With the enormous growth of the evangelical movement over the last 25 years, so-called "megachurches" now provide one of the major ways that Americans are exposed to live music

By Ben Ratliff
Mike Day, singer and guitarist, gathered his rock band around him.

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By Ron Brownlow
Consider the Meek frontman Kevin Lee said he would announce a second Antipop! tour sometime this week if the first one, three punk rock shows held in Taipei and Taichung over the weekend, was a success. He didn't have to wait that long. Before seeing what kind of crowd last night's concert at Groovecity in Taichung would draw, he had already committed to organizing a second round. "We got great feedback [from Friday and Saturday's shows]. Everybody was really happy and wondering when our next show would be," Lee said yesterday evening in a phone interview before the doors opened at Groovecity. "Because of the buzz it created, we don't want to wait too long. We're hoping to get something organized in six or seven weeks."

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Celebrity bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman, whose reality TV show has been pulled from the air indefinitely after he used a racial slur, says he still loves the son who sold the tape of his private remark.

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