3 Chords & the Truth exists in many realms as Revolution 21's flagship program. We rock. We roll. We're blues in the night. We play with a twang . . . sometimes.
Listen to 3 Chords & the Truth enough and you'll discover that we like old-school punk rock. That we have an attitude. That we can be ornery -- and thoughtful, too.
You will discover that we like to put together oddball sets of all kinds of music that somehow, someway make thematic sense. You will discover that we can be artistic and cultural bomb-throwers, because we think our society is complacent and self-centered . . . and entirely too self-satisfied with the violent and vapid societal space Americans have created for ourselves.
If you listen to 3 Chords, you'll find we love Father, Son and Holy Spirit and embrace our Catholic faith. We try not to be self-righteous about that, being that we usually find ourselves stuck squarely in Screw-Up City as we gaze longingly up toward the new Jerusalem.
In short, here's what your host and potentate, the eccentric but benevolent Mighty Favog, is aiming for with 3 Chords & the Truth: A mix of thought-provoking, challenging and sometimes just plain fun music, both Christian and mainstream, covering a wide variety of genres -- rock, hip-hop, punk, techno, folk, blues . . . you name it. You can’t put it in a neat little niche.
Kind of like life, ain't it?
We don't segregate our music, and we don't segregate faith from living life. No matter how messy that might get at times. Sensible folk have a word for people who get all holy one day a week and put all that stuff in a drawer till Sunday rolls around again.
I think it's "phony."
Same deal for Holy Joes who would be horrified if you knew they had a secret thang for Metallica because that's Not What Christians Do.
Oh, really?
Fakefakefakefakefakefake. Fake.
Working out this whole faith-life thing can get gloriously messy. But, c'mon, it's not exactly a matter-antimatter thing, where you're risking a planet-obliterating explosion if you mix the two. In fact, it can be kind of invigorating . . . if you let it.
And, at its core, that's what Revolution 21 and 3 Chords & the Truth are all about. Come on along for the ride. It'll be a wild one.
