FAITH: ephemeral links by their common ancestry!

The CRIB's periodically fugacious ...

It's not often I say this about a Catholic brother, "Idiot!"

"A senior Vatican cardinal has thanked Muslims for bringing God back into the public sphere in Europe and said believers of different faiths had no option but to engage in interreligious dialogue."

[Reuters India; h/t Europe News]

In the midst of a global sinking feeling, a calming word comes to us via a traditional Christmas hymn (O Come, O Come, Emanuel) and Quin Hillyer at American Spectator.

Interesting ... check out God's "Yellow Pages" [Air Mail]

Just one more reason we shouldn't idolize men. [Christian Post]

Top Ten Signs You're a Fundamentalist Christian! Some hard truth in #1! [Evil Bible]

Go here just because I can't stand Al Franken! [A Flame of Fire]

Judaism 101; Judaism for the curious or the seeker. I'd prefer you go to Christianity 101. [Jew FAQ; Basic Christian]

Third Day, one of the really great Christian sounds, celebrated their first AMA win following three nominations. [Christian Post]

Love and care for others is not dead but alive and well in the post office. [Tweety]

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ANTISEMITISM: What's in your closet?

You just never know until the Fat Fraulein sings!

Adolf Hitler, the most notorious champion of Richard Wagner and “racially pure” German music, banished Jewish and Russian musicians from the concert halls of the Third Reich — but apparently listened secretly to their work.

New light has been shed on the Nazi leader’s musical tastes by the discovery of what are said to be a hundred of his gramophone records found in the attic of a former Soviet intelligence officer, Lev Besymenski.

“There were classical recordings, performed by the best orchestras of Europe and Germany with the best soloists of the age,” Mr Besymenski said in a document explaining how the records came into his possession.

The 86-year-old, who helped to interrogate captured Nazi generals, died this summer.

Heilige Kuh! Die ist eine feine Geige! I guess we could say, "Roll over Bethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news!"

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Matt Castille

Classical Music, Hitler, Hypocrisy,
Judaism, Music, WWII

ROCK 'N' ROLL: The Night the Music Died!

Wikipedia reports tonight on the tragic passing of Western Civilization's life blood - "rock 'n' roll music". I'm sure Muslims, poets, and academics are rejoicing throughout the world tonight.

Let's bow our heads and have a moment of silence for this dear friend.

I give you this as it was presented by the popular DIY encyclopedia [sans links] ... you best hurry to see it before the editors pull it down!

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Deaths in 2007

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Contents [hide] 1 August 2007 1.1 1 2 July 2007 3 June 2007 4 May 2007 5 April 2007 6 March 2007 7 February 2007 8 January 2007 9 External links

The following is a list of notable deaths in 2007. Links to other years follow.

Names are listed under the date of death, not the date it was announced. Names under each date are listed in alphabetical order by family name. Only those meeting the Wikipedia notability guidelines are listed, with a reference to a reliable source. A typical entry appears in the following sequence:

• Name, age, country of citizenship and reason for notability, established cause of death, reference.
• Causes of death such as "old age" and "natural causes" should not be cited unless stated in the reference.

The intent of these pages is to report notable deaths. Tragic deaths, while unfortunate, do not necessarily make the deceased "notable". If you report the death of someone who does not already have a Wikipedia article, please consider starting one.

August 2007 [edit]

1 [edit]

• Rock 'n' Roll, 56, genre of music, declared obsolete by Bob Geldof.
• Ryan Cox, 28, South African professional road racing cyclist, ruptured artery following vascular surgery. [1]
• Hugo Guerra, 25, Portuguese professional fencer, hit by train. [2]

July 2007 [edit]

See Deaths in July 2007.

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I am certain Don McLean is chuckling in his hotel room tonight!

Bob Geldof, Don McLean, Entertainment,
Music, Rock 'n' Roll, Silliness, Wikipedia

BLUEGRASS: One of life's greatest pleasures ...

... and, next to the Lord and Rita, one of my great loves is bluegrass music!

My good friend John, at Bluegrass Blog (the quintessential blue-blog), points us to a small wonder in the genre ...

Newsweek and MSNBC.com have posted an online feature on The Carolina Chocolate Drops, the black string band making waves at festivals all over the US this summer. Their sound is a mix of jug band and old time music, but all heavily influenced by the contributions that US black and African folk artists made to Appalachian musical culture.

The Bluegrass Blog also provides a paragraph from the Newsweek & MSNBC article ...

“People ask us, ‘Are y’all from the mountains?’,” says fiddler Justin Robinson [oh what energy he offers], a North Carolina native. “What they’re really asking is, ‘Why the hell are you playing this?’” His answer: “It’s a reclamation.” Robinson, fellow Carolinian Rhiannon Giddens [their female presence with an angelic tone] and Arizona-born multi-instrumentalist Dom Flemons met two years ago at the annual Black Banjo Gathering in Boone, N.C. Under the tutelage of fiddler Joe Thompson, one of the last surviving practitioners of the black fiddle style that once provided the soundtrack to North Carolina’s hilly Piedmont region, the Carolina Chocolate Drops learned their roots and honed their chops.

John points to several video links where you can have a taste of this rollicking good music.

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Blues World Forgot
Pop Culture
The J-Walk Blog
Uptown Avenger

Black Music, Bluegrass, Entertainment, Music

BLUEGRASS: Never met a blue-grass you liked?

... well watch and listen to the Steep Canyon Rangers below!

[The video intros the band] and their upcoming Rebel release, Lovin’ Pretty Women... . The video includes a live performance of the title track from the new project, a catchy and humorous band original that mixes traditional bluegrass and old time elements.

HT: Bluegrass Blog

Bluegrass, Entertainment, Music,
Steep Canyon Rangers