Journeysongs, Part III, and "Tomorrow's Senior Choir"

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Continuing our journey through JourneysongS - Second Edition, 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.

Today's lineup:
- Intro, my rant on "kiddie music", and a WTF Award!

- Feasts for the Week: extended to a half month for this episode
-- St. Joseph the Worker, SS. Alexander I, Eventius, Theodules, and Juvenal,
SS. Philip and James, St. Monica, St. Pius V, St. Stanislaus (Bishop of Krakow), St. Antonius,
Bl. Damien Joseph de Veuster of Molokai, SS. Nereus and Achillus, St. Pancras,
Ascension (and Vigil), St. John Baptist de la Salle, St. Isidore the Laborer
- 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.
- JourneysongS, Second Edition: combing the 500's and 600's sections of the hymnal for welcome additions.
- 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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Journeysongs, Part II, and "Step away from the MIDI!"

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Continuing on OCP's JourneysongS hymnal, 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.

Today's lineup:
- Step away from the MIDI! - a musical sin of most modern organ builders, specifically digital organ builders.
- Feasts for the Week:
-- Pope Benedict XVI, St. Anselm, SS. Soter and Caius,
-- St. George, St. Adalbert, St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen
- Commercials for the usuals
- Miscellaneous Outburst (same one in two separate instances, oh well!)

- iSNARK! Semi-Live (on a prayer!) on US-6 features none other than Shamus O'Reilly behind the wheel again! Music for this segment (I covered the Third Sunday of Easter at Holy Cross Church in Providence, Rhode Island) includes:
-- The Strife Is O'er, the Battle Done (tune: Victory); Alleluia! Sing to Jesus! (tune: Hyfrydol)
-- Sing with All the Saints in Glory (tune: Hymn to Joy)
- JourneysongS, Second Edition: We list some specific welcome additions and improvements in the 300's and 400's section of the hymnal.
- Don't Do This at Church (or anywhere else for that matter!)
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: JourneysongS Song Debut Edition
- Charlie Crowe rocks out with Joy, courtesy of Music Alley
- Closing notes, including Hire a Snark, and a "thank you dedication" involving The Prince of Denmark's March (written by Jeremiah Clarke, played on the organ by yours truly)

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Journeysongs, Part I, and Sequences

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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 when you see this book, if you haven't seen it yet!

Today's lineup:
- Intro, and my new ride!
- Sequences
- Feasts for the Week:
-- St. Hermenigild, St. Martin I, St. Justin,
-- SS. Tibertius, Valerian, and Maximus, St. Anicetus
- 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 featured:
- - Alleluia! Alleluia! Let the Holy Anthem Rise (tune: Holy Anthem)
- - O Sons and Daughters (Chant, Mode II)
- - Jesus Christ Is Ris'n Today (tune: Easter Hymn)
- Two 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.
- JourneysongS, Second Edition: an introduction
- 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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2010 Breaking Bread, Conclusion, and Wrong Alternate Melodies

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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.

Today's lineup:
- Intro, more rain, and Wrong Alternate Melodies
- Feasts for the Week:
- - Monday of Holy Week, Tuesday of Holy Week, Wednesday of Holy Week (Spy Wednesday),
- - Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil), Easter Sunday,
- - Easter Week (Monday through Saturday), Low Sunday/Divine Mercy Sunday
- Commercials (scattered): Krakowska Kielbasa, König Ludwig Weissbier, and Christus Vincit Whitewash
- 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
- 2010 Breaking Bread Seasonal Music: numbers 111-218
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Easter Music/Muzak in 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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2010 Breaking Bread Seasonal Stuff, Part 1

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Today we begin a two-part exploration of the 2010 Breaking Bread seasonal music.

Today's lineup:
- Intro, Water Sucks (pictured left, from the movie, The Waterboy), and a killer concert that I attended, brought to you by Vestmints
- Feasts for the Week:
-- St. Toribio de Mogrovejo
-- St. Gabriel the Archangel
-- Annunciation of the BVM
-- Seven Sorrows of the BVM,
-- St. John Damascene, Palm Sunday
- 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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2010 Music Issue, Conclusion, and Psalms for the Scrutinies

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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, and much more in this busy episode!

