Fitzcarraldo by The Frames (video is The Swell Season) – In one recording, Glen introduces the song by saying “This song was written after watching a movie about a man who pulled a ship over a mountain. I think we’ve all got a lot of ships we’re trying to pull over mountains.” In another he describes it as though you’re moving forward and sometimes you hit this invisible wall and so you try to go around it, but you end up go all the way around the world and just end up right back where you started rather than just going through it to begin with.
[Note: Glen Hansard is the leader of both The Frames and The Swell Season. The song was originally released on the The Frames' 1996 album Fitzcarraldo.]
Watched Inception… maybe they should have called it Incredible… Check out my review at TOC
Saturday:
Drove the Garage Sale tour bus… or Kia
Took a nap
Last week we bought a freestanding outdoor swing (like a porch swing). When I took it apart to move it, I realized that it had more rust than I thought, so I bought some paint to touch it up. Well, I realized very quickly that I was going to have to paint the whole thing, which really isn’t as bad as it sounds.
Took Lincoln to the park in Grapevine to play with his friend Joanna. Had a great time and ran into some other friends there as well.
Sunday:
Church. I led the singles group and had a great time.
Nap.
Worked on the swing.
Watched a movie, played Playstation, and cleaned house while Katie worked.
Just an observation. I’ve only read 1 proper book this year. The rest has been a few novels, a couple of audiobooks, and a handful of TPBs. It’s about time to get my brain working again.
[I've been slow in posting this week because my mornings have been taken up with playing in the band for our church Vacation Bible School.]
Yesterday morning, in our men’s Bible study group, I was informed that the mayor of Coppell (where I work) had died in what was presumably a murder/suicide the night before. This was shocking to all of us because on the 4th of July, we had her here in our worship service where we honored her with a plaque for her service to our community. About 4 weeks before this, she had been on campus along with Chamber of Commerce members giving her annual state of the city address.
We hear stories like this all the time, but this one has been shockingly close to home.
I work in a church, so we see a lot of births, wedding and funerals. Strangely, though, I didn’t see this nearly as much at the previous church I worked at – well, except for the births, there were a lot of those. I think the difference is all about location. That was a very open community and commuter location. This is a very small, secluded community and we are one of the mainstays of the neighborhood.
In less than a year of working here we’ve buried two infants, seen a local middle schooler die tragically, and lost a number of adult parents of our church members. At my previous church, I know that we conducted a couple of funerals in my time there, but they didn’t really seem to effect the whole church or community at large.
After having worked so long on the video that we played the day the mayor was here and participating in the 4th of July parade, I feel a lot more connected to this community and so things like this are just a lot more pronounced, I guess. It will be interesting to see how this plays out over the next few days and weeks as the community processes what has happened and we determine how we can reach out and support those who have been affected.
Fire and Rain by James Taylor -This song is just difficult to get through. I’m not sure if it’s his voice or the lyric or the combination of the two. It’s so haunting. Like Homeward Bound, there’s really nothing more to say.
You may not know it, but I have a Tumblr account called Music of the Day. It’s just a running log of what I’m listening to at any given time (though it may not always be real time).
So, if you’re intrigued by the weird music that I often reference on here, or you’re looking to discover something new (or old), you should RSS it and shoot me a note whenever you think that I’ve crossed too many genres in a given day. The Random Post button can be fun, too.
Also, if you happen to be a guitarist, I’m selling a few pedals on Craigslist. If you’re interested, email me through Craigslist and mention this post, I might knock off a couple of bucks.
It’s Thursday, so there’s a new TV Throwdown over at TOC. Today’s topic: an ode to my favorite screenwriter and two of the greatest television programs of the last 20 years that were canceled before their time. Editors Note: I’ve misspelled canceled 3 times in the last 12 hours.
