#elvis herod

[coghive]

‘Journey To Bethlehem’ Cast To Include MŌRIAH, Joel Smallbone & Lecrae

Fiona Palomo (Outer Banks, Control Z) and Milo Manheim (Disney’s ZOMBIES series, Prom Pact, School Spirits) are set to star as ‘Mary’ and ‘Joseph’, along with Academy Award nominee Antonio Banderas (PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH, upcoming INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY) as ‘King Herod’ in the JOURNEY TO BETHLEHEM currently in production from AFFIRM Films, a Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) company and Monarch Media. Principal photography is underway on the coast of Spain for this epic musical movie sharing the Christmas story in a fresh, inspiring, and entertaining way. Award-winning music producer Adam Anders (Glee, High School Musical, Descendants, The Passion) in his feature directorial debut wrote the script along with Peter Barsocchini (High School Musical franchise) and wrote the music with Nikki Anders (Glee, High School Musical, Descendants) and Peer Astrom (ROCK OF AGES, Glee, High School Musical, Descendants). Sony Pictures has slated the musical for a wide theatrical release this coming November 10th. Film and TV music powerhouse Adam Anders has more than 100 million albums sold, earned 4 consecutive Grammy® nominations, won 2 Golden Globes® and 2 People’s Choice® Awards, and holds the record for the most single entries on the Billboard Hot 100, eclipsing both The Beatles and Elvis Presley. “I first had the idea for the film years ago when I was looking for a musical to watch with my family at Christmastime,” says Director Adam Anders, “I want this movie to be a bright light this Christmas season — as bright as the star of Bethlehem.” Journey To Bethlehem https://youtu.be/97fogYVPT-s A young woman carrying an unimaginable responsibility. A young man torn between love and honor. A jealous king who will stop at nothing to keep his crown. This live-action Christmas musical celebration for the entire family, weaves classic Christmas melodies into new pop songs in a music-infused retelling of the timeless story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus. A unique new entry into the collection of holiday classic movies, this epic Christmas musical is unlike any before it. Filling out the cast are MŌRIAH (BECAUSE OF GRACIA), Stephanie Gil (FATIMA), 4x Grammy© award-winning Joel Smallbone (PRICELESS) from the pop duo FOR KING + COUNTRY as King Herod’s son, Antipater and multiple Grammy© award-winning Lecrae as Gabriel, Rizwan Manji (WEDDING SEASON, Schitt’s Creek) as Gaspar, Geno Seagers (Perfect Harmony, BONE TOMAHAWK) as Balthazar, and Omid Djalili (GLADIATOR, THE MUMMY) as Melchior. Produced by Alan Powell (A Week Away, VALIANT ONE), Steve Barnett (A Week Away, PRICELESS) and Executive Produced by Vicky Patel (A Week Away) for Monarch Media. Also produced by Ryan Busse (THE STRANGERS’ CASE), Stephen Meinen (POWER RANGERS, NERVE), Brandt Andersen (THE STRANGERS’ CASE, SILENCE) and Adam Anders (THE PROM, The Passion). “This joyous and fresh take on Mary and Joseph’s journey, combined with the infectious music and insanely passionate vision of Adam Anders made this an undeniable fit for AFFIRM Films and Sony Pictures to come alongside and help turn this amazing story into a Christmas classic that will resound with young children, families, teens and adults” said Rich Peluso, EVP and Head of AFFIRM Films. “We’ve been amazed at Adam’s ability to tell the widely known story of Mary, Joseph and a jealous king in a way that feels fresh and contemporary, like you’ve never heard it before.” says Alan Powell of Monarch Media. Read the full article

[lezet]

V.A.-"Mighty Giant Pinky: Tribute to Satanicpornocultshop" out on Avanthardcollective (UK)!!!!!!

A collection of music in memory of Ugh Yoing, the collage-composition and electronic music genius behind Satanicpornocultshop.

Free digital download from Free Music Archive & Bandcamp.

Ltd Ed cassette coming shortly.

With music from

Lezet * Koppen & COU * Orrironz * Okapi * Jon Panther * QST * Ergo Phizmiz-Mittelhammer * Gekkering * Benjamin Inbar * Peter Wullen * Anthony Donovan * {An} Eel * Krystyna O * Vernon Lenoir * Elvis Herod * Prawnshocker * Durt * Walt Thisney * Thee Alex

Curated by Ergo Phizmiz-Mittelhammer

Released on Avanthardcollective

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In memory of our old good friend, Ugh Yoing a.k.a. Takuya Karusawa (Satanicpornocultshop), “The Mighty Giant Pinky” begins with a motif from one of his recent work “Gundensan e.p (2017)” which is coproduced with us, ORRORINZ. We played instruments along some favorite phrases from his works in mid to late 2000s including sample of voices of Ugh’s daughters. A motif from “Gundensan e.p” appears again in the end of the track with expectations on rest of Satanicpornocultshop members, the beautiful guys. Good news, they are keeping on playing and producing music as Satanicpornocultshop after Ugh’s wishes.

Another track “BIIB” is based on an idea of Comzo, the bassist of ORRORINZ. Comzo featured unforgettable riffs for him from a very early day’s almost unknown CD-R which was given by Ugh in late 90s.

Ugh used to say to me “Life is short, so you’ve gotta rush” . But his life was taken suddenly by cancer at age of 50, his life was too short. He didn’t drink nor smoke, so nobody could imagine that. We are still in feeling of huge loss, sadness and emptiness. But we will keep on going.

Ugh, you used to work so hard. Just take a rest in peace.

Taiki “Fiftystorm” Igarashi (ORRORINZ a.k.a orionza)

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Back in the golden days of the internet, when people used to do things like share information, exciting things used to happen. One of these exciting things was an international, loosely woven scene of musical adventurers. Across the high seas of cyberspace they would wantonly flout copyright law and the limits of genre, making indefinable music with computers that didn't fit into any comfortable bracket and operated in a place that had nothing to do with the music industry. Fun times.

During these heady days I happily rode along on this wave of invention. Going on the internet was exciting because, who knows, you might have gone online and found a piece of music that was not directly comparable to anything you had listened to before.

This, with bells on, went to everything Satanicpornocultshop put out. The level of invention, and the radical use of and interaction with technology to create musical shapes in their work repeatedly exploded my young, impressionable little mind.

Anytime a new Satapo release came out, it made me think "I must try harder".

This release is an attempt to say the old adage "Thanks for the music" and to demonstrate the profound effect Ugh Yoing's work had on a generation of composers in the naughty underbelly of electronic music.

I am, as ever, your humble servant,

Ergo Phizmiz-Mittelhammer

bandcamp:

https://composterofmusic.bandcamp.com/album/mighty-giant-pinky-tribute-to-satanicpornocultshop

https://composterofmusic.bandcamp.com/album/mighty-giant-pinky-tribute-to-satanicpornocultshop

released February 28, 2019 license

all rights reserved

[musemash]

Gallery: 1 Hail Mary, Full Of Grace 2 My Soul Does Magnify The Lord 3 Shepherds Worship The Child 4 Adoration Of The Magi 5 The Flight Into Egypt 6 Rachel Weeping For Her Children 7 Massacre Of The Innocents 8 Herod Worships The Holy Child 9 The Shadow of Death 10 Baptism Of Yeshua

MESSIAH'S EASTERTIDE JUBILEE – revised & expanded Apr 21, 2023 – by David D. Fowler & Aeon 999

Welcome to MFF's 2022 Easter spectacular. Like our past efforts, this 7-part extravaganza features a well-stocked cornucopia of outstanding videos. Our purpose is to enhance the celebration of the glorious Eastertide tradition – from now, until the Eastern Orthodox Day Of Pentecost in June.

