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<i><p><a href=mailto:jay.ricketts@gmail.com>send me mail</i></a>Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.comBlogger3261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-42308183605831062502008-01-17T13:14:00.000-05:002008-01-17T13:25:24.644-05:00Lent and Latin, Latin and LentLatin is still, on paper at least, given pride of place in the Roman Mass. Yet except for an occasional Latin Gloria at Christmas or Greek Kyrie in Advent, suburban Catholic Mid-America saves Ye Olde Languages for Lent. That's if they don't totally ignore them, of course. I had at least one pastor who made it clear he had exactly zero use for Latin.There's a greatJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-85831284173726310762007-11-30T12:20:00.000-05:002007-11-30T12:22:55.164-05:00CS Lewis Anticipates the Style Wars. Sort of.Thanks to Dave Simmons for enlightening me... -j-"There are two musical situations on which I think we can be confidentthat a blessing rests. One is where a priest or an organist, himself aman of trained and delicate taste, humbly and charitably sacrificeshis own (aesthetically right) desires and gives the people humbler andcoarser fare than he would Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-85791522395824564392007-11-21T14:11:00.000-05:002007-11-21T14:13:13.692-05:00Poor St. CeciliaTrumped by a turkey this year. Ah well, sing something nice. Have some cranberries.JayJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-87960745277565620822007-08-06T12:58:00.001-04:002007-08-06T13:00:37.493-04:00Five Masses, four parishes, one weekend I don't think I'll try that again, but it was fun. About 250 miles on the car though. Only real hitch came when the 6pm cantor didn't show, so I had to lead the mass at a strange parish I'd only played at once before. But even that went okay, though I punted on some of the less familiar tunes / settings. I had learned them well enough to accompany, but Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-21555991342705387252007-08-02T17:06:00.000-04:002007-08-02T17:14:21.401-04:00Goodbye, Karen Mariehttp://markshea.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html#5655768003579042594I didn't know Karen well, but she opened her home to me for the 2005 NPM convention. We spent some quality time together, she filled me in on Milwaukee history - I grew up there, but left in '69, still a teenager. I had the privilege of pushing her around town in her wheelchair, we shared a concert and "Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-63546747383288610982007-08-01T16:10:00.000-04:002007-08-01T16:19:19.036-04:00More on the Motu Propriohttp://www.commonwealmagazine.org/article.php3?id_article=1977Given the series of concessions that have already been made to Catholic traditionalists, and the radical views and program of those to whom this pope has given his approval and endorsement in the past, it is difficult to believe that with Summorum pontificum a definitive compromise has been reached and the Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-89602253338381754042007-07-06T10:49:00.000-04:002007-07-06T10:54:37.718-04:00New Motu Propriohttp://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/Chiding both sides in the furious debate over the wider availability of the 1962 Missal for voicing “very divergent reactions ranging from joyful acceptance to harsh opposition, about a plan whose contents were in reality unknown,” according to an advance copy of the documents obtained exclusively by Whispers, Benedict yields a clear verdictJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-82011321416950779932007-06-29T10:51:00.001-04:002007-06-29T10:53:36.932-04:00Pentecost 5C at St. Paul's Episcopal, Romeo, MIEntrance - In Christ there is no East or West (McKEE)Gloria / Kyrie - Gloria (Mass for Grace, Haywood)Psalm - Ps16 (TALLIS' CANON, Morgan)Gradual Sequence Hymn - Alleluia (Sinclair)Offertory - I Have Decided to Follow Jesus (unk)Sanctus - Sanctus (Mass for a Soulful People, Brown)Mem Acc - (omitted)Amen - Amen I (Robinson)Lamb - Lamb of God (McLin)Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-88458239175551293632007-06-22T15:24:00.000-04:002007-06-22T15:27:20.148-04:00The awesome power of prayerFor those of you who are inclined to discount this kind of stuff, you'll find plenty of reasons to do so this time too. But if you believe God can and does intervene in response to prayer…...Mom-in-law Stella, 89 now, has lived with us for the past 5 years, and has a lot of health issues, but none of them life-threatening. Until now. Docs found fluid behind her heartJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-85026754942037378872007-04-10T14:21:00.000-04:002007-04-10T14:26:55.973-04:00Apologies......to those of you who have left me comments over the years. My new layout ate your comments. Hopefully, the new comment engine (Blogger rather than Enetation) will be a bit more reliable.In other news, I fixed the "email me" link. And the new layout ate the "other blogs" links as well, but they were largely inactive anyhow. And you can click "about me" to get to my other blogs, Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-44789108429503532352007-04-10T07:31:00.000-04:002007-04-10T08:01:57.388-04:00From the Tiber to the ThamesA small Episcopal Church near my recently departed parish gave me a call. Their director, a colleague of mine, is leaving for warmer climes, and they're considering replacing her with me. I've done some reading up on Episcopal worship - as usual, the de jure doesn't exactly marry up with the de facto - the transition won't be too tough. It's aided, of course, by my 40 Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-71254823852497724042007-02-09T10:40:00.000-05:002006-12-27T10:59:30.751-05:00"Once and Future" Once AgainI was sacked last week, without warning, via FedEx: "You are hereby terminated". Classay... apparently Fr.'s Dream DM became available and he