Last Spring, I went to the Joel Osteen event at the new Yankee Stadium with some friends from Tragedy: All Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees. They'd gotten addicted to Osteen in England, when they'd listened to his broadcast in their tour van; during a Texas swing, one of them even attended his services at the old Summit Arena (RIP, Hakeem Olajuwan), and also hit the singles-group meeting that followed, though that didn't live up to expectations (hot Christian women willing to ditch Jesus and climb his Summit).
This was the first non-baseball happening at the new stadium, and the rocking gospel pep rally was packed. We spent part of the three or so hours plotting an AC/DC-like Christian hard-rock band whose first single would be titled after Osteen's rally cry, "Fully Loaded, Totally Equipped" (sing it like Bon Scott; then sing it like Brian Johnson -- sweet, right?). The rest of the time, I took pictures. This was my favorite. Let's call it "Redemption". I definitely need some, if not for mockingly attending Christian rallies, then at least for never actually putting together that band.
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