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Re: Karin's Hot! (was Re: My view....)
> >I was trying to explain my view of the music, not lay down some law. I was
> >saved when I was 18, the 18 years prior to that event were completely
> >submerged in all the hip, delicious, dangerous, drug-induced times that
> >could be fit into those 18 years.
>
> You make it sound like a *bad* thing. ;-P
It is. I've been there.
> >So finding Over the Rhine as a christian
> >who wasn't raised to be a Conservative Republican, or even a Sunday School
> >Teacher, was a blessing to my life.
>
> Wanna know something funny? I was raised to be both. Check me out
> now.
What else did you think you would become when you rebeled?
> LOOK MA, NO HANDS!
:)
> >Most to all "Christian Bands" make me cringe. They sound so souless and
> >over produced that I think Jesus might have a hard time listening to
> >them.
>
> There's a funny thread right now in alt.music.yes about Carman.
> Apparently, Steve Sullivan, a 37 year old long-term proghead and
> outspoken atheist, happened to catch one of Carman's "performance
> video things" on the tube, and was quite perplexed.
why was he perplexed?
> Sorry, I realize that had absolutely nothing to do with anything.
> You just reminded me of it, and now my coworkers are wondering what
> I'm snickering about over here in my corner.
Eh, don't worry about it. They get over it. All the people in the
computer lab think I'm a nut anyway.
(I just realized that tha doesn't really make sense, but I'm too tired to
change it)
> Not all christian music that's labeled as such is as bad as the other
> 90%. ;-) I'll take an old Petra record, or MWS _The Big Picture_
> (featuring Tony Levin on bass/stick - woohoo!) anyday.
My goodness, yes. I still have an old Petra tape around somewhere. It
was the first tape that i ever bought on my own, and I chose it because it
had a big spaceship type thing on the cover breaking through a brick wall.
Anybody know the album title? I can't find it now.
> >So hearing that music coming from
> >background, I felt like I really did not fit in with the christian circle.
> >Then I stumbled onto Over the Rhine and heard real christians, singing about
> >real issues they face as they live for the lord. I was completely taken
> >with them and have been ever since. Sometimes they are the only music I can
> >completely relate to.
>
> Interestingly enough, I had never even heard of (nor had it occurred
> to me) any religious connection with OTR and their music until Snoop
> Dug ruffled some chica's feathers last summer when she said she was
> "on fire for god" or some such. Good ol' Duggy made the obvious
> "stop, drop and roll" joke, and list life was a whirlwind of
> excitement for a while.
Hmmm...Even as a I Christian, I think those who are "on fire for god" need
to be very careful. They tend to turn people away with their heat and
passion, rather than draw them in with the light that tey carry.
> Were any other old-school types surprised in a similar manner?
Not really. the first time I heard of OtR was from this weird guy in my
church youth group. Everybody thought he was weird because he actually
asked intelligent questions in Sunday School, so I figured if he liked it,
then it must be pretty cool.
> >That's my side of the story and I hope to talk more
> >about it with you all, and I hope that you will tell me your relationship to
> >them, is it more than "Karin's hot!" ? I hope so. I'm willing and able and
> >excited to hear other views. Thanks ~ Zena
>
> Karin's hot, Terri is *yummy*, and I LOVE YOU, MIKE!
Here, Here!
> It saddens me that Mikey is gone. Now I don't have anything to shout
> at the shows. :-(
I was very unhappy too. He was the one member that i felt really
comfortable talking to after the shows.
> I discovered OTR when my college roomie (a Cincy native) dragged me to
> see them in '93 (Eve tour) at the Newport in Columbus, OH. I was
> instantly captivated by this bizarre conglomeration of people who were
> up there making the most beautiful music. Tall, lanky guy in a
> strange suit and goofy hat playing the bass; short, scrawny guy on
> drums singing those high backing vox; stocky guy with a battered old
> black Fender Strat on an oriental rug, and a beautiful woman with a
> beautiful voice and an equally beautiful Rickenbacker singing. I'll
> let the reader decide which made the bigger impression - the bare
> midriff or the Rick. ;-)
:) that what i did to my roommate.
> I bought Eve that week (back when it was on the shelves everywhere -
> where did all those copies go?), and the rest, as they say, is
> history.
i got into it right after the "eve" tour. my older brother bought me
their cd on my request at their show here at school.
Hey, does anyone know if their December show cat Calvin is still on? I
didn't see it on the last list. please let me know.
Steve
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