From Germany With Love
Salve!
I am a Fan of Christian Underground-Music and I live in Germany (Bavaria). A few minutes before I have found your magazine on the net, it is fantastic! Thank you so much for your work, especially for your Goth-Special! I am a user on a secular, but open minded Forum and I will introduce your Magazine to the other Users!
All the Best from Germany, may God bless you and your work,
Stefan Prokop
(Thanks for getting the word out for us on the forums. They always accuse me of being a spammer when I talk about my own stuff. I don’t even like spam…)
Donations?
I’m a little lost for words at the moment, so please bear with my inarticulateness.
I just came upon your site via the Terry Taylor piece in your newest issue. (Currently preparing to go see Daniel Amos perform in a few weeks! I’m well chuffed at the moment.)
Anyway, my first thought was, “Cool! Another magazine dedicated to alternative Christian music!” But upon closer inspection I see that you’re dedicated to the best kind… CLASSICS from the 80s/90s. What a find! Not only that, but you’re free. Not only that, but the site is well archived with past issues. Not only that, but your interviews are both incisive and from the heart.
My hat’s off to you, fellas.
I just downloaded the ‘Homosexuality’ issue, which is why I’m currently writing this… and stunned. Having been unplugged from classic Christian alternative music for a while, I did not realize how it (and so many heroes from my youth) have moved on. Wow. This issue is an eye opener, to say the least. It’s already 2:00 a.m., and I don’t think I’ll be getting any sleep tonight, thanks to these mesmerizing articles.
But without blabbering any more, let me just say, ‘thank you’. Thank you for being willing to just have this dialogue and share such intimate portraits of musicians who have had a huge impact on our lives… warts and all. Thank you for doing this magazine with passion. And thank you for archiving it so well and making it available for free. I feel like a spoiled child. (More realistically… a middle-aged man who has just been handed a box of childhood toys that he thought his mother had long since thrown away but which are still alive and well… and just as inspiring as ever.)
Do you accept donations? It simply doesn’t feel right, getting such a treasure trove of articles for free. Hard work like yours deserves some kind of compensation.
Thanks again.
Tony Higgins
(man, if I had a dollar for every time someone offered to donate to us, I would… well, have about 2 bucks. But thanks for the thought! Maybe we will get something set-up someday. Also, I am trying to push to get the archives caught up – stay tuned for updates there as well!)
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