The Eagle & Child

It won’t be long before I’m attending one of these concerts (just audio): (via Failblog. A new favourite fail.)

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Back in 2005 we had a bit of a Dark Side of the Rainbow moment when the various songs we played from the The Return of the King score matched the various settings of our Rocky Mountain drive perfectly.  I can’t recreate that moment, but I am going to attempt to add some drama to [...]

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I’ve started a couple of posts reflecting on the school year, but every time I get a paragraph or two in I realize that I don’t like the post.  It’ll get out one of these days. In the meantime, here’s a video of a wonderful gypsy jazz band.  Some great guitar work there. (via Boing [...]

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Another classic by Bruce Cockburn: “World of Wonders”, and somewhat relevant to my last post, I think. Lyrics: Stand on a bridge before the cavern of night Darkness alive with possibility Nose to this wind full of twinkling lights Trying to catch the scent of what’s coming to be (in this…) World of wonders… Somewhere [...]

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Over the years I’ve mentioned one or two contenders for the saddest song ever.  The song “The Living Years” by Mike and the Mechanics was mentioned in a book I was reading today.  It’s a pretty good contender.  So here’s are my nominations for saddest song ever: 1. “Tomorrow is a Long Time” – Bob [...]

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Have you downloaded your copy of Coldplay‘s live album, LeftRightLeftRightLeft, which is available for free on their website?  You should.  It’s FREE, for Pete’s sake! If you have an emotional weakness for 20,000+ people singing in joyful unison, this album’s got some good’uns for that, particularly Viva La Vida and, better still, Fix You.  In fact, [...]

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One of the reasons I love The Arcade Fire.  ”Neon Bible”, live in an elevator, with some improvised instruments: Another reason I love them: Joyful noise is what that is. One more: I think they’d be incredible to see in concert.

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» Sunday I was up at 5:30a.m. to lead our sunrise service at the river at 6:00a.m.  That went well, I think.  It’s traditionally a short service–20 minutes or so–but it felt particularly short this year, as I prepared for (with Linea‘s input and Randall‘s blueprint) and led the service.  Seemed short for the effort [...]

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I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that we would be having a house concert this coming Saturday (March 14, which I had mistakenly said was the 15th).  There is still a house concert, but plans have changed slightly.  The concert will no longer be at our house (it will be at someone else’s), but [...]

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I’m ridiculously loyal to U2.  I keep buying their CDs upon release without listening to them first.   I have continued to do this even though I effectively stopped listening to new U2 material a decade ago (Pop was the last album I paid much attention to).  Even now, when they’ve already looking forward to the [...]

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