jumped at the chance. Arrogant and cavalier to the last. The choir and cantors are upset: to quote one, "Well, Fr.'s broken up yet another family".So I'm back at my old urban parish playing Gospel Hammond again. And not Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1166534364124846582006-12-19T08:16:00.000-05:002006-12-19T08:19:24.143-05:00Wishful thinking, but I hope they're rightEUROPE'S top human rights body, the Council of Europe, said today the death penalty in the US was "on its deathbed" after two key rulings by US courts."The United States of America is on its way to join the rest of the civilised world where this inhuman and barbaric punishment has already been rejected...."These decisions... mark the definitive beginning Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1164900229650732572006-11-30T10:21:00.000-05:002006-11-30T10:23:49.670-05:00Chrysostom on the Real Presence:I'm guessing Arinze hasn't seen this. Or was unmoved.Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1164222454108122502006-11-22T14:06:00.000-05:002006-11-22T14:07:34.126-05:00Happy St. Cecilia Day!Sing something! C'mon, I'm waiting...Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1158015084090054632006-10-11T18:50:00.000-04:002006-10-16T18:55:13.176-04:00Through the Past, Snarkily - a digest of my gear experiences, as told to musicplayer.com - a first - a cross-post between my two blogs. But on-topic for both...GOOD TIMES:Fender Rhodes Stage 88, 73 - both were frustrating, but both were magical when everything clicked. The Rhodes is the reason I got serious about playing. Still love my 73 (replaced the 88 in '79), but am fully cognizant of its Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1157748592553405472006-09-08T16:15:00.000-04:002006-09-08T16:57:36.900-04:00Still here. Haven't had much to say. But here's something.Choir started up this week - we sing during the summer, but don't rehearse. Back to the regular drill now. So only one rehearsal, and already I'm facing a near revolt over our concert situation. The choir, most of them, seem to be as much about reliving the glory years with a previous director, with pageants and cantatas and songs Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1148315407679569722006-05-22T12:07:00.000-04:002006-05-22T19:05:34.413-04:00Bye, Mom.Mom passed away this past November, after a brief illness, at the age of 78. She would have turned 79 last week. She spent the last 10 years of her life in Kalamazoo, in a retirement community there.Before Kalamazoo, she spent 25 years in the Detroit area, and still had many friends there. So we had two memorial services, one in Kalamazoo in November, and another last week in Clinton Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1145478613030448002006-04-19T16:24:00.000-04:002006-04-19T16:30:13.066-04:00USCCB vs. CDW?www.eriercd.org/liturgy.aspLiturgiam Authenticam rightly stresses exactness in rendering liturgical and biblical texts into the vernacular in order to assure doctrinal fidelity. But even St. Jerome, the great doctor of the Sacred Scriptures, who spent twenty years translating the Bible, was not a literalist. He himself said: “If I translate word by word, it sounds absurd.” Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1145370693205518192006-04-18T10:27:00.000-04:002006-04-18T10:31:33.216-04:00Evidence of God in the back yardExactly 8 ducks on the pond this year (make way for ducklings!), plus an occasional crane and a pair of canadian geese. Ducks and geese haven't come to terms yet. Not sure if deer are living in our yard this year, but they're certainly frequenting it. Lots of rabbits, a few squirrels/chipmunks, and the tree frogs are chirping like nobody's business. Robins now, theJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1140619519043117882006-02-22T09:43:00.000-05:002006-02-22T09:45:19.056-05:00More on the Style WarsI think some people will never be "fed" by traditional music, orchoral music. Bob Batastini, late of GIA, suggested it may be abackground thing - if you sang in a good school or church choirgrowing up, you appreciated choral music. Or playing in a symphonyor concert band with some exposure to the classics could do it. Iknow my semesters in college choir a few years ago Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1138117021371260712006-01-24T10:32:00.000-05:002006-01-24T10:37:01.383-05:00The Power of PrayerSo, I almost died. Subarachnoid brain hemorrhage, Dec. 23rd. Thanks to some talented doctors and the prayers of thousands of parishioners and internet friends, I pulled through.Boy, my head sure hurts, though. Another couple of weeks for that, they say. I returned to work and to my parish music job last week.In the words of Fr. Doc, "Please continue to pray for Jay. We Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1124447141994832922005-08-19T06:21:00.000-04:002005-08-19T06:25:42.003-04:00Recycled pre-blog bits: entry #2, from 3/4/2001The Desert Island Game - For Real This TimeMost of us have seen some variation on "the desert island quiz". If you were stranded on a desert island, what 3 CDs would you want to have with you (presumably, you'd also get a CD player and a large supply of batteries)? Or what two people would you want to be stranded with (answer: my wife and almost Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1120572015255405122005-07-05T09:57:00.000-04:002005-07-05T10:01:27.283-04:00Recycled pre-blog bits: entry #1, from 4/26/2001Cantor: Make a Joyful cacophony unto the Lord!Assembly: Make a Joyful cacophony unto the Lord!Cantor: Praise the Lord, all ye nations. Let every thing that lives and breathepraise the Lord. Let the geeks and salesmen and farmers praise him. Let soccermoms and image consultants and internet addicts praise him. Let thestructurally unemployed, Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1110494046970961352005-03-26T17:31:00.000-05:002005-03-25T23:52:17.716-05:00Notes from the Music Guy XVIII don't know about you all, but