Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Track Listing For Gimme That Old Time Music
01 - Are You Hep To The Jive? - Cab Calloway [someguy]
02 - Lulu's Back In Town - Fats Waller [someguy]
03 - Tiger Rag - Art Tatum [someguy]
04 - Chinatown, My Chinatown - Louis Armstrong [someguy]
05 - Serenade To A Poodle - Slim Gaillard [someguy]
06 - Cabbage Greens, No. 1 - Champion Jack Dupree [someguy]
07 - It's A Long Way to Tipperary - Albert Farrington [chefc]
08 - Pack up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bags - Helen Clark [chefc]
09 - We'll Meet Again - Vera Lynn [chefc]
10 - The Sinking of the Reuben James - Woody Guthrie [chefc]
11 - I'll Be Seeing You - Billie Holiday [chefc]
12 - Destroyer Life - Oscar Brand [chefc]
13 - After You've Gone - Django Reinhardt [splotchy]
14 - Reckless Night on Board an Ocean Liner - Raymond Scott [splotchy]
15 - A Survivor from Warsaw - Arnold Schoenberg [splotchy]
16 - Honky Tonkin' - Hank Williams [splotchy]
17 - Keep On The Sunny Side - The Carter Family [splotchy]
18 - Rhapsody In Blue - George Gershwin [splotchy]
19 - Heartaches - Ted Weems [dad]
20 - Sentimental Journey - Les Brown [dad]
21 - Near You - Francis Craig [dad]
22 - Peg Of My Heart - The Harmonicats [dad]
23 - Careless - Eddy Howard [dad]
24 - In The Mood - Glenn Miller [dad]
25 - T-Bone Shuffle - T-Bone Walker [domboy]
26 - Where Did You Sleep Last Night? - Leadbelly [domboy]
27 - I Just Can’t Help It - Washboard Sam [domboy]
28 - Hard Time Killing Floor Blues - Skip James [domboy]
29 - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Sonny Boy Williamson [domboy]
30 - I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire - The Ink Spots [domboy]
31 - Sweet Lorraine - Frank Sinatra [sf]
32 - Lovesick Blues - Hank Williams [sf]
33 - My Little Maid of Oz - Frederick Chapin [sf]
34 - Georgia on My Mind - Django Reinhardt [sf]
35 - La Mer - Charles Trenet [sf]
36 - Brazil (Samba) - Charles Woolcott and His Orchestra [sf]
37 - In the Pines - Bill Monroe [bubs]
38 - Drunk - Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy [bubs]
39 - Wreck on the Highway - Roy Acuff [bubs]
40 - Knock Me a Kiss - Louis Jordan [bubs]
41 - Lost Highway - Hank Williams [bubs]
42 - It's a Good Day - Peggy Lee [bubs]
02 - Lulu's Back In Town - Fats Waller [someguy]
03 - Tiger Rag - Art Tatum [someguy]
04 - Chinatown, My Chinatown - Louis Armstrong [someguy]
05 - Serenade To A Poodle - Slim Gaillard [someguy]
06 - Cabbage Greens, No. 1 - Champion Jack Dupree [someguy]
07 - It's A Long Way to Tipperary - Albert Farrington [chefc]
08 - Pack up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bags - Helen Clark [chefc]
09 - We'll Meet Again - Vera Lynn [chefc]
10 - The Sinking of the Reuben James - Woody Guthrie [chefc]
11 - I'll Be Seeing You - Billie Holiday [chefc]
12 - Destroyer Life - Oscar Brand [chefc]
13 - After You've Gone - Django Reinhardt [splotchy]
14 - Reckless Night on Board an Ocean Liner - Raymond Scott [splotchy]
15 - A Survivor from Warsaw - Arnold Schoenberg [splotchy]
16 - Honky Tonkin' - Hank Williams [splotchy]
17 - Keep On The Sunny Side - The Carter Family [splotchy]
18 - Rhapsody In Blue - George Gershwin [splotchy]
19 - Heartaches - Ted Weems [dad]
20 - Sentimental Journey - Les Brown [dad]
21 - Near You - Francis Craig [dad]
22 - Peg Of My Heart - The Harmonicats [dad]
23 - Careless - Eddy Howard [dad]
24 - In The Mood - Glenn Miller [dad]
25 - T-Bone Shuffle - T-Bone Walker [domboy]
26 - Where Did You Sleep Last Night? - Leadbelly [domboy]
27 - I Just Can’t Help It - Washboard Sam [domboy]
28 - Hard Time Killing Floor Blues - Skip James [domboy]
29 - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Sonny Boy Williamson [domboy]
30 - I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire - The Ink Spots [domboy]
31 - Sweet Lorraine - Frank Sinatra [sf]
32 - Lovesick Blues - Hank Williams [sf]
33 - My Little Maid of Oz - Frederick Chapin [sf]
34 - Georgia on My Mind - Django Reinhardt [sf]
35 - La Mer - Charles Trenet [sf]
36 - Brazil (Samba) - Charles Woolcott and His Orchestra [sf]
37 - In the Pines - Bill Monroe [bubs]
38 - Drunk - Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy [bubs]
39 - Wreck on the Highway - Roy Acuff [bubs]
40 - Knock Me a Kiss - Louis Jordan [bubs]
41 - Lost Highway - Hank Williams [bubs]
42 - It's a Good Day - Peggy Lee [bubs]
Sacred Spaces: Roman Catholic
It's been over a year since I did my first sacred spaces post. It's time for another, I reckon!
