J. L. Tyler
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
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| Location | Austin, TX, United States |
| Introduction | This space shall serve as an ongoing discussion of religion, faith and popular culture. Regular short critical essays will be posted, examining the religious and spiritual connotations of films, TV, video games and music. These essays will hopefully help recognize the narratives of shared American popular culture and their relation to the narrative of holy scripture and the Gospel of Jesus Christ. |
| Interests | Music, movies, comic books, reading, writing, baseball, football, good television, theology, audio editing, playing guitar, collecting tin lunch boxes, cooking |
| Favorite movies | Swingers, The Killers (46), Black Angel, Mystery Men, X-Men, X2, Network, Wet Hot American Summer, U-Turn, Se7en, The Big Labowski, Bad Santa, Strange Days, Departed, Near Dark, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Dark Knight, Ratatouille, Incredibles, Road to Perdition, American Beauty, There Will Be Blood, Magnolia, Jarhead, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Iron Man, Underworld |
| Favorite music | Violent Femmes, Ween, Wilco, Cake, Green Day, Modern Lovers, Eminem, Brand New, Camper Van Beethoven, My Chemical Romance, MC Frontalot, Jesse Dangerously, Wordburglar, Pixies, Frank Black, Pretty Girls Make Graves, lcd soundsystem, Lyle Lovett, Robert Earl Keen, Prince, Tiger Army, Andrew Bird, Beirut, Lou Reed, At the Drive-In, Ben Folds, Bobby Creekwater, Death Cab for Cutie, Elvis Presley, Everclear, Foo Fighters, Johnny Cash, John Butler Trio, Jason Robert Brown, Morphine, Muse, Negativland, Rev. Horton Heat, Scott H. Biram, They Might Be Giants, Smashing Pumpkins, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Blood Red Shoes, The Slackers |
| Favorite books | We Can Build You, Watchmen, More Jokes for Children, Series of Unfortunate Events, Wishful Thinking, The Gospel According to Hollywood, Crooked Little Vein, The Long Halloween, Deathstalker, Border Crossing, Everyday Apocalypse, Virtual Faith |