I sure missed the alleluia. We're singing a lot of them this weekend, partly just because, finally, we can. And partly because we must! As Christians, Christ's resurrection, his conquering of death, is the ultimate victory, the consummate joy.Some other Christians do not forego the alleluia during Lent, even some which are in communion Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1110401078743759002005-03-19T15:24:00.000-05:002005-03-20T21:38:21.666-05:00Notes from the Music Guy XVIOnce a year, we all sing Psalm 22. We echo Jesus on the cross: "My God, why have you abandoned me?" At least that's what the assembly sings.But the cantor's part is a bit more hopeful: it starts with feelings of abandonment, but it moves to cautious optimism - "...but you O Lord be not far from me", and then to all out praise - "All you descendants of Jacob, give Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1108862665939960072005-02-26T20:11:00.000-05:002005-02-26T13:28:19.643-05:00Notes from the Music Guy XVThe Taizè Community is a monastic community in France, famous for its form of prayer and its music, which is central to its form of prayer."Lost in prayer and praise" might be a good way to describe it. A key phrase, often scriptural, is set to a melody, and then repeated over and over again, much like the Rosary. It allows the participants to empty their minds of Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1108390755324395332005-02-19T09:14:00.000-05:002005-02-19T20:11:06.263-05:00Notes from the Music Guy XIV A little over a year ago, I lost virtually all the hearing in my left ear, after an ear infection. The hearing loss was followed by extreme bouts of vertigo. I was off work for over a month, and it took me closer to two months to be able to return to my ministry as organist for the gospel choir at St. Elizabeth's. Take up your cross, the Savior said,if you would my Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1107870770504397272005-02-12T08:51:00.000-05:002005-02-11T20:31:23.363-05:00Notes from the Music Guy XIII"We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you, for by your holy Cross you have redeemed the world."Though this response is generally reserved for good Friday, it is a cogent reminder of what the entire season of Lent is about. Particularly the second half of Lent. The redemption part is key to retaining our perspective: though we bring Christ's journey to the Cross Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1107143128687803842005-02-05T22:26:00.000-05:002005-02-08T08:56:35.333-05:00Notes from the Music Guy XII
There's nothing quite as lovely as an Irish melody.
Did you know that the melody for "Baptized in Water", though perhaps better known as "Morning Has Broken", is actually taken from an old Irish folk tune named "Bunessan"?
In his popular book "Why Catholics Can't Sing", Thomas Day raised the proposition that the spoken mass took a strong foothold in Ireland, where Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1106230067070530532005-01-29T09:06:00.000-05:002005-01-30T22:24:01.826-05:00Notes from the Music Guy XI
Oh, it's choiring time again...
The St. Clement Choir rehearses Wednesday evenings from 7-9pm. Sometimes we meet in the sanctuary, sometimes in the music room in the basement.
Do you like to sing? Can you carry a tune? Then join us! Ability to read music is helpful but NOT required.
We plan to start singing at Mass again on February 20th. During Lent, we'll Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1102429568831495852005-01-01T09:23:00.000-05:002005-01-03T16:27:18.143-05:00Notes from the Music Guy X
Of the Father’s love begotten, ere the worlds began to be,
He is Alpha and Omega, He the source, the ending He,
Of the things that are, that have been,
And that future years shall see, evermore and evermore!
This is one of the oldest Christmas songs that we still sing. Its Latin form, "Corde natus ex parentis", dates to the 5th century. John Mason Neale, England'sJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1102429414768932402004-12-18T09:22:00.000-05:002004-12-21T08:53:10.866-05:00Notes from the Music Guy IX
We haven't had a lot of time to prepare, but: Yes, Virginia, there is a choir. We'll be singing at the "midnight mass", which is actually at 10:30pm on December 24th - prelude will start at 10pm. And we'll sing at the following two Sunday masses, 11am on the 26th, the Feast of the Holy Family, and 9am on January 2nd, the Feast of Epiphany. We'll be singing some Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1102429263342350152004-12-11T09:19:00.000-05:002004-12-11T23:32:21.096-05:00Notes from the Music Guy VIII
Different churches use the term "cantor" differently. Sometimes it's a fundamental difference, as in the Lutheran Church, where the cantor was the director of music for the parish. J. S. Bach was the "Cantor of Leipzig", for example - but I don't really picture him standing at the ambo with his arm raised. The Jewish cantor is much more like ours, but cultural Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1102428164398646552004-12-04T09:01:00.000-05:002004-12-07T09:10:12.343-05:00Notes from the Music Guy VII
Kyrie Eleison,
Christe Eleison,
Kyrie Eleison.
There’s a wonderful, subtle difference between the Greek “Kyrie Eleison” and the Latin “Miserere Nobis.” They both translate, roughly, as “Lord have mercy”, but the Greek is a song of praise as well. “Lord, you ARE mercy.” The Roman rite retained this single piece of our Greek heritage in the Mass, because there was Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1102428548228984902004-11-27T09:06:00.000-05:002004-12-07T09:09:08.230-05:00Notes from the Music Guy VI
And so another church year begins. Last week we announced the inevitable triumphant reign of God, this week we await the arrival of a savior. Similar themes, but far different tones. The Gloria is gone, a Kyrie in its place, and the big brassy hymns of triumph are replaced with pensive songs of expectation.
