Irresponsible Journalism

The Japanese Hutterite Brethren

Josiah Roe — 2009-10-29T23:19:12-05:00

From an article on the Japanese Hutterite Brethren: "The Japanese Hutterite women initially found the Hutterites' long skirts, jackets, and kerchiefs functional, comfortable, and protective for work in the fields. While the intention was to be simple, practical, and without...

Hitchens, Wilson & Collision

Josiah Roe — 2009-10-26T17:50:04-05:00

Complete with a trailer apparently created by the bastard child of Errol Morris & Michael Bay (complete with vaguely-ethnic wail!), Collision is a film about/around/promoting the Hitchens v Wilson "'Debate' Tour". The "debates" addressed, in a manner of speaking, pedestrian...

"You cannot make friends with the rock stars."

Josiah Roe — 2009-10-23T11:51:03-05:00

A great line in the film Almost Famous from Lester Bangs on rock journalism: "You cannot make friends with the rock stars. That's what's important. If you're a rock journalist: first, you will never get paid much. But you will...

Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Video

Josiah Roe — 2009-10-20T10:18:16-05:00

This could have been a video about the entire state of Ohio....

Playboy Priests

Josiah Roe — 2009-10-16T12:21:28-05:00

The group, Good Tidings, was founded by Cait Finnegan and her husband, a former Catholic priest, originally with the idea that they would help priests who had fallen in love to discern whether to leave the priesthood and marry, or...

Why I Love Catacombs

Josiah Roe — 2009-10-13T18:39:14-05:00

This post is for the homecomb cataboys. I received the following message via Facebook: I know you weren't at Covenant too terribly long ago, but we're looking for clues. I am referring, of course, to the endless search for the...

You Can Run On For A Long Time

Josiah Roe — 2009-10-12T16:35:23-05:00

I first heard "God's Gonna Cut You Down" (or "Run On") when I was a child, performed by my maternal grandfather. There's irony in that, now that I think about it. #ahfamily This remix by Mondkopf of the Johnny Cash...

"If You See Kay"

Josiah Roe — 2009-10-07T10:13:04-05:00

Jesse Sheidlower addresses the Britney Spears "controversy" surrounding her encoding of F-U-C-K-Me in the lyrics of her latest song, "If you seek Amy". He points out that this trick is hardly something novel, having been done previously by no less...

death before life

Josiah Roe — 2009-10-05T17:03:11-05:00

"The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness. Although the two are identical twins, man, as a rule, views the prenatal abyss...

A Taxonomy of Drunkards

Josiah Roe — 2009-10-04T22:24:05-05:00

"The first is Ape drunke, and leapes and sings, and hollowes, and daunceth for the heavens; the second is Lion drunke, and he flinges the pots about the house, calls his Hostesse Whore, breaks the glass windowes with his dagger,...

Commissioner Brooks: Political Grandstanding on Annexation

Josiah Roe — 2009-07-02T18:12:27-05:00

County Commissioner John Allen Brooks characterized as "Ill-conceived & Ill-timed" the upcoming annexation by the City of land parcels near Hixson and B.F.N.C. ("Near Collegedale"). Couple things: 1. As Chattarati reported, the annexation was planned & ratified by the City,...

The Difference a Year Makes in Chattanooga News

Josiah Roe — 2009-06-25T16:51:05-05:00

A year ago next week a group of Chattanoogans took it upon themselves to address the embarrassing state of local news & journalism through the creation of a real (not "alternative") news source. They did it (and continue to do...

Wallace Anderson Resigns from Covenant College

Josiah Roe — 2009-06-23T09:54:10-05:00

According to a tweet by Derek Halvorson this morning: "Shocked to learn that Covenant's VP of Enrollment Management resigned this morning." Don't know anymore than that. I wonder if they're going to clean house in Student Development. That would be...

100,000 People - Bonnaroo Aerial Photography

Josiah Roe — 2009-06-18T13:32:30-05:00

Matt McLelland from Warren-McLelland Aerial Photography sent me this photo (click for larger version) they took of Bonnaroo on Saturday. Only the very top portion of this image is the actual concert grounds, the vast majority of the 700 acres...

Bonnaroo, Fuel & Easy Bistro

Josiah Roe — 2009-06-16T22:29:41-05:00

Bonnaroo. It's just one of those things you've got to experience for yourself. There's really no way to wrap your mind around 100K people gathering and living in a giant tent city for 5 days with minimal "rules". It's a...