#Joseph W. Tobin

[maturemenoftvandfilms]

The Cardinal Who Lifts Weight

Featuring Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin

For about a year, us guys at the gym just called him Joe. He would get his reps in during his early morning workouts a few feet from me under or close to the wall clock. When I would glance at the clock, his eyes would often meet mine. I began to notice his entrancing eyes, and I would find myself admiring his stocky 6' 3”, 70-year-old figure. His graying brown hair covered by a skull-printed do-rag, which I found oddly appealing. He was friendly and would greet me by name when we walked past each other.

Meanwhile, while I suspected he might be interested, I would resolve to not convey any gay vibe to encourage him. The tension I was feeling was distracting and unwelcome.

One day when he was finishing up and getting dressed, I commented that I'd always wanted to have thicker thighs like his. He seemed flustered at first, then I elaborated its only men who ever develop nice legs like that and stared at his crotch. He smiled and we shot the shit for a bit before I swallowed all my fears and just asked him if he wanted to "fool around." lol I still can't believe I fucking said that.

“I'm a priest,” Joe quickly answered. “In fact,” He said, his voice growing quieter so no one could hear in earshot, “I’m the archbishop of Newark.”

Apparently, Joe was also known as Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin. A prelate of the Catholic Church and he has been the Archbishop of Newark since 2017. I was surprised as I never would have thought he was a priest. I mean this guy is benching two and a quarter! Still sensing interest as we talked, I moved closer to him until I could easily reach out and touch his leg, which I did. He was still wearing his gym shorts and I got a thrill out of rubbing my hand against his hairy leg.

“I could use some action, but I don’t have a place to go.” He told me.

“Me neither.” I said, not wanting to take him to my apartment.

“You want to come out to the car with me.” The old man leaned over and whispered in my ear.

“Sure.” I said.

“Let me go first. I’ll meet you on the street behind the gym.” The old man said and then got up from his sit.

I watched as he walked out of the gym. God! Did he look wonderful! I got up after I figured he had time to get to his car and quickly followed him out. I found him waiting for me just around the corner of the gym.

“Here’s my car.” He said pointing to a black Chevy Tahoe and proceeded to unlock the door, getting inside the backseat. I hurried around to the other side of the SUV and got in.

Almost immediately, he fished his slightly weathered fingers inside his shorts and pulled out first his short cut dick and then after much struggling his huge set of bull sized balls. I nearly nutted. Something about seeing someone you were lusting after for a year with his dick out tends to do that to you. Joe was surprisingly already hard, stroking his boner while waiting for me to get my cock out. As I did, Joe moved his hand over to grasp my cock and began a gentle massage. I responded in kind and held his hard dick, feeling the warm prong in my grasp. Looking back, I can laugh at the almost hysterical grabbing and fondling of this frantic first encounter.

“I’ll watch out.” He said in a stern voice charged with sexual excitement. Fortunately, the place was deserted, and we were so off the beaten path that I didn't even know where we were, and I knew the place pretty well.

Joe's dick was throbbing when I put my mouth over it and began to suck this old priest off. He hadn't received many blowjobs and seemed delighted to have me pumping up and down on his dick. Joe was so excited that he made me stop a couple of times so he wouldn't cum, even having me stop jiggling his balls as well. He apologized for being so excited, but in the end he lost control anyway as without warning he grabbed me by the hair and forced my head down on it as far as I could take it. He began spurting his musky load into my mouth while groaning loudly as he ran his hands through my hair.

I took it all as he screamed in ecstasy. It was fantastic to know I could give him so much pleasure. He gently released me, still hissing through his teeth and breathing frantically.

"Oh god that felt good." He said as I sat upright.

With that, Joe leaned over and took my 7” cock straight down his throat, right up to my balls, which were aching by this time. The sight of my cock entering his mouth still is, to this day, one of my favorite sights in the world. The sensation was indescribable as he sucked excitedly and gently on my cock. Thankfully, I’ve always taken a long time to cum, so I knew I’d be fine as he went down on me. Joe pushed his head down on my cock as far as he could without gagging. So far in fact, I felt the head rubbing the back of his throat.

After that, I couldn't last with all the pent up sexual tension and I squirmed to let him know I was about to cum and he just said, "I want to taste your cum."

Joe got what he wanted, because he was such a skilled cocksucker that my orgasm raced through my loins in a rush, and my cock spurted what seemed like an ungodly amount of cum into the throat of my gym buddy. And he took it all effortlessly. And when my cock stopped ejaculating, he did his best to empty my nuts, sucking eagerly on my deflating dick while he massaged my balls. I finally had to gently pry him off me, and even after my dick left his mouth he kept licking and flicking the tip of my cock with his tongue while my cum trickled out of the corner of his mouth.

When Joe finally finished, he pulled his head up and looked at me. I know he was wondering how it was so I told him it was fantastic before he could ask.

That's how I got to plowing a straight older guy from my gym in the back seat of my truck. Before any of that, on several occasions we'd exchanged glances. That was my first indication he might be curious.

[mydaddywiki]

Joseph W. Tobin

Physique: Average Build Height: 6’ 3" (1.91 m)

Joseph William Tobin, CSsR, (born May 3, 1952-) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. A member of the Redemptorist order, he has been the Archbishop of Newark since 2017. He previously served as the Archbishop of Indianapolis from 2012 to 2016 and as secretary of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life from 2010 to 2012. He has been a cardinal since November 19, 2016.

Lets see, he’s a tall, handsome Irish-American who likes Bob Seger, plays piano, lift weights and speaks five languages, who went from being the oldest of 13 children living in Detroit to the pinnacle of the global church. Nice. Nice. Also he’s LGBT friendly. What? Other than Cardinal Timothy Dolan, I've never wanted to fuck a priest more… are the words I never thought I would say.

[project1939]

100+ Films of 1952

Film number 148: Face to Face

Release date: November 14th, 1952 

Studio: RKO 

Genre: drama 

Director: John Brahm 

Producer: Huntington Hatford, Norman A. Manning, George W. Tobin 

Actors: James Mason, Robert Preston, Gene Lockhart 

Plot Summary: This film is a two-part anthology consisting of Joseph Conrad and Stephen Crane stories. The first is about a mysterious man swimming in the ocean who is rescued and hidden by a British Naval Captain, and the second is about a small town Texas Marshall who sneaks off to get married, leaving a gun-slinging drunk to terrorize the town. 

My Rating (out of five stars): ***¼ 

This is the fourth anthology film I’ve seen from 1952. (We’re Not Married, O. Henry’s Full House, and Actors and Sin were the others.) This one had the same two-story format as Actors and Sin, but it was a much better film. The stories aren’t really connected by anything, even though the narration at the beginning says they are both about “two strong men who stand opposed,” but I think that's a bit of a stretch. The good acting and the interesting stories are what make this worth a watch. 

The Good: 

James Mason is kind of a thinking woman’s dreamboat, and he was what made me decide to watch this. His role as the Captain required a lot of tortured pondering through non-verbal communication, and he is truly a master at it.  

Robert Preston. I was extremely curious to see him play a cowboy! I’m not sure I was entirely convinced- he's so seared into my memory as the fast-talking Harold Hill from The Music Man. He was undeniably good at the awkward subtle comedy of a bumbling new groom, however. He cracked me up. 

The casts in general were both very strong with many good character actors. 

