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.
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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.
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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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