These items constitute the best available resources we could find online, representing many different views of Christ-based spirituality and artistic endeavors – as well as alternative spiritual paths, and articulate expressions of skepticism. We offer complete editions of many films, including secular productions that deal with themes such as the supernatural; good versus evil; human depravity; self-sacrifice; redemption; and superheroism, as a metaphor for salvation.

We present a generous spectrum of outstanding music – including rock, classical, black gospel, sacred choral, blues, jazz, and experimental performances. You'll also encounter a variety of hilarious videos, including some exceedingly irreverent items; and intense debates, focusing on fascinating and passionate takes on the myriad realities of Christ's impact on the world.

You’ll find a lot of iconic films, including BEN-HUR, THE MATRIX, LIFE OF BRIAN, LORD OF THE RINGS, HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN, BECKET, THE ROBE, LILIES OF THE FIELD, JESUS OF NAZARETH, AVENGERS ENDGAME, THE SEVENTH SEAL, THE MISSION, THE WIZARD OF OZ, JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS, THE WITCH, KING OF KINGS, THE MIRACLE MAKER, DOCTOR STRANGE, THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC, METROPOLIS, ELMER GANTRY, and HAMLET.  

We also feature a number of less high-profile movies, such as MORTAL ENGINES, FAUST, DUNE, BARAKA, DAY OF WRATH, CONSTANTINE, STALKER, ORDET, WAR REQUIEM, JOHN CARTER OF MARS, THE WICKER MAN, INTOLERANCE, THE SACRIFICE, LESSONS OF DARKNESS, THE DAY CHRIST DIED, ANDREI RUBLEV, JESUS OF MONTREAL, NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, THE BOOK OF LIFE, THE MILL AND THE CROSS, TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME, SILENCE, CLOUD ATLAS, and NOSTALGHIA.

You'll enjoy popular musicians, ranging from U2, BOB DYLAN, ELVIS PRESLEY, LEONARD COHEN, ARETHA FRANKLIN, BJORK, ALICE COOPER, JOHNNY CASH, JOAN BAEZ, and the ROLLING STONES, to BRYAN ADAMS, PRINCE, EMMYLOU HARRIS, TOM WAITS, DOLORES O'RIORDAN, JOHN LENNON, ANNIE LENNOX, BUFFY SAINTE MARIE, and BRUCE COCKBURN.

We also present legendary figures: PAUL ROBESON, WOODY GUTHRIE, ROSETTA THARPE, and MAHALIA JACKSON; and lesser-known musicians, such as IONA, PHIL OCHS, LOST DOGS, KATHY MATTEA, MARIA McKEE, KEITH GREEN, LARRY NORMAN, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, the SWIRLING EDDIES, and the CHAMBERS BROTHERS.

We feature musicals: AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS, COTTON PATCH GOSPEL, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, THE GOSPEL AT COLONUS, and GODSPELL; jazz masters, such as JOHN COLTRANE, DUKE ELLINGTON, ARCHIE SHEPP, HORACE PARLAN, and LOUIS ARMSTRONG; and opera icons LUCIANO PAVAROTTI, TERESA STRATAS, and JESSYE NORMAN.

We showcase choral masterpieces by HANDEL, FAURE, MAHLER, BACH, BEETHOVEN, VERDI, BARBER, VIVALDI, ALBINONI, BRAHMS, HAYDN, ALLEGRI, BRITTEN, MOZART, BRUCKNER, PERGOLISI, IVES, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, SCRIABIN, MENDELSSOHN, BERLIOZ, LISZT, TCHAIKOVSKY, RACHMANINOFF, and DVORAK. We also present the spectacular Bible-related visual works of CARAVAGGIO, GUSTAVE DORÉ, and MARC CHAGALL.

We explore controversial books, movies, and phenomena, such as: ZEITGEIST; THE GOD WHO WASN'T THERE; RELIGULOUS; MERE CHRISTIANITY; the PAGAN CHRIST; the SHROUD OF TURIN; the HOLY GRAIL; THE CELESTINE PROPHECY; THE DA VINCI CODE; the GOSPEL OF THOMAS; A COURSE IN MIRACLES; GNOSTICISM; THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS; PARADISE LOST; FLOWERS OF EVIL; and CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM.

Finally, we present a wide range of humor, from the likes of MONTY PYTHON, MEL BROOKS, LENNY BRUCE, NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS, GOOD OMENS, NEGATIVLAND, TOM LEHRER, LORD BUCKLEY, JOHN PRINE, FAMILY GUY, ROWAN ATKINSON, MIRACLE WORKERS, LUCIFER, PREACHER, CRACKED, BETTY BOWERS, VIC BERGER, and SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.

We think you will get considerable entertainment from many of these materials – and maybe also encounter unexpected eloquence, edification, and enlightenment. We strive to offer works of art that will challenge people's thinking; motivate folks to rise above everyday petty concerns; inspire us all to maintain hope, love, encouragement, and dignity in this fragile world; and perhaps even help open-minded unbelievers find good reasons to believe that Christ is risen indeed.

So we invite you to kindly bookmark this post – and check out the sections below at your leisure. If you derive something of real value from our playlists, we would be delighted if you share them with your friends. We extend our best wishes for an uplifting exploration of spirituality, as the Easter season unfolds. God bless y'all!

Jubilee part 2: THE HOLY SPIRIT TRAVELING IN DISGUISE https://musemash.tumblr.com/post/46758040906/messiahs-jubilee-part-1-the-spirit-in-disguise Jubilee part 3: HEATHEN DANCE PARTY IN PURGATORY https://musemash.tumblr.com/post/164579528390/jubilee-part-3-heathen-dance-party-in-purgatory Jubilee part 4: HOPE IS STRONGER THAN DEATH https://musemash.tumblr.com/post/615204082966233088/hope-is-stronger-than-death-revised-updated Jubilee part 5: COLLISIONS OF ALL OUR TRUTHS https://musemash.tumblr.com/post/46757984172/messiahs-jubilee-part-2-collisions-of-all-truths Jubilee part 6: SHAPE SHIFTING MASQUES OF REDEMPTION https://musemash.tumblr.com/post/46757919841/messiahs-jubilee-part-3-masques-of-redemption Jubilee part 7: MAKING JOYFUL NOISES UNTO THE LORD https://musemash.tumblr.com/post/46757864172/messiahs-jubilee-part-4-joyful-noises-unto-the

[margridarnauds]

Musical ask 1 :D

jesus christ superstar or joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat?

God, both of them are so important to me in different ways, and BOTH of them were huge Formative Experiences. Before I was Into Musicals™, I was listening to “Grovel, Grovel” and “Heaven on their Minds” on cassette tapes in the car. 

Growing up, I definitely preferred Joseph to JCS; JCS was much darker, much bloodier (especially the 2001), a little bit harder for a kid to understand. Joseph, though, was a musical designed more with kids in MIND, it was bright and colorful and had a happy ending. (Real talk: I smoked my Sunday School lessons because of the two of them put together.) 

On one hand, now that I’m older, I definitely admire JCS’s more mature themes, I admire how...up for interpretation it all is by the end. There really ISN’T a single villain in here, and nor is there really a single hero. Just a group of very, very flawed people trying to stay alive in a difficult time. I have read criticisms about the potential anti-semitism involved in the depiction of the Pharisees , and that’s obviously something that I do keep in mind when I watch it. It’s not a perfect musical, in that sense, and I’ve never pretended it is. But it’s also the one thing that my family (devoutly Methodist) and I (agnostic/atheist) can agree on come Easter, so it earns points there, and I do think that it has a wonderful sense of moral ambiguity, and some truly PHENOMENAL bops. Gethsename is BONE CHILLING (especially in the film with that montage of depictions of the crucifixion through history) , and Damned For All Time is just...holy SHIT. I’ve listened back and forth to the 1998 album in particular. (Come on, Alice Cooper as Herod. Steve Balsamo and his truly otherworldly breath control as Jesus). And ESPECIALLY with the classic 70s cast, with Carl Andersen and Ted Neeley belting one high note after another at one another. 