Olive Carey as the old saloon keeper Laura Lee was one of the big highlights for me. Her dour line delivery and unflappable demeanor were perfect. 

The stories were both intriguing, even if they weren’t tightly plotted and filled with action. I always had some curiosity about what might happen next. 

A spooky eerie atmosphere was well created in the first film. 

The lighter comedy moments in the second one were fun. 

Both were visually interesting in their own ways, but the second was especially creative with some of its shot compositions. 

The Bad: 

The “two movies in one” format is hard to pull off; there’s really no way for it to not feel disjointed. 

At times I felt like I was watching Westinghouse Studio One, because the format for that show was a 50-minute self-contained performance. Each half of this film was about 45 minutes, so it really gave off Anthology TV vibes... Which isn’t totally a bad thing- it just made the film seem cheaper somehow? 

I almost wished each story was given a full 90 minutes to deepen it a little. 

The title's kinda dumb, ngl.

[jgthirlwell]

2021 Year In Review

This year once again I invited some friends and colleagues to reflect on 2021

JG Thirlwell

Composer 
Foetus Xordox Manorexia Steroid Maximus Venture Bros Archer

Here are a lot of albums I enjoyed in 2021, in no particular order.

Low Hey What (Sub Pop) Amon Tobin How Do You Live (NoMark) Caterina Barbieri Fantas Variations (Edition Mego) Michael Gordon and Cello Octet Amsterdam 8 (Canteloupe) Gazelle Twin and NYX Deep England (NYX Collective Records) / Gazelle Twin Welcome to the Blumhouse Nocturne OST (Lakeshore) Floating Points & Pharoah Sanders Promises (Luaka Bop) Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble NOW (International Anthem) Murmuüre Murmuüre (Bandcamp) Le Silo 3.27830 (Disc Union) Black Midi Cavalcade (Rough Trade) Red Fang Arrows (Relapse) Gojira Fortitude (Roadrunner) Royal Blood Typhoons (Warners) Alarmist Sequesterer (Small Pond) Melvins Working With God (Ipecac) Danny Elfman Big Mess (ANTI) Gaspard Auge Escapades (Because Music) Noveller Aphantasia (Bandcamp) Cheap Trick Another World (BMG) clipping Visions Of Bodies Being Burned (SubPop) The Bug Fire (Ninja Tune) Pan Daijing Jade (Pan) Blanck Mass Calm With Horses OST (Invada)/ In Ferneaux (Sacred Bones) Converge and Chelsea Wolfe Bloodmoon I (Epitaph) Hiro Kone Silvercoat The Throng (Dais) Space Afrika Honest Labor (Dais) Rob Aiki Aubrey Lowe Candyman OST (Sacred Bones) Andrew WK God Is Partying (Napalm) Jonny Greenwood The Power Of The Dog OST (Invada) The Fraternal Order of the All The Fraternal Order of the All (YouTube) Giant Claw Mirror Guide (Orange Milk) Sourdure De Mort Viva (Les Disques du Festival Permanent) Manchester Orchestra The Million Masks of God (Lomo Vista) Teho Teardo Elipses dans l'Harmonie (Specula) Idles Crawler (Partisan) Suryummy Polynators (Constellation Tatsu) The Armed Ultrapop (Sargent House) VoidDweller Employee (Bandcamp) Daniel Davies Spies (Sacred Bones) Muqata’a Kamil Manqus (Hundebiss Records) Sparks Annette OST (Milan) Caleb Landry Jones Gadzooks Vol 1 (Sacred Bones) Lana Del Rey Blue Banisters (Polydor) Zombi Liquid Crystal EP (Relapse) Ursula Sereghy OK Box (Gin and Platonic) Helm Axis (Dais) Squid Bright Green Field (Warp) Kyoka Is (Is superpowered) (Raster) Bryce Dessner / Ensemble Resonanz Tenebre (Resonanz Raum) All Traps On Earth A Drop of Light (AMS Records) Kemper Norton Troillia (Bandcamp) Real Loud Real Loud (New Focus)

Film and TV

Year of the Dog Bacurau Zola The French Dispatch Pen 15

Live performances

Didn't see too many this year but standouts were Tredici Bacci (three times) Idles Human Impact Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe King Crimson LustSickPuppy Lydia Lunch Tyshawn Sorey

Books

I read a ton of memoirs this year. Standouts were Mark Lanegan Sing Backwards and Weep Duncan Hannah Twentieth Century Boy Bruce Springsteen Born To Run Edward Norton Permanent Record John Lurie The History Of Bones David Crosby Long Time Gone Wayne Kramer The Hard Stuff

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Thurston Moore

Thirty killer recordings I had the pleasure to come across in 2021, all new performances from a galaxy of inspired lights. Keep on shinin’, friends! ---Thurston Moore / Sonic Life

1. Seafoam Walls - XVI (Daydream Library LP) 2. Xopher Davidson - Lux Perpetua (Daydream Library LP) 3. Wobbly - Popular Monitress (Hausu Mountain cassette) 4. Farida Amadou & Pavel Tchikov - Mal De Terre (Trouble In Mind cassette) 5. Luke Stewart - Works For Electric Bass Guitar (Triptickstapes cassette) 6. Ana da Silva & DJ Mooncup - Shouting Out Loud (Noods Radio cassette) 7. Joseph Nechvatal - Selected Sound Works (1981-2021) (Pentiments cassette) 8. Wharton Tiers - Wharton's Expanding Jazz Band (self released digital) 9. Moor Mother - Circuit City (Black Quantum Futurism LP w/ Playbill) 10. Michael R. Bernstein - Blind In Sight (self released cassette) 11. Marshall Trammell & Aaron Turner - Experimental Love I & II (Sige cassette) 12. Jaimie Branch - Fly Or Die Live (International Anthem 2XLP) 13. Twig Harper - Classical Electronics (Radical Documents cassette) 14. Ava Mendoza - New Spells (Relative Pitch cassette) 15. Michael Morley - Electric Guitar (Radical Documents cassette) 16. Gerald Cleaver - Griots - (Positive Elevation LP) 17. Title TK - Metallic TK (self released cassette) 18. Sophie Cooper - Goodbye Gemini (Borley Rectory cassette) 19. Co-ed - s/t (Sludgepeople cassette) 20. Gergesenes - Exorcism of the Gerasene Demoniac (Banner Of Blood cassette) 21. Orphan Fairytale - Titania Moon (Ultra Eczema LP) 22. Joe Morris & Damon Smith - Gusts Against Particles (Open Systems LP) 23. The Bohman Brothers - In Their 70s (Fort Evil Fruit cassette) 24. Natalie Beridze - Mapping Debris (Monika Enterprise cassette) 25. Tasos Stamou & Alan Wilkinson - Whenever (Ikuisuus cassette) 26. Irons - Unto The Kingdom (self released digital) 27. Alan Braufman & Cooper-Moore - Live at WKCR May 22, 1972 (Valley Of Search 12”) 28. Nihilist Spasm Band - Nothing Is Hard To Do (But We Try) (We Are Busy Bodies 7”) 29. Gaahls WYRD - The Humming Mountain (Season Of Mist 10”) 30. White People Killed Them - (Sige LP)