Today's lineup:
- Please pray for Steve Ohmer, blogging partner at Christus Vincit - the BLOG!
- RIP: Richard Proulx and Richard Hillert
- Johnson's Lenten Shampoo (pictured left)
- - Music: Asperges Me (Mode VII)
- We've moved!
- iSNARK! Sports Commentary by Shamus O'Reilly. Topic: Figure skating
- Feasts for the Week:
- - St. John of God, St. Frances of Rome, Forty Holy Martyrs, St. Gregory the Great,
- - Laetare Sunday, St. Patrick, St. Cyril of Jerusalem,
- - St. Joseph, Husband of the BVM.
- Commercials (scattered): Krakowska Kielbasa and König Ludwig Weissbier
- Basso Profundo the Singing Fish chants Parce Domine (Mode I), with 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 in this segment includes:
- - Crown Him with Many Crowns (tune: Diademata)
- - Now Thank We All Our God (tune: Nun Danket)
- - Lord, who throughout these Forty Days (tune: St. Flavian)
- - I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (tune: Kingsfold)
- Three original Psalm settings for the RCIA: demonstrated by yours truly for instructional purposes only and not entertainment. Excerpts in this segment from:
- - If Today You Hear His Voice (Psalm 95); The Lord Is My Shepherd (Psalm 23);
- - With the Lord There Is Mercy (Psalm 130)
- - All three written by yours truly and can be found at the Chabanel Psalm Project.
- 2010 OCP Music Issue: Numbers 857 to end
- Musical Guest: 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
- Hire a snark!

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2010 Music Issue, Part 7, and Psalms for Lent

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

Today's lineup:
- 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".
- - St. John of Matha; St. Jerome Emiliani; St. Josephine Bakhita; St. Cyril of Alexandria;
- - St. Appolonia; St. Scholastica; Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Our Lady of Lourdes);
- - Seven Holy Founders of the Servants of the Blessed Virgin Mary; Quinquagesima Sunday;
- - SS. Faustinus and Jovita; Ash Wednesday; St. Simeon
- Commercials (scattered): our three official products, plus the Chabanel Responsorial 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. Music in this segment:
- - Holy, Holy, Holy (tune: Nicaea); Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (tune: Lobe den Herren)
- Don't Do This at Church (two scattered segments)
- Psalms for Lent 2010, written by yours truly, now part of the Chabanel Responsorial Psalm Project, and presented here for instructional purposes. Music in this segment:
- - Be Merciful, O Lord (Psalm 51); Be with Me, Lord (Psalm 91); The Lord is My Light (Psalm 27);
- - The Lord Is Kind and Merciful (Psalm 103); Taste and See (Psalm 34);
- - The Lord Has Done Great Things for Us (Psalm 126)
- 2010 Music Issue: Psalm section
- 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
- Hire a snark!

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2010 Music Issue, Part 6, and the FCAP Epidemic

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Today we finish off our rant on the hymn section of the OCP Music Issue (2010 edition), as well as discuss the misconceptions of FCAP (that "Full, Conscious, and Active Participation" that people often talk about in liturgical circles).

Today's lineup:
- Intro, and prayers for the Fr. Henry Mair, SA, who died last week.
- The FCAP Epidemic

- Feasts for the Week: February 1-7, 2010
- - St. Ignatius of Antioch; Presentation of the Lord/Purification of the BVM; St. Blaise
- - St. Ansgar; St. Andrew Corsini; St. Agatha; St. Paul Miki and companions; St. Titus; Sexagesima
- 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 in this segment:
- - Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (tune: Hyfrydol)
- - Faith of Our Fathers (tune: St. Catherine); Ubi Caritas (Mode VI)
- 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!)
- 2010 OCP Music Issue: Hymns #706-752
- Bob Savage warms everyone up by performing A Cup of Coffee in Winter, courtesy of Music Alley.
- Joey the GIRM on Top Ten Lists
- Hire a snark!

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2010 Music Issue, Part 5, and the Forthcoming Worship IV

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In addition to continuing our series on OCP's 2010 Music Issue, we'll get a glimpse of what to expect in GIA's forthcoming Worship - Fourth Edition.

Today's Lineup:
- My really freaky Facebook profile picture (as mentioned in the intro) is at left, compliments of Baseball Super Freaks.
- Medical happenings
- Takeoff on I'm Spartacus!, compliments of the Catholic Caveman
- My advantage over the late night TV wars
- The forthcoming Worship - Fourth Edition, which includes an interview by the Pray Tell Blog with GIA's Bob Batastini.

- Feasts for the Week:
- - Conversion of St. Paul, SS. Timothy and Titus, St. Polycarp, St. Angela Merici
- - St. John Chrysostom, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Peter Nolasco, St. Agnes
- - St. Francis de Sales, St. Martina, Septuagesima
- Commercials for our three official products (see 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

- 2010 OCP Music Issue: hymn numbers 624-705
- 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
- Hire a snark!

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2010 Music Issue, Part 4, and Ad Orientem

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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), 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!)

