Joseph Allen 
Joseph Allen studied comparative religion at the University of Tennessee. After earning a liberal arts degree with honors, the next step was obvious—learn a real trade. Allen began working as an entertainment rigger in Miami and Boston, and has indulged his wanderlust ever since. He is currently collecting the sanctified dead at RockStarMartyr.net.
Low Life
Losers at the Game of LifePeople often compare video gamers to crackheads, but that’s unfair. Crackheads are way |
Evolution
Pop Evolution: The New EvangelicalismDid life evolve by purely natural processes? Could random mutation and natural |
Cultural Caviar
Fundamental Contradictions About Easter“What day did Jesus die on?” my friend asked. “It was on Christmas, right?” He |
Tech Overload
Google GogglesAs if smart phones weren’t irritating enough, by the end of the year people will be |
Takimag Classic
Race: Real and SurrealI tried to go into the 2012 American Renaissance conference without prejudice, but it |
Pop Music
Jesus Returns (in a Tour Bus)Christian rock is just like any other music that sucks, except it’s played for Jesus. |
Wild Things
Thar’s Meth in Them Thar HillsTwo years ago Oak Ridge, TN housed the world’s fastest supercomputer. Even better, my |
Tech Overload
Smash Nomophobia!Nomophobia, or “no-mobile-phobia,” sounds as stupid as luposlipaphobia. At least |
Pop Music
The Boredom of WhoredomA good woman is hard to find, especially if you’re a rigger. That’s my job, though—I |
Cultural Caviar
Male Gays and the Male GazeIt’s amazing what a man will do for love. To please my girlfriend, I recently found |
2012 Election
Election Eve 2008: A Bad Night to be White in HarlemTwo years ago, I was invited to an Election Eve party in Harlem. I found New York was |
Tech Overload
Cybershark Feeding FrenzyThe perverse coupling of surveillance and exhibitionism forms a cornerstone of American |
Culture Clash
Beyond the Burqa: America’s Role in Regulating TasteFrance’s recent “Burqa Ban” has provoked all the global indignation and murderous |
Death of Rock 'n' Roll
Bonnaroo: From Harmless Hippie Fest to Corporate ScamIn a perfect world, we would be stuffed together in plastic tents under the hot sun, |
Pop Music
Why I Quit Touring with The Black Eyed PeasLast year I toured with the Black Eyed Peas on their Japan/Australia run. It was dubbed |