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Tom Recchion

LAFMS

Best of 2021

Music Elephant9 - Arrival Of the New Elders and their whole catalog (Rune Gramophone) Gentle Fire — Explorations (1970 - 1973) (Paradigm Discs PD 35) Allen Ravenstine - Shore Leave & Electron Music (Wave Shaper Media WSM 05.6) Allen Ravenstine - Nautilus & Rue Du Poisson Noir (Wave Shaper Media WSM 07.8) Joni Mitchell - Archive Vol 1 & 2 -plus the whole initiative (I’m waiting on the vinyl for #2) (Rhino) Needlepoint - Walking Up That Valley and their whole catalog David Toop and Ryuichi Sakamoto LIVE (ThirtyThree ThirtyThree Records TTTT0070) David Toop, Akio Suzuki & Lawrence English - “Breathing Spirit Forms” (Room 140 RM4171) Doris Wishman - “The Best Of…” (Modern Harmonic MH-8236) Something Weird Spook Show Spectaular A-Go-Go (Modern Harmonic MH-8205) Psychedelic Sex Kicks -soundtrack (Modern Harmonic MH-8223) CAN - the 2 LIVE albums (MUTE/SPOON) Evind Aarset/Jan Bang - Dream Logic - “Surrender” in particular 2012 (ECM) Thomas Stronon - Mercurial Balm (ECM) Smegma - Name Of the Frame (Molokoplus Records Plus 135) Jefferson Airplane - Acid, Incense and Balloons (RCA 194398442617-RSD) Jimi Hendrix Experience - :Paris 67 (Dagger Records 19439893031) LAFMS - Los Angeles Free Music Society VOD box (Vinyl On Demand VOD171)

Music Rediscoveries/Reappraisals/New Appreciations John Lennon Plastic Ono Band The entire Jefferson Airplane catalog Radu Malfatti/Stephan Wittwer - Und? (FMP 0470)

Viewings Succession (HBO) Get Back (Disney+) P.S. Burn This Letter Please (Kanopy)
Plan 9 From Outer Space (b/w & colorized) Anytime day or night The Mandalorian (Disney+) The White Lotus (HBO) Blown-Away (Netflix) The Great British Pottery Throw-down (HBO Max) What We Do In The Shadows (EFX) Velvet Underground  the Todd Haynes doc (AppleTV) Jorma Kaukonen Quarantine Concerts from Fur Peace Ranch with on occasion Hot Tuna. Streaming performances every Saturday night. For Free. Stunning and so generous. (YouTube)

Books Joe Potts - “Daily Planet” Hesse Press Butte Free Music Society “Sputterring and Distorted/A Reluctant History Of the BUFMS/Butte County Free Music Society/ Encyclopedia Spastica by Fen Addison with S. Glass That's How Strong My Love Is by David Loehr Organic Music Societies by Lawrence Kumpf Along Comes The Association by Russ Giguere Canyon Of Dreams by Harvey Kubernik The World’s Worst: A Guide To the Portsmouth Sinfonia by Christopher M. Reeves, Aaron Walker, et al. The Lyrics of Syd Barrett by Rob Chapman A New Day Yesterday by Mike Barnes Side By Side by Robert Wyatt & Alfie Benge When Can I Fly/The Sleepers, Tuxedo Moon & Beyond by Michael Belfer Creatures of the Night That We Loved So Well/ TV Horror Hosts of Southern California by James M Fetters The Art of John Schroeder - Private Press Bruce Houston - An Exceptional Artist with an Odd Sense Of Humor - Private Press Bruce Houston - Hospital Drawings - Private Press

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Tim Parkinson

Composer

BOOKS Helen Marten - The Boiled In Between Polly Barton - Fifty Sounds The poetry of Jeff Hilson 3 volumes of Picasso biography by John Richardson James Castle: Memory Palace by John Beardsley

MUSIC Minds in Flux by George Lewis Xanadu by Mildred Couper String Quartet No.5 by Matteo Fargion Natural World by Laurence Crane The amazing live performance by Siwan Rhys and Mark Knoop of Çoğluotobüsişletmesi by Clarence Barlow Gated - Alex Ward (Discus) Electric music - John White (ANTS) Pain Olympics - Crack Cloud (Meat Machine) gwneud a gwneud eto/do and do again - Angharad Davies (all that dust) The Boring Music Show (keithfem.com)

TV/FILM P’tit Quinquin In Between Portrait of a Lady on Fire Vivarium Parasite Roma Bacarau Capernaum

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Felix Kubin

Composer

Some wonderful (re-)encounters and sad farewells.

Francoise Cactus (1964 - 2021) The queen of the Berlin underground. A real anarchist and a very dear friend who died much too young.

Peter Rehberg (1968 - 2021) A great personality with a true passion for independent, experimental music and a cutting sense of humour. His brilliant mind will be missed.

Alvin Lucier (1931 - 2021) One of the most important encounters of my life. I interviewed him in 2004 in New York for my radio play „Paralektronoia“. His idea to focus on the room reflections instead of the original sound source changed my view on music profoundly.

Bernd Schurer Suisse Klangkünstler, psycho-acoustician and film composer who I met 20 years ago. One of the last romanticists who has always lived his life to the extreme.

Victoria Keddie A brilliant video artist, musician, telescopist and curator with a glint of flamboyance in her eye.

Matt Wand Genius quick-change artist, transformer and plunderphonic confusionist. A collaborator of things unreal.

Lucrecia Dalt A sculptor of romantic electronic songs on the edge of the unorganic. Our messenger of alien night life. Outlandish, poetic and courageous.

Doug Shipton Doug, half of Finders Keepers Records and half a cypress tree. His friendship is a constant breeze of fresh air in my mental locker.

Booty Carrell One of my oldest friends. A fantastic (radio) DJ and archaeologist of the obscure paths of world music. Also a great supporter of young musicians. I need to visit him soon.

Knut Aufermann & Sarah Washington The most inventive and (in the best possible sense) megalomaniac radio artists and curators I know. Close friends and wine enthusiasts, too.

Lucile Desamory A supernatural film maker, performer, martial arts fighter and telepathic friend.

Marie Losier My dear Marie! A brilliant film artist who breaks all the rules with a thunderous laughter.

Sven-Åke Johansson A genius performing artist who - at the age of 78 - constantly amazes with inventive, bizarre and cheeky ways of playing his "exploded drum set".

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Teho Teardo

Composer

I dreamt the pandemic would have stopped us all being able to learn. Like a fracture, a refusal to absorb anything further. We didn’t understand it was happening. Unconsciously I guess I’ve been looking for answers in books, films, music. More than ever. Here’s something I think I’ve found:

3 books Claire Keegan - Small things like these Max Porter - The death of Francis Bacon Ernesto De Martino - La fine del mondo

3 music books John Lurie - The History of Bones Gilbert Rouget - La musique et la transe. Esquisse d’une théorie générale des relations de la musique et de la possession Eliane Radigue - Intermediary spaces

3 books I gave as presents Carlo Ginzburg - I Benandanti Chandra Candiani - Questo immenso non sapere Graham Duff - Foreground Music

3 books given to me Claire Keegan - Foster Kae Tempest - On connection Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing - The mushroom at the end of the world

3 albums Lump - Animal Masma Dream World - Play at Night Richard Skelton - Four Workings

3 albums I gave as presents Matt Sweeney & Bonnie Prince Billy - Superwolves Giancarlo Toniutti - Batlahatli David Shea - The Art of Memory

3 albums given to me Luigi Maramotti - Knot Music Xordox - Omniverse Massimo Toniutti - Il museo selvatico (reprint)

