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The Sense of the Census

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:42:44 -0400

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Vatican Music

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:24:01 -0400

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Beauty and Ms. Boyle

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:36:41 -0400

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“Noah, How Long Can You Tread Water?”

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:06:06 -0500

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Happy New Liturgical Year!

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500

Happy New Year. Yes, I’m pushing it, but not as much as you think. I’m not talking about those woozie performances of “Auld Lang Syne” and the Rose Bowl, but instead the first Sunday of Advent that started off this week.

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Some Notes on the Music Front

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:40:44 -0500

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Halloween Extravaganza & Procession of the Ghouls

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:00:16 -0400

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The Popsicle Index

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

It’s hot here in Tennessee and I’m thinking about Popsicles. I’ll get back to that.

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Looking for Mary in Christmas Carols

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

It’s Christmas, so we’re singing carols. OK, it’s not Christmas, it’s really Advent, and “carol” has a particular set of musicological meanings that don’t have anything to do with Christmas—but we call almost any tune we sing in December a “carol” (even that culinary chestnuts song) and the speaker at the stand where I pump my gas has been blaring “Hark the Herald” since mid-November—so cut me some slack.

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One College That’s Getting It Right

Fri, 16 May 2008 15:16:45 -0400

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