The one thing with JCS is that I tend to be VERY picky when it comes to my casts for it, namely because I find that most productions, if they’re LUCKY, will either have a strong Jesus or a strong Judas, with one of them generally being markedly weaker, and that dampens my enjoyment. It’s like Les Miserables with a bum Javert or Valjean, it doesn’t WORK if they’re not on the same level with one another. With Joseph, it tends to be easier to have a cast who’s on a level with one another, and even if they aren’t, it’s hard to complain when you have Pharaoh doing an Elvis impersonation. I HAVE seen people complaining that these days, JCS is too watered down, but I’m not sure what I would want to SEE in a non-watered down production, and honestly I’m wondering....just how RELEVANT it is now. It was obviously a hugely controversial musical in its time, and I personally disagree that it HAS to be edgy in order to be successful, but I’m also not sold that the musical really knows what it WANTS to remake itself into, given the most recent productions. 

But Joseph is just...it’s JOSEPH. It’s hard to really...COMPARE the two because they’re so different. It’s fun, it’s colorful, but it also has some moments of depth (Close Every Door is a HEAVY song). And the ending where Joseph reunites with his father? STUNNING. It’s a callback to the time before ALW was a Big Name™ who wanted to create deep, miserable, incomrehensible Art™ (hello, Aspects of Love), and just had FUN with it. It has a similar spirit to, say, CATS when it comes to that. They aren’t particularly mature, not for the most part (though they do definitely have mature themes, and themes that adults understand, and themes that hopefully ONLY adults will fully understand), but they capture a little bit of childlike fun and wonder that I really associate with my early days with musical theatre. 

Honestly, I hoped that writing this out would get me at an answer, but in the end, the only answer that I got is that they’re two very, very different musicals. Both of them are very GOOD, don’t get me wrong (don’t get me wrong! Don’t get me wrong!), but they’re also...very HARD to compare because it’s really apples and oranges. I quote from BOTH regularly (”But what IS truth/Not easy to define/We both have truths, are yours the same as mine?” and “GROVEL, GROVEL, GROVEL, GROVEL”), I love both very dearly, but I think that in the end, the major thing to pull away from them is that they have the same composer and have religious subject matter that veers into the irreverent if not unaffectionate, but overall? They’re just...too different to really make that call. 

[historiascienciacionales]

30 - La imagen de un agujero negro, cerebros biológicamente activos y progenitores ejercitadores

/ Ahora sí nos dejamos absorber por la atracción del agujero negro, pero afortunadamente lo hicimos con compañía: nos visitó Gisela Ortiz León, astrónoma mexicana y una de las mentes científicas que participaron en la generación de la primera imagen de un agujero negro, uno de los hitos más importantes de la ciencia de este siglo. Pero además, comentamos otro par de estudios que encendieron nuestra fascinación, que tienen que ver con cerebros de puercos muertos (pero biológicamente activos) y con la influencia del ejercicio que hacen los padres en los hijos (y que no sólo es inculcarles un equipo favorito).

Menú

00:20 - Introducciones y presentaciones

01:42 - La imagen de un agujero negro

20:06 - Cerebros muertos reactivados

35:33 - Beneficios para los hijos de que los padres se ejerciten

54:14 - Despedidas y agradecimientos

Voces y contenido: Gisela Ortiz León, Sofía Flores, Rodrigo Pacheco y Víctor Hernández

Producción: Rodrigo Pacheco y Víctor Hernández

Edición: Víctor Hernández

Voz en la rúbrica: Valeria Sánchez

Este podcast es producido desde un lugar donde los chanchos aún no se levantan como no muertos.

Fuentes y lecturas recomendadas

Cobertura de la imagen del agujero negro (en español): https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-47880446

Y sobre la participación de Gisela: https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/ciencia-y-salud/ciencia/la-cientifica-oaxaquena-que-dio-luz-al-agujero-negro

Sobre el cerebro muerto reactivado (en español): https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/ciencia-y-salud/cientificos-resucitan-los-cerebros-de-varios-cerdos-cuatro-horas-despues-de-muertos

Y el estudio original: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1099-1

Sobre la herencia de padres ejercitadores: http://www.dicyt.com/noticias/un-estudio-revela-que-los-beneficios-cognitivos-del-ejercicio-fisico-se-heredan

Y el estudio original (de libre acceso, en inglés): https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/04/17/1816781116

Música y audios

"¡Está vivo!", en boca del Dr. Frankenstein de la peli de 1931

Clip de un video de ejercicio para niños: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpNY2c-AFNI

Intro y salida: Little Lily Swing, de Tri-Tachyon, bajo una licencia Creative Commons 3.0 de Atribución: freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri-Tachyon/

Rúbrica: Now son, de Podington Bear, freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/ Bajo una licencia Creative Commons Internacional de Atribución No Comercial 3.0 Eggs! Toast! Gas! Fish! by Elvis Herod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

[lizardtaro]

“Come Sit By My Feet And I'll Tell You” by Elvis Herod

This song is ABSOLUTELY flippin' amazing! It's so calm and cute and peaceful... I only slept like two hours last night and I listened to this song over and over and over again... You might have to view this on my blog.

[whispsofwind]

You know I have never seen the film versions? I absolutely need to check them out at some point.

I saw it live twice though. The first time I was in high school and I had absolutely no idea what was going on.

Imagine. Mini me, going to Salesian school (they are a bunch of weirdos who try very hard to be 'hip with the kids'). They say "hey kids we are bringing the whole class to the theatre!". They like theatre. But the last musical they had brought us to had been a very respectful, very boring show about Saint Francis and Saint Chiara of Assisi that took place during Chiara's death. All of it. It also had the weirdest obsession with cherries.

So we go to see Jesus Christ Superstar, gymn teacher and priest come along to make sure we behave. I sit down on my stupid plastic chair, wondering if I can perhaps get a bit of a nap. I didn't even bother to check out what the show was about beforehand, that's how interested I was.

And then suddenly Herod is wearing pink slippers and a Elvis hairdo and why is Judas hot?? Why is he wearing leather pants??? Why is he one step away from aggresively making out with Jesus??? What is going on here

It was surreal. It was absolutely amazing. I didn't get my nap. 10/10

sometimes i’m like ‘fanfiction can’t shock me anymore i’m numb to it’ then i find this shit

[schmergo]

