse the latter without watering down the former. The article makes for a pretty good read and a pretty good criticism of evangelical church culture in regards to music.
OH. Which leads me to a quote from probably my personal favorite musician Jon Foreman (also lead singer of the much-maligned Switchfoot).
I hate all your show and pretense
The hypocrisy of your praise
The hypocrisy of your festivals
I hate all your show
- a brilliant dude
Good stuff. And worth a listen. And personally, still think Switchfoot is a great band.
