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Singing Latin grace with notation knives
A recent social media post showed a set of four knives with the lyrics and notation for a four-part grace-after-meals. Titled "Gratiarum actio," "the giving of thanks," the lyrics are, "Pro tuis beneficiis, Deus, gratias agimus tibi." "For your benefits, God, we give you thanks." On the reverse side,...
Tulseys awards voting underway
The third annual Tulseys are coming up on November 18, and voting is underway. Anyone can vote. (I'm not sure when it ends.) Someone (I don't know who) nominated me this year for the interactive category. I'm surprised and honored to be named in such impressive company. The 2009 winner...
The definitive story of the Mastersingers, the Weather Forecast, and the Highway Code
Month after month, the Google searches that consistently bring visitors to this site have nothing to do with Tulsa or Oklahoma or Republican politics. This BatesLine entry is currently the number one result for any combination of two of the following four terms: "Master Singers," "Highway Code," "Weather Forecast," "Anglican...
You're listening to J-U-D-Y, J-U-D-Y, J-U-D-Y
Long before the MasterSingers chanted the Highway Code and the Weather Forecast.... Long before the King's Singers chanted BBC radio frequency changes.... In 1939, Cary Grant chanted the FCC's station identification regulations on the star-studded NBC program The Circle. Cary sings with a kind of psalm tone -- all on...
And now the weather... in <strike>plainsong</strike> Anglican chant
A bit of Internet serendipity: The news reached me that longtime BBC weatherman Michael Fish was being put out to pasture for the sin of being almost 60 and not at all telegenic. I remember watching his nightly forecasts during business trips to the UK. The article was an op-ed...
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