Hello Musers!
Kearnsy was sure playing a lot of stuff on this past "All Request Saturday Night" I either hadn't heard in a while, had barely heard on the radio or had never even heard before.
However, when it came to music you could really party to, that came after the show concluded at midnight.
As far as "The Ongoing History of New Music" and its countdown of the hundred most significant moments in alternative rock over the past 25 years, I disagree with the most recent episode. The release of "American Idiot" should be in the top ten, if not the top five because it was the album that really caused alternative rock to go mainstream. Everybody, including people who didn't even like new music, loved the hits from that thing and it was all over pop radio, too.
Glad I found a livestream for Planet Rock UK.
Partook of my post-Valentine's Day tradition of buying discounted chocolate at the drugstore. I purchased Lindor hearts, strawberry cookie dough bites and strawberry-flavoured Hershey Kisses.
Can't believe the Easter candy is out already.
Monday night at Mom's we had a Tex-Mex beef noodle dish with an Oriental salad.
Forgot how much I love McCain cakes.
The independent grocery store in Marmora sells really delicious cakes.
My sister heard a bard owl Friday night.
Heard a blue jay out front several days ago.
Monday afternoon there was a hawk eating a starling outside Mom's front door.
Dear Friends:
Looking forward to this Friday's Madoc's Open Mic !! Have had some musicians telling me they are coming already - so it's always good to know there will a few acts - and maybe more!! :D
Robert and I will be operating without Jerry this week, but he'll be back for the next one. (: We've got our little less sophisticated set up but it has everything we need: 2 mics and stands, monitors, speakers, remote hookups, a music stand and Robert on the sound. (: So we'll be there and ready when you arrive.
We really appreciate the audience who have been coming out!! Thank you! I'm pleased you're allowing me to let you know when there is an Open Mic coming up. It seems to be working!!
We are working on the atmosphere too - but the main work on the lights will happen next month - we're waiting for our electrician to come back home from the south. Meanwhile, we have shut off most of the fluorescent lights - and that makes a big difference. We will be consulting with Jen D'Or about the stage back drops - so expect improvement there too. (:
Just a reminder to any of you that are Legion Members - the General Meeting is tonight 7:00 pm.
See everyone Friday! If not sooner. (:
Elizabeth & Robert
Fox News
Drag show at Dallas church features drag 'pastor' who said 'I will kill' Trump supporters
The drag performer made 'jokes' about fighting Republicans and sacrificing Trump supporters
By Kendall Tietz Fox News
Published February 18, 2025 7:00am EST
A Texas church known for its LGBTQ activism hosted a drag show Sunday where one of the performers repeatedly made "jokes" about fighting Republicans, including Gov. Greg Abbott, and killing any Trump supporters.
The "Cathedral of Hope" in Dallas hosted a performance titled "Celebrating the Art of Drag," in which the congregation "bless[ed] and affirm[ed] those who use drag as an art form and affirm[ed] their transgender siblings made in the image of God."
"In an act of defiance and in response to the numerous bills introduced into the Texas Legislature attacking drag performers and transgender people, Cathedral of Hope will host our second ‘Celebrating the Art of Drag Sunday,’" the church's website reads.
Rev. Brooke Dooley, associate pastor for youth and young adults at Friends Congregational Church in College Station and youth director for the South Central Conference of the United Church of Christ, who is also known as "Drag King" Brock Bottom, served as guest preacher.
Following the service, there was a "Drag Brunch" fundraiser, which included "entertainment, delicious food, and unforgettable performances."
"Drag is like any other performance and visual art form: the audience for drag can be comprised of children and families," the website reads. "We want our children to be safe and supported. Drag, as seen in the forms of library story hours, theater, music and even church worship services, do just that."
The Texas Family Project, which posted videos of the event on X, captured a moment where Dooley, on stage as "Brock Bottom," began advocating for violence against Trump supporters and Republican politicians.
"If any of y'all voted for Trump, please don't tell us," Dooley said. "Or do and... do y'all sacrifice? Could we start?"
Dooley then asked a crowd member if "he voted for Trump," to which Dooley followed up with, "Okay, 'cause I will kill [the audience member]."
Dooley then made a joke that he went to Austin with some other drag queens to "fist fight Greg Abbott," but said the governor, who is a paraplegic and uses a wheelchair, "wouldn't stand up and fight me." He said that the easiest thing they could do with the money they raised is take away wheelchair ramps.
