iSNARK! 166

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Continuing our journey through JourneysongS - Second Edition (500's and 600's), by OCP. I also offer a rant on music with children, and my firm belief that today's junior choir is tomorrow's senior choir.  We also issue a WTF Award!
Feasts for the Week: May 1-16. 
Commercials for our usuals scattered within the show

iSNARK! Fun Facts: two of them scattered within the show
Basso Profundo, the Singing Fish: Basso is joined by Shamus O'Reilly and yours truly in a specially arranged trio of Regina Caeli by Antonio Lotti. 
Paul Lisney sings his rendition of the Divine Praises, courtesy of Music Alley.
Top Ten Bishop Trautman Submissions to the New Translation of the Mass (I forgot to name the Home Office this time. For the sake of this list, let's say Erie, PA.)
Closing notes, including Hire a Snark, and Happy Mothers' Day to all mothers listening!

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iSNARK! 165

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Continuing on OCP's JourneysongS hymnal (300's and 400's), we point out specific hymns in the book that appear in an OCP hymnal for the first time, or at least have been improved upon from previous versions.  Also, Step away from the MIDI! - a musical sin of most modern organ builders, specifically digital organ builders.

Feasts for the Week:  April 19-25.
Commercials for the usuals
Miscellaneous Outburst (same one twice, oh well!)
iSNARK! Semi-Live (on a prayer!) on US-6 features none other than Shamus O'Reilly behind the wheel again! I covered the Third Sunday of Easter at Holy Cross Church in Providence, Rhode Island, and we will discuss the music we sang there.

Music:
1. The Strife Is O'er, the Battle Done (tune: Victory)
2. Alleluia! Sing to Jesus! (tune: Hyfrydol)
3. Sing with All the Saints in Glory (tune: Hymn to Joy)
4. Charlie Crowe rocks out with Joy, courtesy of Music Alley
5. The Prince of Denmark's March (written by Jeremiah Clarke)

Don't Do This at Church (or anywhere else for that matter!)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: JourneysongS Song Debut Edition
Closing notes, including Hire a Snark, and a "thank you dedication".

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iSNARK! 164

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On today's show, we think positive! That's right. We introduce OCP's best product, a hardbound hymnal called JourneysongS, Second Edition. You won't believe your eyes, if you haven't seen it yet!  Oh, and the iSNARK! has a new ride, and we also discuss Sequences.
Feasts for the Week: April 12-18.
Commercials scattered for our three "official products"
iSNARK! Fun Fact

iSNARK! Semi-Live in a FedEx Ground Truck: Covering the music I played on Divine Mercy Sunday at Holy Cross Church, Providence, RI, while driving on I-295 en route to the first stop of my daily FedEx Ground route. And guess what word we got to sing: GIBBET! Originally mentioned on The Shamus O'Reilly Show and Fr. Erik Richtsteig's Orthometer blog.

Music:
1. Alleluia! Alleluia! Let the Holy Anthem Rise (tune: Holy Anthem)
2. O Sons and Daughters (Chant, Mode II) (Two additional versions of O Filii et Filiae are sung: Early in the show, crooned by Basso Profundo, the Singing Fish, and later in the show, wreckovated by Shamus O'Reilly in Shamus' Adventures in Classical Latin.)
3. Jesus Christ Is Ris'n Today (tune: Easter Hymn)
4. University Glee Club of New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut) sings O Sacrum Convivium by Ludovico Viadana, courtesy of The Classic Cat.

Don't Do This at Church: with a little help from Rich Chonak of the Catholic Light blog.
Hire a snark! and other closing notes

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iSNARK! 163

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Here we conclude our rant on the Breaking Bread seasonal music section, thus concluding also our rant on the entire Today's Missal/Music Issue series for 2010. We also talk about how many hymn tunes may be interchangeable, but not all interchanging of hymn tunes are good.  Also, we're still getting lots of rain here!
Feasts for the Week: March 29-April 11.
Commercials:  The usual three "official products", scattered about the program!
Don't Do This at Church: three instances, scattered, all with a Do This Instead added to it!

Basso Profundo, the Singing Fish croons Ave Verum by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Easter Musicin Triple Meter Edition
Johnny Proctor (link is to his Soundclick site) sings The Lord Reigns, courtesy of Music Alley.
Hire a snark! and other closing notes

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iSNARK! 162

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Today we begin a two-part exploration of the 2010 Breaking Bread seasonal music.  We begin with selections numbered 1-110.  Also, Water Sucks (pictured left, from The Waterboy), and a killer concert that I attended, brought to you by Vestmints
Feasts for the Week:  March 22-28. 
Commercials (scattered throughout the show): Krakowska Kielbasa, König Ludwig Weissbier, and Christus Vincit Whitewash
iSNARK! Fun Facts: two of them scattered!

