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intheflow

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50. I was a big fan until she found Jesus.
Mon Mar 18, 2013, 03:45 PM
Mar 2013

Now all her records are about Jesus. She's a brilliant songwriter, few can match the breadth and depth of her influences and ability to craft them into musical masterpieces. For the most part, she preaches the social gospel, which is definitely the way to go if you're going to be a Christian.

But she started evangelizing at a concert in Boulder about 10 years ago with no warning whatsoever and the whole crowd just kind of sat there in stunned silence. It was very different from the awesome radical progressive I'd seen in concert five times before that. Very uncomfortable. And I saw that Boulder concert while I was in seminary studying to become a minister, and it was even uncomfortable to me. This trollish turn doesn't surprise me. She seems to be embracing her conservative East Texas roots more and more as she grows older. smh

Wow. I always thought she was a hard core progressive Bluzmann57 Mar 2013 #1
She played at one of the Occupy assemblies too. progressoid Mar 2013 #9
She was arrested in the eviction of Occupy L.A. pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #47
She had to be loaded Warpy Mar 2013 #16
I expect you're right. /nt Marr Mar 2013 #27
She found Jesus a while ago Beaverhausen Mar 2013 #31
Maybe we should put his picture on a milk carton MNBrewer Mar 2013 #62
It is her. She's a born again Christian and this is NOT the first anti-LBGT cali Mar 2013 #40
I'm actually hoping you're right because I liked some of her music. Jim Lane Mar 2013 #85
Essentially. Most media persona's go through a round of 'theraputic rehab' to shrug off all sorts of AtheistCrusader Mar 2013 #88
I'm pretty sure she became a Christian, a kind of evangelical one, too deutsey Mar 2013 #37
I though she was too... Bennyboy Mar 2013 #2
A Michael Richards moment? Crepuscular Mar 2013 #3
this actually sounds like it was even worse dsc Mar 2013 #14
Most people under 35 probably have ni idea who she is LTR Mar 2013 #15
Well stated JustAnotherGen Mar 2013 #28
I'm 42... onpatrol98 Mar 2013 #76
Probably going to be the main entertainment at the next annual joint Westboro Baptist Zorra Mar 2013 #4
What an asshole !!!! marmar Mar 2013 #5
Seriously? zappaman Mar 2013 #6
That's weird. Why do this now? TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #7
you're thinking of sinead o'connor maxsolomon Mar 2013 #66
No, I know Sinead O'Connor. Michelle Shocked had really short hair, apparently-- TwilightGardener Mar 2013 #68
yeah, but only sinead was bald maxsolomon Mar 2013 #69
i knew she wan't a lesbian but had no idea she was an asshole tk2kewl Mar 2013 #8
I think she has struggled with mental illness her entire life AngryAmish Mar 2013 #10
Rumor is she has struggled with paranoid schizophrenia MattBaggins Mar 2013 #38
I remember a couple weird shows in Phoenix about 10 years ago... sweetloukillbot Mar 2013 #75
OK, that's pretty weird union_maid Mar 2013 #11
Did something happen to her? sharp_stick Mar 2013 #12
I thought maybe she'd suffered a traumatic brain injury, and apparently I was right. Arugula Latte Mar 2013 #18
Well.. I'm... Shocked! SomethingFishy Mar 2013 #13
That's a career-ender. Hong Kong Cavalier Mar 2013 #17
Religious poisoning Lex Mar 2013 #19
Yep. She drank the fundie Kool-Aid. backscatter712 Mar 2013 #23
i thought she was gay too. this is kind of weird. HiPointDem Mar 2013 #20
At one point, a while back, didn't she say she was bi? joeybee12 Mar 2013 #21