FranIAm was nice enough to answer my questions. Thank you, Fran!
First, some background information:
*****
Fran was born and raised Catholic, and promptly removed herself from faith practice at the age of 14.
She spent many years seeking, and while never losing faith, she did not follow any typical faith practice, but studied Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism and Buddhism.
Somehow, by age 32 she wandered, albeit reluctantly, to the faith of her youth. At age 51, she remains there, fully immersed in life, work and study... recalcitrant and rebellious as ever, but still at the table.
*****
Splotchy: What religion will be talking about?
Fran: Roman Catholic
S: In this religion, is there a concept of sacredness? Of the holy?
F: Yes, a most profound sense of sacredness and holiness and in particular around churches and shrines. And even with in the church, there are the truly sacred spots.
S: Is there a concept of a sacred space? A location that that has been imbued with some properties of holiness?
F: The worship space - or main body of the church is called the sanctuary is where the community gathers for liturgy and worship also known as Mass. This is a holy place. There is a tabernacle which may be somewhere in the main sanctuary or which may be held in what is known as a Reservation Chapel; that is where the consecrated bread is kept, which is for Catholics the Body of Christ. This is the holiest place and requires reverence and silence.
The altar table in a Catholic church is supposed to have a relic in it, meaning some object of a saint. It could be a bone, a tooth, some hair - that is built within. I don't know if modern altar tables have this. It does imbue a certain sense of ancient holiness to some and is meant to be a link to the past.
S: How is a space imbued with holiness?
F: This is my own opinion - I think when any place is a place where people have gathered to celebrate, to mourn, to pray - that a sort of patina forms and it is holiness. I had a great sense of this in the Holy Land where there are often "duplicate" locations of some holy moment.
As far as commissioning a church or holy space, it is with prayers and rituals that have been used in the Roman Catholic church over time. These rituals must be executed before a space can be used for worship.
S: Are there instances where a sacred space is deconsecrated, where its holiness is removed?
F: The holiness itself is not removed per se, but rather the ability to celebrate sacramental worship there. And yes - this happens when churches are closed.
S: How is a sacred space deconsecrated?
F: There is a ritual, the altar table and tabernacle are removed.
*****
Thank you very much to Fran for answering my questions!
FranIAm was nice enough to answer my questions. Thank you, Fran!
First, some background information:
*****
Fran was born and raised Catholic, and promptly removed herself from faith practice at the age of 14.
She spent many years seeking, and while never losing faith, she did not follow any typical faith practice, but studied Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism and Buddhism.
Somehow, by age 32 she wandered, albeit reluctantly, to the faith of her youth. At age 51, she remains there, fully immersed in life, work and study... recalcitrant and rebellious as ever, but still at the table.
*****
Splotchy: What religion will be talking about?
Fran: Roman Catholic
S: In this religion, is there a concept of sacredness? Of the holy?
F: Yes, a most profound sense of sacredness and holiness and in particular around churches and shrines. And even with in the church, there are the truly sacred spots.
S: Is there a concept of a sacred space? A location that that has been imbued with some properties of holiness?
F: The worship space - or main body of the church is called the sanctuary is where the community gathers for liturgy and worship also known as Mass. This is a holy place. There is a tabernacle which may be somewhere in the main sanctuary or which may be held in what is known as a Reservation Chapel; that is where the consecrated bread is kept, which is for Catholics the Body of Christ. This is the holiest place and requires reverence and silence.
The altar table in a Catholic church is supposed to have a relic in it, meaning some object of a saint. It could be a bone, a tooth, some hair - that is built within. I don't know if modern altar tables have this. It does imbue a certain sense of ancient holiness to some and is meant to be a link to the past.
S: How is a space imbued with holiness?
F: This is my own opinion - I think when any place is a place where people have gathered to celebrate, to mourn, to pray - that a sort of patina forms and it is holiness. I had a great sense of this in the Holy Land where there are often "duplicate" locations of some holy moment.
As far as commissioning a church or holy space, it is with prayers and rituals that have been used in the Roman Catholic church over time. These rituals must be executed before a space can be used for worship.
S: Are there instances where a sacred space is deconsecrated, where its holiness is removed?
F: The holiness itself is not removed per se, but rather the ability to celebrate sacramental worship there. And yes - this happens when churches are closed.
S: How is a sacred space deconsecrated?
F: There is a ritual, the altar table and tabernacle are removed.
*****
Thank you very much to Fran for answering my questions!
You Know Things Are Bad When I Miss An Unconnected Tuesday
Hi folks,
It's been pretty crazy goings-on at the Splotchy house.
