Don’t Judge me…

Sometimes you just have to be nice…

so

Don’t Judge me…

But, when I was in Middle school I was pretty sure I was going to marry Carman_Licciardello.

And no..at the time I didn’t comprehend the fact that he is old enough to be my father…

(I never had New Kids or *N Sync…sometimes the Preachers Kid had to be P.C.)

In total, I attended 4 Carman concerts.

 (which were always free..and packed out)

Owned every cassette he produced until The Standard (1994)..

(which I still have in a shoe box somewhere in my garage)

Had “OFFICIAL”  God’s Got an Army dog tags.

Owned several Carman t-shirts and various other wearable memorabilia pieces.

I even wrote him a very heart felt letter about how much I appreciated his ministry… that his mother responded to…

And yes..right next to my DC Talk poster hung my Carman poster in my bedroom. (autographed and framed)

In fact a..(a little family history here)  the only reason I gave my current husband the time of day the first time we met was because of the Addicted to Jesus Carman shirt he happened to be wearing… He turned off my Carman cassette tape in my Sony Walkman trying to get my attention…and that was a deadly sin.  He was lucky he had proof he was a Carman lover.

(and he was hot, so that helped out a lot too… )

If you were sheltered as a child and don’t know who Carman is…(alright, that might have been a bad joke.)

here you go…

Another song and video from the Amanda archive of music…

drumroll please……..

A Contemporary Christian/Western Music Video with devils and guns by a guy from New Jersey.

(come on, what else is there?)

( I think we are all glad I grew out of this one…)

*Where is Carman now?  I’m not sure.  I think he went on later to make some praise and worship and hymn albums. Maybe a little TBN. I’m not gonna lie…I still have love for Carman.  I never went to a summer camp where I didn’t see some interpretation of a Carman song in the form of a drama.  Champion anyone?  If you are part of the Carman fan club please don’t send me hate mail.