I went to the Museum of the Bible

Okay, buckle in, because this is gonna be kind of a lengthy post. My mom got free tickets to the highly controversial new Museum of the Bible in DC and I, with heavy misgivings, decided to come along and see what was up. I have to say, I thought it was a lot better than I expected, though I am still suspicious and cynical of several aspects of the place. So here is my detailed review! Here's what you need to know about the museum first: 1. It was founded and funded by Steve Green, the President of Hobby Lobby, aka the company that went to the Supreme Court because they didn't want to cover employees' birth control, saying it went against their religious beliefs. 2. He was also fined $3 million for smuggling artifacts from Iraq (which did not appear in the museum's collection). 3. The museum is technically non-sectarian (though with a Protestant bias), and does not address hot-button issues like evolution/creationism, abortion, LGBTQ+ rights, or how the Bible "should" be interpreted. Its galleries include tellings of the stories from the Bible, the history of the compilation and transmission/translation of the Bible, and the impact of the Bible on history and culture. It always hints at a Christian interpretation but does not outright evangelize. Some people may find this claimed non-political and nonsectarian interpretation more insidious than an outright Christian oriented museum. 4. The museum is free, but with a suggested donation. I would personally not suggest donating anything if you're interested in checking it out so as not to put money in the Hobby Lobby Guy's pockets, but that's just me. Now, I have to address my own personal biases. I am a Protestant Christian (United Methodist, to be specific), but I'm also strongly opposed to what constitutes contemporary "American Christian culture." I'm a believer not only in God but in human rights, evidence-based science/evolution, separation of church and state, charity, equality, and empathy. To me, these values are compatible with studying Jesus' teachings, and I'm deeply critical of people who use Christianity to justify selfish and narrowminded decisions. I also am an elementary-age Sunday school teacher who likes to emphasize the importance of Biblical literacy in self-professed Christians, which this museum champions (you'd be amazed how many Christians aren't actually familiar with the Bible), and in studying not only the stories, but the themes and lessons behind them (which this museum does not do. It allows guests the freedom to interpret the material according to their own beliefs- again, some might like this and some might dislike it). This museum is huge. We were there for about five hours and still didn't see everything. It was also absolutely PACKED with guests. The line to get in snaked down the block, and there were some long lines to get into the "hottest ticket" exhibits. We started off our day in the most popular, multi-media exhibit, The Hebrew Bible, which is a mix of videos and walk-through visuals with exciting lighting, animation, and voiceover, telling the narrative of major Old Testament stories. This exhibit is a pure storytelling "experience" and does not display any artifacts or purport to be a factual account, which I actually love because it is not claiming that all of these accounts are literally true or trying to show historical evidence. It's a little cheesy but less cheesy than you might expect- it feels like an elegant Disney World attraction but with a more artistic and slightly more abstract style. I especially liked the burning bush (the voice of God was represented as multiple voices in unison, at least one of them female), the white room full of rainbow light after the ark, the Red Sea made of string and projected waves, or the watercolor style of art of the Judges/Samuel movie. This experience is as non-controversial as possible, though the one issue is that it portrays the entire Old Testament as a consistent story about how God's people moved closer to and farther from God throughout history, fluctuating in loyalty, which I've heard is contrary to how the Tanakh is generally interpreted. This also implies that the New Testament completes "the story," which shows a Christian bias. The next exhibit was a recreation of the village of Nazareth, which WAS cheesy and Disneyesque, but fun. It felt like the museum at Jamestown Settlement, where you can walk in the little houses and see how people lived in another time. There were living interpreters there, and I liked that the people who played the villagers were racially diverse. There was a mikvah, an olive press, a temple, and typical Jewish homes. Less diverse was the short movie about John the Baptist and King Herod, who were both played by white actors- in fact, Herod was John Rhys-Davies (aka Gimli) in all his bellowing rolled-r scenery-chewing glory. He seemed to be having a grand old time. The New Testament movie was poignant but a slightly more cartoonish style of animation than the Old Testament films. Its art style reminded me of the illustrations on Pottermore. There are a lot of contradictory versions of stories in the Gospels, which was not acknowledged in this movie, but they kind of found a way around this by having the movie told from the perspectives of different people who encountered Jesus in first person (John, Saul/Paul, Mary Magdalene, Thomas, a centurion at the crucifixion, etc), showing them as varying accounts rather than one narrative. I know about the differences between the Gospels, but not everyone does, and this could be interpreted as an oversimplification. One thing I loved about this movie was that they never showed Jesus' face. They allow the audience to imagine him as they see fit. My family got lunch after this. There's a big restaurant called Manna on the top floor that serves middle-Eastern inspired foods and it was quite good. (There are vegetarian, vegan, and kosher options.) I had a platter with falafel, salad, and pickled vegetables, as well as some mango juice. This place gets CROWDED and there are long lines, but you can't re-enter the museum once you've exited unless you get back in the big queue around the block, so you can really only eat here or at the coffee shop downstairs. There's also a biblical garden and observation deck up there. Next, we went to the floor that talks about the history of the Bible, and this is where things get complex. I am less knowledgeable about this stuff than the actual text of the Bible itself, so I can't tell you what was of questionable accuracy here and what was legit, but this floor was definitely poised as being more serious and academic, while the one above it was more about narrative and entertainment-- so obviously, I was side-eying it more. This exhibit is definitely slanted toward the concept that the Bible has been transmitted and translated throughout time with remarkable accuracy, but also explores the differences, inaccuracies, and variations between different Bibles. It starts with a collection of ancient tablets and documents. I have read that some of these have questionable provenance and authenticity, especially fragments of the Dead Sea scrolls. Some of the signage alludes to these questions, some does not. Many items are on loan from other institutions, while others are replicas and facsimiles of items in museums like The British Museum (always labeled as such). The articles of the museum I've read are very severe about questions of authenticity/provenance, partially because of the Hobby Lobby scandal, but also because this is such a new museum. Museum practices have changed over time, and many of the artifacts at the British Museum and the Met are unethically acquired, too. Bear that in mind when visiting any museum (I could rant to you about the Parthenon marbles!) Still, a new and expensive museum like this one should be more careful. The most interesting ancient items in this exhibit were accounts from non-Jewish ancient cultures that told a different version of events than the Bible-- a king claiming to have killed a Hebrew King and thanking his own gods for the victory, while the Bible says that God punished that Hebrew King for not being devoted to him. It was cool to see two sides of the same story. But what I REALLY loved here was the collection of Bibles from the Middle Ages and Renaissance, because I love old books. Like, I took a class at the Folger Shakespeare Library about this stuff. There was a Gutenberg Bible, some absolutely gorgeous illuminated manuscripts (including one belonging to Henry V's great-grandmother and in immaculate condition), Tyndale Bibles, one of the very first edition of the full Bible in English... It was sobering to see that Henry VIII commissioned churches to display Bibles in English two years after Tyndale was executed abroad for translating the Bible into English. My favorite thing in the entire museum was a "Wicked Bible"- a reprint of the King James Bible that accidentally left out a crucial word and said, "Thou shalt commit adultery." Needless to say, most of them were destroyed, and the printers got in trouble, but this one survived. I also liked the small exhibits on which books were included in which versions of the Bible and which were left out/ considered apocrypha. The "Drive Thru History." introductory movie here is incredibly annoying and trying too hard to be cool, by the way, so feel free to skip that one if you go. It does a disservice to a serious collection of books. I also popped into the second floor exhibits before I left, but I didn't stick around for long. This has exhibits on the Bible's impact on US history and on culture in the world. The culture one honestly was so overwhelming and sprawling that it hurt my brain (especially since I had already been in the museum for 4.5 hours), but I did get a kick out of seeing Elvis Presley's Bible. This might be the most propaganda-Y part of the museum, but I didn't take much time to find out. There's also a video booth where people can share their own feelings or experiences about the Bible. The American history section was interesting and surprisingly daring, though. It talked about how the Bible was used to back up positions on different sides of issues through history- pro- and anti- slavery, women's rights, whether to be independent from England. It showed that the Bible has been used for good and bad throughout history and has some cool documents on display- a first edition copy of Uncle Tom's Cabin, Elizabeth Cady Stanton's "Women's Bible," the handwritten manuscript of the Battle Hymn of the Republic. The displays let the public vote on tricky questions like whether they agree with Thomas Jefferson's decision to cut up the Bible and keep the parts that he felt applied as advice to daily life. (73% say no.) Also, in a section about politicians making reference to their personal faiths, there is a clip of Barack Obama singing "Amazing Grace." Nice to see that this museum explicitly denies the "Obama is a secret Muslim" conspiracy. There were more exhibits that I didn't get to see, including some traveling exhibits on loan from the Vatican, an Israeli museum, and a Bavarian museum. They also have a full-stage production of the Broadway musical "Amazing Grace." I will say, I gave a hard side-eye to the large gift shop, through which visitors exit, with the "Museum of the Bible" logo branded on everything from mugs to t-shirts to sunglasses. I would have preferred a tasteful bookshop with maybe a few knick-knacks like cross necklaces and Noah's Ark toys, but I guess I'm an old party-pooper. Overall, I actually had a lot of fun at this museum and got to see some very cool and rare books, but I also was naturally more critical toward this museum's decisions than I normally would be when visiting a tourist attraction. I was happy to see a crowd diverse in age and ethnicity who were discussing the exhibits rather than just zooming through (I did see one guy in a MAGA hat, though- frankly, I thought there might be more). The employees were all really nice and helpful even though the place was outrageously crowded. Would I recommend visiting this museum? Maybe! I think I would recommend it to Christian people who are already knowledgeable about the Bible and willing to think critically about what they read and see. I think it would be a good place to bring kids (mid-elementary and up) and talk seriously about some of these topics and controversies. The kids in my Sunday school class seem to have a hard time remembering sequence of events in the Bible, thinking Moses was the same time as Jesus, calling King David a 'Christian,' etc. This might clarify some stuff. I saw a lot of little kids there, and they were having fun, but I feel like I wouldn't take kids that young there because they wouldn't be able to understand the more complex topics. I don't want to just give them candy-coated pretty stories! I probably would not recommend this museum to people who come from very different faith traditions or none at all, whatever this museum's attempts at secularity. I will say, I'm unsure what the Museum of the Bible's agenda is, because it certainly doesn't seem built to convert anybody. The more cynical part of the says it's built to spread the message that the Bible is so important to history and culture that it should be taught in schools. The less cynical part says that it's built to encourage Christians to explore and become more knowledgeable about their faiths, because we're from a time when the majority of Americans identify as Christian, but very few have read the Bible or can answer basic questions about it. I think that's dangerous, because lots of people seem to adhere more to "Christian" culture than Christian scripture, and that leads to a mindset completely divorced from what I see as Jesus' teachings. I don't personally have a problem with its location near the Mall and the Capitol, because if anything else, I see it as a sign of the separation of Church and State. The museums on and around the mall explore different cultures and fields of study, so does one-- but I hope people who visit DC for this museum also visit some of the Smithsonian museums. Learn about Natural History, African-American history, Native-American History, not just the museum about your own religious faith. Please feel free to ask me any questions about the museum!

