Mar 18-24, 2004

Mar 18-24, 2004 / Vol. 16 / No. 43

Spins

ProbotPROBOTSouthern LordOK, let's pretend for a second that you're not a die-hard rock fan, or even somebody who peruses the magazine rack at Borders every once in a while, and that you haven't known for the past two years that Nirvana drummer/ Foo Fighters smiley-guy Dave Grohl wasn't cooking up a big-time metal album. The…

Letters

The meaning of Gore As I read Lance Goldenberg's review of The Passion of The Christ, I wondered whether we had both watched the same movie. Analogizing the suffering of Christ depicted on the screen to a "whips-n-chains exploitation flick" is worse than disrespectful; it's asinine. A Roman flagello is not a leather flogger. Any…

Ask the Advice Goddess

Putting on the Grits I have a fantastic new girlfriend. I could really see having a future with her. She says she feels the same. There's just one problem: She's in a rock group, and they're recording an album. I know her music means a lot to her, but I worry that her career will…


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