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Posted on 08/05/2004 5:47:31 PM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Eleventh Thread: Wedding Edition: The Hobbit Hole XI - No One Admitted Except on Wedding Business!
New verse:
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"I have found a great deal of comfort in learning the 'ancient' traditional songs, and wonder why those others shun them so. The words they sing in those baby-sunday-school songs are nothing compared to the 'old-timey' music."
I love old-fashioned church songs! For that matter I love medieval Gregorian chant :) I like playing Baroque church music on the piano, too.
"You can count on church people for a lot, but I've never "connected" as well as I do with geeks."
Yeah, I think those are two different types of relationships there. I'd say my best friends have usually been geeky friends outside the church. However, I can only relate to them about certain things. What's been really nice is when I've been able to find friends in the church who shared my interests. When I was in high school there were four guys besides me in our church teen group who liked Tolkien and played D&D, and then we had a Bible study teacher who also taught martial arts and started a class for us, which was a lot of fun.
Amen, Sister.
I call 'em "Summer Camp Choruses"...singing them in Sunday Service is as jarring as finding the congregation made up of disheveled 9-12-year-olds whose shoes are still squishing from wearing them in the canoes, and who've not quite properly washed since Monday...and it's now Thursday.
"whose shoes are still squishing from wearing them in the canoes"
LOL!--I remember that feeling. . .At our church camp they made us wear a spare pair of shoes when we swam in the river (because there were a lot of rocks you might step on otherwise), so I distinctly remember the feeling of squishy tennis shoes :)
I grew up in the 70s Folk era...our church had a Folk Group. But we at least kept our songs liturgical, and the songs were pretty and thoughtful as well. Not many of a poetical bent, but more often drawn directly from Scripture, so sometimes it was like singing directly from the Bible.
When we joined a local 'progressive' church, I thought I would scream, because it felt like I was five years old again. Happy Happy Joy Joy. No liturgy. No biblical phrases.
I know of a great site to get midi's on favorite church hymns. I'll see if I can find it.
"Incidentally, that story appeared in JLA (latest volume) #1-4, by Grant Morrison and Howard Porter, and was collected in the trade paperback "New World Order"."
Hmmm--I'm thinking of treating myself to the comic-book store for my birthday--maybe I'll look that up. I'm also thinking of getting some more "Essential Spider-Man" reprints and some manga. Have to think about what else. . .
At least off NC, the Atlantic water is still pleasantly warm to swim in in October.
Ha! Went to Blockbuster. They had "Seven Samurai", on DVD, with subtitles. And they had a "rent any (not-new) movie for a dollar" special, how could I pass that up?
So as soon as dinner's ready, I'm popping it in. Tonight, rice, broccoli, and a little steak. I'm really living it up.
But...but...but what about the Bat Utility Belt?
"Happy, happy, joy, joy. . .
I don't think you're happy enough--I'll teach you to be happy!"
LOL!
Yes, I love the old-fashioned lyrics, too--especially ones with a "King James Version" feel to the language. Heh, I kinda remember the folk church music fad--my Mom had this record which mixed more liturgical folk with more secular equivalents like the Beatles' "Let It Be" :) But progressive church music I can't get into, largely because the lyrics depart too far from Scriptural teaching into vague PC feel-good stuff.
That link sounds great!--please post it if you find it.
BTW I should have a chance to send you some stuff on your script later tonight. Is your regular email okay again, then?
Sigh... I'm used to singing those lovely hymns, everything from 6th century Latin or Welsh songs (translated, of course!) up through nearly the present... the old hymns were like a sermon in themselves. And they're more fun to sing, too, since you have the notes in front of you.
Tomorrow I try the local PCA church. If it's happy happy joy joy, I don't think I'll go back until I've tried any other Reformed churches in the area.
What's "hoodwins", my Precious? :)
Heh, Bear, is Batman useless without his belt? Kenshin would slice that off without disturbing Batman's pretty tights. Then where are we?
...like the Bat-Shark Repellent.
Meant that to be "isn't Batman useless".... but I see Bear disagrees with that idea.
St John's Old South Anglican Catholic Church
the front page is woefully outdated Im afraid...I have been having some problems with my web-builder program.
Per the script - I am away at my inlaws, but I think I should be able to access my email from here. Go ahead and send it. I'll be back tomorrow.
or
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast...
You're in for a treat! :) It's vey cool you found the subtitled version. In high school we had this cool teacher who showed us one of Kurosawa's subtitled films in class, using the excuse that we were comparing it with Shakespeare to compare Western and Eastern literary/filmic techniques :)
If you like "Seven Samurai", you will also like Kurosawa's "Throne of Blood", "Yojimbo", and "Hidden Fortress".
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