{"id":30567,"date":"2009-01-01T22:41:45","date_gmt":"2009-01-02T05:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=30567"},"modified":"2009-01-01T22:41:45","modified_gmt":"2009-01-02T05:41:45","slug":"so-rock-jesus-for-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/so-rock-jesus-for-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"So Rock Jesus for 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.danwei.org\/music\/so_rock_jesus_ii.php\">From Danwei blog:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Jesus returns to the cover of So Rock! magazine for the December issue, which arrived on newsstands just last week.<\/p>\n<p>The rock icon previously appeared as Buddy Christ on the cover of issue 45 in 2005. Here, the message is less vulgar and slightly more positive: &#8220;New Year \/ God Bless Every Fxxking Guy.&#8221; A relatively frequent cover model, Jesus also appeared on issues 34 and 36.<\/p>\n<p>Featured in this issue is an irreverent take on Chinese Democracy, the new Guns N&#8217; Roses album. It&#8217;s the group&#8217;s first studio album in fifteen years so, like much of the western press, So Rock! mixes an album review with snarky commentary on how long it took to produce. Most of the feature is devoted to a look back at how the music industry has changed in the last decade and a half, from technological changes that brought about the iPod and MySpace, to the wax and wane of various musical trends, departed musicians, and the changing lineup of frontman Axl Rose&#8217;s band.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Danwei blog: Jesus returns to the cover of So Rock! magazine for the December issue, which arrived on newsstands just last week. The rock icon previously appeared as Buddy Christ on the cover of issue 45 in 2005. Here, the message is less vulgar and slightly more positive: &#8220;New Year \/ God Bless Every [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[7509,990],"class_list":["post-30567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","tag-chinese-democracy","tag-rock-music","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.9 (Yoast SEO v23.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>So Rock Jesus for 2009<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/so-rock-jesus-for-2009\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"So Rock Jesus for 2009\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From Danwei blog: Jesus returns to the cover of So Rock! magazine for the December issue, which arrived on newsstands just last week. The rock icon previously appeared as Buddy Christ on the cover of issue 45 in 2005. Here, the message is less vulgar and slightly more positive: &#8220;New Year \/ God Bless Every [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/so-rock-jesus-for-2009\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"China Digital Times (CDT)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-01-02T05:41:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"186\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"177\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Xiao Qiang\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cdt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cdt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Xiao Qiang\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/so-rock-jesus-for-2009\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/so-rock-jesus-for-2009\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Xiao Qiang\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/7d71c527e3f4a4239ced8e932a64f8d4\"},\"headline\":\"So Rock Jesus for 2009\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-01-02T05:41:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-01-02T05:41:45+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/so-rock-jesus-for-2009\/\"},\"wordCount\":172,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Chinese democracy\",\"rock music\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Culture &amp; the Arts\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/so-rock-jesus-for-2009\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/so-rock-jesus-for-2009\/\",\"name\":\"So Rock Jesus for 2009\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-01-02T05:41:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2009-01-02T05:41:45+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/so-rock-jesus-for-2009\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/so-rock-jesus-for-2009\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/so-rock-jesus-for-2009\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"So Rock Jesus for 2009\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/\",\"name\":\"China Digital Times (CDT)\",\"description\":\"Covering China from Cyberspace\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization\",\"name\":\"China Digital Times\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg\",\"width\":186,\"height\":177,\"caption\":\"China Digital Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/cdt\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/7d71c527e3f4a4239ced8e932a64f8d4\",\"name\":\"Xiao Qiang\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/rockngo.org\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/author\/xiao-qiang\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"So Rock Jesus for 2009","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/so-rock-jesus-for-2009\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"So Rock Jesus for 2009","og_description":"From Danwei blog: Jesus returns to the cover of So Rock! magazine for the December issue, which arrived on newsstands just last week. The rock icon previously appeared as Buddy Christ on the cover of issue 45 in 2005. Here, the message is less vulgar and slightly more positive: &#8220;New Year \/ God Bless Every [&hellip;]","og_url":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/so-rock-jesus-for-2009\/","og_site_name":"China Digital Times (CDT)","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes","article_published_time":"2009-01-02T05:41:45+00:00","og_image":[{"width":186,"height":177,"url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Xiao Qiang","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@cdt","twitter_site":"@cdt","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Xiao Qiang","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/so-rock-jesus-for-2009\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/so-rock-jesus-for-2009\/"},"author":{"name":"Xiao Qiang","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/7d71c527e3f4a4239ced8e932a64f8d4"},"headline":"So Rock Jesus for 2009","datePublished":"2009-01-02T05:41:45+00:00","dateModified":"2009-01-02T05:41:45+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/so-rock-jesus-for-2009\/"},"wordCount":172,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization"},"keywords":["Chinese democracy","rock music"],"articleSection":["Culture &amp; the Arts"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/so-rock-jesus-for-2009\/","url":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/so-rock-jesus-for-2009\/","name":"So Rock Jesus for 2009","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-01-02T05:41:45+00:00","dateModified":"2009-01-02T05:41:45+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/so-rock-jesus-for-2009\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/so-rock-jesus-for-2009\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/so-rock-jesus-for-2009\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"So Rock Jesus for 2009"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/","name":"China Digital Times (CDT)","description":"Covering China from Cyberspace","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization","name":"China Digital Times","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg","width":186,"height":177,"caption":"China Digital Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes","https:\/\/x.com\/cdt"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/7d71c527e3f4a4239ced8e932a64f8d4","name":"Xiao Qiang","sameAs":["http:\/\/rockngo.org"],"url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/author\/xiao-qiang\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30567\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}