"In a world where Christianity has been associated with intolerance, exclusion and hate, the mission of Cathedral of Hope (CoH), is to proclaim Christ through faith, hope and love," the Cathedral of Hope's website reads. "We are community of many races, ethnic backgrounds, religious experiences, ages, sexual orientations and gender identities."
In another video captured by the Texas Family Project, alleged members of the "Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence" and the Lonestar Royal Court, including an adult dressed in a purple animal costume with bondage gear, were invited to the altar as the audience applauded.
The Cathedral of Hope is part of the "United Church of Christ," which is known for its progressive views and political activism.
The church celebrated Transgender Day of Visibility in 2024 when it fell on the same day as Easter Sunday.
A section on the Cathedral of Hope's website details two advocacy groups within the church, one about race titled "Hope For All Colors" and the so-called Transgender Advocacy Group.
"We choose to live firmly into the United Church of Christ’s vision statement of ‘United in Christ’s love, a just world for all,’" the website reads. "In pursuit of those goals we currently have two Advocacy Groups that work towards diversity, equity,, inclusion, and justice all the while ensuring that we proclaim Christ through faith, hope, and love. If working towards a more just world is something you want to explore, check out these Advocacy Groups."
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Cathedral of Hope, the United Church of Christ and the Texas Family Project for comment.
AH: Another great example of sinful men being who they are.
Sigh. This is how the bias media shapes the narrative: “she (Rowling) doubled down on her controversial standpoints in a lengthy essay days later.”
Um, only controversial to a minority of left-wing ideologs. Clearly, polls continue to show the majority agree with Rowling. The ones with the controversial views are the transgender activist. The media wants you to think otherwise. People who believe everything the media tells them fall for it.
PEOPLE
Harry Potter Alumna Bonnie Wright Slams 'People Who Don't Love People for Who They Are': 'There Are a Lot'
By Jen Juneau Published on February 9, 2025 03:13PM EST
Bonnie Wright is speaking out about the importance of community.
The former Harry Potter actress appeared alongside fellow Potter alumni James Phelps and Oliver Phelps on a panel at MegaCon 2025 in Orlando on Sunday, Feb. 9, where they reminisced about the on-set magic and also discussed current goings-on.
“There are a lot of people who don’t love people for who they are at this moment," Wright, 33, said at one point, before later discussing more about the power of community.
After sharing her gratitude for her family and not losing their home in the recent Los Angeles wildfires, she said, "Harry Potter can feel like a community — we're in one now."
"So it's nice to recognize the circles we exist in and how they give you a sense of belonging and purpose, or [help you] feel seen," Wright added.
While Wright and the Phelps twins, 38, did not discuss J.K. Rowling during the panel, the 59-year-old Harry Potter book series author came under fire in June 2020 when she appeared to support anti-transgender sentiments in a series of tweets. Though she denied her views on feminism are transphobic, she doubled down on her controversial standpoints in a lengthy essay days later.
Potter stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint have each spoken out against Rowling's much-criticized remarks regarding the transgender community. Radcliffe, 35, stated definitively in a previous essay for The Trevor Project that "transgender women are women."
The Tony Award winner also told The Atlantic in April 2024 that he hadn't spoken to Rowling in years. (Radcliffe starred as the titular hero in all eight Potter films, based on Rowling's bestselling novels about the fictional boy wizard, from 2001 to 2011.)
"It makes me really sad, ultimately, because I do look at the person that I met, the times that we met, and the books that she wrote and the world that she created, and all of that is to me so deeply empathic," Radcliffe said of Rowling and her controversial comments about gender.
"Jo, obviously Harry Potter would not have happened without her, so nothing in my life would have probably happened the way it is without that person," he added. "But that doesn’t mean that you owe the things you truly believe to someone else for your entire life."
In a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter) earlier that month, Rowling shared a then-recent independent review "of the medical evidence for transitioning children."
One follower responded to her on X, "Just waiting for Dan and Emma to give you a very public apology ... safe in the knowledge that you will forgive them ... " (Neither Radcliffe nor Watson, 34, have spoken out about their views on medical transitioning of children.)
"Not safe, I'm afraid," Rowling said. "Celebs who cosied up to a movement intent on eroding women's hard-won rights and who used their platforms to cheer on the transitioning of minors can save their apologies for traumatised detransitioners and vulnerable women reliant on single sex spaces."
AH: Here's an excellent sermon on being who you are.
