September 28, 2019 saintlist

     Saints Pope Innocent I, Martha, Peter Chrysologus, Ignatius Loyola, Alphonsus Marie Liguori, Eusebius of Vercelli, Lydia Purpuraria, John Vianney, Addal, Pope Hormisdas, Cajetan, Dominic, Edith Stein, Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr, Clare of Assisi, Michael My, Hippolytus, Maximilian Kolbe, Alipius, Stephen the Great, Clare of Montefalco, Helena, John Eudes, Bernard of Clairvaux, Pope Pius X, Andrew the Scot, Philip Benizi, Bartholomew, Louis King of France, Teresa of Jesus Jornet Ibars, Monica, Augustine of Hippo, Sabina, Rumon, Raymond Nonnatus, Abbot Giles, Ingrid of Sweden, Pope Gregory the Great, Rosalia, Teresa of Calcutta, Eleutherius, Cloud, Adrian, Peter Claver, Salvius of Albi, Paphnutius, Ailbhe, John Chrysostom, Notburga, Valerian, Cornelius, Robert Bellarmine, Joseph of Cupertino, Januarius, Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions, Matthew, Thomas of Villanueva, Padre Pio, Martyrs of Chalcedon, Finbar, Cosmas & Damian, Vincent de Paul, and Lorenzo Ruiz, please pray for us.

Funk nite at the BL pt. CXVIII: "Truckin'" (RIP Robert Hunter)

     Tonite, after a summer hiatus--don't forget to check out the updated "Night King Theme" post--, we feature a tribute to the Grateful Dead's Robert Hunter (RIP), i.e., "Truckin'":

     Funk it up!

Funk nite at the BL pt. CXVII: Game of Thrones "Night King Theme"

     (Updated 9/27/19) Tonite, after a summer hiatus, we feature something not conventionally "funk", but funky: the "Night King Theme"--now Emmy-winning--from Season 8, Episode 3 of "Game of Thrones". It's piano and cello for the end of the world, which sounds a tiny bit like Prince's "1999". Et voilà:

     Funk it up!

July 27, 2019 saintlist

     Saints First Martyrs of the See of Rome, Junipero Serra, Bernardino Realino, Thomas, Elizabeth of Portugal, Anthony Mary Zaccaria, Maria Goretti, Grimbald, Veronica Giuliani, Benedict of Nursia, Abbot John Gaulbert, Henry, Kateri Tekakwitha, Bonaventure, Carmen, Carmelite Nuns of Compiègne, Frederick, Arsenius the Great, Margaret of Antioch, Lawrence of Brindisi, Mary Magdalene, Bridget of Sweden, John Boste, James the Greater, Joachim & Anne, and Pantaleon, and Blessed Ralph Milner and Emmanuel Ruiz, please pray for us.

June 29, 2019 saintlist

     Saints Celestine, Bernardine of Siena, Eugene de Mazenod, Rita, John Baptist de Rossi, David I of Scotland, Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, Philip Neri, Augustine of Canterbury, Maximinus of Trier, Joan of Arc, Mechtildis, Justin Martyr, Marcellinus & Peter, Charles Lwanga & Companions, Francis Caracciolo, Boniface of Mainz, Norbert, Willibald, William of York, Ephrem, Getulius, Barnabas, John of Sahagun, Anthony of Padua, Methodius I, Germaine Cousin, John Francis Regis, Emily de Vialar, Gregory Barbarigo, Romuald, Vincent Kaun, Aloysius Gonzaga, Thomas More, Joseph Cafasso, John the Baptist, William of Vercelli, Anthelm, Cyril of Alexandria, Irenaeus, Peter, and Blessed Margaret Pole, please pray for us.

Funk nite at the BL pt. CXVI: Dr. John's "Right Place, Wrong Time"

     Tonite we feature, after a little hiatus, a tribute to the late Dr. John (RIP), by means of his greatest hit, "Right Place, Wrong Time":

     Funk it up!

May 18, 2019 saintlist

     Saints Hilary of Arles, Dominic Savio, Rose Venerini, Peter of Tarantaise, Pachomius, Damien of Molokai, Ignatius of Laconi, Nereus & Achilleus, John the Silent, Matthias, Dymphna, Simon Stock, Paschal Baylon, and Pope John I, please pray for us.