The Petra Zone

I blog on a regular basis. Spent most of today's blog entry on Petra - my response to their decision to call it a day. I won't repost it all here, but if you're interested you can hit the link below.

http://www.xanga.com/item.aspx?user=Mik ... =260339678

Whoa, there, guys... The truth is that Inpop really lifted Petra out of a funk. --Josh I agree with Josh. Inpop really tried. No, they didn't get the push and budget of, say, Mercy Me or Jeremy Camp today, but to expect that is completely unrealistic. Inpop respected Petra and believed that Petra s...

First of all, please don't take offense to this Josh. I respect you very highly, I hope you know that. Why is this being published before the official statement at Petraband.com? Well, that's what reporters do. Does a White House reporter wait for the official White House spokesman to make an annou...

All versions of CITAS are NO longer in print, and is no longer available unless you find it on auction sites or go to used CD stores. I called Mardel's last night and they show it is out of print and can't be ordered any longer. This is actually not true. You can find CITAS in almost any good sized...

I'll play 10 Back To the Street - production is mediocre, as is some of the songwriting, as they really didn't find their groove w/ the Elefantes yet, but it sounds decent enough and I liked it growing up so that still counts. 9 Captured In Time & Space - one of my favorites back in the day; I think...

I am guessing around 100,000 copies of JAH were sold. Remember the sale of a CD counts when a store purchances from the manufacturer, not when a consumer buys it from a store. That is the way the books are done for IRS sake. No, that's not the case. Because stores return product. Actual sales take ...

It doesnt matter how many mp3's are downloaded. Jesus will make sure the artist is adequetly funded according to his will.... and that would mean that Jesus would make sure enough products are sold if the artist is doing Gods will God is above any amount of downloading. That is absolutely false. Le...

No, from what I understand J&H's numbers are not that good. I *think* it's sold better than Revival, but that's not really saying a lot, unfortunately.

It's nowhere close to being gold nor will it ever be gold, barring a miracle.

brent wrote:Good job. The humor captured was excellent. I can hear them speaking it.

I'm glad you caught that. There definitely was a lot of joking going on there and they cracked me up a few times.

My interview with Petra is now posted: http://www.cmcentral.com/interviews/310.html It was a pleasure to conduct. Though I'm a huge fan, I still went at them with some serious questions. Is the band still relevant? Are they even a band anymore? Time was short so I couldn't go into the detail I would...

LexingtonPethead wrote:he has also on numerous occasions made comments that have hit below the belt...

Ah, I can see why that would annoy, and it certainly is different than contsructive criticism.

Geez, guys, just because one is a fan doesn't mean one needs to stick there head in the mud. Let's be realistic. Petra is not anywhere near the level that they once were, commercially (which has nothing to do w/ the validity or value of the band's ministry). There are reasons for this. If we only si...

Marcos was the one who would, on ocassion, drop the cuss word. He was also the guy who generally seemed to have the most desire to cut lose and be a rebel. This is largely why he was asked to leave the band. Sonny desired for the group to be consistant in their actions with the faith that they claim...

LexingtonPethead wrote:I hope the other bands out there are making a similar impact.

As do I

MJanke, that's a very big IF and a very tall order. Are you being hypothetical here?... it doesn't seem logical to me. The bands you are referring to are not outwardly Christian in their music, so why would they be in concert? Kids who go to these concerts aren't going to lead themselves to Christ!...