Top Ten Least Popular Ways to Start Holy Thursday Mass (from the Home Office in Plainville, MA)
2010 Breaking Bread Seasonal Music: numbers 1-110
Sinfonia Electronique performs The Organ Grinder's Lament, courtesy of Music Alley.
Hire a snark! and other closing notes

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iSNARK! 161

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Today we finish off the 2010 OCP Music Issue review - PLUS - I demonstrate three original Psalm settings for the RCIA Scrutinies, (all of which can be found at the Chabanel Psalm Project) and much more in this busy episode!  Also, a prayer request for Steve Ohmer, blogging partner at Christus Vincit - the BLOG!, and RIP: Richard Proulx and Richard Hillert.  Today's episode comes courtesy of Johnson's Lenten Shampoo (pictured left).  Oh, and BTW, we've moved!
iSNARK! Sports Commentary by Shamus O'Reilly. Topic: Figure skating
Feasts for the Week: March 8-21.
Commercials (scattered about the show): Krakowska Kielbasa and König Ludwig Weissbier
Basso Profundo the Singing Fish chants Parce Domine (Mode I), with a bit of a twist!

iSNARK! Semi-Live with the Bitmap: Reviewing the music that I played while filling in at the Chapel of Our Savior, Brockton, MA, St. Kevin Church, Warwick, RI, and St. John the Baptist Church, Pawtucket, RI - for the Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time, the First Sunday of Lent, and the Third Sunday of Lent.


Music:  (6-8 written by yours truly)
1. Asperges Me (Mode VII); 2. Crown Him with Many Crowns (tune: Diademata)
3. Now Thank We All Our God (tune: Nun Danket)
4. Lord, who throughout these Forty Days (tune: St. Flavian)
5. I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (tune: Kingsfold)
6. If Today You Hear His Voice (Psalm 95); 7. The Lord Is My Shepherd (Psalm 23)
8. With the Lord There Is Mercy (Psalm 130)
9. The Baron Choir and Troubadors of Fountain Valley (California) High School perform Please Kind Sir by PDQ Bach (Peter Schickele), courtesy of The Classic Cat.

Don't Do This at Church: Tempo edition
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iSNARK! 160

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Today we rate the Psalm section of the 2010 OCP Music Issue (Psalm section), as well as present my Lenten contributions to the Chabanel Responsorial Psalm Project.

Big storm? What big storm? Pictured at left are plows waiting for the "big snow storm." Only catch was, that storm never happened. We finally got some snow about 5:00 last night. It turned out the most we got in our city was a big whopping two inches! Opening segment was actually recorded about 1:00 that afternoon. Supposed blame? Shamus' snow machine malfunctioned!

Feasts for the Week: DOUBLE DUTY! February 8-21. BTW, even the Jungle Screechers were waiting for this "big storm".
Commercials (scattered): our three official products, plus the Chabanel Psalm Project
iSNARK! Semi-Live on US 6: Music lists for the Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time, as sung/played by yours truly at the Chapel of Our Savior, Brockton, Massachusetts, and St. Anthony's Church, Providence, Rhode Island.
Don't Do This at Church (two scattered segments)

Music: (3-8 written by yours truly)
1. Holy, Holy, Holy (tune: Nicaea)
2. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (tune: Lobe den Herren)
3. Be Merciful, O Lord (Psalm 51); 4. Be with Me, Lord (Psalm 91)
5. The Lord is My Light (Psalm 27); 6. The Lord Is Kind and Merciful (Psalm 103)
7. Taste and See (Psalm 34); 8. The Lord Has Done Great Things for Us (Psalm 126)
9. Organist Kelvin Smith plays Vater Unser in Himmelreich (written by Johann Sebastian Bach / BWV 737), courtesy of The Classic Cat

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Fat Tuesday/Ash Wednesday Appetite Edition
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iSNARK! 159

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Today we finish off our rant on the hymn section of the OCP Music Issue (2010 edition, hymns #706-752), as well as discuss the misconceptions of FCAP (that "Full, Conscious, and Active Participation" that people often talk about in liturgical circles).
Prayers requested for the repose of the soul of Fr. Henry Mair, SA, who died last week.
Feasts for the Week: February 1-7

Commercials for our official products scattered throughout the show.
iSNARK Semi-Live on Route 24: Reviewing music I played/sang for the Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time while filling in as substitute organist at the Chapel of Our Savior, Brockton, Massachusetts, staffed by the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement.

Music:
1. Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (tune: Hyfrydol)
2. Faith of Our Fathers (tune: St. Catherine); 3. Ubi Caritas (Mode VI)
3. Bob Savage warms everyone up with A Cup of Coffee in Winter, courtesy of Music Alley.

