“Meaning & Western Civilization”
I don’t think that you can get a better sense of the sort of meaning than from what is in every bookshop in this city… . Douglas Murry via Powerline
One Country Mouse Minute
Turn your speakers up all the way. The Days Gone by! O the days gone by!The apples in the orchard, and the pathway through the rye;The chirrup of the robin, and the whistle of the quailAs he piped across the meadows sweet as any nightingale;When the bloom was on the clover, and the blue was
“Rock of Ages”
There was remarkable unanimity in the choice of hymns. from the Forward The universal selection seemed to turn to “mother’s favorite,” which had be meant so much at the turning point of life’s highway. The choice of “Lead Kindly Light,” and “Come, Thou Fount,” “Rock of Ages,” “Nearer my God to thee” and other hymns
The Cello
At American Digest, Gerard Van der Leun has put up a truly beautiful music video, Yo-Yo Ma and Alison Kraus performing The Wexford Carol. It will move even the most unsentimental agnostic. To my mind, the cello is among the most lovely of instruments. Yes. I understand that ‘the most’ entails but one, but as
“I’m Dreaming
of a White Christmas, … .” As far as I’m concerned, white Christmases can stay in Vermont but I want you to have that tune in your head as I tell the story of little Israel Baline, and the man he came to be. Israel was born in Temun, Russia in 1888. His family was
For the truly nerdy
May need to click to embiggen to get the joke. Via Powerline’s The Week in Pictures
Please return to your seats!
After a brief intermission, we are back at The Dinner Party. Just to refresh your memories, here’s the complete conversation, beginning with the 12th Doctor. Scroll down to see what Mr. Big Food’s guest, Chuck Berry, had to say this morning. And be SURE to play the video of the song! [Next up, that rich and
Not a picture, not a book
but still pretty cool. Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. It’s the first time a song writer has been so honored.
Come Together
Continue across Abbey Road Via Powerline’s The Week in Pictures
You won’t be sorry
This is wonderful! Thanks to Mr. Big Food’s Dad for sharing.
Shalohm
I know I’ve really fallen down on the job. It’s not that there’s nothing interesting going on, it’s that there’s a lot of interesting things going on here on the Farm. For example, I bought some new crappy old books today. I chatted with some folks in S’vegas and had some interaction with distant representatives
“Christmas Music”
from Worship and Conduct Songs for Beginners and Primaries (1929)
WAKE UP, AMERICA!
Lyric by George Graff, Jr. Music by Jack Glogau. Published by Leo. Feist, Inc., New York. Copyright MCMXVI. (That’s 1916, for folks who don’t speak Roman.) Believe it or not, this image– on a piece of sheet music I picked up in the Friends of the Starkville Library 50⊄ room a couple of months
“The Streets of Baltimore”
We were sitting out on the patio the other evening listening to the Redneck Collection and this Bobby Bare song came on. From Metrolyrics: “Streets Of Baltimore” is track #15 on the album The Storyteller: The Anthology 1960-1983. It was written by Howard, Harlan / Glaser, Tompall. I sold the farm to take my woman
Happy Easter!
Christ, the Lord, is risen today, Alleluia! Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia! Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia! Sing, ye heavens, and earth, reply, Alleluia! Love’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia! Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia! Lo! the Sun’s eclipse is over, Alleluia! Lo! He sets in blood no more,
I should not have to suffer alone, should I?
Not frequently talked about, but you may recall that for what seems like forever Mr. Big Food has been putting together the– no, THE– definitive collection of American music. It’s called The Redneck Collection and in CD form it’s well over 50 CDs. That’s a lot of American music. Frankly, I like listening to the
Second only to Dvořák
Today is the anniversary of Nicholi Andreievich Rimsky-Korsakov’s birth in 1844. He is, next to Dvořák, my favorite composer. Listen to the Russian Easter Festival Overture while having your afternoon tea.
Paul McCartney is ~73 years old
I have nothing against old people, as I am one, but dude. If you want to celebrate 40 years of SNL don’t ask Sir Paul to sing at age 73.
First Monday
The Friends of Starkville (known by followers of ESPN as “Starkvegas”) Library hold monthly book sales on the First Monday of the Month. (Be a Friend, won’t you?) You know what that means, do you not? Miss M & I had a grand old time this afternoon! Afterward, we went for coffee at Nine-twentynine. As
Zzzzz Part II
ZZ Part I here. Bing Crosby singing White Christmas That was the #1 song in 1942. (Other top-selling bands/artists include such rocking names as Glen Miller, Woody Herman, and Jimmy Dorsey along with their respective orchestras.) I did find the book I was looking for– The Encyclopedia of American History (1965) which I’ve written about,