I’ve been experimenting with the Posterous iPhone app, and I thought I’d check to see how Posterous integrated with my blog. Please pardon me if this post disappears. This is video from a Moody Blues concert I attended a few weeks ago. Great concert. I never thought I’d have a chance to see these guys perform live. http://www.nicksenger.com/onecatholiclife/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/moodyblues.m4vPodcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
When angels sing, the heavens rejoice, and when angelic voices sing, we should should do the same–especially when those voices sing for those in need. Some of the most beautiful voices of our time have come together for Haiti in this gorgeous rendition of “The Prayer”: Information about how to obtain a copy of the recording and help raise money for Haiti, visit this link. Thanks to Deacon Greg Kandra for sharing.
My 8th grade students just wrapped up a video project for Religion and here are two of their creations, based on the music of the Catholic band Popple: Little White Square: Papal Disco: The class would love to hear what you think of them, so please leave comments on the videos or on this post. And please spread the word. Thanks, and enjoy!
Need to inspire someone to read? Here’s a fantastic video from Ocoee Middle School: Tip of the Hat to the Educators group on Diigo.
Today I rediscovered one of my favorite albums, Uncle Charlie and His Dog Teddy, by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. I’ve loved NGDB since I was in my teens. One of my best high school memories is seeing them in concert at the Fox Theater in Billings, Montana in the early 1980s. It was a small venue, and I’ll never forget when two of my friends stood up on the theater seats to surf as the band played a Beach Boys tune. I haven’t heard the music on...
My wife and I celebrated our seventeenth anniversary two nights ago by attending the Spokane Civic Theater’s performance of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music. The show was fantastic–elaborate sets, wonderful singing–a real treat. There were even a couple of songs that we had never heard before. It was also very special to see one of my former students in the role of Louisa Von Trapp. My wife loves The Sound of Music, so one Christmas I bought her the movie, the soundtrack and the original book....
I was purging some computer files the other day when I ran across these song lyrics I wrote a few years ago after Peter Jackson’s Fellowship of the Ring had just been released. It was something I did just for fun to show to my eighth grade students when we were studying The Hobbit. I forgot about until I found it the other day. I thought some of you might find it amusing. The song is about Aragorn and his role in the Fellowship and Middle-earth. It’s meant...
As promised in part II, here are some CDs I like to listen to while I read The Lord of the Rings: The Tolkien Ensemble has done a beautiful job setting all of the songs in The Lord of the Rings to music. Their work is collected in four CDs: An Evening in Rivendell, A Night in Rivendell, At Dawn in Rivendelland Leaving Rivendell. The sound is more classical than I expected, but it really grew on me. Another album I listen to is Broceliande’s Starlit Jewel. This...
Yesterday I wrote about the music I like to listen to while reading Patrick O’Brian’s Master and Commander series. I know that the reading group Tilting at Windmills is about to begin Don Quixote, so today I want to share the kind of music that helps set the atmosphere when I read this most excellent novel. (Sidenote: If you’ve never read Don Quixote you should join Tilting at Windmills and read it–it’s my favorite book, hands down, and in my opinion the greatest novel ever written.) To achieve...
Picture yourself curled up on the couch with a good book and your favorite drink. No interruptions. What music is playing in the background? Some people like to read in silence, but I’m not one of them. The right music helps me become more involved in my book by creating a kind of environmental blanket that envelops me and keeps the world out. I thought I’d share some of my favorite music to read by with you in the hopes that you might share yours with me. If...
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