From: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org (shindell-list-digest) To: shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: shindell-list-digest V12 #421 Reply-To: shindell-list@smoe.org Sender: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-shindell-list-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk shindell-list-digest Friday, March 15 2013 Volume 12 : Number 421 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [RS] The Championship Round. [Jeff Bernstein ] Re: [RS] Final Four - Ok, you changed my mind [] [RS] Transit [John McDonnell ] [RS] Final Four ["Thomas, Tracey" ] [RS] Fwd: shindell-list-digest V12 #417 [Bart Gallagher ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:55:55 -0400 From: Jeff Bernstein Subject: Re: [RS] The Championship Round. Reunion Hill Sent from my iPhone ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:39:25 -0700 From: Subject: Re: [RS] Final Four - Ok, you changed my mind >> Welcome to the dark side, Sue. << Too bad we weren't discussion "Confession," because then you could have said "Welcome to the Doc side." Anyway . . . few hours left for Final Four voting. Each current leading song would pretty much need to pull a Bill Buckner of massive proportions to lose at this point, but stranger things have happened, and there ARE enough people who've voted in previous rounds who haven't voted yet to theoretically make this a nail-biter. Stay tuned. Or, as typically happens at a Shindell show . . . stay tuned, and then tune some more, and tune some more. RG ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:51:19 -0400 From: John McDonnell Subject: [RS] Transit Hey All. Jean wrote: > So it's not just the Unjust Steward (aha! that's the word I was looking for), but also the repentant thief--St. Dismas, if you're Catholic or Orthodox--and, um, the publican who beats his breast and asks God for mercy.<< I am intrigued as to how these figures are related to the song. I know the Unjust Steward was the person who knew he was getting fired, so he made friends with his bosses creditors--almost like the political appointee who goes to work for the lobbying firm after his tenure is done. I am not sure where either of these fit in to the song except in the general sense of redemption for the good thief (prisoners) but how not the Unjust Steward--he compromised his employer's receivables to save his own hide. Was he forgiven? I vaguely remember something about the nature of the forgiveness and the Reformation, but we (Irish) Catholics, before we lapse, only talk about the Reformation being the main excuse for Henry VIII to marry again, and not any doctrinal or anti-corruption foundation for Martin Luther's 95 Theses. So, as I write, is it that the criminals are forgiven through their faith, but the bestial horde remains exposed to the wrath of the angry old sun? Interesting context for this song. It may even eliminate my impatience and intolerance on my way home....but probably not. John McD ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:18:28 +0000 From: "Thomas, Tracey" Subject: [RS] Final Four So first, my votes: Courier over Reunion Hill Transit over Wisteria Transit is one of my favorite Shindell songs. And my 2 cents on interpretation is that he is talking about human-ness. The "well-insured motorists"/ "Ashford Republicans", represent the loss of humanity that people can have when they get in a car and no longer see the car next to them as having a human driver, become lost in their own selfish need to get ahead and to lose compassion for the person whose had the flat tire or the accident up ahead, not helping them or even sparing them an empathetic thought, but caring only about where they are going and how things inconvenience them. In contrast are both Sister Maria and the prisoners. Sister Maria sees the beauty and grace in her setback, and also the individuality of the prisoners. When the prisoners sing, it is from a human place where they are individuals and forgiveable. One of the things I love about the song is how it demonstrates the transformative power of music. I will say I drive about 7 hours a shot at least 4 times a month on the I-95 corrider. One of the reasons I love the song, is that I think it has influenced my patience in bad traffic. It's definitely helped my tolerance and "forgiveness" of my fellow travelers. Tracey Thomas, MPH, CCRA ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:47:08 -0400 From: Bart Gallagher Subject: [RS] Fwd: shindell-list-digest V12 #417 Ron, I did send this last night, but it did not make the digest I received at 5:03 AM? Begin forwarded message: > From: Bart Gallagher > Date: March 13, 2013 9:16:52 PM EDT > To: shindell-list@smoe.org > Subject: Re: shindell-list-digest V12 #417 > > Bart's Vinyl Four down to the Binary... > > Reunion Hill over Courier - this was the tough one for me. I'm always game for a rousing rendition of Courier, one of my favorite songs. Reunion Hill, I'll skip once in a while. That said, though I like Courier better, I think RH is a better song, one of Shindell's best. Well that sounds dumb, all of the Four are of his best > > Transit over Wisteria - as much as I love Wisteria ( I bought SNP for the people we bought our house from), Transit is, in my opinion, Richard's finest song...so far... : ) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:13:39 -0400 From: Laurence Krulik Subject: Re: [RS] Final Four - Ok, you changed my mind Why does he tune so damn much?! Can't he just got a tuner? Man, I even have one on my iPhone now. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:57:09 -0400 From: Michael Larkin Subject: [RS] Fall River, MA 3/14/13 Saw Richard's show tonight (rescheduled from Feb 9 due to snow) at the Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River, MA. The band included Marc Shulman (guitar), Lincoln Schleifer (bass), and Sara Milonovich (violin). As he has apparently been doing on this tour, Richard played electric guitar on most of the songs (even making a few jokes about it). I didn't write down the setlist, but he played a number of standards (Wisteria, Transit, AYHN, Mary Magdalene, Mavis, Kenworth of My Dreams, Next Best Western) as well as a bunch of new songs that presumably will be on the upcoming album. The encore was a very cool version of "I Know You Rider" in DADGAD tuning. I hadn't heard Sara Milonovich play with him before; in fact, I hadn't heard her play before at all. Not only is she a very talented and engaging violinist, but her playing wonderfully complimented Richard's playing. One of the best RS shows I've heard; immensely enjoayble. The new tunes are very good. I was surprised, as Richard is a former seminarian and a resident of Buenos Aires, not to hear any quips about the new Pope. MJL ------------------------------ End of shindell-list-digest V12 #421 ************************************