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Posted by Shemp on 05-12-2002 at19:05:

MBD

How come MBD is not in stores anywhere... (Michigan) Is this only a Web release, or am I an ignooramoose?

Posted by John Foxe on 05-12-2002 at19:52:

Not in mine either

Yeah, I couldn't ever find it in my local Zondervan Family "Christian" Bookstore either, although they had no problem stocking "Daniel Amos Live at C2K" and of course our favorite vowel-less Christian artist.

It was explained to us a while back that the problem was the distribution company - the whole thing was significantly set back when the Galaxy/Diamante deal fell apart last year with the demise of Diamante.

I sensed almost from the beginning though that this recording was going to be something very special, and who here can deny it? Clearly the good Lord had His hand in the whole process, even through all the distribution problems. This recording generated a lot of extremely favorable press. I have read rave review after rave review in many magazines. Even now when I think about it the MBD project is nothing short of amazing in every aspect.

How do you keep raising the bar after 20+ years? I honestly don't know, except by God's grace.

Posted by Shemp on 05-13-2002 at08:23:

When will the christian community ever wise up and listen? The respect is growing, but the so is the crap... you know, CCM sound alikes and bubblegum schmoo.

Posted by jc on 05-13-2002 at10:29:

couldnt agree more

there ain't a lot of new stuff
to glean

Posted by carl on 05-13-2002 at10:38:

Er....

...was there ever?

I can count the number of times I've bought any decent music in a Christian bookshop/music store on one hand (OK, maybe two, but it'd take me a good 10 years of counting....).

My favorite comment remains from the time I tried to get Bruce Cockburn's Stealing Fire (hey, I DID manage to get Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws there some time before): "Sorry, we don't carry his POLITICAL STUFF." While, all the while, Jerry Falwell's latest treatise peered at me from all around the room....

"Dude! You forgot to say 'when it challenges dubious American foreign policy'!"

Posted by jc on 05-13-2002 at12:09:

ME 2

I've probably purchased 4 or 5 CDs at the Christian Bookstore (thats over a dozen years kids)- they just don't carry the stuff I'm interested in. I did see real Men Cry the last time in..theres hope. Used to be I 'd stop in every month or so- ain't been there in ages, and the last 10 times it was to get something I knew I wanted b4 I went in- not to browse.
Our C-Hit radio station is great! (for my 11 year old daughter..............)
that pretty much says it all.
The latest treand I see beyond ......w....o....r...s...h.....i..p.........
Is all the C-rock bands put out there "its summer, I'll be at a lot of outdoor festivals this year, lets jump up and down in unison to this".....
oh boy
JiMiny

Posted by ™ on 05-13-2002 at13:32:

Yeah! Regular record stores're

puttin' out 25th anniversary deluxe editions of Bob Marley's EXODUS but try to even find last year's pfr album, -it's already out of print!

Posted by BigDork on 05-13-2002 at16:08:

quote:

Originally posted by Shemp
How come MBD is not in stores anywhere... ?

I've not seen it here either...most of the time they don't know what I'm talking about.

''What was his name again?''

arrrrgggggg

BD

Posted by Dr Rich on 05-13-2002 at18:28:

Christian bookstores mostly suck Frown

Posted by Gamgee on 05-14-2002 at09:02:

My problem with Christian Boostores

quote:

Originally posted by Dr Rich
Christian bookstores mostly suck Frown

Well said. My problem with Christian bookstores isn't so much their selection of music (although that's not that great), but their selection of fiction. Instead of good Christian authors who write well, they have the crappy bestsellers (Left Behind, anyone?). No Buechner, no O'Connor, in fact, out of all the authors who gather in Mr. B's Dream, only Mr. Lewis and sometimes Mr. Chesterton can usually be found in christian bookstores (and usually you only get Chesterton's nonfiction; I have yet to see a Christian bookstore that stocks The Man Who Was Thursday)

Posted by Shemp on 05-14-2002 at10:25:

quote:

Originally posted by BigDork

quote:

Originally posted by Shemp
How come MBD is not in stores anywhere... ?

I've not seen it here either...most of the time they don't know what I'm talking about.