Our hymns of the month show this contrast: We leave Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1101135394002512522004-11-22T09:53:00.000-05:002004-11-22T09:56:34.003-05:00Happy St. Cecilia's Day
In honor of St. Cecilia's Day, our blog photo seems to have gone MIA. Sigh...
Anyhow, actually threw my first St. Cecilia party Saturday, after the mass mentioned in the post below. Choir was great, Mass was great, party was great, though no locals made it: the St. E's crowd was enough to fill my house. Good food, good company - hope we do this again.
Off to find us Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1101134387906414182004-11-20T09:38:00.000-05:002004-12-07T09:13:40.330-05:00Notes from the Music Guy V
The Feast of Christ the King is not just the last Sunday mass in the church year, it is the culmination of the church year: we celebrate the eternal reign of Christ as King of heaven and earth.
It's really a big deal, though we sometimes lose track of it, with all those other feasts and seasons all over our calendars, and with Thanksgiving coming right behind it.
Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1100060316766221842004-11-06T11:17:00.000-05:002004-12-07T09:13:12.426-05:00Notes from the Music Guy IV
Here’s what we share with every singing Christian community out there: the opportunity for “engaged worship” – worship that draws the believer in and resonates throughout his or her being. That means that “alleluia” doesn’t come just from my voice box, it comes from my heart. Such engagement is elusive, and ultimately a very personal thing, different for each Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1100060357948545842004-10-30T11:17:00.000-04:002004-12-07T09:12:18.723-05:00Notes from the Music Guy III
Last week, I mentioned my Presbyterian upbringing. The most positive aspect of worshiping there was the joyful energetic song from the pews. Those folks knew how to sing hymns, and their love for worship in song was unmistakable.
The Catholic Church, on the other hand, has, in recent history anyhow, only looked to the pews for musical participation for the past 40Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1100060183402216702004-10-23T11:13:00.000-04:002004-12-07T09:11:45.570-05:00Notes from the Music Guy II
As promised, here’s part two of my introduction:
I grew up Presbyterian, and hymn singing was a large part of my family life. Every Sunday night, before we went to bed, the whole family would sing hymns together: Dad had a gorgeous baritone voice, and Mom sang and played piano.
In the Presbyterian Church, there was a tradition of singing whatever the organist threwJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1100030955444971372004-10-16T03:04:00.000-04:002004-12-07T09:11:07.406-05:00Notes from the Music Guy I
(my first parish bulletin article)
Since this is my first article, I should tell you something about myself:
My name is Jay Ricketts, I live in Emmett with my wife Kim. We're both long-time Michiganders - I went to Eisenhower High School - but we've moved around a bit. We have two kids, both grown, and three grandkids, ranging in age from 1 to 4. I've been a Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1097267271838668742004-10-08T16:21:00.000-04:002004-10-08T16:35:05.403-04:00No, He's Not
An open letter to Sojourners.com
Some background: Sojourners, an organization trying to serve as a voice for (politically) liberal Christianity, has been running a "God is Not a Republican... or a Democrat" campaign, with some success. I signed on, and have been getting their newsletters. Their latest letter quotes a retort from a Mrs. Brough, who insists that she is sure that God Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1096398986565735532004-09-28T15:00:00.000-04:002004-09-28T15:16:26.566-04:00All Things Must Pass, Part II
This past Sunday was my last at St. Elizabeth's. I've accepted the job as Music Director at St. Clement of Rome, in Romeo MI, a northern suburb of Detroit.
The worship space is beautiful, especially the panorama: you get the sense of being surrounded by nature. This may be different when the greenery is gone, of course.
Nice small 2-manual Casavant - 14 stops? - Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1093359256331840572004-08-24T10:51:00.000-04:002004-08-24T10:54:16.330-04:00So, Last Summer...
...I swore I wouldn't take any more summer classes - just can't concentrate, need time off, bla bla blah. But then summer rolled around, and I got overconfident. So here's the report card:
Chorale: A
Organ: C+
IOW, it happened again. Some people just refuse to learn from history. :(Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1091563958785431132004-08-03T15:53:00.000-04:002004-08-03T16:12:38.786-04:00New Life for St. Josaphat's
Maida's decision to allow it at St. Josaphat seems in keeping with the spirit of Vatican rules, Reese (of America magazine) said. But, "It would be counterproductive if too many people turn this into a marketing strategy to fill churches. The idea behind allowing this mass was that it could help older people in the later stages of their lives. The hope is that this Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1089404460268862142004-07-09T16:19:00.000-04:002004-07-09T16:27:13.306-04:00The Long Awaited Review
Okay, I promised a review, here it is...
I'd like to say that this book changed my life. That's not exactly true, but it's changed my paradigm. Which, I believe, will ultimately change my life.
"This book" is Randall Sullivan's The Miracle Detective. Sullivan started his journey as a jaded but curious Rolling Stone reporter investigating a Mary sighting in a trailer Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1087354727748641572004-06-15T22:58:00.000-04:002004-06-15T22:58:47.746-04:00Chorale group goes to France - 06/16/04
Sigh... they're going without me...
