Andrew,
This isn't the Weather Channel but I live on what was to be the path of hurricane Floyd. Instead of the forecasted 70mph winds, we had peak gusts of 35mph. Damage to my area would have been 10 times greater had the model been accurate. (That's another mathematical model: Twice the wind speed = ten times the force.) You would have felt a sense of relief and perhaps a new sense of well being, if you had been in the path of the hurricane for so long. My point was there's only so much a newspaper photographer can show. Hopefully, the song in my heart doesn't have to die for nothing.
Btw, yesterday was the kickoff of Integrity's sponsorship of The Lighthouse Movement. If you buy ITGR's products, you've been receiving fliers about their new line of clothing to commemorate the event, ie polo shirts, caps and such. The website has been updated promoting the first of two CDs: "Celebrate Jesus 2000" and "BC/AD Split Time". The Lighthouse Movement, according to company announcements will involve 6M households and 200k churches eventually, in the effort to share the word of Christ with everyone by the end of the year 2000.
If I might say, I think participation is the key to the company. Listen to the music. What gets me is a lot of 'investors' waiting for the company to break into song before they jump on the stage. This is the very reason the company will sound out of tune when it breaks out into song. Think about it. Listen to the music and make an informed decision based on the music. If you don't like the music, you can turn around and sell the CDs on eBay and get nearly all your money back. That's one of the great things about music these days is that not only do they hold their quality longer but their value is more liquid too. The question is, 'does the quality of the message come up to the quality of the medium'?
The "WoW Worship" double CD is now in its 17th week on the Billboard 200. In its latest week, it rose from #122 to #89. This is a preannouncement of good earnings for the 3rdQ. To be perfectly objective though, since "Mission America" is 80% bigger than the CCLI (the affiliate jurisdiction of the "WoW Worship" album), in terms of church membership, the two new CDs are going to be 80% bigger in revenue (Hmmmm, if it were wind speed, it'd be 6 times more revenue). Look for them on the Billboard 200! Of course, that would be a first for the recording industry too.
You can't argue with Integrity as a prudent investment. What does the Bible say about prudence - that it's a product of being a world traveler - and ITGR's artists certainly travel the world. Fwiw, in the last week, the price of 9 out of 10 stocks in the NASDAQ top percentage gainers was under $10, every day. Maybe investors will be seeking us out between now and the release of earnings in ~7 days.
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