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Christbane wrote:

burnzz wrote:

that's the day i gave up cigarettes . . .

I think if I even had 1 drag I would be fucked and have to start again

it's my tradition - i don't recommend it, especially for you Christbane where you say you still crave it.

i took a couple drags last night

I started smoking when i was 12 and I havent quit yet.  I aint no quitter

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2010-05-18 15:40:59
by M.O.A.B

RTHKI wrote:

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2010-05-18 15:40:59
by M.O.A.B

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Nearly 30 years after Christian-rock pioneer Keith Green died in a plane crash, his widow and a Hollywood producer have teamed up to bring his story to the big screen in the hope of introducing a new generation to his music.

One of several Christian rock musicians who lived in the San Fernando Valley in the 1970s, Keith and his wife, Melody, wrote numerous hit songs, but also formed a seven-home community in Woodland Hills where they cared for people in need.

"The stuff he did was breaking all the rules," said Melody, now an author, composer and speaker who leads Last Days Ministries out of Kansas City, Mo.

"He showed up in flip-flops, blue jeans and suspenders and really kind of revolutionized the music industry by giving away his music for free, loving God, really loving people and telling Christians, `Hey, we've got to do what we say we believe."'

Melody Green is working with producer Mike Leahy to make a movie version of her book "No Compromise: The Life Story of Keith Green."

Leahy has been involved with a number of Hollywood projects over the past 20 years, including "The Prophecy" starring Christopher Walken and "Infinity" directed by Matthew Broderick. But this is the first project for the production company he formed with his wife, Lori, to make films with a spiritual or social message.

They hope to start shooting later this year, and release the film in 2011.

"It's just the kind of story that we want to


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put on film because it's important, compelling and challenging," Leahy said. "`No Compromise' is a love story between a man and a woman and between a man and his creator."
Green and 11 others - including two of his children - died July 28, 1982, when their two-engine Cessna crashed after taking off from a private airstrip at the Last Days Ministries headquarters, which was then located in Texas.

Green's legacy continues to be felt today in the gospel and Christian rock industries.

Andrae Crouch, the prominent gospel singer and pastor of the New Christ Memorial Church in San Fernando, described Green as a brilliant musician and a "man of character."

"It's too bad he was taken so early," Crouch said. "Such as it was though, he left us a legacy of music that still touches the hearts of people today."

The son of a Big Band singer and a math teacher, Green was born in 1953 in Sheepshead Bay, N.Y., and moved with his family to Canoga Park in 1957. His grandfather taught him to play piano and he started writing songs at age 6, then recorded his first album at age 11.

In his teen-age years, Keith searched for "spiritual truth" and his journey led him through Buddhism, astral projection and eastern mysticism. In 1973 at age 19, he met Melody. They married a year later and got jobs as staff songwriters at CBS.

During this time, they opened their home on Dolorosa Street in Woodland Hills to single moms and those who wanted to kick drugs. At one point, about 75 people were "living communally" in various homes in the neighborhood, said Westlake Village resident Michelle Brandes, Keith's former assistant.

The couple had also become friends with a number of Christian rock pioneers who lived in the Valley or Hollywood, including Larry Norman, Randy Stonehill, Barry McGuire and members of the 2nd Chapter of Acts.

"There was a lot going on with young people and Jesus Music," said Jamie Owens Collins, a Christian singer who now lives in Thousand Oaks. "It was a new idea to have a contemporary sound and it was really turning our generation around."

Green often showcased his talents at the legendary Bla-Bla Caf in Studio City where a young Jay Leno, Sting and Huey Lewis and the News practiced their skills. The first time he saw Green playing at the Bla-Bla Caf , Stonehill said the music was so powerful it "almost felt like the walls were shaking" and Green seemed to be "ripping the keys off the piano."

"I had never seen anything like it," Stonehill said.

Both Melody and Keith were born Jewish, but the couple began attending a home Bible study in Coldwater Canyon and became born-again Christians.

In 1977, Sparrow Records offered Keith a record deal. The album, "For Him Who Has Ears To Hear," soon became the biggest debut album in the history of Christian recording. His second album in 1978, "No Compromise," also rose quickly to the top of the charts. Outgrowing the homes in Woodland Hills, the ministry relocated in 1979 to a ranch near Lindale, Texas.

Keith negotiated a release from his contract at Sparrow and decided to give his albums away for whatever people could afford. The first free album was 1980's "So You Want To Go Back To Egypt," which featured Bob Dylan playing harmonica.

A few years ago, Melody learned that more than 100,000 people had gone to serve in other nations since Keith had challenged his fans in 1982 to minister abroad.

"I feel like those who knew of Keith - or find out about his ministry - that something gets ignited in their hearts and they get supercharged to make a difference," Melody said. "I'm doing my best to do my part. Keith already did his."

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burnzz wrote:

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pace51 wrote:

Good One Chief!

Hey pace, are you flaming maniac?

Dammit!

O, and...

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burnzz wrote:

Morpheus - delete any pictures. i'm going to replace it with porn and then report anyone who's hotlinking to my tinypic account . . .

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