My choice though - short on $$ and vacation time.
I'm the tall guy in the back. We had a recordist there at St. Ambrose, so some audio clips may follow.
Bon voyage, my homies.Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1085885735669198022004-05-29T22:40:00.000-04:002004-05-29T22:55:35.670-04:00They're playing my song!
Got to do a wedding today with the cantor from my old church, at another church. Of course, we did a couple of my songs, cos we always do. But she told me that my replacement at St. C's scheduled my Pentecost Sequence for today/ tomorrow.
What was odd, was that I didn't remember writing one. I wrote a song based on the Easter Sequence, but the Pentecost Sequence Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1084233583946388302004-05-10T19:50:00.000-04:002004-05-10T19:59:43.946-04:00I know, it's been forever.
Here's something. Report card finally showed up:
Class Voice: A
Chorale: A
Organ: B+
Definitely a mercy B+, there. I played terribly at juries and master class. Prof said I'd overcome so much that semester - meaning my hearing loss and vertigo - that he thought the grade was appropriate. Still sounds like a pity grade to me.
In other news, the newly reported Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1083292174074862262004-04-29T22:29:00.000-04:002004-04-29T22:32:40.483-04:00A draft translation of the new Mass in English
Well, here it is. Still preliminary. These are all jpegs, about 60kb per page, so for those of you on dialup looking for song texts:
Page 4: Kyrie (only the priest's part is changed)
Page 5: Gloria (significant changes)
Page 14: Sanctus (the hosts are back!)
Page 17: Anamnesis (only 3 instead of 4)
Page 25: Doxology/Amen (largely unchanged)
Page Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1081211468590737052004-04-05T20:31:00.000-04:002004-04-05T20:33:50.810-04:00Blogfasting
Last year I gave up the web for my last week of Lent - I tried a progressive fast, and "progress" eventually took me there.
THIS year I had no intention of doing that again - giving up meat and sweets instead, that's aplenty. But due to my change in work locale, I've got NO web access, except when I'm home. There (uh, here, I mean), it's dialup, and I'm pretty darn busy. So you Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1080746072050723132004-03-31T10:14:00.000-05:002004-03-31T10:32:19.293-05:00All Things Must Pass
Six and one half years on my current project. Today's the last day.
When I interviewed, they warned me it might last more than a year. I grudgingly accepted. Now that I've been here roughly quintuple my intended stay, I wish it were continuing.
Actually, it is continuing, but only at about 1/4 - 1/3 its prior levels, and I'm one of the "casualties". It's not really as Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1080673728248303402004-03-30T14:08:00.000-05:002004-03-30T14:11:24.513-05:00Man Confesses After Seeing 'The Passion'
Huh. God moves in mysterious ways.
Works for me.Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1080533411044386672004-03-28T23:10:00.000-05:002004-03-31T10:33:53.576-05:00Humble bishop inspired others:
"'I'm Ken, and I'll be your servant.' "
Requiescat In Pacem, Bishop Untener. Your influence went far beyond the borders of your diocese. Without seeing you, we love you.
May the angels welcome you to paradise.Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1079978982707417942004-03-22T13:09:00.000-05:002004-03-22T13:12:10.920-05:00The Trouble With Catholic Social Teaching by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
The salutary process by which the free market leads to an ever-higher standard of living occurs without having to threaten violence against anyone or to confiscate anyone’s wealth by force. It certainly occurs very much in spite of destructive and ill-considered campaigns for a "living wage" – carried out, all too often, in the Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1079919133275636462004-03-21T20:32:00.000-05:002004-03-21T20:51:50.233-05:00Happy Birthday, J. S. Bach!
319 today. You rock my world, man.Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1079797643921013652004-03-20T10:47:00.000-05:002004-03-21T20:32:19.170-05:00RIP, Sydney Carter:
"Lord of the Dance" composer dies at 88.
"I did not think the churches would like it at all. I thought many people would find it pretty far flown, probably heretical and anyway dubiously Christian. But in fact people did sing it and, unknown to me, it touched a chord. . ."
My late sister's favorite hymn - we sang it through choked-back tears at her funeral - and one of Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1079704165073106382004-03-19T08:49:00.000-05:002004-03-19T08:59:56.013-05:00MATINS OF THE RESURRECTION - The Schola Cantorum of Saint Peter the Apostle, J. Michael Thompson, director.
A CD of Byzantine Chant for Easter from my pal JMT and his choir.
Includes:
Troparion, Tone 2,6;
Invocation and Troparion with Verses;
Tone 5 podoben (Christos Voskrese);
Litany of Peace;
Resurrection Canon, Ode 1, Ode 3;
Hypakoje (Tone 4 samopodoben 'Predvarivsija';
Resurrection Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1079629166074645542004-03-18T11:59:00.000-05:002004-03-18T12:01:49.543-05:00"Abraham", by Bruce Feiler - Harper Collins Publishers
I had the privilege of singing at the 30th annual Livonia (MI) Ecumenical Prayer Breakfast with my college chorale this morning. We sang twice, four songs all together:
Kyrie - Hassler
Alleluia - Thomson
Abide With Me - arr. Hogan
Ain't That Good News - trad (Tuskegee arrangement)
Plans for a fifth tune, Moses Hogan's arrangement of "I Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1079625842624855312004-03-18T11:04:00.000-05:002004-03-18T11:06:26.840-05:00The Rising Tide of Uncollected Wisdom
Everyone welcome Jerry to the blogosphere! It's always a kick to see my non-blogging compadres fire up their weblogs for the first time. Jerry's an organist from Southern Cali, with a serious technical bent, and strong on RC theology and liturgy issues as well - I've learned a lot from him.