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Hansel & Gretel - Book Trailer

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Illustrated and animated by Tanner Garniss-Marsh

Music: Belly Man Boss by Elvis Herod

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Dias atrás, 19 de Julho, para ser mais preciso, fui questionado por uma amiga, essa me fez a seguinte pergunta:

Guilherme, você acredita que é possível existir um lugar, uma paróquia, um movimento ou um grupo, alguma coisa assim, onde seja possível viver o catolicismo de forma completa? Livre de erros, de abusos, de maus costumes, de coisas que manchem a doutrina ou os ritos. Não precisa pensar em uma coisa onde isso acontece, só pensar se seria possível ou impossível, dadas as condições do mundo atual, as promessas de Cristo, etc

Confesso que a princípio eu não sabia o que responder, afinal, embora pareça uma resposta baseada no senso comum, eu não estava vivendo num ambiente como o descrito na pergunta, logo não sabia o que responder. Preferi responder que “sim” a ter que responder que não.

Essa amiga então perguntou:

Então você recomenda buscar com que vivamos em ambientes assim, se for possível, certo?

E eu respondi novamente que sim.

Nessa época eu estava passando por um período de dúvidas sobre muitas coisas, inclusive sobre minha existência, os motivos das coisas e tantas coisas. Um anseio enorme em viver bem a fé católica, da melhor forma possível gritava dentro de mim, aliás, sempre foi inerente em mim esse anseio.

Até então eu participava do grupo de jovens paroquial, um grupo carismático, ligado diretamente a RCC, bem conhecido dentro de todo território da cidade de São Paulo, e também muito conhecido em outros estados, conhecido pelo carismatismo próprio do grupo e também porque o coordenador estadual do ministério jovem da rcc era do grupo (ênfase no “era”, pois após alguns meses assumindo a coordenadoria do MJ (Ministério Jovem) arquidiocesano ele simplesmente apostatou da fé católica e saiu do movimento), voltando […] Eu servia nesse grupo, no ministério da intercessão, comunicação e pregação. Sempre tendo a reta intenção de desempenhar o meu melhor servir em cada ministério; por outro lado sempre notei muitos erros internos no grupo, como por vezes um sentimentalismo gritante nas orações (a palavra “gritante” é proposital e faz alusão direta ao que acontecia nas orações do grupo), e também o despreparo dos leigos no ministério da intercessão, sem formações, alguma vezes dávamos ordens aos demônios para que partissem em retirada, mesmo não sabendo nada sobre demonologia. Quanto as orações em outras línguas, em anos no movimento nunca entendi ao certo a sua importância, e em cada formação aprendia algo diferente daquilo ensinado nas formações anteriores, o que fez em mim acontecer um efeito babel, cada um fala uma coisa, ao mesmo tempo, e ninguém diz nada com nada.

Nas conduções das orações, era comum escutar: agora você vai orar em línguas/ora em línguas agora, ora!… Pensava que o condutor da oração não deveria dar ordens ao Espírito Santo para agir em determinado momentos, aliás, o desrespeito pela hierarquia sempre foi bem notável, quantas e quantas vezes vi leigos dizendo estar movidos pelo Espírito Santo dando ordens a padres para que esses pegassem o ostensório com Nosso Senhor exposto, ora! Será que devemos atribuir essas ordens ao Espírito Santo, ou a outro espírito? Voltando a glossolalia, em vista que o dom de línguas é um dom, assim como o dom da profecia, penso que é um erro do condutor dizer: profetiza agora, profetiza! Seria algo um tanto estranho para quem vê e para quem está rezando. Imagina se vira moda tratar os dons e as “”“manifestações”“”“ do Espírito desse jeito? Não duvido que logo logo iremos ver condutores dizendo: cura agora, cura!

As imposições de mãos também sempre me causaram dúvidas e incertezas, afinal, vira e mexe eu escutava que só os sacerdotes devidamente ordenados tinham a autoridade dada pelo próprio Cristo de imporem as mãos, mas eu atuante no ministério da intercessão tinha que impor, mesmo sem saber o que rezar durante as imposições, impunha e muitas vezes a pessoa caia no chão, isso para um intercessor é um sinal que a oração valeu a pena, e que surgiu efeito. Esses repousos no "espírito”, também conhecido pejorativamente como “cai-cai”, aprendi dentro de formações na própria RCC que são causados devidos a carências emocionais das pessoas, logo, algo longe de ser causado pelo Espírito Santo, mas pela indução do condutor da oração,

Sempre achei muito lindo os ginásios lotados e as pessoas gritando pelo Santo nome de Jesus, e também as multidões prostradas para adorar o Rei dos reis, como no PHN da Canção Nova, e as ‘gerações’ feitas pela comunidade católica Colo de Deus.

A paróquia que eu participava é uma das mais conhecidas de São Paulo e a cada mês que se passa se torna uma das mais conhecidas do Brasil. O pároco ficou conhecido em todo Brasil por se parecer com o Elvis Presley, por suas missas shows (lê-se 'cura e libertação’), missas essas com muita dança, orações de descarregos, coreografias, som muito alto (ênfase na hipérbole) e também por “orar no poder”, principalmente na época do cerco de jericó, que ouso dizer que as pessoas só vão para pedirem as coisas a Deus, bem longe de irem pelo sacrifício da Missa, afinal, ir na Missa para ser abençoado com um emprego parece ser mais comodo e divertido do que ir para participar do calvário de Nosso Senhor. Para se ter uma ideia as celebrações da Missa chegaram a ser transmitidas pela televisão, o padre gravou um cd na universal music, foi no programa da Fátima Bernardes e hoje apresenta um programa na rede vida.