3 songs I wish I had written Pino Daniele - Appocundria (Because of my reoccurring dream in which I call a friend in Napoli pretending to speak neapolitan) Robbie Basho - Blue Crystal Fire The Ghost of Sauris (I suppose I wrote it, but I dreamt it was written by someone else, since I couldn’t fine anyone who has written it I guess it came to me as a dream, but I keep thinking it belongs to someone else)

3 songs discovered by chance using Shazam Charlie Megira - The Coochimama Swingers (bookstore in Brooklyn) Lee Scratch Perry - Having a Party (record store in Roma) Blake Mills - Vanishing Twin (taylor in Roma)

3 films L’isola di Arturo (Damiano Damiani) The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion) Todo Modo (Elio Petri)

3 albums I’ve just picked up from a shelf using a random numeric generator Vivenza - Réalités Servomécaniques P16D4 & Swimming Behaviour of the Human Infant - Nicht Niemand Nirgends Nie! Steroid Maximus - Quilombo

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MV Carbon

Composer / Perfromer

2020-2021 Abounding Sound

impaired data declares achievement sensitive souls drown in bereavement maskless spew infiltrates dew hope maneuvers the residue spike proteins, vaccines gouge our arm hinting we are far from harm delusions dissolve contemplation assumptions contaminate the population social media distorts our sense with vapid poses of self pretense grotesque beauty smears the screens comparing bodies, achievements, dreams deep fakes intimidate misinformation procures high rates speculations bubble on exposed lips supply chains coagulate with skewed ships consumerism blasts junk into space   the wheezing earth melts in place landscapes rise like a tainted lung repulsions leech onto songs unsung games of stillness heal stress friendships seek more realness constrained voices contend to shout compassion eradicates fear and doubt rhyme rhythm music meaning dancing kissing crying gleaming abounding sound inspired together shifts life altogether

-MV Carbon

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Steve Moore

composer, Zombi

2021

I don’t know too many people who can honestly say they had a great year. I certainly can’t, but here are some things that helped get me through this mess.

Psycho Goreman It’s funny, violent, gory and even heartwarming at times. Great practical effects and creature design, and the cast was incredible - especially Mimi. Fantastic film, highly recommended.

Marvel’s What If… Full disclosure, most of what I watched this year was with my kids, so that skews things a bit. But having been a fan of the “What If…” comics series as a teen in the late 80’s/early 90’s, I truly appreciated the work they put in on this one. Some episodes are better than others, but the season finale pulls it all together in an incredibly satisfying way. And fun for the whole family!

Keith Mansfield - KPM ‘Vivid Underscores’ This album was originally released in ’77, but it just received a well-deserved reissue from Be With records. Library music is absolutely my jam, and this has been on my want list for years. Evocative underscores that will make your life feel way more exciting. I like to listen to it while cleaning, or driving.

Night Lunch - “House Full of Shit” I don’t know anything about this band and have not heard any of their albums, but a friend hipped me to this tune and it’s incredible. Definitely watch the video.

Pino Palladino + Blake Mills - “Ekuté” My favorite 5 and a half minutes of music released this year. I’ve been a fan of Pino since Paul Young covered Hall & Oates’ “Every Time You Go Away” back in ’85, and I love watching him mature and grow as a musician. The entire album, ‘Notes With Attachments,’ is incredible, but this song really does it for me. I’m a big fan of 70’s West African music and these dudes really nail the groove, and add their own special touch.

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John King

Composer

My 2021 Highlights:

music - (in no particular order)

Future Faith - Lime Rickey International

Dirge - Joanna Mattrey

Work for Upright Bass and Amplifier vol.1 (vol.2 releases 2022)- Luke Stewart

That Was Then, This Is Now - Christina Wheeler

Afrofuturism - Michael Wimberly

Migration of Silence Into and Out of The Tone World – [Volumes 1–10] - William Parker

Wild At Heart - Pauline Kim Harris; Chaconne Project

Cairns - Gelsey Bell

Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis - Matana Roberts (released 2019, acquired 2021)

i was gifted by a friend the complete live Hendrix/Band of Gypsys at Fillmore East 1969-1970 - "Songs for Groovy Children” - spent a good part of Jan/Feb 2021 with my guitar tuned down a half-step, playing along with, re-learning the tunes, licks, solos from this amazing set of 8 LP’s

Before going into live in-person recording sessions in the fall 2021, I re-discovered and also played along with the tunes/energies of: Sonny Sharrock - Black Woman

Black Unity Trio - Al-Fatihah

Julius Hemphill - Dogon A.D.

movies - The Present - Farah Nablusi (BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated) a beautiful 20min long film, which captures the brutal, unjust inhumanity of Apartheid Israel through  the reality of what a Palestinian family must go through following “a day in their life”. A MUST SEE FILM.

Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” - Ahmir “Qwestlove” Thompson more than a live concert film, this is about an era, the time of a “before/after” moment in culture and society. I hope Qwestlove makes a director’s cut that in 24 hours long, with ALL the live concert footage.

books - Against The Loveless World - Susan Abulhawa

You Exist Too Much - Zaina Arafat

The Little Edges (pub. 2015, acquired 2021) - Fred Moten

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Jason Berry

Nubdug Ensemble / Vacuum Tree Head

Favorite musical releases of the past year-or-so:

G Calvin Weston - Hydrogen 77 Frank Zappa - 200 Motels (50th Anniversary Box Set) Jair-Rohm Parker Wells / Robert Musso / G Calvin Weston - Wells Musso Weston Prince - Sign 'O' the Times (Box Set) The Galaxy Electric - Tomorrow Was Better Yesterday The Splatter Trio with Steve Benson - It's a Stool Pigeon Universe (book + CD package) Headboggle - Digital Digital Analog Pat Metheny - Side Eye NYC Pas Musique - Psychedelic Talismans Chris Potter Circuits Trio - Sunrise Reprise Dax Pierson - Nerve Bumps Stereolab - Electrically Possessed (Switched On Vol. 4) Pino Palladino and Blake Mills - Notes With Attachments Chansons du Crépuscule (Elliott Sharp + Hélene Breschand) - Aube Henry Threadgill Zooid - Poof Amanda Chaudhary - Meow Meow Band Xordox - Omniverse Interstellar Grains - Cubed

Recent reading, maybe not all were published this past year: Joy Harjo - Poet Warrior: A Memoir Malcolm Gladwell - Talking to Strangers Yuval Noah Harari - Sapiens Colson Whitehead - Harlem Shuffle Elliott Sharp - IrRational Music Jim Woodring - And Now, Sir - Is This Your Missing Gonad?