Not sure what's up with the formatting - his code looks okay. Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1079554227592586562004-03-17T15:10:00.000-05:002004-03-17T15:12:50.890-05:00Gather Comprehensive Hymnal, Second Edition
The Short of It:
If you liked the green book, you'll like the red book. If you didn't, you won't.
Seems like a bit more hymnody than before, but nothing approaching the (optimal, IMO) blend found in RitualSong. It also appears to be lighter on OCP content this time, and I was surprised to find that psalm paraphrases still abound in the psalm Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1079118640628554192004-03-12T14:10:00.000-05:002004-03-12T14:12:58.890-05:00Yahoo! News - Church Nixes Good Friday Fenway Hot Dogs
Maybe Fenway oughta serve fishsticks??? Just a thought...Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1079041802455850122004-03-11T16:50:00.000-05:002004-03-11T17:13:40.590-05:00Helen Hull Hitchcock - Roman Missal Translation Update - Bishops Receive ICEL Missal
Ignoring the usual Adoremus spin, this is pretty interesting. My first read of the acclamations found little to which I would object. I'll read it through a few more times before commenting. As to Adoremus' comments - they're nothing if not predictable.
The most valid criticism I've seen of Vox Clara / Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1079039855870109082004-03-11T16:17:00.000-05:002004-03-11T16:19:53.200-05:00The Virgil Fox Legacy:
Virgil Fox Masterclass Series!!! Wowy wow wow wow!
These sound files are the only available audio presentations of Virgil Fox Masterclasses, to our knowledge. They were recorded on a consumer reel-to-reel tape recorder of 1969 vintage, and so exhibit the quality expected from this era. The most important aspect of these tapes is being able to hear Virgil talking to a Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1079024354311834692004-03-11T11:59:00.000-05:002004-03-11T12:01:31.623-05:00eBay item 3902169115 (Ends Mar-14-04 20:30:00 PST) - IM SO TOUGH I VACATION IN DETROIT T-shirt
Only three days, folks, no bids yet, hurry up!!!
Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1078951759243356182004-03-10T15:49:00.000-05:002004-03-10T15:51:35.216-05:00Graytail Adventures
Updated my other site. It needed it. Not so sure about this one, so it keeps its admittedly generic look and feel for now.
I really SHOULD find another Cecilia pic, though - the card pic is pretty widely traveled.Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1078774683339949592004-03-08T14:38:00.000-05:002004-03-08T14:40:17.403-05:00Bernardin's "Seamless Garment of Life" revisited
“Despite its contribution, the consistent ethic manifests several major weaknesses,” said Father Conley. “I think that a certain theoretical haziness has blunted its political effectiveness” in that the consistent ethic of life does not clarify what actions, such as the welfare of a child, are the responsibility of the state and government, and Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1078432705303999212004-03-04T15:38:00.000-05:002004-03-04T15:40:35.403-05:00Meniere's Disease Information Center -- The Start Page
Dunno if this is what I have, but the symptoms sound close. They don't offer much hope for improvement, but do seem to offer some support. I like this thought:
As a rule of thumb, you should spend at least as much time learning about Meniere's Disease as you do complaining about it.
Heh heh. I've got a 7-day intense steroid treatment Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1078417928674333742004-03-04T11:32:00.000-05:002004-03-04T11:34:18.670-05:00Massachusetts - Chamber Recital
My good friend, Karl Henning, invites you to a concert event. I've heard a few of these pieces. Three Things that Begin with 'C' is especially charming - light but not "cutesy". Highly recommended, tell him Jay sent you...
First Congregational Church
322 Main St, Woburn, Massachusetts
Sunday, 7 March 2004
4:00pm
Karl Henning (1960): Meditation (2003) & Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1077922923033260162004-02-27T18:02:00.000-05:002004-02-27T18:04:07.560-05:00Happy Birthday, Alison
You would have been 44 today. We still miss you.Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1077842287055887362004-02-26T19:38:00.000-05:002004-02-26T19:40:10.170-05:00Honku: The Zen Alternative to Road Rage
These are great. Anyone who drives a lot should get a kick out of them. Here's a sample:
What keeps me from just
pelting your honking auto
with rotting garbage?
*********
Psycho behind me
what do you want me to do-
hit the crossing child?
*********
Together again
at the stoplight-was it worth
all of the speeding?
*********
Natural rhythms
Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1077294467998743682004-02-20T11:27:00.000-05:002004-02-20T11:29:44.920-05:00A book deal!
