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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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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