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DJ Food

Music: Snow Palms - Land Waves LP (Village Green) Robert Fripp - Music for Quiet Moments (DGM) DJ Format - Devil's Workshop LP Trevor Jackson - Underdog 1993-1998 radio mix (NTS) CAVS - CAVS 12" (PHC) The Nevermen - Treat 'Em Right (Boards of Canada remix) DL (Lex) Vanishing Twin - Ookii Gekkou LP (Fire Records) Jay Glass Dubs - Jungle Shuffle 12" (The Wormhole) Brian Eno - The Lighthouse (Sonos HD) Regal Worm - The Hideous Goblink LP (Quatermass) Ternion Sound - Dovetail (Kursa remix) 12” (Next Level)

Podcasts: Martyn Ware - Electronically Yours Ed Piskor / Jim Rugg - Cartoonist Kayfabe (YouTube) Stephen Coates - The Bureau of Lost Culture We Buy Records (Apple podcasts) Matt Black - Pirate TV (Twitch/FB/YouTube)

Gigs / Events: Vanishing Twin - Pensiero Magico live stream Jan 20th Alice In Wonderland @ The V&A Museum, London Savage Pencil @ OrbitalSpace, London The Light Surgeons 'Atemporal' @ Iklectik, London The The's Comeback Special premier @ Troxy Cinema, London Jonny Trunk's Groovy Record Fayre @ Mildmay Club, London People Like Us - Gone, Gone Beyond @The Pit Theatre, Barbican, London Anicka Yi - Aerobes @ Tate Modern, London

Design / Packaging: Hattie Cooke - The Sleepers LP (Spun Out of Control) King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - live bootlegs series LP (Fuzz Club) Une - Spomenik LP (Spun Out Of Control) Cos - Mix LP (Finders Keepers) The Third Man Records shop in Soho, London Pepe Deluxe - The Phantom Cabinet vol.1 LP (Catskills) The Zen Delay (Ninja Tune / Erica Synths) Kingston University Stylophone Orchestra - Stylophonika (Spun Out Of Control) Brian Eno's turntable

Books / Magazines / Comics: Rain Like Hammers - Brandon Graham (Image) Bedroom Beats & B-Sides - Laurent Fintoni (Velocity Press) Decorum - Jonathan Hickman & Mike Huddleston (Image) Ultramega - James Harren (Skybound/Image) Anatomie Narrative - Samplerman The Black Locomotive - Rian Hughes (Picador) Kane & Able - Shaky Kane & Krent Able (Image) Tales To Enlighten - Matt King & James Edward Clark (Kickstarter) The Out - Dan Abnett & Mark Harrison (2000AD) 99 Balls Pond Road - Julie Drower (Scrudge Books)

Film /TV: Bathtubs Over Broadway (Netflix) Wandavision (Disney+) Sisters With Transistors - Lisa Rovener (BFI) What We Do In The Shadows Season 3 (BBC2) Martha: A Picture Story (Projector Films) Records - Alan Zweig (TVO) Big Mouth (Adult Swim)

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CRO-MAGS | sign to Arising Empire, release EP 'Don't Give In' + start pre-order for limited edition 7" EP vinyl

New York hardcore legends CRO-MAGS are back and have freshly signed a Europe-wide record deal with Arising Empire. Welcome to the family! Today, CRO-MAGS have released a brand new EP Don't Give In via all digital platforms, and have also launched pre-orders for the EP in limited edition 7"  vinyl format, which will be available in three colour variations from August 2nd via Arising Empire. Buy and/or stream the Don't Give In EP here: https://Cro-Mags.lnk.to/DontGiveIn Pre-order the upcoming Don't Give In EP vinyl: https://Cro-Mags.lnk.to/DontGiveIn Harley Flanagan: "In late 2018 I went in to the studio to start working on a new Cro-Mags album. After recording the first few songs, I got a strange phone call in the middle of the night, that turned out to be from Tony Brummel, Victory Records (to this day I have no idea where or how he got my number). I thought it was a prank call; it turned out not to be, and I started negotiating a record deal with Victory Records. Arising Empire in Europe later got in touch and with a team of lawyers including Donna Tobin (Frankfurt Kurnit), Dave Stein etc. and the help of Robert Kampf, former CEO of Century Media and his team, we negotiated deals that we are all very happy with. Mike Gitter from Century made the introduction to engineer John Ferrara and Producer Arthur Rizk, and the recording process went into full swing. One of the many things that makes me happy about signing with Victory and Arising Empire, is that they are genuinely fans of my music and know my history; they are not just labels trying to make money off me or the genre. I know that I am working with the best team, and the best musicians to launch the next era of Cro-Mags." Tracklisting: 01. Don't Give In 02. Drag You Under 03. No One's Victim

CRO-MAGS, the seminal crossover hardcore NYC outfit founded and fronted by Harley Flanagan, have announced some headline dates across Europe in support of their landmark album, Best Wishes 30th anniversary. Staring September 27th in Essen, Germany, the trek will also see the band make appearances in the UK at The Underworld, France and Austria, among other countries, as well as a stop at Belgium’s Limburg Hardcore Fest. Support will come from US based crossover newcomers RED DEATH.

Comments Flanagan "I'm looking forward to going to Europe and the UK, and performing songs from Best Wishes and the rest of the entire Cro-Mags catalogue. I am currently in the studio working on a new album and we may surprise you with some new music as well."

CRO-MAGS

Best Wishes

, 30th Anniversary-Tour

w/ special guest RED DEATH

27.09. Essen, Germany @ Turock  

28.09. Limburg, Belgium @ Limburg Hardcore Fest  

29.09. London, United Kingdom @ The Underworld

30.09. Paris, France @ Gibus  

 01.10. Stuttgart, Germany @ De Keller Klub

02.10. Prague, Czech Rep @ Futurum    

03.10. Budapest, Hungary @ Hu Dürer Kert

04.10. Graz, Austria @ Explosiv   

05.10. Leipzig, Germany @ Naumanns  

06.10. Berlin, Germany @ Musik & Frieden

The history of CRO-MAGS is integral to the history of hardcore, it’s evolution from punk and the development of alternative music genres such as hardcore, cross-over, thrash metal, post punk and grunge to name just a few. Numerous iconic bands from METALLICA to GREEN DAY, and individuals such as Dave Grohl have credited CRO-MAGS with having had a primal influence on their development.

Born out of the violence and depravity of the Lower East Side of New York in the late 70's and early 80's, CRO-MAGS was the brain-child of a very young Harley Flanagan (at the time 14 years old) when still playing with THE STIMULATORS. By 1982/83 he wrote and recorded the very first CRO-MAGS demos consisting of  four songs that would become the blue print for the seminal 1986 Age of Quarrel. He wrote all of the music, played each instrument and sang. Before long he connected with Parris Mayhew and the two started writing music and auditioning band members.

After several line-ups, 5 studio albums (beyond the original demos) and 30 + years of tours around the world, CRO-MAGS remains one of the most iconic hardcore bands with arguably the greatest reach beyond the genre.  CRO-MAGS

