Distracted by a Simple Kiss

Today is a special day for my family. Special in a sad way, but that's not the point of this blog.

You see, despite today being an important anniversary, I woke up and came to work worrying only about one thing; what Kiss albums I was going to listen to today.
I'm serious.

For my overseas friends, Wellington is holding a huge 2 day rock concert called "Rock 2 Wellington" next Easter - oh wait, I posted that link about churches not wanting it there, right? Cool, so you are up to speed and all aware that Kiss are headlining the first night. Well anyways, most people who know will know that Kiss (after Queen, of course) are the reason I am such a nut case on stage. My last year of high school and the next 3 or 4 years after that were spent listening to Kiss, and I will always give Ace Frehley credit for being the man who inspired me to learn how to play guitar solos - especially ones like his.

And though Tommy Thayer is playing instead of Ace (BOOOOOOOOO), I'm actually terribly excited at the prospect of seeing them live again. It was almost 11 years ago I saw them live, and it always ranks very high on my list of greatest concerts ever.

So I've dusted off my old Kiss cds and getting my glam rock on. Hilarious, considering the day before all I was listening to was Kanye West. And then to further my collection, I ordered all 3 Kissology DVDs from the states like a fool. 12 discs of live Kiss. That is going to mean some serious Kiss watching next year.

Good to know that when it comes down to it, the only thing on my mind is rockin' out

Rock Music is of the Devil

Some people might find this a good read:

Wellington Church Doesn't Want to Rock

Now before anyone starts to think I am going to go on some rambling tirade about how great Kiss are, or some anti-church rant because they don't like rock music, I will make 2 points:

1 - at this stage, it seems there is only 1 church protesting the concert.

2 - the whole thing is so laughable I can't take it seriously.

Not even the Catholic Priest they spoke seems to be taking the situation seriously, and quite frankly what he had to say was the best response.

What I will say is this, though; if this woman believes that these people are feeling "hurt", then why isn't her church trying to do something to help them? She seems to be thinking like a preacher from the 1950's, where anyone who plays a guitar and moves around on stage must be a tool of evil spirits. Kiss are from satanic, and Lordi are just plain hilarious. And as a friend of mine pointed out, there are many Christian bands who play similar music - would they be considered evil too?

I'm quite interested as to how anyone from other Pentecostal churches feel about this - anyone reading this wish to offer their thoughts? In fact, I'm quite curious to see if any other church in Wellington gets behind this one.