No, nobody's publishing me (though I had an article in AIM Magazine a couple of years ago). But, on the basis of writing this blog, I've been sent an advance reading copy of Randall Sullivan's new book about mracles and the Blessed Virgin Mary. Watch this space for a review...Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1076472704932139722004-02-10T23:11:00.000-05:002004-02-10T23:13:32.496-05:00Just In Time For Lent
Not for the weak of heart - a hard rock version of Psalm 130. This one's not so much designed for church as for shouting from the mountaintop - we did use it a few years back in LifeTeen, but a much less aggressive arrangement. Just click the link above, "Song 130" is right on top. The "Dafduc" thing? Long boring story - just turned into a nickname...
Here's the radio Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1076443687431123832004-02-09T15:08:00.000-05:002004-02-10T23:15:07.436-05:00New News Update
The Sunday after my 1/14 post, I got a killer case of vertigo - at church, in the middle of playing, with the new bishop there. Sheesh.
I threw up 7 times that day, finally went to ER. Been around with about 4 doctors since then, see a fifth day after tomorrow about some stuff they found on the MRI. Still no hearing in left ear, either.
Prayers will be cheerfully accepted!!!Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1074089233880683652004-01-14T09:07:00.000-05:002004-01-14T09:08:34.013-05:00The Journal of Charles Wesley
Ah, serendipity! Found this looking for a text of his.
Sorta like reading a blog, but he came along a bit before hyperlinking...Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1073928069100717252004-01-12T12:21:00.000-05:002004-01-12T12:23:20.530-05:00Old News
Forgot to post my grades from Fall:
Chorale A
Church Music A
Organ B+
Organ was a nice surprise - was expecting another lackluster grade.
New News
My left ear has been swollen shut since last Thursday - missing work, church, school - can't listen to nothin'! Had to skip the Bowie concert on Friday, two church gigs over the weekend. Zithromax therapy has been to no avail so far. Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1073789409043732302004-01-10T21:50:00.000-05:002004-01-10T21:55:09.106-05:00CNN.com - O'Neill: Bush planned Iraq invasion before 9/11 - Jan. 10, 2004
Grrr.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan brushed off O'Neill's criticism.
"We appreciate his service, but we are not in the business of doing book reviews," he told reporters. "It appears that the world according to Mr. O'Neill is more about trying to justify his own opinion than looking at the reality of the Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1073496192918390962004-01-07T12:23:00.000-05:002004-01-10T21:56:28.593-05:00Yahoo! Groups : IKEatraz
Someone has started a mail list for Eisenhower HS (Shelby Twp., MI) grads. Still tiny, but a mighty oak grows from a tiny acorn.
Wow, is that corny.
Anyhow, for anyone from Ike who also finds classmates.com's holding your friends hostage until you pay the "premium membership" ransom to be objectionable, it's a free alternative.
I thought the name "IkeAtraz" was Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1073402914046044182004-01-06T10:28:00.000-05:002004-01-06T10:29:46.106-05:00Choral Subscription Service
The new songlist is here! The new songlist is here!
It appears my composition "Joy!" has been included in GIA's 2004 Choral Subscription Series. It was a surprise to me - a friend just dropped me a line today to let me know. I understand there's a recording --- I hope I can find a copy...Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1072817808261921712003-12-30T15:56:00.000-05:002003-12-30T15:59:34.733-05:00Waiting for Yahwhoo!
Time's almost up.
This is taken verbatim from my "My Yahoo" page:
Groups
View My Groups -- The Groups module has been discontinued. Please look for it again in 2003 when it can show the Groups to which you belong.
R-i-g-h-t...Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1072417144857274902003-12-25T11:36:00.000-05:002003-12-26T00:41:28.060-05:00Alyssa sez:
Merry Christmas, everyone!!!!
Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1072295065809219492003-12-24T14:44:00.000-05:002003-12-24T14:45:24.873-05:00Our Little Match Girls
JEFF GERRITT: A little warmth for women working cold streets
This article brought tears to my eyes. Lord, look after your lost daughters this Christmas, and bless those who do your work.
Merry Christmas, everyone.Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1071523291705541362003-12-15T16:21:00.000-05:002003-12-15T16:22:22.340-05:00Wax On, Wax Off
So I've been doing the gospel gig for 5-6 weeks now. It keeps getting better, as we all get used to each other. They've used one of my arrangements now, and we've done some pieces that have just been amazing - particularly Hezekiah Walker's "Jesus, My Help", and Leon Roberts' "Mary's Canticle".
The most quizzical thing for me has been the way I just fell into the bass pedal Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1070462028053581402003-12-03T09:33:00.000-05:002003-12-03T09:34:26.326-05:00McCabe on the Eucharist
Thans to Dr. Paul Ford for posting this 1994 homily. Lots of challenging thoughts about substantiality and symbols.
I was relieved to read this:
Before the consecration the appearances
were there because the bread was there, they
were just the appearances of the bread. After
the consecration it is the other way round, the
body of Christ is sacramentally there because
Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1070391788674136912003-12-02T14:03:00.000-05:002003-12-02T14:03:46.560-05:00All Classical Guide - Hugo Distler
We're doing a couple of his works at this year's Madonna U Chorale concert: A Little Advent Music, and Lo, How a Rose. Both gorgeous, and quite detailed!
I'll post concert details tomorrow.Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1069571819688342152003-11-22T02:07:00.000-05:002003-11-23T02:17:27.950-05:00Happy St. Cecilia Day, everyone!