We've been getting ready for the sump pumpening of our basement, and we're taking a family vacation tomorrow that we have just started to prepare for, and that's just half the stuff I can tell you about.
So, this blog will be a little light for the remainder of this week.
However, fear not -- I have an idea to keep you entertained here in my absence. Check back later today.
It's been pretty crazy goings-on at the Splotchy house.
We've been getting ready for the sump pumpening of our basement, and we're taking a family vacation tomorrow that we have just started to prepare for, and that's just half the stuff I can tell you about.
So, this blog will be a little light for the remainder of this week.
However, fear not -- I have an idea to keep you entertained here in my absence. Check back later today.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Road Warrior, The Musical - Just Walk Away
Another entry in my new musical -- The Road Warrior.
"Just Walk Away"
Sung by: Humungus
Description: Humungus gives the villagers a chance to turn over the oil-producing outpost.
Humungus rules the Wasteland
This barren Valley of Death
You can try to convince me otherwise
But you'd be wasting your breath
Listen to these words
Or lose all that you have left
Just walk away
Just walk away
We've come to make a deal
We're done with playing games
Give us all your gasoline
Or see it up in flames
After we have finished
You'll never be the same
Just walk away
Just walk away
This is your last chance
Tomorrow we attack
Think on this tonight
When you stare up into the black
You can leave here unharmed
With the clothes on your back
Just walk away
Just walk away
(h/t to Tim for the idea of this song, posted as a comment on the first RW the Musical post)
FAIL Meme FAIL
I think I saw the first FAIL pictures very soon after they started popping up on the web (a year ago? a year and a half?).
I thought the first ones I saw were sort of funny, but then these kinds of pictures started appearing everywhere.
Next, a few sites sprung up, devoted to all things FAIL.
I really started disliking the whole business, because:
1) Most of the time, it wasn't funny.
2) It was often mean-spirited.
3) I'm tired of people lazily shitting on other people/things for a cheap laugh.
4) I'm tired of people lazily shitting on other people/things in general.
It's okay to make light of others on occasion, etc. (hey, it must be okay if *I* do it!), but for something to have sneering at anything and everything else as its sole purpose -- well, it's just too much for me to take.
For this, FAIL meme, you fail.
I thought the first ones I saw were sort of funny, but then these kinds of pictures started appearing everywhere.
Next, a few sites sprung up, devoted to all things FAIL.
I really started disliking the whole business, because:
1) Most of the time, it wasn't funny.
2) It was often mean-spirited.
3) I'm tired of people lazily shitting on other people/things for a cheap laugh.
4) I'm tired of people lazily shitting on other people/things in general.
It's okay to make light of others on occasion, etc. (hey, it must be okay if *I* do it!), but for something to have sneering at anything and everything else as its sole purpose -- well, it's just too much for me to take.
For this, FAIL meme, you fail.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Gimme That Old Time Music
I don't want to give anyone whiplash, but since the last volume of the Green Monkey Music Project, The Unheard Monkey, focused on music that was released 2005 and later, I thought it would be interesting to make Volume 19 of GMMP focus on older music.
Much older music. I would like to only use recordings that are pre-1950. If you have a newer recording of an old song that you would like to include, we can always negotiate, I suppose.
There will be a total of seven participants (six open slots), each of which can select up to six songs.
Sign up for the mix by leaving a comment.
UPDATE:
Participants:
Some Guy
Bubs
SamuraiFrog
Chef Cthulhu
Domboy
Splotchy
Splotchy's Dad
If Domboy wants to join in, he is certainly welcome (he had expressed interest in an earlier post of mine).
Yes, my dad is joining in on this mix. He is an avid collector of jazz 78's, and he has agreed to contribute some magical selections this time around.
Much older music. I would like to only use recordings that are pre-1950. If you have a newer recording of an old song that you would like to include, we can always negotiate, I suppose.
There will be a total of seven participants (six open slots), each of which can select up to six songs.
Sign up for the mix by leaving a comment.
UPDATE:
Participants:
Some Guy
Bubs
SamuraiFrog
Chef Cthulhu
Domboy
Splotchy
Splotchy's Dad
If Domboy wants to join in, he is certainly welcome (he had expressed interest in an earlier post of mine).
Yes, my dad is joining in on this mix. He is an avid collector of jazz 78's, and he has agreed to contribute some magical selections this time around.
Another Dormant Splotchy Project Awakens
Lulu sent me some ripping good pics of negative space signage that she took in Bangkok, so I have *got* to post them on The Signage Of Negative Space.
I have been noticing negative space signage in the siesta I have taken from my sister blog (no posts since September of last year!), but just haven't been documenting them.
I realize that I might have some pictures others have submitted, and will try and publish these soon as well. Hope no one took offense at my little signage vacation.
I have been noticing negative space signage in the siesta I have taken from my sister blog (no posts since September of last year!), but just haven't been documenting them.
I realize that I might have some pictures others have submitted, and will try and publish these soon as well. Hope no one took offense at my little signage vacation.
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