A/D

first ever A/D hate mail roundup

By: Ryan T. Meyer December 2, 2019December 2, 2019

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For an audience the size of mine (not very big), I get a lot of emails from people who are very mad about how I portray disciples of our president and the party that has welcomed him with open arms. To be fair to almost half of the people in this country, it has been…

what you believe is inconsequential

By: Ryan T. Meyer November 30, 2019November 30, 2019

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As is so often is the case, Christian proselytizing and political colonization worked hand-in-hand to whitewash into submission almost two millennia of native culture. One of the more normal but not actually normal things that I remember doing as a kid was stressing about how many people I talked to about Jesus. The guy was…

the requirements of chaos

By: Ryan T. Meyer November 27, 2019December 2, 2019

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There is no order in the world around us, we must adapt ourselves to the requirements of chaos instead. A weird thing happens when you start reading a lot about the why of life in that you begin to lose track of the why in the everyday small moments of which this life is comprised.…

we’re moving backwards

By: Ryan T. Meyer November 16, 2019November 17, 2019

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You can’t have progress without science, and that seems to be the point. This week, the Republican majority Ohio House of Representatives passed a bill that will allow students to tell their teachers “that’s not what my mom said” and not be penalized for it. The bill is called the Student Religious Liberties Act and…

everything is so much more important than you think

By: Ryan T. Meyer November 14, 2019November 14, 2019

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I’ve been getting a lot of text messages lately asking if I’m ok. It’s a funny thing to decide that other people should hear the thoughts that exist in your head. I didn’t ask anyone if I should do this, I just kind of started writing thinking that it would be cool to maybe one…

the christian entertainment industry shouldn’t exist

By: Ryan T. Meyer November 10, 2019December 2, 2019

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The notion that an entertainer is ordained to save souls through their craft is a pedestal on which no man can remain, and one on which they probably weren’t fit to be placed to begin with. As a disclaimer, I spent a minute working in the Christian music industry. Additionally, I have many friends who…

on stigma and staying afloat

By: Ryan T. Meyer November 1, 2019November 3, 2019

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I spent a handful of years as a touring musician. The extent to which I toured was minimal compared to the real ones that have committed to the lifestyle, but nonetheless I made a brief go at it. About halfway through my first tour of any real substance I realized that I hated almost everything…

rage against the machine to reunite, remind everyone that america is up to some bad shit

By: Ryan T. Meyer November 1, 2019November 1, 2019

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The best band on earth is back, and this time it’s actually worth the hype. Rage Against the Machine, a band known for being very political and also very good, is coming back for a series of shows along the US-Mexico border next year. After the last countdown and news of a possible reunion, fans…

jesus didn’t want to be king

By: Ryan T. Meyer October 30, 2019October 30, 2019

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The idea that Jesus should be worshiped like a powerful monarch is tired and actually antithetical to everything that he was about. Human beings love having someone or something to worship. It is a way for us to find purpose, a reason to get up in the morning and make it through the day. If…

beto isn’t punk, he’s just not very relatable

By: Ryan T. Meyer October 28, 2019October 28, 2019

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Maybe being cool and being a decent politician are mutually exclusive. If you’ve ever been part of a creative group like a band or artistic project, you probably know that one guy that’s a little different than everyone else. The guy that you look at and think, why is this dude using his time to…