I wish I could have been there to hear. Via NPR, we hear that a new world record has been set–the greatest number of bagpipers to play together at once. More, after the jump:
Category Archive: music
May 08 2012
You Could Be Jesus!
Via Lousy Canuck, the news that a new production of Jesus Christ Superstar will feature Tim Minchin as Judas. That’s the (very) good news. The bad news? After the jump:
Apr 19 2012
Goodbye, Levon
Levon Helm has died. On PBS.org’s “Sound Tracks”, there is an interview and a couple of videos from earlier this year. Makes me happy to see such music, and such happiness, so close to the end of his life; I have seen people his age (and younger) who seemingly lost any sort of enjoyment many …
Mar 09 2010
“Oh Lord, we really prefer not to know”
Hello; my name is Cuttlefish, and I am a versaholic. (Hi, Cuttlefish!) It’s been just a few hours since my last “Rejected Canon” hymn (ok, a little more than a few–I did have to work, after all!), but I’ve fallen off the wagon! Another hymn it is… this one in 6/8 time, for those who …
Mar 09 2010
“I thank thee, God, for buttocks firm”
One more from the “Rejected Canon” (I can’t help myself–they’re like potato chips–I can’t stop!). This one will be considered offensive by some who defend the nastier bits of organized religion. Consider yourself warned. I thank thee, God, for buttocks firmFor skin of alabasterFor pouting lipsEyes dark as pipsWhich rouse me all the faster I …
Mar 08 2010
“You have to admit, this sounds pretty far-fetched”
Ok, last one. I promise. But these things are like heroin to someone like me… You have to admit, this sounds pretty far-fetchedCertum est, quia impossibile But my mem-o-ry has it indelibly etchedCertum est, quia impossibile There once was a garden, with Adam and EveAlong came a serpent, with plans to deceive—What part of this …
Mar 08 2010
“Holy” like a Donut, “Holy” like Swiss Cheese
“Holy” like a donut, “Holy” like Swiss Cheese,“Holy” like creationists’ own brand of expertise“Holy” like a leper with some flesh-eating disease,“Holy” like My Saviour’s feet, beneath his holy knees. “Holy” like a colander, or like a piercéd ear,“Holy” like a fishnet blouse, that’s so much more than sheer“Holy” like a movie’s plot (The Bible’s, too, …
Mar 08 2010
“Even Cripples Praise Your Name”
God of Wisdom; God of BeautyGod of Water, Wind, and FlameWe, your subjects, do our duty:Even cripples praise your name. God, who cured the lowly leper,Plays with mercy like a game–Eking praise from each twelve-stepperEven cripples praise your name. Mangled feet and withered fingersMalformed faces hung in shameStill this love of God still lingersEven cripples …
Jan 04 2010
Makin’ Khalwat
News item: 52 couples detained under Sharia Law, charged with the offense of “close proximity”. She’s not a brideHe’s not a groomBut they decidedTo share a roomThe law’s been testedNow they’re arrestedFor makin’ Khalwat It’s New Year’s EveAt the hotelThey figured “hey,We might as well”I’d like to see ya,But it’s Shariah—We’re makin Khalwat Picture a …
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Feb 07 2010
Super Bowl Sunday, Redux
music, social commentary
by Cuttlefish
A repost from a year ago, and pretty much nothing at all has changed. My wish is that one of these years, a QB is going to say “well, first of all, I gotta give it all up for my lord and savior Jesus Christ, without whom nothing is possible. I couldn’t have done what …
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