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It’s been a while since I posted a sermon, mostly because all of the medical stuff I have been dealing with has made what I have offered from the pulpit less than postable. But I’m back and talking about the birds and flowers that Jesus pointed to as examples of how to be human. _____________________________ Ginger and I went to breakfast after one of my recent doctor visits and from the window…
lenten journal: no locks
lenten journal: no locks
Uncle Howard and I met for breakfast again this morning, as has been my lenten custom thus far, and he woke me with these words:
Again and again, we are impressed with the fact that little things can make big differences. A little act of kindness at a moment of great need makes all the difference between sunshine and shadows. . . . There is always a place for the graceful gesture, the thoughtful…
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Another phenomenal album from Bill Mallonee. This record is honest, earthy, deeply spiritual. Favorite tracks include “Sangre de Christos,” “Hide Me In The Darkness” and “I’ll Swing With Everything That I’ve Got.”
Listen/purchase: LANDS & PEOPLES ~ Bill Mallonee (CD/Vinyl & Download formats) by Bill Mallonee & The Big Sky Ramblers
Listen/purchase: FROM DAY ONE by Bill Mallonee
It was an empty page and the margins were free at least that’s how you...described it to me and your boots wandered the earth; across the hills and traces and you said that it all knew you...on a first name basis And the sky held a sun...and it shown on your heart from day one and the sky was your friend... and the sky will take you back again
“From Day One” by Bill Mallonee
The first band that I ever interviewed on my radio show (back in the summer of 2001).
From Killing Floor (1992), co-produced by Mark Heard and Peter Buck.
This song is in my top 10 of all time. The words, the melody, that violin. Thanks Bill, for everything. A love song about Van Gogh and artists of all kinds. Skin. By Bill Mallonee (Vigilantes of Love)
Now I'd seen him despondent A few times as of late Sometimes the answer that love gives Is the hardest one to take I know he was prone to paint The voice of his own fear So Vincent he picked up the blade And he put it to his ear Look at yourself in the mirror You're all rumpled red stubbled and gaunt You walk a dead end path in a dry corn field And now this morose response Your princess she don't wanna see you No your princess she don't wanna hear So vincent he picked up the blade And he put it to his ear Now look if you're gonna come around here And say those sort of things You gotta take a few on the chin You talking about love and all that stuff You better bring your thickest skin Sometimes you can't please everyone Sometimes you can't please anyone at all You sew your heart onto your sleeve And wait for the ax to fall You there with the paint box You there with paper and pen Me I got this blunt instrument I'm gonna play on 'til the end And you know you come with empty hands Or you don't come at all You deal your best hand out in the marketplace And let the chips fall The package it comes wrapped up There is a lesson here Vincent he picked up the blade And he put it to his ear Now look if you're gonna come around here And say those sort of things You gotta take a few on the chin Yeah you're talking about sin and redemption Well you better wear your thickest skin Sometimes you can't please everyone Sometimes you can't please anyone at all Sew your heart onto your sleeve And wait for the ax to fall
Episode 32: Winnowing by Bill Mallonee
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Last week, Bill Mallonee released a new album titled Winnowing, so I asked him to come back on the show to talk about the new record. He describes it as “an Autumn record. The diminishing play of light, the signs of Earth going dormant, and the smell of wood fire suggesting a withdrawal, a strategic “retreat,” a tucking in of dreams– and an inventory to be taken of the past.”
Bill talked about the role the Matthew Arnold poem “Dover Beach” played in inspiring the opening track and setting the direction of the entire album. He also talked about the grouping of the songs on the record, a process that was far from coincidental.
Bill talked about some of the specific tracks on the record– ones that he is particularly proud of, and he even shared some of the stories behind the songs. I included excerpts of “Dover Beach” and “Dew Drop Inn” in the interview, but you can listen to or Download Winnowing Here.
Finally, Bill mentioned plans for a (mostly house-concert) tour this fall.
**Bonus Feature The Bonus Feature includes 4 minutes of interview in which Bill talks about the questions that continue to find their way into the songs. Plus, he responds to the following: Did you have any epiphanies or landmark moments in the writing and recording of Winnowing? The Bonus Feature is totally free for download. Sign up for it in the upper right of this page.
Episode 32: Winnowing by Bill Mallonee was originally published on twelve minute muse