Sabe aquele exemplo “a gota d'água?”, onde se imagina um copo cheio, a espera de uma gota para transbordar? então, eu me senti assim nos meus últimos dias dentro da Renovação Carismática Católica, lembrando da pergunta que essa minha amiga me fez meses atrás, eu comecei a questionar os erros que eu estava cometendo e também aos equívocos do movimento.

Não sou o único a notar isso: em muitos lugares estão pregando um Jesus diferente do Senhor dos apóstolos. Um Jesus diferente? Um Jesus adaptado aos dias de hoje, com características demasiadamente parecidas com as dos jovens radicais urbanos, que tudo tolera e tudo aceita. Um Jesus hippie, talvez, e que instituiu a igreja do amor, bem, mas bem diferente da instituição descrita no livro de São Mateus, capítulo 18 versículo 16. Esse “Jesus” que está sendo pregado é prejudicial para as almas, afinal, quem o conhece não teme ao inferno e as suas terríveis dores. Maldito seja esse “jesus” que muitos pregadores católicos estão pregando por ai! ele não é o Deus de Israel, embora digam que o é. Para se ter ideia da gravidade que esse anti-cristo está causando, hoje já não é difícil ver os jovens se vestindo de qualquer forma para ir a Igreja, afinal, por pensarem ter intimidade com Deus se vestem de qualquer forma. Muitos hoje já não se ajoelham para comungar, afinal, “Jesus”, é o parça de todas as horas, e ele não precisaria de tanta reverência, aliás, pior, sabemos que a comunhão em pecado grave é o pior dos pecados, como os santos dizem é um pecado pior do que o de Herodes e o de Judas, como lembra Sto. Agostinho, por outro lado, ser apresentado a um “Jesus moderno” abre margem para comunhões sacrilegas, afinal, se ele é o meu parça, porque se incomodaria se eu o comungar de qualquer forma? não é mesmo? O que antes era privilégio do protestantismo, hoje já está >>bem<< presente dentro da Igreja Católica. Muitos e muitos pregadores, comunidades, cantores e até padres tem aproximado o povo de um Jesus tão protestantizado, que é até difícil diferenciar o que é católico do que não é, dentro da Igreja. Penso que até Lutero se assustaria se visse a influência maligna que a desobediência dele resultou quase 500 anos depois da sua revolta.

Muito incomodado com tudo isso eu cheguei a participar de aulas sobre os princípios heréticos e erros da RCC na sede da associação cultural Montfort e decidi me afastar do movimento carismático, dessa vez não por meu achismo pessoal, mas por comprovar nessas aulas que o que eu pensava estar errado realmente estava.

Procurando viver um catolicismo o mais próximo possível do que os santos viveram, afinal, para ser santo é preciso imitar os santos, eu estou me permitindo conhecer mais e mais da tradição da fé católica. Me afastei da antiga paróquia, conheci um padre que julguei ser muito bom, da administração apostólica inclusive, o Padre Jonas, e estou participando das Missas tridentinas em sua capela e também no Mosteiro de São Bento, no centro de São Paulo.

Muito me entristece ver que uma multidão de pessoas estão conhecendo um jesus duvidoso, moldado aos gostos pessoais dos pregadores e das comunidades, um jesus extremamente homem e um espírito santo que ao invés de derramar dons, derrama com uma dose redobrada uma unção de sentimentalismo e incertezas.

Isso é um texto de desabafo, e estou aberto a correções. Salve Maria!

[thekwanderer]

Monday May 8

Whenever I'm on vacation, the first couple days seem impossibly long, then the days accelerate and fly by. Once again it caught up to me. Today was our last day touring from Tel Aviv, but we still have some more travel through Jordan and Israel.

Today was our Jerusalem day. We showed up late to the hotel lobby for our pickup, but we were still there earlier than the bus. We were experts at the meeting point and while other tourists were lost and confused, we swiftly identified our bus and jumped on board to get an awesome spot at the front. Heading out to Jerusalem, we of course had to stop at our favorite Elvis diner and got another coffee and mug. Otherwise, the drive was uneventful. We've passed by Jerusalem 3 days now, so I'm pretty clued into what was coming, but every tour guide was different for us, so I always learn a new tidbit. When we arrive in Jerusalem, we stopped at an overlook to gather our bearings of the city. We could see the old City of Jerusalem and our guide explained that the old part of the city is made up of 4 different neighborhoods: the Jewish quarter, the Christian quarter, the Muslim quarter, and the Armenian quarter. Even though they have their own space, the different cultures mix and mingle together. The most prominent landmark is the Dome of the Rock with its golden dome.

We continue on around the city to see other sites like the Russian Orthodox Church with its golden onion domes and a monastery. We then parked the van in a lot underneath a shopping mall that used to be located in a no man’s land. Before 1967, there was a bitter battle between Jordan and Israel on the ownership of Jerusalem. Eventually, Israel won out and it built a beautiful mall on it. We walked up the steps and were confronted with the impressive old wall built by Herod that surrounds the old city. We walked through the Jaffa gate which was the one that delivered goods from Jaffa Port in Tel Aviv.

The Old City is a unique in the complicated background of its inhabitants. You basically need to throw out all of your preconceptions of people based on their ethnicity, citizenship, or religion. For instance, we went to a school that was obviously in the Jewish city of Jerusalem, created by a Frenchman, run by the Christian Franciscans, but taught Christian Arab girls bible studies in Arabic. It’s what makes the area so fascinating. I loved wandering through the streets with all of the delicious sights and smells. It had the look of Jaffa from Tel Aviv, but you could tell that people actually lived there.  It was gritty and had a long history that made it fascinating to look down every corridor and around every corner.

The main site on our tour was the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. It is the site where Christ was crucified and his blood dripped on Adam’s skull atoning for original sin, where he was anointed in death, and where he was buried. The church is again complicated since 6 different denominations of Christianity lay claim to the church, and they each have their own area. The church is huge and has several rooms and domes all around. Under the one dome to the left after you enter, there’s a rose colored tomb sitting in the center. Here, pilgrims wait in line for 3 hours at a time to see the place where Christ was buried and resurrected. Our guide showed it to us from the outside, but told us a secret. Supposedly, that spot was not the spot where he was buried. In a little room offshooting from the large dome, there’s a tiny room whose walls are just bare stone. There’s a little opening in the side with many candles; this was supposedly where Christ was buried and resurrected, but the church wanted to have a place where it could shuttle thousands of pilgrims through. At least that’s what we were told. We also saw the piece of marble where Christ was prepared for burial, and a little stairway up to the “top of the hill” where Christ was crucified. Honestly, inside I was overwhelmed. I feel that the devout created this beautiful church and it should inspire me to believe in the power and miracle of Christ. But I didn’t feel like it was particularly welcoming as other people pushed and shoved their way to the front to be able to see these holy relics. It was interesting to be able to see these holy sites, but I didn’t feel particular warm towards the people in there. Maybe I’m just being a cranky tourist!

We then continued down the Via Dolorosa backwards. It was a good idea because it was pretty hot in the old city with the close walls and stuffy streets, and we got to go downhill. The Via Dolorosa is the path that Christ took on his way to crucifixion. We saw where he fell, where he leaned against a wall to rest, and where a pilgrim wiped his face. I love how the sites are pretty unassuming. It’s next to a bakery or a souvenir shop and I could see how difficult this climb would be. We actually were in the Muslim quarter during this walk, ironically. We walked by the street that would lead us to the Dome of the Rock. Sadly a few years ago, they closed the Dome to everyone but devout Muslims and they have a couple of guards keeping watch. To prove that you’re a devout Muslim, you have to recite the first 5 versus of the Quran in Arabic. I will not be getting in there any time soon.