Top Ten Least Popular Innovations in the Spirit of FCAP, from the home office in Big Leaky Dig, Massachusetts (less than an hour away from Gaping Potholes, Rhode Island)
iSNARK! Fun Fact (could be the next MasterCard commercial...priceless!)
Joey the GIRM on Top Ten Lists
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iSNARK! 158

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In addition to continuing our series on OCP's 2010 Music Issue (hymns 624-705), we'll get a glimpse of what to expect in GIA's forthcoming Worship - Fourth Edition, and an interview by the Pray Tell Blog with GIA's Bob Batastini.

We also talk about my really freaky Facebook profile picture (as mentioned in the intro) is at left, compliments of Baseball Super Freaks, discuss medical happenings, and my advantage over the late night TV wars

Feasts for the Week:  January 25-31.
Commercials for our three official products as shown on our sidebar are scattered throughout the show.
iSNARK! Semi-Live on US-6: This past weekend I played the role of substitute organist at Holy Cross Church in Providence for the Third Sunday of Ordinary Time. Here we reveal our music list.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Day before Septuagesima Edition
Don't Do This at Church: two scattered instances
Basso Profundo, the Singing Fish sings Alleluia! Dulce Carmen to help celebrate the Day before Septuagesima (that's in the Extraordinary Form; in the Ordinary Form, it would be Fat Tuesday!)
Paul Lisney sings the Divine Praises, courtesy of Music Alley.
Shamus' Adventures in Classical Latin: Shamus O'Reilly wreckovates Alleluia! Dulkay (Dulce) Carmen, courtesy of Snarks Gone Wild
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iSNARK! 157

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On today's show, in addition to continuing our rant on the 2010 OCP Music Issue's issues (and upholding the good pieces in the book, hymns 538-623), we talk about the address given at the Year For Priests Clergy Conference in Rome by Pontifical Master of Liturgical Ceremonies Msgr. Guido Marini, particularly the part where he discusses the priest facing ad Orientem (to the East). Also, the Jungle Screechers have returned (along with Feasts for the Week), and three commercials for our "official products" that will be appearing regularly on iSNARK! (BTW, all three of these products are on the sidebar here!)
Feasts for the Week:  January 18-24

Commercials: 
1. Krakowska Kielbasa (text written by David Lauria, tune: Lourdes Hymn, sung by Shamus and the Schleps)
2. König Ludwig Weissbier (text written by yours truly, tune: Hanson Place, sung by members of the School of Snark Football Team)
3. Christus Vincit Whitewash (text written by yours truly, tune: the chorus of Cielito Lindo, box design by David "Shamusrocks" Doyle)

Basso Profundo, the Singing Fish sings Ubi Caritas (chant, Mode VI), but not before telling us how he outdrank Shamus O'Reilly
iSNARK! Fun Fact
Jefferson Youth Performing Arts School Vocal Ensemble (Louisville, KY) sings The Lord Bless You and Keep You (written by John Rutter), courtesy of The Classic Cat
Joey the GIRM
Top Ten Uses for Glory and Praise and Gather Hymnals, brought to you courtesy of Christus Vincit Whitewash
The Proper Way to Announce a Bad Song
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iSNARK! 156

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Today we not only continue our 2010 Music Issue review (hymns 458-537), we introduce five brand-spankin'-new Psalm settings for you, , written by yours truly, and uploaded to the Chabanel Responsorial Psalm Project.
We also uncover the Catholic Grade Point Average of a couple of certain politicians
Top Ten Reasons Why Progressives Don't Like Chant
Commercial: Chabanel Responsorial Psalm Project
Joey the GIRM returns for two new liturgical tips!
Shamus' Adventures in Classical Latin: Shamus O'Reilly tells the tale of the recent havoc he's wreaked with his snow machine, then wreckovates Jesu, Dulcis Memoria, brought to you by Liturgical Bluegrass

Music:  (1-5 written by yours truly)
1. Proclaim His Marvelous Deeds (Psalm 96)
2. Your Words, Lord, Are Spirit and Life (Psalm 19)
3. I Will Sing of Your Salvation (Psalm 71)
4. In the Sight of the Angels (Psalm 138)
5. Blessed Are They Who Hope (Psalm 1)
6. Johnny Proctor returns with the tried and true Power to Believe, courtesy of Music Alley

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iSNARK! 155

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More on the 2010 Music Issue's issues (hymns #372-457 to be exact), and, in a special presentation of Liturgy 911 (encore from CVA #61 - yeah, the OLD show!), Papa Joe Ratzi and Frank A. Rinze have been hired to pursue the Clorox Martini Lady. We then follow with the origin of the Clorox Martini.  We also have something new: a couple of iSNARK! Fun Facts!
We begin with a brief ditty by the Three Snarks.
Basso Profundo, the Singing Fish croons the Mode I chant setting of Ave Maria.
Don't Do This at Church

Bubble rocks out with Christmas Time in Mars, courtesy of Music Alley.
One of These Things Is Not Like the Others: Organs and Instruments Other Than Organs.
Closing notes include: Hire a snark!

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