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Month: February 2011
what is it about words? a rant in response to a preamble
Music sits alongside religion as an opiate for the masses, and when music joins religion, it’s a truly powerful drug—one that scares the crap out of me sometimes.
daily kaddish: jenelle keltto mandsager
[powerpress] Jenelle Keltto and Michael Mandsager were classmates of mine at St Olaf College.
recent kaddishim: on connection and music
Something unexpected happened a few weekends ago. I asked Mira to record the text of the Mourner’s Kaddish for me, and she did, and then everything changed. We are nearing the end of the first three months. We have almost ten months to go on this daily musical exchange, according to the Julian calendar, because this is a leap year in the Hebrew calendar, which adds not just a leap day but a whole leap month. And after what felt like a lifetime of awful recordings to both of us, we’re both starting to enjoy the music.
the problem with music: a preamble in expectation of a response
I’ve got to put my cards on the table here. Finally. I’ve let my collaborator-extraordinaire do all the music-talking, and I’ve sat in the shadows and nodded (frequently without comprehension) and watched — and mostly listened. Sometimes I’ve even heard. The fact is, I can’t believe I agreed to this contract we have at all….
daily kaddish: 4, 3, 2, 1
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daily kaddish: horn, shofar, didgeridoo
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daily kaddish: peppy
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daily kaddish: ziggy
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daily kaddish: shofar amein
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