“In the Beginning” Why now? In Harley’s words: “Lemmy came to me in a dream and said, ‘Take it back mate, it’s yours, you started it.’ The fact is, I never legally lost the name Cro-Mags, others were using it without my permission, while I was raising my kids. An agreement was struck with the previous members and I regained full control over the name worldwide. Now with an amazing line-up and two record deals I am moving forward. I have a great team of people behind me; I have never felt stronger, better or more creative.” And so bassist Harley Flanagan has reached a settlement with singer John Joseph and drummer Mackie Jayson regarding ownership of the CRO-MAGS name. Flanagan will now perform under the name CRO-MAGS while Joseph and Jayson will perform as CRO-MAGS "JM". In 2019 Cro-Mags signed with Victory Records and Arising Empire. The EP consists of 3 tracks, ‘Don’t Give In’, ‘Drag You Under’, and ‘No One's Victim’. Harley: “The lyrics are meant to inspire and kick you in the ass when you need it. Some might not take them that way, but that’s my intention. Sometimes you need someone to tell you to man-the-fuck-up, or woman-up, cause life ain’t easy and you will get crushed if you don’t. I wrote them more for myself than anyone else, cause sometimes I need to hear these things, as I think we all do.” "Some of them were inspired by loss, the loss of friends, by suicide, cancer, struggling with depression, mortality and ultimately the beauty of life. You have to be able to recognise it, even when you’re suffering and struggling. Although we all fight our own personal battles, and they vary, none of us are alone in the fact that we have to fight our battles, and many of them we must fight alone. In that way, we all have something in common, besides needing basic things like food water and shelter. We also must learn how to cope with struggle and mortality. Some rise to the top while others crash and burn." "I feel like I crashed and burned enough times that I somehow managed to rise back to the top. I feel stronger, happier mentally, spiritually and physically than I have in years; and it did not come without a struggle or cost. But that is life; you have to fight for what you want, and you also have to know how temporary it all is." The EP features along with Harley Flanagan, Gabby Abularach (Gil Evans Orchestra etc.) who played on Cro-Mags’ Alpha Omega (1992) and Near Death Experience (1993); Rocky George (formerly of Suicidal Tendencies and Fishbone) who played on Cro-Mags’ Revenge (2000); and Gary "GMan" Sullivan (who has played with everyone from the B-52's, Berny Worrel of Parliament Funkadelic, TM Stevens etc.), who joined Cro-Mags in the 90's. Discography: • The Age Of Quarrel (1986) • Best Wishes (1989) • Alpha Omega (1992) • Near Death Experience (1993) • Revenge (2000)  

More info: www.facebook.com/realcromags www.twitter.com/realcromags www.instagram.com/realcromags

[musicalcuriosity]

List of Newsies

Literally just a list of some of the newsboys mentioned in various articles, including known names or nicknames (and ages in 1899 if possible). Eventually, I’ll add links to tags of other things people have discovered about them. If anyone has a name or information to add, let me know!

*= I couldn’t determine if this was the nickname of a previously mentioned boy within an article, or an entirely seperate person

bolded= a character featured in the ‘92 movie/stage musical

Newboys

Louis Balletti (Louis Ballat, Kid Blink, Red Blink, Blind Diamond, Muggsy McGee, Mug Magee); aged 16-18 in 1899

Ed Higgins (Racetrack)

Nick Myers (Young Myers, Young Mush); I’ve seen “Nick” in quotes, so I’m not sure that if that’s really his first name? 

Dave or David Simons/Simonds/Symonds; 21

Bob “Indian” Stone (or Bob Indian)

Joe Kernan/Kiernan (Hungry Joe)

Mickey Myers (possibly the same as Nick? can anyone confirm?)

Edward Rowland, 16

Mikki Fischler, 12

John Falk; a black newsie

John Charge

Toby Duck; leader of the Trenton newsboys

Johnny Driscoll

Seadsy (?) McGuire

Thomas Donegan/Donnegan/Dunnigan (Niney, Nine-Fingered Tom [age 14], Nine-Eyed Donegan [age 18]); 12 in 1899?

Joe Lipman

“Tow-Head” Halligan; I think he is actually from Troy, but I liked his name

“Foxey” Osborne

“Dinky” Bateman

Mugsy McGrath; another name for Kid Blink?

Dope

John J. Foley

Socks

Jimmy the Goat

James Lahey, 20

Michael Lamadica, 14

Walter Briggs, 14

Little Mike

Jim Gaiety/Gady

Morris (Young Monix/Manix, Yeller, Hunch Maddox, Skinney (?))

Barney Peanuts

“Crutch” Morris (Crutchie, Crutchy)

George Thompson (Micky)

Eddy/Eddie Murphy

Walter Murphy

Timmy Kelly

The Black Wonder

Lewis Miller

Emil Kuehn/Kahune (H.H.); 15

Skaggs (Skaggsy)

Tiny Tim

Yak Egg

Moses Burns; 11; I’ve also seen “Burrie” for a last name

John Gallupo/Aleppo/Alleppe; 13 or 15;

Louis Kirlow/Kerlow/Kerllow; 13 or 16

Milo Green, 15

Spot Conlon, 14

Edward Fitzgerald

Henry Butler (Butts, Major Butts, Puts [?])

“Jack” Harney

Jack Seeley

Peter Peglies, 22

William Gibbons, 23

Albert Smith, 15

Cornelius Boyle (Grin); 13 or 14

Abraham Greenhause, 14

Issac Miller (Ike); 13

Joseph Mulligan (Thimblefinger); 17

Frank Dresso/Glasso (Juicy); 17

Donato Carolucci (Mushy Pip); 17

Jim Seabook (Scabutch, Scabooch)

Rubber*

Michael Romeo

Samuel Wolkinsky; 13

John Armstrong; 14

“Yell” Meyers; its possible/probably that this is the same person is Mush

“Kid” Fischer

“Young” Gal

Kid Fishbein

Sol/Charles Levy

“Buck” Farley 

Abe Cutler

Solomon Levy

David Ruben

Simon Levy (Yellow)

John Mason/Masin; a Brooklyn Newsie

Charles Schrott; from Newark, New Jersey

George J. Fabian

Mike McAleenan/McAleen (Boots); 11; possibly the same as LIttle Mikey/Little Mike

James Hefferenan

Pie-Faced Jim

Jack Sullivan (Gass House)

The Squealer

Richard Crocker

Edward Herbert, 21

__Williams (Half-Dollar)

__Ford

__George Thompson

__Gallagher (Johnnie)

Steamboat Mike

John Wilson

Barney Peters (Barney Peanuts)]

Samuel Eisenberg; 14

Abe Newman

Sam Keeler; son of Annie Kelly?

Louis Mendick, 14

Louis/Lewis Hass

The Colonel

Cross-Eyed Joe

Cross-Eyed Peters; I think this may be the same guy as Cross-Eyed Joe?

McBinn or McLinn; the article in which I found his name is difficult to read

James Tobin

Friedman Frockets

Newsgirls/Newswomen

Annie Kelly; owned a newsstand

Mrs. Shea; sold papers and turned agains the union

Mrs. Corcoran; sold papers and turned agains the union

Mrs. Cry Baby; German; loyal to the strike

Jennie; scares off scabs

Rosie Corcoran: Mrs. Corcoran’s daughter, and a well known newsgirl

Others

Warhorse Brennan (a former newsboy who came out in support of the boys- sold at W. Broadway and Chambers St. for 20 years)

Jack Tietien (not sure if that’s his name)- owned a newsstand on Church st.

Joe Bernstein (a prizefighter)

Leonard A. Snitkin (a lawyer)

Charley Adler (assemblyman)

Phil Wissig (assemblyman)

Frank P. Wood (a baseball player in support of the boys)

Timothy Sullivan (political figure/gangster); “Dry Dollar”

Abraham Lippman (owner of a newsstand) 

James G. Neill; 50; was the (new) elected president of the union following the (a suggestion was made by Mr. Lippman)

William Reese; a black man who sold lemonade, and was a friend to the newsies

“Crazy” Arborn; sold pretzels & donated food to the boys, and was given a seat on the union (thanks to @thevioletsunflower for the info!)

A.J. Klock; 23

Bertha Saffe; 23

Mr. Dufty

James “Jim” Lavelle (”Scotty”; the King of Chinatown): local saloon owner

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Bergoglio konsekwentnie walczy z nauką Kościoła Katolickiego mianując kolejnego zwolennika wszelakiej zgnilizny moralnej na wysokie stanowisko w Watykanie.

