iona-digest Thursday, March 4 1999 Volume 1999 : Number 012 . _ _ _ |(_)| )(_| mailto:musictus@musictus.com Discussion List (digest) http://www.gospel.it/iona/ _______________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 19:59:37 +0000 From: Martin Dean Subject: Re: [iona] IONA Concert 29th May . _ _ _ |(_)| )(_| mailto:musictus@musictus.com Discussion List http://www.gospel.it/iona/ _______________ At 11:48 03/03/99 -0000, you wrote: >. _ _ _ >|(_)| )(_| mailto:musictus@musictus.com >Discussion List http://www.gospel.it/iona/ >_______________ > >There seems a lot of interest from list members in the Festival Hall concert >on May 29th. I already have tickets for the whole of my family! How about >list members agreeing to meet somewhere either before or after the concert >to get to know each other (anyone have any suggestions) ? Well thee is a cafe/bar area on the main level of the RFH which is open all day, so this would be a good place to meet. Martin "The Man In The Coat" Dean Cinema Engineer The Waiting Room webmaster: http://ds.dial.pipex.com/mdean/ The A-Z of Genesis songs: http://members.xoom.com/waitingroom/atoz/ G99: The Genesis Fan Convention. Tickets now on sale!! check out... http://ds.dial.pipex.com/mdean/g99.htm ______________ To unsubscribe send an e-mail command to musictus@musictus.com In the body of the message type ONLY the following: unsubscribe iona or visit http://www.gospel.it/iona/mailingl.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 15:21:28 -0500 From: "Jason" Subject: [iona] Celtic Culture . _ _ _ |(_)| )(_| mailto:musictus@musictus.com Discussion List http://www.gospel.it/iona/ _______________ Hey all, it's been awhile since I have posted anything on the list so I = just wanted to say hello. I also wanted to comment on Celtic Culture. In = the US there has been a growing interest in all things Celtic. I guess = Riverdance & Braveheart has stirred up things abit. Most of my family = are from the Scotland & England. (I have the red hair to prove it!! = haha) But I guess what I feel about the whole thing is that we live in = the most technologically advance time in history but we seem to be empty = in our spirit. So what if we have 56k modems & striped = toothpaste......can we carry on a conversation about our grandparents or = our history. Most can't. I live in a medium size town in NC, where there = is very little cultural things going on around here at all. So I write = and play music to help me visit those places in my heart I've always = wanted go. Anyway I think I am starting to ramble. What I guess I am = trying to say that the Scotch/Irish culture effects me because I am a = part of it, even a few centuries to late. When I listen to Iona or = Celtic music in general I get inspired to make my own journey in life. = Maybe thats the way music is supposed to make us feel. Well thanks for listening!!!! Jason Williams djwilliams@mindspring.com www.mindspring.com/~caravanrecords (Internet music label) www.mindspring.com/~djwilliams (Iona Tabs) ______________ To unsubscribe send an e-mail command to musictus@musictus.com In the body of the message type ONLY the following: unsubscribe iona or visit http://www.gospel.it/iona/mailingl.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 15:20:29 -0500 From: "Jonathan Sheldon" Subject: [iona] older Iona and more . _ _ _ |(_)| )(_| mailto:musictus@musictus.com Discussion List http://www.gospel.it/iona/ _______________ www.columbiahouse.com has some of there older stuff, "Book of Kells" and "Beyond These Shores". However, much to my chagrin, they do not have Iona, there first album. Does anyone know if that one is out of print? I suspect it is... Thought I'd share my fav Iona songs and such since I haven't posted to this list in a while. My favorite Iona album is "Book of Kells" by only a smidge over there other studio albums. I was introduced to Iona back in 1993 by borrowing "Book of Kells" from a friend of mine. I had a hard time giving it back to him :-) . BoK contains my number one Iona song of all time, "Chi-Rho," and my favorite instrumental, "The Arrest - Gethsemane." The Arrest haunts me with the imagery of the torment Christ went through in Gethsemane. Initially I was a bit disappointed with "Beyond These Shores," I felt they were allowing to many pop influences and straying from the rich, layered instrumentation of BoK. However, BTS has grown on me and I've come to realize it is layered in its own way and is just as rich as BoK. "Murlough Bay" is my fav tune off that disc followed closely by "Edge of the World". "Journey into the Morn" is their most mature album of all and gives BoK a run for the money in terms of being my favorite disc. "Everything Changes" and "Divine Presence" rank as my favorite tracks from JitM. I really like the Gaelic too! There's my quick little contribution. Now, to attempt to kick off a little discussion. Celtic Christianity. What has caused the almost faddish nature of Evangelical Christians in the US to idealize the Celtic flavor of Christianity? For some in the US, it has become the icon of perfect Christianity. Is this the case elsewhere in the world? Is it due to the integration of and blurring of the secular and the sacred? (That is one of my own personal reason for idealizing it.) Is it the unwavering and exemplar faith of Columba and Brendan and other saints in the Celtic tradition? I am grateful to Iona for introducing me to Celtic Christianity as it has challenged my own faith and pushed me to grow my faith. Anyway, I'd be interested to know what you all think Jon ______________ To unsubscribe send an e-mail command to musictus@musictus.com In the body of the message type ONLY the following: unsubscribe iona or visit http://www.gospel.it/iona/mailingl.