''What was his name again?''

arrrrgggggg

BD

Hoo hoo, how true!

Posted by Kaf-N-8ed on 05-14-2002 at10:31:

quote:

Originally posted by Shemp
When will the christian community ever wise up and listen? The respect is growing, but the so is the crap... you know, CCM sound alikes and bubblegum schmoo.

Hey!

I happen to like Bubblegum Schmoo. That's my favorite CCM band, right next to Zoegurl.

Cheers!
Gus

Posted by Shemp on 05-14-2002 at10:37:

Be careful... you may not want to admit that on this board... heh heh
To much intellegence here for such dribble

Posted by Kaf-N-8ed on 05-14-2002 at12:31:

quote:

Originally posted by Shemp
Be careful... you may not want to admit that on this board... heh heh
To much intellegence here for such dribble

Sorry.... I think a demon got into my computer and typed that while I was away. Couldn't have been me.

quote:

Originally posted by BigDork

quote:

Originally posted by Shemp
How come MBD is not in stores anywhere... ?

I've not seen it here either...most of the time they don't know what I'm talking about.

''What was his name again?''

arrrrgggggg

BD

This reminds me of a recent visit to one such establishment. I was asking about Randy Stonehill and/or Uncle Stonehill.

''What was his name again?''

"Come on, you people. This guy invented Christian Rock-n-roll!" I said. "I suppose you never heard of Larry Norman either?"

"Who, what? What CD are you looking for anyway?"

Well, that was very clever, I think, of Randy Stonehill disgusing himself as a kid-friendly character that you can't quite pinpoint where you've seen him before (is that Willy Wonka? No, I think it's the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland!) but it didn't score Randy a place on the shelves next to Bob the Tomatoe and Larry the Cucmber anyway.

Better luck next time!

Cheers!
Kaf

Posted by Kaf-N-8ed on 05-14-2002 at12:37:

quote:

Originally posted by carl
...was there ever?

I can count the number of times I've bought any decent music in a Christian bookshop/music store on one hand (OK, maybe two, but it'd take me a good 10 years of counting....).

Oh, you guys always make me feel OLD!

There once was a day, that you could walk into a Christian Bookstore, and find 3 or 4 albums by Randy Stonehill, and a couple by Larry Norman, and Daniel Amos "Alarma" and "Horrendous Disc." Or course back then they were alongside the Boone family and the Bill Gather Trio.

Help me... I'm choking here...

(Speaking as someone who was wounded in childhood by being forced to listen to endless 8-track tapes of The Bill Gather Trio, Jimmy Swaggart, and Jim and Tammy Faye Baker....)

Anyway. The Christian bookstores USED to carry the good guys. Whatever happened? Maybe they found out that Steve Taylor was talking about THEM when he sang about "drinking milk from a Christian Cow"??????

Sigh....

~Kaf~

Posted by Dr Rich on 05-14-2002 at21:45:

quote:

Originally posted by Kaf-N-8ed

quote:

The one I go to from time to time has a lot of good stuff, but a lot of crap as well Frown

Posted by Gamgee on 05-14-2002 at22:51:

quote:

Originally posted by Dr Rich

The one I go to from time to time has a lot of good stuff, but a lot of crap as well Frown

Mine's got some good stuff too. I got the DA Live at Cornerstone disc there (filed under "A" of course).

Posted by Shemp on 05-15-2002 at07:39:

I remember way back when, when you could find all of the good stuff as well. I think these days it is all about the almighty $$$. I have to believe that there is some old christian book store that went out of business and some where in an abandoned warehouse, in the piles of unsold items are some DA and SE cd's or tapes.

Posted by Dr Rich on 05-15-2002 at18:20:

quote:

Originally posted by Shemp
Be careful... you may not want to admit that on this board... heh heh
To much intellegence here for such dribble

oh crap... that counts me out!

Posted by BigDork on 05-16-2002 at10:27:

quote:

Originally posted by Shemp
I remember way back when, when you could find all of the good stuff as well. I think these days it is all about the almighty $$$. I have to believe that there is some old christian book store that went out of business and some where in an abandoned warehouse, in the piles of unsold items are some DA and SE cd's or tapes.

that would be fun to stumble across. Big Grin