” An unique and intimate performance from the legendary band that defined the early 70s folk sound. They ruled the Top-10 charts with their evocative harmonies, sometimes wild lyrics and acoustic-styled musicianship”. Alternative setlist here . Some of the songs made popular by America: Riverside Ventura Highway You Can Do Magic(Russ Ballard cover) Don’t Cross the… Read More Time Out for America
📖 By Alistair Chalmers There’s a quiet crisis happening in our world today. It’s not new, but it’s growing—and it’s changing how we think, how we feel, and how we follow Jesus. It’s the slow decline of reading. Fewer and fewer people are reading books, especially people in the younger generations. Attention spans are shrinking.… Read More Losing Our Words: The Decline of Reading and the Rise of Reels
The Great Facade and the “Neo-Catholiics“. Note: This polemical piece from long ago is being placed here strictly for the record, not because we all think exactly as we did some 20 years ago. That would be too much to ask of most human beings. As it has long been said, ‘perfect consistency is the… Read More For the record: “Rhetoric, Manipulation, and Ferrawood’s Rhetoric”
Some of us will know this long ago blockbuster of a freaky song. But have we studied it? We begin with the song itself and then proceed on to an analysis. …. …. …. 🎯 Now the analysis 🎯
Virtually unknown, tragically the gifted musician died at 33. Melanoma. Live performance of Over The Rainbow at the Blues Alley jazz supper club in Georgetown, DC, on the 3rd January 1996. Eva Marie Cassidy (February 2, 1963 – November 2, 1996) was an American singer and musician. She was known for her interpretations of jazz, folk, and blues music, sung with… Read More Time Out. Eva Cassidy. Over the Rainbow.
“Angels are often depicted in art playing stringed instruments like lutes, which are part of a larger family of musical instruments known as chordophones. These instruments produce sound through the vibration of strings, and lutes specifically have a body and a neck that stretches the strings, allowing for a variety of musical expressions. instrushare.com.au / Encyclopedia… Read More Heaven Must Love Stringed Instruments
“…. the true philosopher and the true poet become what they are when they “go beyond” philosophy and poetry, and cease to “be philosophers” or to “be poets.” It is at that point that their whole lives become philosophy and poetry—in other words, there is no longer any philosophy or any poetry separable from the… Read More Philosophers and Poets
The Litany of the Saints (Litaniae Sanctorum) is a formal prayer used in the Catholic Church (and other Christian communities) that asks God for mercy and help while calling on the saints to intercede. It is especially sung during ceremonies like the Easter Vigil and during Holy Orders. “we acknowledge a King men did not crown… Read More Liturgy of the Saints
“Mounting evidence shows that our rush toward digital everything comes with hidden cognitive costs. Neuroscientists have been studying what happens inside your brain when you write by hand versus type, and the results are… unexpected. In this video, discover what EEG brain scans reveal about handwriting, why “slower” might actually be faster for your brain,… Read More The Power of Handwriting & Reading Paper
Note: The following has a context which I am not at liberty to tell. Nevertheless I believe it is important. Catholic Love, Teaching and Authority. Updated below. I don’t see how some Christians can consider themselves to be great masters, or even respectable, if they cannot show even the most simple friendliness and courtesy to… Read More Friendliness is the peak, the kindergarten of our souls.
…whose beating heart in the hypostatic union gave her Son the precious Blood shed for our sins. Behold the mystery! The Precious Blood of Jesus, shed for our sins, was derived from and nourished by the little heart beating in the breast of a humble young virgin. Is it any wonder that the prophecy of Our… Read More The Glory Given to Mary, the Mother of Jesus. Updated.
The mere recitation of long Creeds at Holy Mass does not bring light and life if the people do not enter into the Mystery of the Cross in holy quiet prayer. This is the ancient Tradition. Instead, today, the priests (and chosen lay readers) too often stand in the way. And as the priest’s presence… Read More When the Priest’s Personality Increases Christ’s Presence is obscured
Even now! Even Now the MI6 Masonic Spinmeisters (Campbell and Stewart) spin facts like a whirling top in the interests of keeping hold of Europe and the UK. These two in particular have minus-Zero credibility. It is time for the UK and EU to repudiate their vicious ideological blinders for good and forever, and to… Read More The Spinmeisters
Track #2 from from Silly Wizard’s sixth and final studio album, “A Glint of Silver” (1986), now sadly out of print. An original jig by Phil Cunningham, coupled with an old Jacobite rallying song. Wha’ll be King but Charlie?” is a traditional Scottish song about Bonnie Prince Charlie, the leader of the 1745 Jacobite Rising,… Read More Who’ll be King but Charlie?
” …but she has come down to condemn that wild ocean for the murderous loss of her man.” “The Fisherman’s Song” by Silly Wizard reflects themes of loss and longing, particularly the emotional struggles faced by a fisherman and his wife. The song conveys a sense of melancholy and the hardships of life at sea,… Read More Silly Wizard. The Fisherman’s Song (Tragedy).
in the West was almost universally referred to as an Axe. “Hand me my axe,” someone would say… It was a weapon for what John Lennon called cultural “Revolution,”* even if many of us didn’t quite realize it then, though we were in bands. That’s why I prefer listening to and playing the Blues. It… Read More When I was a kid the guitar…
In the course of piano practice today I happened to run across this wholesome looking group of gifted singers, Pentatonix, performing beautiful Christmas songs and carols. OED: “The earliest known use of the noun carol is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED’s earliest evidence for carol is from before 1300, in Cursor Mundi: a Northumbrian poem of the 14th… Read More Pentatonix Confusions
Sontag and Vidal. First published in 1967, Death Kit –Susan Sontag’s second novel– is an example of modern fiction. Blending realism and dream, it offers a passionate exploration of the recesses of the American conscience. — Goodreads. “The recesses of the American conscience.” Now that tells me a lot! I will not reveal the plot so… Read More When the review is likely worth the interest —and the novel not so much
And When I Die, Blood, Sweat and Tears — Art and the passing troubadours do it again, delivering existential paradoxical honesty so often lacking in academic postmodernism.. ___ “I’m not scared of dying –And I don’t really care –If it’s peace you find in dying –Well then, let the time be near – If it’s peace… Read More “I swear there ain’t no Heaven. But I pray there ain’t no Hell”
A slow, soulful Gospel Blues song about brokenness, humility, and redemption. Blending emotional blues guitar with heartfelt Christian lyrics, this song tells the story of finding grace at the lowest point in life. It reminds us that sometimes God meets us not at our highest moments — but at our deepest falls. Rooted in classic… Read More At Rock Bottom
Devastating performance of “After I’m Gone” by the incredibly talented Michael Bennett. This 8-minute emotional journey showcases the raw power and vulnerability that made Michael Bennett a household name, delivering a performance that will stay long after the video ends. Many parents have experienced this devastating kind of heartbreak. Someone understands this. Is there a… Read More Michael Bennett’s Heartbreak and AI