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Mar 99 12:56:52 PST From: "Randy George" Subject: [iona] Iona Cd's . _ _ _ |(_)| )(_| mailto:musictus@musictus.com Discussion List http://www.gospel.it/iona/ _______________ All of the Iona CD's are available through Chordant Distribution. Most Christian bookstores should be familiar with them. If you still have trouble then send an email to gnms@gnms.com to order them using CC. Be sure to include the titles of the CDs you want. They can order it for you. But it will be full retail + S&H. But if you can't seem to find them anywhere else... Best wishes, Randy George ______________ To unsubscribe send an e-mail command to musictus@musictus.com In the body of the message type ONLY the following: unsubscribe iona or visit http://www.gospel.it/iona/mailingl.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 17:18:40 From: Donald Jacob Uitvlugt Subject: [iona] The Current Celtic Culture Craze... . _ _ _ |(_)| )(_| mailto:musictus@musictus.com Discussion List http://www.gospel.it/iona/ _______________ It seems to me that part of the present-day attraction for Celtic Culture is a desire to "eat your cake and have it too". To make some broad generalizations, Evangelical Christians want to have a sense of tradition going back longer than 200 or 500 years (depending on whether you see yourself as coming from the Anglo-American revivalists of the 19th c., or the European reformers of the 16th); so they have an attraction for an ancient Christian culture which they perceive as being non-Roman Catholic. Similarly, modern culture in general is looking for some sort of historical rooted-ness, and they look to Celtic culture for similar reasons: it is ancient, without being guilty of the "sins" of Western Culture (e.g., less patriarchal, more environmentally friendly, etc.). I would be interested in hearing from someone with true contact with the Celtic tradition render a judgment as to how accurate modern "pop" portrayals of Celtic culture actual are. The cynic in me is very suspicious that a lot of what passes as "Celtic" these days are merely modern problems and issues in Celtic drag. But I am willing to be convinced that the cynic in me is wrong... As people say, just my $0.02... Donald Jacob Uitvlugt ______________ To unsubscribe send an e-mail command to musictus@musictus.com In the body of the message type ONLY the following: unsubscribe iona or visit http://www.gospel.it/iona/mailingl.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 17:25:54 -0500 From: "McMillen, Mark" Subject: RE: [iona] Where to get albums... . _ _ _ |(_)| )(_| mailto:musictus@musictus.com Discussion List http://www.gospel.it/iona/ _______________ > The > Arrest haunts me with the imagery of the torment Christ went through in > Gethsemane. > Yes! I know exactly what you mean! BOK is definitely an intense album. Back on the old list I remember a post from someone who thought that BOK had too much sax. But the wailing of the sax in that song really sets the tone. > Initially I was a bit disappointed with "Beyond These Shores," I felt they > were allowing to many pop influences and straying from the rich, layered > instrumentation of BoK. However, BTS has grown on me > > Same here! > "Journey into the Morn" is their most mature album of all and gives BoK a > run for the money in terms of being my favorite disc. "Everything > Changes" > and "Divine Presence" rank as my favorite tracks from JitM. I really like > the Gaelic too! > JITM was my first Iona album and is still my favorite. It's hard to pick a favorite tune off of it, they're all great! ______________ To unsubscribe send an e-mail command to musictus@musictus.com In the body of the message type ONLY the following: unsubscribe iona or visit http://www.gospel.it/iona/mailingl.