The different quarters get along well and inhabitants are allowed to come and go as they please. The one area that is the exception is right by the Western Wall, or the Wailing Wall. This is the last piece of the wall that was originally there when the second Temple fell and it’s where the Jews come to pay their respects. We were allowed through a security check where we went through a metal detector and their checked our bags, but we’re otherwise let through. The wall is a tall thing, probably 3 stories high. It’s blisteringly hot especially as the stones are white and reflect the sun back at your face. The women and the men go to different sides of the wall, but there is a wall and steps on the women’s side so you can pop your head over and see what’s going on. I felt really welcome where, where I didn’t feel it in the Church. Everyone was accepting of anyone who wanted to be at the wall, and anyone can put their wish in the wall for free. They event provide free pieces of paper and pens! Twice a year, the wall’s caretakers take the wishes out and bury them on Mount Olive, where the Jews believe that the Messiah will come to earth. Thus, your wishes will come true. It was fun peeking over the wall to see the bar mitzvahs going on and the men dancing.

We briefly stopped for lunch in the old city, then we were off back through the winding streets back to the Jaffa Gate. Our last stop of the day was to the Holocaust Museum. I have been to the one in DC several times, but it’s still moving to me. I can’t imagine the hardships that the Israeli people went through to be here today. It is such an important topic that the Israeli army sends all of its recruits to the museum to understand the country’s history as well as make sure that it never happens again. The museum was beautifully designed. It’s underground, but there is a long hallway through the middle with a skylight running through. The roof is triangular and sunlight does stream through. One particular moving room was the library where the museum stored all the names that they have of those who they have recorded. It’s a circular room, and there are tomes of books of whatever information they can get about the people from family, neighbors, acquaintances, or any official documents. It’s overwhelming and sobering to see the richness of 6 million lives condensed down to a library with names and faded photographs. Another particularly beautiful exhibit is the monument dedicated to the 1.5 million young children who perished. There is a room that is pitch black with mirrors. There are some lights there, but the way that they are reflected transform it into millions of lights floating disembodied in the darkness. There is a voice calling out the names of the lost, their ages, and where they perished. It was a stunning monument to the loss of innocence.

It was a sobering way to end our official touring around Israel, but it reminds me why the state is here and what many of the people went through to get to where they are today. We were treated to a beautiful sunset back in Tel Aviv and a light vegetarian dinner at Anastasia Café. It has been a whirlwind visiting Israel, and I can’t believe that it has been 10 days already! On to Petra tomorrow!

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/ En este episodio nos resistimos a ser succionados por la fuerza mediática gravitacional del agujero negro, pero sólo porque estamos preparando algo especial para ustedes; a cambio, comentamos temas que tienen que ver con las fuerzas de masticación que nos permiten pronunciar ciertas vocales, las fuerzas políticas que impiden que las aves rapaces crucen fronteras, y las fuerzas comunitarias que abogan porque la ciencia no sea obra de un sólo estadístico. Recibimos la visita de Agustín Avila Casanueva, viejo amigo de Cienciacionales, que nos trae un mensaje de ciencia y paz entre las naciones.

Menú 00:20 - Inicios y promesas 05:17 - Las efes que nos trajo la agricultura 22:06 - Las políticas trasnacionales que restringen el paso de las aves... o que lo permiten 38:56 - Un mundo más allá de p <0.05 01:13:26 - Despedidas e invitaciones

Voces y contenido: Agustín Ávila, Sofía Flores, Rodrigo Pacheco y Víctor Hernández. Edición y producción: Víctor Hernández Voz en la rúbrica: Valeria Sánchez

Este podcast es producido desde un lugar donde las aves vuelan libremente, porque la frontera más cercana queda a mil kilómetros de distancia hacia el norte.

Fuentes Sobre el origen del uso de las labiodentales (el artículo original en inglés): science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6432/eaav3218 y una cobertura en español: invdes.com.mx/ciencia-ms/la-alim…ar-palabras-con-f/ Sobre los buitres que respetan fronteras: www.sciencedirect.com/science/articl…06320717315550 Y la nota del mismo Agustín sobre las lechuzas en la frontera Israel-Palestina: tengaparaqueseentretenga.wordpress.com/2017/…ente/ Sobre la crisis del valor de p (en inglés): www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00857-9 y tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/…1305.2019.1583913 y este comentario en español sobre el tema: culturacientifica.com/2019/01/03/el-…de-la-ciencia/

Audios Elmo nos enseña la letra F -www.youtube.com/watch?v=axVGTkgh7xQ Buitres, de Diamante eléctrico - www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSmq22pjAyw La canción de pepe pepe pepe (que realmente es del grupo belga Two Man Sound, del disco Disco Samba, pero ¿quién la conoce por ese nombre?) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqpp2t5U8pw Intro y salida: Little Lily Swing, de Tri-Tachyon, bajo una licencia Creative Commons 3.0 de Atribución: freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri-Tachyon/ Rúbrica: Now son, de Podington Bear, freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/ Bajo una licencia Creative Commons Internacional de Atribución No Comercial 3.0 Eggs! Toast! Gas! Fish! by Elvis Herod is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

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En este episodio, platicamos del final de la misión del robot que más tiempo ha pasado operando en otro planeta, de lo que parece ser el declive mundial de las poblaciones de insectos, y de cómo la violencia y la inseguridad han afectado a la ciencia en México. Nos acompaña esta vez Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, miembro de HC que es como un asteroide: viene y va ocasionalmente, pero deja una estela de luz cuando pasa por aquí.

Menú

01:35 - De cómo se nos terminó el Opportunity

13:19 - De cómo se nos están muriendo los insectos

31:04 - De cómo la violencia y la inseguridad entorpecen la ciencia mexicana

49:29 - Pensamientos finales, métodos de contacto y despedida

Voces y contenido: Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, Rodrigo Pacheco, Víctor Hernández.

Edición y producción: Víctor Hernández

Voz en la rúbrica: Valeria Sánchez

Este podcast es producido desde un país que florece a pesar de la violencia, en el que tenemos fe, y del que nos gustan una enormidad de cosas, entre ellas, su ciencia.

Fuentes y artículos de interés

Una nota sobre el final de la misión del Opportunity: https://es.gizmodo.com/el-rover-marciano-opportunity-fue-declarado-muerto-tras-1832606165

Y un artículo sobre la misión, escrito por un científico español que trabajó en ella: https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/01/30/ciencia/1548847855_001045.html

Una nota del año pasado sobre el "apocalipsis de los insectos": https://www.nytimes.com/es/2018/05/30/insectos-bichos-disminucion/

Y una más reciente: https://www.elmundo.es/ciencia-y-salud/ciencia/2019/02/11/5c6173bbfdddff83288b4657.html

Y una que lleva una sugerencia de prudencia, del bienquerido Ed Yong (en inglés):

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/02/insect-apocalypse-really-upon-us/583018/

La nota de Emi en el sitio de noticias de Nature (en inglés): https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00458-6

La nota sobre el trabajo de Jesús Espinal, a quien mandamos saludos (en inglés): https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/06/mapping-mexicos-deadly-drug-war y una versión en español: https://www.sinembargo.mx/03-07-2015/1398920

Música

Intro y salida: Little Lily Swing, de Tri-Tachyon, bajo una licencia Creative Commons 3.0 de Atribución: freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri-Tachyon/

Rúbrica: Now son, de Podington Bear, freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/ Bajo una licencia Creative Commons Internacional de Atribución No Comercial 3.0

Eggs! Toast! Gas! Fish! by Elvis Herod is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Audios

Otro collage de audios y noticias sobre el Opportunity, desde su aterrizaje hasta la despedida del equipo.

