I thought I only had 3 or 4 to post but there's actually 5 NEW COMICS! I can see your drool from here. Damn... I don't know what I'm going to do now that high school is over. I mean, all I'm going to have to write about is the navy. Which could actually end up really amusing. Seriously, you guys have no idea how hard it's going to be for me to maintain a straight face as the drill sergeant screams his head off in an eager attempt to whip me into shape through brainwashing and coercion. And you know those guys yell out the weirdest things as if to say, "I dare one of you to crack a hint of a smile. I WILL SODOMIZE YOU!" In the navy they really mean it, too. No, really. Any way, here is a last glimmer of high school through the Interpolanticism perception. I hope you enjoy the humor of awkward relationships and future ambitions. Let's start with prom.
Smell's Like School Spirit?
Cute
Better Luck Next Year
One, Two, Three, Four: I Challenge You to a Wizard War
Frugal My Ass
And that's a wrap. The Dresden Dolls concert actually pretty much marked the beginning of my summer. If I update this comic again before I leave it will most likely have to do with going ons of this very awkward summer. God, it's been a weird couple of months. I hope you enjoyed these comics and you'll be hearing from me soon. Also, I thought I should mention that I'm putting this comic under the lable of Basic Comics. I'm helping someone create one hell of a bitchin' comic label. And when I say bitchin', I mean BITCHIN'! Right now basic_stories is the only other comic Basic Comics has. Yeah... that's all for now. I'll keep y'all posted.
Well, looks like things are back on track. I plan on keeping this thing regularly updated. There will always be those days I'm not able to update, but hey, we're back The ever graceful ChaseKamp has expressed interest in returning to his previous duty of writing startlingly interesting posts in his typical engaging style. I'm sure you all remember that post about christian rock. Of course you don't, because you fuckers didn't read it! It's okay, I forgive you. You can scroll down and read it now, if you'd like. :-) Without further adieu...
If you missed the Comeback Special, check last post. It's quite amazing, if I do say so myself.
WOOOOOOO!!! Let the partying commence. Gather the family and friends and illegal immigrants working on your lawn around the computer for the greatest Interpolanticism comic to date! Possibly... maybe... okay, shut the hell up. I slaved over this for hours. Well, I hope you enjoy it. I make fun of a lot of people. Liberals will especially like my outtakes. But seriously, grab your favorite beer (I guess that's rootbeer if you're Mormon, but that's okay), open the comic, and enjoy the show. One more thing, it's a pdf file (you need adobe acrobat reader) and is over 1.8 megs. Hope you're not on dial up. :-)
I have officially finished the copy I will turn into my government teacher. He will look it over and probably aprove it assuming he can't read my censored cussing in a combination of leet and lame and a little ascii. Ha! I crack myself up. At any rate, I won't be presenting for at least a week since I'm going to San Francisco from Friday through Tuesday for a Model United Naitons conference. Then I must also finish the deleted scenes that are quite imperative to the online Interpolanticism: Comeback Special experience. It will be enjoyable, I promise. Even I'm excited, and I know what's in store!
Damn, it's been a while. That's right bitches and hoes, Interpolanticism is making a comeback! I know you're excited. Don't lie to yourlself. I expect it will be up at some point middle of next week. Wednesday or Thursday I imagine. The thing is, my government teacher has provided me a chance to present it to the class. Sure, he doesn't know what he's getting himself into and it's disguised as a government project, but that's where the debue will happen. It'll be grand! Actually, I'll probably post it the previous night or that morning. So y'all will be able to see it. Like I said, 8-9 days. BE HERE! :-)
Holy shit, you guys...Interpolanticism. I'm rocking your socks off, Jesus-style.
Such is what I saw on 60 Minutes--A story about Christian rock, Evangelical rock n roll, or as I know it: One of the most boring genres of music in pop culture.
I'd like to consider myself a rock n roll conneseur. I enjoy rocking (not so much rolling, it gives me indigestion and carpet burn) on a daily basis. I listen to rock n roll everyday. I could be an elitist and make the Interpolanticism readership feel inferior with some kind of credibility proof or obscure reference to boost my rock ego, but that would only alienate, and I believe rock n roll is supposed to unite the rocking hordes with its immeasurable power.
Evangelical rockers have the same assumption. They make (almost too) accessible and (obnoxiously) clean rock music with Christian themes to bring the Christian community together and hopefully convert a few misled souls to rock with God. Using what was once considered the Devil's music to bring people closer to the Lord could be considered a great victory for the Christian community (which it is), but it's an undeniable hypocrisy. Jesus Freaks in the 1950s waived their crosses at Elvis' gyrating pelvis, and now they're strapping on guitars and using it as a recruitment tool? One of the men on 60 Minutes said that rock n roll was all about rebellion, and Christian rock was kind of a rebellion against the rebellion (a rebellious double-negative, you see?). He might have been suggesting that Christian rock is the new punk rock, I honestly don't know. What I can easily say for sure is that Christian rock will be a passing trend, and the fact that God falls in and out of the zeitgeist like Tomagotchi and rubix cubes is depressing.
The fact is, you just can't make a lasting genre of music that is only about one thing. Now, I know there are many ways to say "God" and many ways to project your feelings about Him/Her/It, but most Christian rock bands just outright say "Jesus" and bluntly command you to "Praise Him". There isn't much artistic exploration going on, because there isn't much to say. Trust me, I know there are a rediculous number of bad rock love songs out there, but love is something you can approach from many different angles. You can be optimistic, pessimistic, unrequited, heartbroken, enthralled, fulfilled, shy, blatant, and everything in between. With God, you're either totally fucking into it, or you're not saying anything at all. There's no room for expansion. Christian rock is going to suffocate itself. I myself am not a Christian, but I think even the strongest believer in Christ would yawn at another Third Day album after so many songs about God and uh, God.
Although, I was introduced to a Christian metal band that had some pretty impressive musicianship and, except for the lyrics, was just like any other metal band. Fortunately for me, I couldn't understand a god damn thing he was screaming, so I enjoyed it like any other piece of unintelligible hard rock by jumping up and down and throwing objects, in the name of the Lord.
God bless.
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Spider-Matt's add on:
Spider-Matt(10:21:10 PM): I don't entirely agree with your hypthesis, but it was a very entertaining piece of writing
Chase(10:21:49 PM): Yeah, I could have given a bit more explanation
Spider-Matt(10:21:55 PM): as with any music, Christian rock can have lyrics with just the right amount of ambiguity to bring in listeners of all groups
Spider-Matt(10:22:07 PM): ie Evanescence
Chase(10:22:14 PM): Yeah, see! That's the issue I wanted to confront.
Chase(10:22:39 PM): rock bands that want to go mainstream but don't want to alienate their christian grasroots.
Chase(10:22:45 PM): and vice versa
Spider-Matt(10:22:47 PM): Evanescence is freakin' brilliant. I hate how they became huge so fast because I was enjoying the songs of theirs I had months before they hit radio waves
Chase(10:23:07 PM): And now EVERYBODY loves them!
Spider-Matt(10:23:15 PM): yeah
Chase(10:23:17 PM): It's a pain I'm all too familiar with.