I'm pretty certain she claimed to be bisexual when she actually had a career. justiceischeap Mar 2013 #55
She turned fundie. backscatter712 Mar 2013 #22
Who? Ishoutandscream2 Mar 2013 #24
Maybe PasadenaTrudy Mar 2013 #25
More likely her Dallas roots showing. intheflow Mar 2013 #54
Well excuse me! PasadenaTrudy Mar 2013 #70
I'm 42 and I have no idea who this person is. Marrah_G Mar 2013 #26
If you didn't listen to college radio in the 80's/90's, you wouldn't really have heard of her justiceischeap Mar 2013 #56
that explains it Marrah_G Mar 2013 #57
If you search youtube for "Michelle shocked" Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #29
Hey Michelle have fun playing at mega churches now.... Evasporque Mar 2013 #30
This message was self-deleted by its author backscatter712 Mar 2013 #32
I did sound at a peace thing in L.A. years ago olddots Mar 2013 #33
Religion: Not even once. backscatter712 Mar 2013 #34
Well, that's a shame Proud Public Servant Mar 2013 #35
Not the sharpest knife in the drawer. HappyMe Mar 2013 #36
I did not see that one coming. mwrguy Mar 2013 #39
It's weird, because I just saw she was arrested at an Occupy L.A. event in 2011. Arugula Latte Mar 2013 #59
She pulled a Dennis Miller. xfundy Mar 2013 #41
She's been on an anti-gay tirade for awhile now,... TeeYiYi Mar 2013 #42
Fucking reparative "therapy" backscatter712 Mar 2013 #46
Massive, epic fail. Initech Mar 2013 #43
Maybe she is having mega-problems, or a bad day or doing a Joaquin Phoenix? graham4anything Mar 2013 #44
It would be a shame if someone uploaded all her music to Bit Torrent. Ian David Mar 2013 #45
It would be a shame, since it'd introduce her old catalog to new ears REP Mar 2013 #74
I used to go see her shows in Austin. Too bad she has apparently gone over to the dark side. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2013 #48
Wait'll you see who else goes to her fundie church KamaAina Mar 2013 #49
No! Not Denzel... Little Star Mar 2013 #52
Indeed. I've never seen him mail in a performance. KamaAina Mar 2013 #53
Denzel is a preacher's kid, and contribute several million to this church a long time ago... kwassa Mar 2013 #77
. kwassa Mar 2013 #79
I was a big fan until she found Jesus. intheflow Mar 2013 #50
I remember her from my college days (mid 80s to early 90s) Mike Daniels Mar 2013 #51
Ah, Religion! Check out her church DollarBillHines Mar 2013 #58
She may be a lesbian. Convinced that "God" hates her. MNBrewer Mar 2013 #60
This is too bad Dyedinthewoolliberal Mar 2013 #61
Holy shit Aerows Mar 2013 #63
That is an incredible disappointment. kdmorris Mar 2013 #64
Shows getting cancelled Paul E Ester Mar 2013 #65
Cancel in Evanston, IL Morning Dew Mar 2013 #73
Figures. Lex Mar 2013 #81
eTown cancelled her May show. intheflow Mar 2013 #82
I grew up in the late 80s and I've never heard of her. Fawke Em Mar 2013 #67
So she's a hate preacher now.. needs to go on the road Cha Mar 2013 #71
Message auto-removed C.H.O.M.P.S. Mar 2013 #72
Going for CPAC and Southern Baptist circiut audience. Why? Music is love . . . . . .except . . . . . Hoyt Mar 2013 #78
MTV played a Schocked video that was a satirical response to Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" kwassa Mar 2013 #80
Thanks for posting this link! gvstn Mar 2013 #87
I really like her Prodigal Daughter Fortinbras Armstrong Mar 2013 #91
Shows Canceled at McCabe's in Santa Moinica. JustJoe Mar 2013 #83
I've been seeing that Berlin Expat Mar 2013 #89
Next stop....Fox News LiberalLovinLug Mar 2013 #84
Who? Fuddnik Mar 2013 #86
YAY! More from the "Jesus hates you" crowd. blkmusclmachine Mar 2013 #90
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