-- ============================================================== Peace, hope, love, Jesus Christ - Layner ============================================================== ...it meant the world to hold a bruising faith, but now it's just a matter of grace... - Smashing Pumpkins ==============================================================
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- To: bin meister <binkmeisterrick at juno_com>
- Subject: Re: gosh, lots of mail!
- From: Layne Petersen <petersen at info2000_net>
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1998 00:53:49 -0600
- References: <19980826.175650.3542.5.BinkmeisterRick at juno_com>
Binky! bin meister wrote: > wow. it's been a while since i've had to actually *read* the mail... > > you'd think that's all i had time for these days.... > > all this mortar fire has been quite interesting to read these past > days... as for the "did you know OtR" thing, the band was introduced to > me as being a "band of musicians who happened to be christians" but not > as a "christian band." Yup. I was introduced to The Innocence Mission, Van Morrison, Bruce Cockburn, VoL, and more this way as well. > it was "Grey Monologue" which really hooked me > the first time round and then several years later "Jack's Valentine" > which nailed the picture to the wall quite firmly for me as an excellent > BAND. what impressed me the most (and still does) is that, in my > opinion, here is lyrical poetry, and i mean poetry, put so perfectly to > music. call me a beatnik. Beatnik. > ( i hear ya, "ms." emery) And quit calling me that... ;)> > the "ambiguity" of > most of the lyrics also appealed to me, because i like music which can > hold as many different meanings as there are listeners to glean meaning > from it. such writing is highly intellegent and honest and a rare gift > to find these days... ( as a lyricist, i strive for similar effect, hence > detwieler and mallonee have become lyrical heroes.) i will admit the > spiritual or "christian" overtones are an added plus for me, but if OtR > was, for lack of a better term, a "totally secular band", i would think > absolutely no less of them than i do now. Me either. The spiritual end of it is an added bonus for me. > ...and for all those who keep saying that Karin is hot, well, why doesn't > she get an air conditioner then? <Bugs Bunny>Har har... hardy har har... </Bugs Bunny> > (besides, everyone knows that Anne DeChant is the hot one, right jg? LOL) Oh yeah? > bink np: Roseanne Cash - _10 Song Demo_ -- ============================================================== Peace, hope, love, Jesus Christ - Layner ============================================================== ...it meant the world to hold a bruising faith, but now it's just a matter of grace... - Smashing Pumpkins ==============================================================
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