Illinois Entertainer May 2014 | Page 6

Peace, Love & Understanding? Christian-rocker and Jars Of Clay lead vocalist Dan Haseltine thought that the world had evolved a bit more than it has when he went to Twitter to throw his support behind laws supporting marriage-equality. He was wrong. The Wire.com reported that Haseltine's tweets were greeted with major pushback from fans and new enemies. "Some Christian radio stations (reportedly) pulled his music from rotation in response to this thoughts on Twitter, and some (former) fans deleted Jars of Clay from their playlists. Haseltine announced on his personal site that his Twitter conversation on gay marriage had ended, for now, in part because he was upset that the backlash against his questions had negatively impacted his Jars of Clay bandmates." At least he didn't say the Beatles were bigger than god... 05•2014 Frankie Says: Goodbye He was a New York City guy, but Chicago claimed him as our own. Legendary DJ Frankie Knuckles who made his name inventing "House Mus