idiot, part two

about a month ago, some friends from seminary days made a visit to louisville on behalf of their local baptist assocation. while they were in town, i got to catch up with steve and joe (no, they're not the idiots) for pub grub at the irish rover. i mention this now for two reasons. one, since it has been a month, i feel confident they both would like to recall their latest visit to the rover, including its delicious scotch eggs. two, over dinner that evening steve and joe talked about an album they had listened to on their drive south. their comments were overwhelmingly positive, so a few weeks later i followed their recommendation and picked up a copy of the latest green day release, american idiot. after getting the chance to listen to it from start to finish a few times now, i must concur with their assessment. all in all, this is good stuff. perhaps even a bit prophetic in places. at the moment, i'll leave it to my readers to find those places on their own. for those interested, though, you can find some decent reviews of the album here and here and here. political...prophetic...punk...pop...idiotic...perhaps these guys are theologians.