Bergoglio konsekwentnie walczy z nauką Kościoła Katolickiego mianując kolejnego zwolennika wszelakiej zgnilizny moralnej na wysokie stanowisko w Watykanie.

21.06.2021 Franciszek powołał nowych członków Najwyższego Trybunału Sygnatury Apostolskiej. Kardynał Joseph William Tobin widnieje w dokumencie jako pierwszy nominowany. Lifesite nazywa go liberalnym kardynałem. Jest to oczywisty błąd , ponieważ nie można być ani liberalnym katolikiem ani tradycyjnym. Pan nasz Jezus Chrystus powiedział wyraźnie : Tak Tak lub Nie Nie wszystko pomiędzy pochodzi od…

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4 September – Feast of Our Lady of Consolation (Above is the original Icon of Our Lady of Consolation in Turin, Italy)

Starting in the 2nd century, Catholics venerated Mary as Our Lady of Consolation, one of her earliest titles of honour.   The title of Our Lady of Consolation, or Mary, Consoler of the Afflicted, comes from the Latin Consolatrix Afflictorum.   It is found in the Litany of Loreto.

The origin of this invocation is derived from the Augustinian monks who propagated this particular devotion.   In 1436 the Confraternity of the Holy Cincture of Our Lady of Consolation was founded in Bologna, Italy.   It was based on an Augustinian tradition which hold that Saint Monica in the fourth century, was distraught with anxiety for her wayward son, Augustine and that Mary gave her a sash which the Virgin wore, with the assurance that whoever wore this belt would receive her special consolation and protection.   Along with Augustine and Monica, Our Lady of Consolation is one of the three patrons of the Augustinians.   The “Augustinian Rosary” is sometimes called the “Corona (or Crown) of Our Mother of Consolation”. In the 1700s members of the Augustinian Order introduced devotion to Our Lady of Consolation to the island of Malta.   On 1 December 1722 the Prior General of the Augustinian Order Fr Thomas Cervioni issued the Decree for the erection of the Confraternity of Our Lady of Consolation in the church of St Mark, run by the Augustinians at Rabat, although the devotion had been practiced for some time before. By this time the custom of asking for the final blessing before death in the name of Our Lady of Consolation was very popular and the monks were given a dispensation to leave the monastery at any time to confer it.   Processions in Our Lady’s honour were suspended during the French occupation of 1798 to discourage the gathering of crowds.

An ancient story relates St Eusebius of Vercelli brought back an icon of Our Lady of Consolation when he was returning from exile in Egypt in 363.   This icon was presented to the city of Turin.   Later St Maximus, Bishop of Turin, established a small shrine to house the icon in a church dedicated to St Andrew.   The icon became the object of great veneration and the church became the Santuario della Consolata.   Giuseppe Allamano, rector of the Santuario della Consolata founded the Consolata Missionaries in 1902;  they brought to devotion to Africa.   At the age of nineteen Joseph Marello of Turin contracted typhus.   He attributed his recovery to Our Lady of Consolation and went on to found the Oblates of St. Joseph.

There are several versions of the image of Our Lady of Consolation. The original one is in Turin at the Santuario della Consolata.   A star on her shoulder is characteristic of almost all the images.   The traditional depiction of Our Mother of Consolation in Augustinian houses shows Mary holding the child Jesus on her lap.   Jesus and Mary both hold the Augustinian cincture in their hands.

Above -  Altar with icon of the Virgin of the Consolation at the Santuario della Consolata or Sanctuary of the Virgin of the Consolation in Turin

In France the dioceses of Vannes, Valence, Montpelier, Laval, Nantes, Périgueux, Tours and many others, possessed churches or chapels dedicated to Mary under this title.   In 1652, Pope Innocent X encouraged devotion to Our Lady of Consolation by establishing a confraternity.

The cult of Our Lady of Luxembourg, Comforter of the Afflicted, was initiated by the Jesuits in 1624 and led to the election of Our Lady as the protectress of the City in 1666 and of the Duchy in 1678.   After the destruction of the old pilgrimage chapel at the time of the French Revolution, the statue of Our Lady of Luxembourg was moved to St Peter church, today’s Cathedral in Luxembourg City.   Statues depicting her can be found in niches in buildings throughout the city of Luxembourg.   From there the devotion was adopted by the English Benedictine nuns of Cambrai.

Our Lady of Consolation in Luxembourg

Our Lady of Consolation in Grinstead, England

Immigrants from Luxembourg transposed the cult of Our Lady of Consolation to the United States.

In 1848, Luxembourg immigrants began to settle in the area around Dacada, Wisconsin. The oldest statue of Our Lady of Luxembourg found in the United States, was brought to Dacada by a Luxembourg immigrant, Anna Margaret Deppiesse, in 1849.   Mrs. Deppiesse donated it to St. Nicholas Church, where it can be found in an alcove shrine below the choir loft.   When the church was remodeled in 1941, a mural depicting Our Lady of Luxembourg (Mary, Consoler of the Afflicted) was added to the apse in the sanctuary.   The mural, which honours the parish’s Luxembourgian roots, was painted by liturgical artist, Bernard Grenkhe, using the “al secho” method (i.e., painting on wet plaster so as to make the image permanent.

During the Civil War, three parishioners of St. Augustine’s Parish in Leopold, Indiana fought for the North and were imprisoned at the notorious Andersonville Prison.   Henry Devillez, Isidore Naviaux and Lambert Rogier, formerly of Belgium, vowed that if they survived, one of them would make a pilgrimage to Luxembourg and obtain a copy of the statue of Our Lady of Consolation that stood in their ancestral church.   Rogier went to Luxembourg in 1867 and upon his return enshrined it in St. Augustine’s, where it now stands to the left of the main altar.   In September 2013, Archbishop Joseph W. Tobin of Indianapolis dedicated a larger outdoor garden shrine.

Another centre of veneration and pilgrimage, which also adopted Our Lady, Comforter of the Afflicted is Kevaeler in Germany, not far from the Dutch border.   In 1642 a copperplate engraving, representing Our Lady of Luxembourg, was installed in a sanctuary erected the same year.   It is one of the best visited Catholic pilgrimage locations in north-western Europe.  St Pope John Paul II visited in 1987.

The feast of Our Lady of Consolation is one of the solemnities not inscribed in the General Roman Calendar but which are observed in particular places, regions, churches or religious institutes.   Augustinians observe 4 September, the Benedictines on 5 July. The popular girls name “Consuela” is derived from this title.

