thanks to Mr Rudd's financial stimulus, I decided that I should assist
the world economy by finally getting a proost subscription.
proost is on online multimedia library run by list member jonny baker,
fellow conspirator jon birch, and who knows who else in the UK. if you
read jonny's blog you'll know that he is into all things multimedia
(music, photography, video, text... etc etc), and jon birch is a
graphic designer, musician etc etc.
For 60 UK pounds (yes, about A$150) you can access any material on the
site for a year.....
so what can you get?
Audio - currently 28 offerings - mostly albums and some EPs - music
with vocals, instrumental albums, music with spoken meditations. I
havent listened to them all but there's a mix of styles, including
electronic (upbeat and down beat). folky, some gospel/soul. what you
won't find is 'hillsong' praise songs...
Books - 8 books of 'pocket' liturgies and some seasonal resources from
'alt worship' people and communities around the world. I've seen
several of the books and there is sensational material here -
liturgies from Grace Community, cheryl lawrie, mark berry of
safespace, ben edson at sanctus1, si smith's lent and advent visuals,
ian mobsby & moot. the subscription is worth it for this stuff alone!
really.
Movies - features film clips and animations in a wide variety of
styles, some interactive - currently 36 items. these include movie
loops, prayer and meditation resources, seasonal and scriptural
material.
so this is a mini-review to encourage you to check it out. I'm
currently maxxing out my monthly broadband allowance - but I have a
whole year to get the stuff, and new material is added regularly.
of course, you can preview items on the site, buy a couple to check
them out, and even buy the 'hard' versions of books & CDs if you need
to.
well worth checking out.
craig
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