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 22:48:13 +0000 From: Lee Halbert Subject: Re: [iona] IONA Concert 29th May . _ _ _ |(_)| )(_| mailto:musictus@musictus.com Discussion List http://www.gospel.it/iona/ _______________ Martin Dean wrote: > . _ _ _ > | > > Well thee is a cafe/bar area on the main level of the RFH which is open all > day, so this would be a good place to meet. > > Sounds great to me I was speaking to Nick Beggs tonight and he is definetly appearing with Iona so it should be good !!! Cheers Lee http://www.beggsy.demon.co.uk ______________ To unsubscribe send an e-mail command to musictus@musictus.com In the body of the message type ONLY the following: unsubscribe iona or visit http://www.gospel.it/iona/mailingl.html ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 15:52:26 -0800 (PST) From: DVD Subject: Re: [iona] Where to get albums... . _ _ _ |(_)| )(_| mailto:musictus@musictus.com Discussion List http://www.gospel.it/iona/ _______________ On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Jonathan Sheldon wrote: > www.columbiahouse.com has some of there older stuff, "Book of Kells" and > "Beyond These Shores". However, much to my chagrin, they do not have Iona, > there first album. Does anyone know if that one is out of print? I suspect > it is... I don't think it's so much that the first Iona album is out of print. I didn't know this until my girlfriend tried to find it for me as a Christmas present (on cassette, no less - talk about a needle in a haystack!), but I believe it was released before they were on ForeFront - it's on a label called What? records (which might not even exist anymore). So that might explain the difficulty of tracking down this album - but it is a good one, if slightly less themed than their more recent work. ______________ To unsubscribe send an e-mail command to musictus@musictus.com In the body of the message type ONLY the following: unsubscribe iona or visit http://www.gospel.it/iona/mailingl.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 09:24:16 MET From: "Kotlarski J D" Subject: RE: [iona] Where to get albums... . _ _ _ |(_)| )(_| mailto:musictus@musictus.com Discussion List http://www.gospel.it/iona/ _______________ The same here, i first bought 'Journey into the morn' and then 'Treasures' , but 'Journey into the morn' is still my favorite album, it is Divine, nearly perfect. God really works through Iona, praise God! One in Christ, Jan. ______________ To unsubscribe send an e-mail command to musictus@musictus.com In the body of the message type ONLY the following: unsubscribe iona or visit http://www.gospel.it/iona/mailingl.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Mar 99 01:03:26 PST From: "Randy George" Subject: Re: [iona] Where to get albums... . _ _ _ |(_)| )(_| mailto:musictus@musictus.com Discussion List http://www.gospel.it/iona/ _______________ The first Iona album is also on Forefront records. I have ordered all of them for friends recently. Randy George >I believe it was released before they were on ForeFront - > it's on a label called What? records (which might not even exist anymore). > So that might explain the difficulty of tracking down this album - but it > is a good one, if slightly less themed than their more recent work. ÿ ______________ To unsubscribe send an e-mail command to musictus@musictus.com In the body of the message type ONLY the following: unsubscribe iona or visit http://www.gospel.it/iona/mailingl.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 01:09:57 -0800 From: Aaron J Edwards Subject: Re: [iona] The Current Celtic Culture Craze... . _ _ _ |(_)| )(_| mailto:musictus@musictus.com Discussion List http://www.gospel.it/iona/ _______________ Hmm, well, I kind of was thinking about the popularity of all things Celtic while I was at a Marie' Brennan concert last night (which, btw, was the best concert I have ever been to). I cannot speak for other countries, but the states are very eclectic, that is, we are made up of people w\ho's roots are from all over the place. As a result, our culture likes to steal things from other cultures because we have no culture of our own. Anyway, that is what I think. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things." - Vice President Quayle, 11/30/88 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Aaron J Edwards -- clone316@juno.com -- ICQ# 15041909 < http://members.tripod.com/~clone316 ><\\\> ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ______________ To unsubscribe send an e-mail command to musictus@musictus.com In the body of the message type ONLY the following: unsubscribe iona or visit http://www.gospel.it/iona/mailingl.html ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 01:20:08 -0800 From: Aaron J Edwards Subject: Re: [iona] Where to get albums... . _ _ _ |(_)| )(_| mailto:musictus@musictus.com Discussion List http://www.gospel.it/iona/ _______________ >The same here, i first bought 'Journey into the morn' and then >'Treasures' , but 'Journey into the morn' is still my favorite album, >it >is Divine, nearly perfect. My personal favorite iona (and probaly my #2 all-time favorite album) is beyond these shores. that album was really got me started with the celtic scene. I am especailly fond of "Healing" and"tresure" and "Macharie Moore" and, ah shuks, the entire album. =) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things." - Vice President Quayle, 11/30/88 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Aaron J Edwards -- clone316@juno.com -- ICQ# 15041909 < http://members.tripod.com/~clone316 ><\\\> ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. 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