This is music that is collected around a theme or idea to display variety of interpretation or performance. Since my preference is for a cappella singing, much will be of this nature.
I have work in progress for several articles but nothing ready to publish so I thought I would share a rather novel approach to Gregorian chant that I found. The vocalist is Juliano Ravanello. Here’s another short piece by Juliano: *** If you liked this post, consider subscribing – in Read more…
This is a time when Darkness has been descending with increasing rapidity. I am reminded of the story of the writing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” by Francis Scott Key during the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Navy during the War of Independence. Key wrote it during the battle Read more…
I have featured Micheal Eldrige’s work since I opened this site last year. Most of his work has been of 4-part a capella hymn. Today he released a performance of Palestrina’s motet, Sicut Cervus – a great divergence for him in subject matter and the aural complexity of polyphony. Here Read more…
I just published Music for You: Fountainview Academy with the Fountainview Academy as a catch-up post. Now I will give you the most recent new work by Michael Eldridge. Several months ago he stopped adding new material regularly and now a new piece appears only every 2 or 3 months. Read more…
It’s berm quite a while since I published any music, particularly that of my favourite young people’s group, Fountainview Academy. Here are a few videos to catch up. They intermix musical videos with an inspirational passage on video. And a beautiful personal testimony. *** If you liked this post, consider Read more…
There is something about writing that I’ve noticed personally. I find a theme or issue that I want to explore. I’ve usually collected an assortment of references that seem to relate to the idea. I may go days or weeks writing pieces in my head. Finally, like that moment in Read more…
If you saw the Matrix movies, you may have wondered why the machines kept humans alive in those little pods supplying them the nutrients to stay alive. The answer may lay with Microsoft: Microsoft wants to ‘read people’s brain waves’ to mine cryptocurrency. Recent site activity has involved reopening and Read more…
There is a bit of new material integrated into the site. You might find some comments on lock-downs that I added in Dissent and the COVID-19 Hoax. I added a new page ‘The Surveillance State‘. It has a short essay by Michael Snyder that is worth the read. You’ll likely Read more…
Over the last few days I have been cleaning up and catching up. I’m trying to finish writing projects that have been on the back burner. Here’s one: The Catholic Church. I began it a couple of months ago. I read Laudato Si’ and annotated it. When I finally came Read more…
20210106 update. Supporting my hypothesis, “Top epidemiologist Knut Wittkowski says that the massive drop in influenza cases can be attributed to the fact that many are being falsely counted as COVID-19 cases.” (Summit News) It has been widely noted (e.g. The southern hemisphere skipped flu season in 2020 and Weekly Read more…