(via AnaStpaul – Breathing Catholic)

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Metronomy put salt and caramel into our ice cream

Metronomy are back in a welcome return to form. They've given us a banger of a track in the unlikely combination of Salted Caramel Ice Cream. It's a teaser track off of the forthcoming album which is due out in September 2019. If the teaser is anything to go by, the LP is likely to be be up there with the 2011 LP The English Riviera in its greatness. Metronomy have appeared before on FTBOTRB - go take a listen. As usual the menu extends further than just ice cream this week, with a Listener Recommendation inspired bookend from Lissie Trullie. Get your headphones on and dive straight in. To compliment Salted Caramel Ice Cream the guitar excellence of Randy Lorenzo gives some sumptuous summery vibes as he guides us around the lush tropical paradise of Hawaii. Hello to all our listeners in Hawaii. Tobin brings Soft Walls back into the studio for a play of what is possibly their standout track from the LP No Time. The whole album constitutes a Record Box Recommendation in fact - it's essential listening. (function(t,e,i,d){var o=t.getElementById(i),n=t.createElement(e);o.style.height=90;o.style.width=728;o.style.display='inline-block';n.id='ibb-widget',n.setAttribute('src',('https:'===t.location.protocol?'https://':'http://')+d),n.setAttribute('width','728'),n.setAttribute('height','90'),n.setAttribute('frameborder','0'),n.setAttribute('scrolling','no'),o.appendChild(n)})(document,'iframe','ibb-widget-root-1020893303',"banners.itunes.apple.com/banner.html?partnerId=&aId=1010lStF&bt=catalog&t=catalog_white&id=1020893303&c=gb&l=en-GB&w=728&h=90&store=appleMusic"); Finally, we're treating you to a Double Record Box Classic this week. We discuss what must arguably one of the greatest LP cover artworks of all time. Tobin admits that he has never been voted one of the world's most beautiful people by People magazine and ends up slating the track. We play 2 great tracks from Thin Lizzy and Fine Young Cannibals. Of course Tobin is wrong about the quite wonderful Roland Gift but we'll let you make up your own minds. Table of ContentsSTOP PRESS - next weekTrack ListingMetronomy - new singleMonth-long Woodstock vinyl celebrationNew LP from the Caamp boys

STOP PRESS - next week Just a heads up to our loyal listeners that we have an exclusive pre-release play of Sarathy Korwar's new LP full of expressive sub-continent percussive vibes. The track features Zia Ahmed and is a clever and thought provoking dig at colonialism and its wider reach. Join us as we broadcast at 23:00GMT July 20th. Track Listing (function(t,e,i,d){var o=t.getElementById(i),n=t.createElement(e);o.style.height=90;o.style.width=728;o.style.display='inline-block';n.id='ibb-widget',n.setAttribute('src',('https:'===t.location.protocol?'https://':'http://')+d),n.setAttribute('width','728'),n.setAttribute('height','90'),n.setAttribute('frameborder','0'),n.setAttribute('scrolling','no'),o.appendChild(n)})(document,'iframe','ibb-widget-root-1466623013',"banners.itunes.apple.com/banner.html?partnerId=&aId=1010lStF&bt=catalog&t=catalog_white&id=1466623013&c=gb&l=en-GB&w=728&h=90&store=appleMusic"); It's Only You Isn't It Lissie TrullieIsland Style Randy LorenzoSalted Caramel Ice Cream MetronomyRosalie Thin LizzyI'm Not The Man I Used To Be Fine Young CannibalsNever Come Back Again Soft WallsReady For The Floor Lissie Trullie (function(t,e,i,d){var o=t.getElementById(i),n=t.createElement(e);o.style.height=90;o.style.width=728;o.style.display='inline-block';n.id='ibb-widget',n.setAttribute('src',('https:'===t.location.protocol?'https://':'http://')+d),n.setAttribute('width','728'),n.setAttribute('height','90'),n.setAttribute('frameborder','0'),n.setAttribute('scrolling','no'),o.appendChild(n)})(document,'iframe','ibb-widget-root-5679536',"banners.itunes.apple.com/banner.html?partnerId=&aId=1010lStF&bt=catalog&t=catalog_white&id=5679536&c=gb&l=en-GB&w=728&h=90&store=appleMusic"); Metronomy - new single Salted Caramel Ice Cream by Metronomy (Joseph Mount's creation) is a delightful, fun listen so it comes as no surprise that the accompanying video would be any different. The salt miner and his adorable fuzzy blue monster friend attempt to out-do the gothic gelato parlour that has opened up opposite their ice cream store. They try out some awful taste combinations until they hit upon an apparent winner. It's a conversation Tobin and Richard had in the studio as Richard didn't believe such a thing existed. Apparently it does, and it tastes better than goth gelato. Mount himself directed this video and in fact a few weeks ago released another self-directed video for single release Lately. Lately is a fuzzier, more indie offering from Metronomy than Salted Caramel Ice Cream but nonetheless is just as punchy and full of instantly likeable grooves. The video itself features tiny Metronomy band members climbing out of an audio cassette - remember those? Ha! The track has a slight Aphex Twin sounding section as the band get squashed. However, pulling inspiration from greats such as Richard James is unlikely to do you any damage. There is an album due in September this year - Metronomy Forever - and we are certainly looking forward to that. Despite Tobin's self confessed indulgence in playing Metronomy on today's show, if these two single releases are anything to go by, then the LP is going to deliver in spades.

Month-long Woodstock vinyl celebration Every week in August we'll be celebrating the mother of all music festivals - Woodstock - as it enjoys its 50th anniversary. We'll be playing performances from the festival direct from the vinyl and discussing its wider appeal and influence on the music community then and now. Join us as we tune in, turn on and drop out all over again. (function(t,e,i,d){var o=t.getElementById(i),n=t.createElement(e);o.style.height=90;o.style.width=728;o.style.display='inline-block';n.id='ibb-widget',n.setAttribute('src',('https:'===t.location.protocol?'https://':'http://')+d),n.setAttribute('width','728'),n.setAttribute('height','90'),n.setAttribute('frameborder','0'),n.setAttribute('scrolling','no'),o.appendChild(n)})(document,'iframe','ibb-widget-root-1460178446',"banners.itunes.apple.com/banner.html?partnerId=&aId=1010lStF&bt=catalog&t=smart_color&id=1460178446&c=gb&l=en-GB&w=728&h=90&store=appleMusic"); New LP from the Caamp boys Americana stalwarts and friends of the show Caamp have been spending time in a recording studio and have new material in the can. Follow the banner link above to take a listen to 4 tracks currently on pre-release from off of it. We are seeing more use of electric guitars and percussion on this LP which is inline with the live performance we attended earlier this year at Oslo, Hackney, London UK. Early signs are that this is a welcome return from the Ohio boys, it's sounding fresh and familiar at the same time. Full release due 26.07.2019. GET EXCLUSIVE CONTENT Read the full article

[njdotcom]

The Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark was packed Thursday as Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin received the Pallium, a special garment. || 📷 by Russ DeSantis #newark #church #cathedral #mass #nj (at Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart)

[maturemenoftvandfilms]

Joseph W. Tobin Archbishop of Archdiocese of Newark, NJ

[rainbow6gamer-blog]

The ‘Ethics’ of Trump’s Border Wall

By JOSEPH W. TOBIN from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2FZuLT3 from Blogger http://bit.ly/2DJ66zY

[topnewsfromtheworld]

The ‘Ethics’ of Trump’s Border Wall

By JOSEPH W. TOBIN A wall would cause harm to immigrants and refugees, all of whom are equal to us in the eyes of God. Published: January 30, 2019 at 01:00AM from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2FZuLT3

[hulusan]

The ‘Ethics’ of Trump’s Border Wall

By JOSEPH W. TOBIN A wall would cause harm to immigrants and refugees, all of whom are equal to us in the eyes of God. Published: January 30, 2019 at 03:30AM from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2FZuLT3

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"The ‘Ethics’ of Trump’s Border Wall" by JOSEPH W. TOBIN via NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2FZuLT3

[izayoi1242]

The ‘Ethics’ of Trump’s Border Wall

By JOSEPH W. TOBIN A wall would cause harm to immigrants and refugees, all of whom are equal to us in the eyes of God. Published: January 30, 2019 at 09:00AM from NYT Opinion https://nyti.ms/2FZuLT3 via IFTTT