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Randy Newman Concert Set Lists

Posted in: General- May 10, 2008 No Comments

Uncle Rodger and I had a fantastic time at the concert. Here’s the set list:

Randy Newman Concert – Solo
April 28, 2008 – 7:30PM
Heymann Performing Arts Center – Lafayette, LA

Set 1:
1. Last Night I Had A Dream
2. Mama Told Me Not to Come
3. *Losing You
4. Short People
5. Birmingham
6. Marie
7. Girls of My Life, Part 1
8. The World Isn’t Fair
9. I Miss You
10. Red Bandana
11. A Wedding in Cherokee Country
12. You Can Leave Your Hat On
13. I’m Dead (But I Don’t Know It)
14. Guilty
15. Political Science

Set 2:
1. *Laugh and Be Happy
2. It’s Money That I Love
3. In Germany Before the War
4. Baltimore
5. Rollin’
6. Great Nations of Europe
7. A Few Words In Defense of Our Country
8. Living Without You
9. You’ve Got a Friend In Me
10. I Love L.A.
11. Kingfish
12. Dixie Flyer
13. *Potholes
14. Rednecks
15. Sail Away
16. I Think It’s Going To Rain Today
17. Louisiana 1927

Encore:
1. It’s Lonely At the Top
2. Feels Like Home

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*Denotes Unreleased Songs on the Upcoming Album, “Harps and Angels.”

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Randy Newman

Posted in: General- Apr 15, 2008 No Comments

My uncle Rodger and I are scheduled to go see Randy Newman in Lafayette on April 28. I am really excited about it. Randy Newman really fascinates me. He doesn’t “wow” me, just intrigues me. He is a political satirist who really has a unique sound. He is no cookie-cutter singer/songwriter. He is his own breed. His music still carries even without the band backing him up. He is much older now than these YouTube videos. Hope your palette is whetted:

“Intelligent satire meets willful cruelty.”

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Movin’ to Monroe!

Posted in: General- Apr 09, 2008 No Comments

Well, we now know where we will be living in Monroe. It is a 2 bedroom house that is pictured below. It is a very nice house that we saw was for lease and we were very interested. It is only 2 blocks from the church and that is a great perk.

May is when we get to start moving. It is nice to have something nailed down and resolved. 

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Hughes Oliphant Old – Quote on Established Liturgy Forms in Church Worship

Posted in: General- Apr 08, 2008 No Comments


“In the first place liturgical forms are a good means of teaching the essentials of the Christian faith. When familiar liturgical forms and texts are used again and again, it gives us the opportunity to meditate on them and to penetrate their meaning more deeply. When there are well established procedures with which everyone is familiar, it makes it easier to concentrate on content rather than on outward form. Any athlete understands the importance of mastering form. Such simple things as breathing must be done correctly, but this is essential so that eventually they can be done spontaneously, without effort, without thinking about them. The concentration must be on other things. Forms are a means to an end, and if they are constantly changing they obscure the end rather than lead to it.“ 

– Hughes Oliphant Old, Worship That Is Reformed According to Scripture, Guides to the Reformed Tradition (Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1984), 162.
I first saw this quote in Jeffrey Meyers’ The Lord’s Service. I couldn’t explain it any more clearly or concisely if I tried. 
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"Sweet is the calm of paradise the blessed."

Posted in: General- Apr 08, 2008 No Comments

The 4th and 5th verses of that great Christian hymn, “For All the Saints” resound these words:

The golden evening brightens in the west;
Soon, soon to faithful warriors comes their rest;
Sweet is the calm of paradise the blessed.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

But lo! there breaks a yet more glorious day;
The saints triumphant rise in bright array;
The King of glory passes on His way.
Alleluia, Alleluia!

I think about a year and how fast it has gone. I remember William Andrew Hilleke, my brother-in-law and friend. I took the above photos on one of my photo-taking rampages in June of 2006 when the Jim Hilleke family was vacationing at Roseland. This photo was taken just as Thomas, Emily, the kids, and Sarah were heading back to Monroe. I stayed for a few hours more and got to photograph the property with Andrew and Mr. Jim. Some of the best photos I took of Andrew were taken when he didn’t know I was shooting him. Often, if he knew, he would give me that “Andrew Smile/Snarl.” Of course we all miss Andrew. The thing is, it is still hard to believe that he is not here with us. It is a hard concept when I think about it. Often, I think, “What happened?” even though I know all the events and happenings of early 2007. 
I am comforted by this hymn that was sung at his funeral. N.T. Wright says that it is the best hymn for Christians to sing at funerals. It puts our hope in the best biblical and Christian perspective. 
Until that “yet more glorious day” when “the saints triumphant [will] rise” we are left to think about our good memories and reminisce through our photos and videos.
O Eternal Lord God, who holdest all souls in life; Vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to thy whole Church in paradise and on earth, thy light and thy peace; and grant that we, following the good examples of those who have served thee here and are now at rest, may at the last enter with them into thine unending joy; through Jesus Christ our Lord.  Amen.
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