questions: TV & music

Understanding that I write on this blog about my faith and sometimes lack of, I should ask myself the following questions.

1. Could I -- as a Christian -- watch and/or like material like Sherlock (http://project05952381.blogspot.com/2010/11/sherlock-holmes.html) about murderers and how the hero saves the day?


2. At the same time, is it appropriate for me to listen to the music I've listened to for the past 31 years -- like Tattoo of Pain (http://tattooofpain.pragakhan.com/), Lords of Acid (http://www.lordsofacid.com/), KMFDM (http://www.kmfdm.net/), Rammstein (http://www.rammstein.de/), Judas Priest (http://www.judaspriest.com/), KISS (http://www.kissonline.com/) and many other rock bands (http://project05952381.blogspot.com/2010/10/as-music-saved-my-soul-suicide.html)?

Of course, I'd say there's nothing negative about the material I like regardless of the sex, violence, social criticism, religion and other topics -- as long as it doesn't affect my religious beliefs. I must also admit that many Christians might want me to listen to Christian contemporary music like Carman (http://www.carman.org/) or Rebecca St James (http://rebeccastjames.forefrontrecords.com/).

In any case, if I needed to comply, I'd choose Stryper (http://www.stryper.com/).

foreign TV & music

In the past several years, my liking of British drama and comedies has increased. It turns out that lots of the shows I grew up with are British (Doctor Who, The Avengers, The Saint, etc) -- not American I thought then.

I've always listened to American rock & roll like KISS and The Ramones, but lots of my favorite material is also from other lands like Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest, The Clash, Motorhead and Black Sabbath from UK; Rammstein and Wumpscut from Germany; Blood from Spain; AC/DC from Australia; U2 from Ireland.