Vegeta dando su clásica amenaza a Krillin, tomado de este video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLuSeqY397U

Y una versión en vivo de Give peace a chance, de un tal Juan Lenón:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yU0tahJ4f7k

[historiascienciacionales]

En este episodio, hablamos de los pacientes que han sido considerados como "en remisión del VIH", y de por qué se ha hablado de una cura; platicamos al respecto de la relación entre el tamaño de los equipos en la ciencia y qué tan disruptivos son, y finalmente hablamos con nuestro invitado Hugo Tovar acerca de su disciplina, la biología computacional, y de si creemos que en el futuro la biología será computacional o no será.

Menú

00:20 - Inicio y saludo

01:44 - Dos o quizá tres pacientes de SIDA ahora sin virus de VIH detectable

16:16 - Equipos grandes y desarrolladores o pequeños y disruptivos

45:47 - La biología computacional o la biología a secas

01:06:30 - Despedida y sonrojos

Voces y contenido: Hugo Tovar, Sofía Flores, Rodrigo Pacheco, Víctor Hernández.

Edición y producción: Víctor Hernández

Voz en la rúbrica: Valeria Sánchez

Este podcast es producido desde un lugar no determinado de la Ciudad de México, donde los equipos son del tamaño justo para disrupcionar justo lo necesario en el lugar adecuado: de vez en cuando, en tu feed de podcast.

Fuentes y lecturas recomendadas

Sobre el caso del paciente con VIH en remisión, está el artículo original en Nature (en inglés): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1027-4 ; y un par de artículos de cobertura, como el del NYT (en español) https://www.nytimes.com/es/2019/03/07/cura-vih-preguntas/ o de este periódico en español

https://www.diariodesevilla.es/salud/erradicar-vih-sida-cura-riesgo-trasplante-medula-ensayo_0_1334866672.html

El artículo que Pach nos puso a discutir es este: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-0941-9?fbclid=IwAR3SSL-8KYL4Vh6cVVd5wV7-rbN13xY8jeJMGmyKpgEEWqouvu08qtIFI0Y

Y el de Hugo es este: https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.2002050

Música

Intro y salida: Little Lily Swing, de Tri-Tachyon, bajo una licencia Creative Commons 3.0 de Atribución: freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri-Tachyon/

Rúbrica: Now son, de Podington Bear, freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/ Bajo una licencia Creative Commons Internacional de Atribución No Comercial 3.0

Eggs! Toast! Gas! Fish! by Elvis Herod is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Audios

Fragmento de "La despedida", de Manu Chao.

Fragmento de Ocean's Eleven, de cuando Brad pitt y George Clooney van a convencer a Elliot Gould de armar un equipo disruptivo. Tomado de este video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYwVPH8qd4w

Fragmento de una conferencia TED por Antonio García Vicente (el de la voz), sobre "Programar para aprender sin límites" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hUjhIfs-bw

[historiascienciacionales]

28 - Cocoliztli en cementerios, genética ibérica y ecología industria

/ En este episodio, conmemoramos los 500 años de la llegada de los europeos a México hablando de un estudio sobre el microorganismo fuereño que podría haber diezmado a la población indígena y, para equilibrar, también comentamos un estudio sobre la genómica de la población de la península ibérica, que desafortunadamente no nos dice mucho sobre si le van al Betis o al Atleti, pero sí sobre cómo se distribuye la diversidad genética en aquellas tierras; además, tuvimos la visita de Carlos A. López Morales, quien nos vino a contar sobre su área de especialización, la ecología industrial, que la podemos entender como el estudio de las relaciones entre las actividades humanas y los recursos de todo el planeta, y nos comentó porqué es que en el último siglo este mundo se ha convertido en un mundo material.

Menú

00:20 - Inicio y saludos

02:53 - ADN de Salmonella de casi 500 años, en un cementerio mixteco

24:26 - La estructura genética en la península ibérica

48:36 - La disparidad entre lo que producimos y lo que consumimos realmente

01:28:14 - Despedidas e invitaciones

Voces y contenido: Carlos A. López Morales, Sofía Flores, Rodrigo Pacheco, Víctor Hernández.

Edición y producción: Víctor Hernández

Voz en la rúbrica: Valeria Sánchez

Este podcast es producido desde un lugar no determinado de la Ciudad de México, ciudad que tiene herencia genética diversa como ninguna otra, y que consume los recursos del país como ninguna otra.

Fuentes y lecturas recomendadas

Sobre la epidemia de cocoliztli, el artículo original: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0446-6 , una cobertura en español: https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/01/15/ciencia/1515997924_751783.html y una en inglés: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/01/one-history-s-worst-epidemics-may-have-been-caused-common-microbe

Sobre la estructura genética de la penínsual ibérica, el artículo original (en inglés): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-08272-w#Abs1, y una cobertura en español: https://www.xataka.com/investigacion/donde-genes-haz-lo-que-vieres-las-sorprendentes-diferencias-y-parecidos-geneticas-dentro-de-la-peninsula-iberica

El estudio expuesto por Carlos: https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/114/8/1880.full.pdf, y su blog en el que escribe sobre varios temas: https://refutacionesyartificios.blogspot.com/

Música y audios

Intro y salida: Little Lily Swing, de Tri-Tachyon, bajo una licencia Creative Commons 3.0 de Atribución: freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri-Tachyon/

Rúbrica: Now son, de Podington Bear, freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/ Bajo una licencia Creative Commons Internacional de Atribución No Comercial 3.0

Eggs! Toast! Gas! Fish! by Elvis Herod is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Fragmento de "La maldición de Malinche", interpretada por Amparo Ochoa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSBLQM5KUec

Fragmento de "Material Girl", interpretada por The Quiet Hollers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb32x4C0spc

Fragmento de "Desde Lejos", de El Kanka: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OIVfP364RI

[historiascienciacionales]

Lo más cienciacional de 2018 

/ En este ya tradicional episodio anual, comentamos la ciencia que nos sorprendió, escandalizó, fascinó e inquietó en 2018. El viaje va desde la nueva definición de kilo hasta las mellizas CRISPR. Se une a nuestra mesa Canek Peláez, profesor de ciencias de la computación en la UNAM. Además, escucharemos a Alexandra de Castro y Elisa T Hernández, colegas y amigas que nos enviaron su opinión sobre lo más cienciacional del año.

Menú 00:20 - Intro 01:41 - Lo más cienciacional para Alexandra de Castro 08:23 - El nuevo kilo 16:54 - Oumuamua y otras cosas espaciales 32:17 - Las soluciones al cambio climático no son fáciles 54:27 - Edición genética en humanos 01:21:49 - Lo más cienciacional para Elisa T Hernández 01:30:35 - Pensamientos finales, gorriones y despedida

Voces y contenido: Sofía Flores, Rodrigo Pacheco, Víctor Hernández. Comentarista invitado: Canek Peláez Audios invitados: Alexandra de Castro y Elisa T Hernández (¡les agradecemos mucho!). Edición y producción: Víctor Hernández Voz en la rúbrica: Valeria Sánchez

Este podcast fue grabado al aire libre, donde los gorriones se sienten con la libertad de cantar, porque, citadinos como son ahora, le han perdido respeto al prójimo.

Música Intro y salida: Little Lily Swing, de Tri-Tachyon, bajo una licencia Creative Commons 3.0 de Atribución:freemusicarchive.org/music/Tri-Tachyon/ Rúbrica: Now son, de Podington Bear, freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/ Bajo una licencia Creative Commons Internacional de Atribución No Comercial 3.0 Eggs! Toast! Gas! Fish! by Elvis Herod is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Audios Entre el enorme pastizal que es internet, encontramos minúsculas briznas de hierba para ensamblar collages sonoros, que pican en la piel si te gana el sueño encima de ellos. Usamos la música Eggs! Toast! Gas! Fish! de Elvis Herod que tiene una licencia Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.