This time of year, fully 4/5 of the visitors to this site are people in search of info on St. Cecilia. I thank all of you for the "hits", and apologize for the lack of info on my favorite saint.
When I started tracking visits last year, I was mortified as my initial 14-16 visitors a day dropped to 6-8 per day. What the heck was I doing wrong? Well, duh - the Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1069343791712712222003-11-20T10:56:00.000-05:002003-11-20T10:56:56.796-05:00Learn to play the piano by ear / organ by ear black gospel style - Learngospelmusic.com
This should help on MY new gig...Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1069096219041984382003-11-17T14:10:00.000-05:002003-11-17T14:11:11.140-05:00Quote of the day
You know the world's gone mad when the best rapper is white, the best golfer is black, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's cup, France is accusing the USA of arrogance and the Germans don't want to go to war. - anon.Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1068750319687178552003-11-13T14:05:00.000-05:002003-11-13T14:05:38.826-05:00An Ethical Spotlight on Unauthorized Copying if Liturgical Music within the Catholic Church. M. Hettinger 2000
Found my pal Maggie's paper on the net while looking for something else. It's a retelling and ethical analysis of the famous FEL vs. Archdiocese of Chicago case, where it was ruled that churches may not photocopy liturgical pieces without authorization.
Great paper, interesting read.Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1068497088544786092003-11-10T15:44:00.000-05:002003-11-10T15:44:45.800-05:00Here We Go, Here We Go
I have a new church music home - St. Elizabeth's, on Detroit's near east side. More burned out houses than intact ones, and it seems a bit of a seeker parish, if you will - many of the familiar parts of the mass aren't so familiar, and there are a lot of extra spots where we add some gospel music. But it is vibrant, heartfelt worship. And some seriously soulful gospel Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1068219543267519922003-11-07T10:39:00.000-05:002003-11-07T10:39:01.056-05:00Changes in mass are coming for Catholics
Should be interesting! I expect a lot of resistance to the stand-until-everyone-is-served mandate. I expect there will even be priests who never even inform their parishes.
Stay tuned!Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1068066309289128002003-11-05T16:05:00.000-05:002003-11-05T16:05:07.766-05:00Yahoo! News - Bush Signs Anti-Abortion Bill, to Fight in Court
Here we go, here we go...
The Dems need to come off this fast as their defining issue. Future generations will be horrified at the brand of infanticide that passed as a "choice".
Great bumper sticker, I've just seen lately:
A person's a person, no matter how small. - Dr. Seuss
What liberal could argue with that? I couldn't. Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1067532337687635292003-10-30T11:45:00.000-05:002003-10-30T11:49:27.256-05:00Eisenhower High School Class of 1973 Reunion
They finally found me! My EHS (then a Washington, MI mailing address, now Shelby Twp.) class reunion committee, that is. We were the first class to graduate from EHS - school opened in 1970 (sorta - we used the Malow Jr. High building), but only had 9th and 10th graders the first year. Probably a great formula for creating megalomaniacs - we were Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1067372538551284562003-10-28T15:22:00.000-05:002003-10-28T15:22:17.803-05:00Yahoo! News - U.S. Not Ready for Total Abortion Ban, Bush Says
Well, I'm ready, but he may have a better sense of the pulse of America than I do. Meantime, he's signing the bill outlawing partial-birth abortion, that's good enough for me. For now.Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1067358513076548362003-10-28T11:28:00.000-05:002003-10-28T11:28:32.233-05:00Quote of the Day
"Wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows." - Martin Luther King Jr.
Thanks to Ange for turning me on to it.Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1066748165432641322003-10-21T10:56:00.000-04:002003-10-21T10:56:05.660-04:00Cool. Who's pourin'?
You're Ireland!
Mystical and rain-soaked, you remain mysterious to many people, and this
makes you intriguing. You also like a good night at the pub, though many are just as
worried that you will blow up the pub as drink your beverage of choice. You're good
with words, remarkably lucky, and know and enjoy at least fifteen ways of eating a potato.
You really Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1065801934650767672003-10-10T12:05:00.000-04:002003-10-10T14:47:10.923-04:00Take a look at Helen's travel pics:
~~~Travelblogue~~~
Helen's quite a musician too! Check her and my other home recording pals out on:
Now only $17.99 - 3 CD set.
Warning - there SHOULD be a parental advisory on this one - not Helen's (aka Shaky's) piece, though. But approach the piece by "Brad" very carefully...Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1065125709802058742003-10-02T16:15:00.000-04:002003-10-02T16:15:09.766-04:00This Is Promising
Yahoo! News - House OKs 'Partial Abortion' Ban
The American Civil Liberties Union (news - web sites) and the National Abortion Federation (news - web sites) have already announced plans to file a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality. Courts have struck down several similar state statutes.
To quote our fearless leader - BRING IT ON! I want to see this debated everywhereJayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3544621.post-1065029136695741802003-10-01T13:25:00.000-04:002003-10-01T13:25:36.460-04:00NPM Detroit Calendar Page
October 5th, St. Gerald's Farmington, 7pm. Be there!!!
Sadly, I won't - I'm off to Hamilton, Ontario for a weekend of musical hijinx, with the Mrs. & the granddaughter.
Okay, I'm not THAT sad, but I wish I could do both...Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04790346128594564833noreply@blogger.com0