Today's lineup:
- Intro, and Ad Orientem
- Feasts for the Week:
- - St. Prisca, SS Marius, Martha, Audifax & Abachum, St. Canute, St. Fabian, St. Sebastian
- - St. Agnes, St. Vincent, St. Anastasius
- - Day of penance for violations to the dignity of the human person committed through acts of abortion, and of prayer for the full restoration of the legal guarantee of the right to life
- - St. Raymond of Penafort, St. Emerentiana
- Commercial: Krakowska Kielbasa (text written by David Lauria, tune: Lourdes Hymn, sung by Shamus and the Schleps)
- Basso Profundo, the Singing Fish sings Ubi Caritas (chant, Mode VI), but not before telling us how he outdrank Shamus O'Reilly
- Commercial: König Ludwig Weissbier (text written by yours truly, tune: Hanson Place, sung by members of the School of Snark Football Team)
- iSNARK! Fun Fact
- 2010 OCP Music Issue: Hymns 538-623
- 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 by Christus Vincit Whitewash
- Commercial: Christus Vincit Whitewash (text written by yours truly, tune: the chorus of Cielito Lindo, box design by David "Shamusrocks" Doyle)
- The Proper Way to Announce a Bad Song
- Hire a snark!

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2010 Music Issue, Part 3, and Psalms for Winter Ordinary Time

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Today we not only continue our 2010 Music Issue review, we introduce five brand-spankin'-new Psalm settings for you.

Today's lineup:
- The Catholic Grade Point Average of a couple of certain politicians
- Top Ten Reasons Why Progressives Don't Like to Use Chant
- Five new Responsorial Psalm settings for Sundays II through VI of Ordinary Time, written by yours truly, and uploaded to the Chabanel Responsorial Psalm Project
- - Proclaim His Marvelous Deeds (Psalm 96)
- - Your Words, Lord, Are Spirit and Life (Psalm 19)
- - I Will Sing of Your Salvation (Psalm 71)
- - In the Sight of the Angels (Psalm 138)
- - Blessed Are They Who Hope (Psalm 1)
- Commercial: Chabanel Responsorial Psalm Project
- Joey the GIRM returns for two new liturgical tips!

- 2010 Music Issue: Hymns #458-537
- Johnny Proctor returns with the tried and true Power to Believe, courtesy of Music Alley
- 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
- Hire a snark!

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2010 Music Issue, Part 2, and Clorox Martinis

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More on the 2010 Music Issue's issues, plus we talk about martinis infested with Clorox.

Today's lineup:
- Intro: We Three Snarks
- Liturgy 911: Papa Joe Ratzi and Frank A. Rinze pursue the Clorox Martini Lady (rerun from CVA #61 - yeah, the OLD show!). We follow with the origin of the Clorox Martini.
- Basso Profundo, the Singing Fish croons the Mode I chant setting of Ave Maria
- Don't Do This at Church
- 2010 Music Issue: Hymns #372-457
- Bubble rocks out with Christmas Time in Mars, courtesy of Music Alley
- iSNARK! Fun Fact (two instances)

- 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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2010 Music Issue

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We're back, and under a new moniker:

We've kept much of the same and added some new stuff. Shamus O'Reilly has returned (albiet crocked), as did Fr. Jud Fry (albeit sober). Very soon, we'll be bringing back our Liturgy 911 friends Papa Joe Ratzi and Frank A. Rinze, as well as new Top Ten lists, and many more.

We've also added a new voice to the mix, Basso Profundo, the Singing Fish ("Basso" rhymes with "Lasso"; after all, he IS a fish). We even added a new segment to try out, called One of These Things Is Not Like the Others, where you can try to figure out which one is about as misfit as a Charlie in the Box.

Today's outline:
- Intro by a really bad Don Pardo imitator
- Yours truly confesses to Fr. Jud McFry about my whereabouts
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Exsultets with Bad Bongos Edition (Red Sox Cap Tip to Rich at Catholic Light), brought to you by Poncho Ladies Invade Santa Barbara (a commercial for it follows this clip).
- Shamus gets "pre-smashed" before the New Year's Eve party and gives a shout out to one of our listeners.
- Basso Profundo, the Singing Fish croons Of the Father's Love Begotten.

- We reveal the 2010 OCP Music Issue's Issues (hymns numbered 301-371)
- Charlie Crowe performs his own Christmas tune, The Little Drummer Dude, courtesy of Music Alley (formerly the Podsafe Music Network).
- One of These Things Is Not Like the Others: Christmas Edition. See if you can find the misfits!
- Don't Do This at Church: The Mass Is Ended

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