Lansdowne & 126th Streets-The Pez Report

2009-11-24T15:17:00.001-05:00

I just had my hand shaken by Steven Spielborg at the 9th Avenue Apple Store. Seems he is a customer here.

MMCMXC-What I Prefer Liturgically

2009-11-22T12:08:00.002-05:00

As One who saw the Dramatic Liturgical Changes 40 Years ago at this time, unto the point where The Holy Sacrifice of The Mass took on aspects of the Sacred Liturgies of The Lutherans, with the beginning of the Haugen-Haas Insipid Hymn Festival at such Liturgies, often infused to us in the form of a "Folk" Mass, I feel I can comment on the state of Liturgy:

I am now seeing a return of the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar to His Proper Place at The Centre of The Altar, which "Dignum Et Justum Est" or in the vernacular, "It Is Right & Just."

The Problem within the Current Offering Of The Sacred Liturgy, began with the Priest facing The Populi. Whereas the the Focus of The Liturgy should be on The Christ in regards to the Eucharist, which occurred when the Priest faced East, the Holy Sacrifice Of The Mass in the current form, may give way to a personality centred Liturgy:

If there's one thing to be said about the Anglican Book Of Common Prayer, it must be noted that the English used, is of a stately manner;

Currently, I attend the 5:15PM Sunday Mass at St Agnes RC Church on East 43rd Street, between Lexington and Third Avenues, in Midtown Manhattan, though I reside in Queens. WHY do I do this? There is absolutely NO Haugen-Haas Awful Liturgical Musical Festival. There is NO "Michael Row The Boat Ashore" type of Liturgical Music at Mass there. There is a stately Opening Hymn and Closing Hymn. There is the singing of Gregorian Chant in Latin, at the Communion Antiphon. Some pre-Communion Prayers like the "Agnus Dei" are chanted in Latin. There is Solemnity as it should be;

The Parish is home to the Traditional Latin Mass of the 1962 Missale Romanum, but even in the current Ordinary Rite, there is a Beautiful Solemnity, I experience NOWHERE Else:

Mum was Baptized there in 1921;

I went to the then Parish Owned HS from 1969 to 1973, when the school had liberalized somewhat;

But, as a Church with Solemnity, even in the Current Liturgical Form, I feel at Home;

Pax Vobis;

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MMCMLXXXIX-The Last Sunday After Pentecost Or The Feast of Christ The King

2009-11-22T11:37:00.004-05:00

If you go according to the Traditional Catholic Calendar, this is the Twenty Fourth And Last Sunday After Pentecost, as it is during the Offering of The Traditional Latin Mass or The Anglican Use Sarum Rite Mass. If you go according to the Ordinary Rite, to day is the Feast Of Christ The King, which is celebrated in October in the Extraordinary Rite of The Traditional Latin Mass. Either way, the Old Calendar is passing and the New Year of The Church is upon us, as of Next Sunday, in the Minor Penitential Feast called Advent, bringing us into Christmas.

Out with The Old and In With The New, as in Renewal;

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The Snowbird Who Flew Home

2009-11-14T15:01:00.003-05:00

Actually, he was called Home By God:

An Integral Part of The Ancient Order Of Hibernians in Queens County, Vincent played the Grand Role of Historian, imparting lessons to us all(Halloween is Irish, Dear People);

For he received the Grandest Call of All Time, For God Called Him Home, last Sunday;

"Bless You, My Son", was his call to me;

To which I say "Bless You Da";

Slan Leat!

On The 11th Day Of The 11th Month At The 11th Hour In 1918

2009-11-11T12:13:00.003-05:00

The War To End All wars ended, which we know as World War I. An Armistice was signed. As a National Holiday, it was called Armistice Day. It is now called Veterans Day to honor all The Veterans of All Wars:

You see a veteran of any conflict or an active duty soldier, Thank Him or Her. Buy them a cup of Coffee, tea or even an Adult Beverage;

To date, only 1 "Doughboy" from WWI from the US is alive. Ditto, Canada & that last Canadian Veteran is a US Citizen, living in Washington State. 2K WWII Veterans per day are dying. Korean & Vietnam Veterans are aging. & Now we have Gulf War and Current Vets in our Midst;

God Bless America!

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I Have An Idea What You're Thinking Of The New Music On This Blog

2009-11-09T01:21:00.002-05:00

If you are a US Marine, it's a John Philip Sousa March. You would be absolutely correct in saying so:

But to those of us who were children, teens and adults in the 1970s, it means "And Now For Something Completely Different";

The Military March, called "The Liberty Bell", is the theme for "Monty Python's Flying Circus", which starred Messrs Eric Idle, John Cleese, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam & The Late Graham Chapman. The female most-often cast in the series was Carol Cleveland. The show was on BBC 1 for a number of seasons, as well as various PBS Stations and later as part of ABC Late Evening Programming;

The show still causes me gales of laughter;

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2009-11-05T00:43:00.001-05:00

Game ended. Yankees won!
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PHI:3
NYY:7
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2009-11-05T00:14:00.001-05:00

27 World Championships for DF Yankees-Oh, FUCK!

Under NO Circumstances Is It Permissible To Do THIS

2009-11-04T16:44:00.002-05:00

Repeat-Under NO Circumstances is it permissible for METS Fans to root for DFYankees & certainly NOT in a World Series:

It's like Jews rooting for HITLER;
In my parlance, a METS Fan who roots for the Yankees in this series, deserves to be strung from a Citi Field Light Tower. In the past, it would've been an Ankle Hang from a Shea Stadium Upper Level Ramp;

It's losing your Baseball Soul;

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Oh, S--t, I Had To Bat & I Couldn't Pitch

2009-11-03T10:43:00.002-05:00

AJ Burnett couldn't pitch last evening. It's more like he s--t the bed, which is really nothing new for him, giving up 6 Earned Runs in 2 Innings, with the Philadelphia Phillies hitting the NY Yankees 8-6:

The Yankees are 1 away from a World Series Title, #27 to be exact, but they may have to do it in that ridiculous bandbox of theirs with the Low Fences, like HS or Little League Low Fences;

Then again, it still might not happen, as CC Sabbathia isn't quite a World Series Pitcher;

Cliff Lee was strong but not quite as strong. Ryan Madson isn't the kind of Reliever I would have confidence in. And Chase Utley set a new record for 2nd Basemen, cracking his 7th Postseason Homer. Raul Ibanez cracked one a nice distance;

Notice Jorge Posada's Double-it was a Homer in RF Pop Fly Land in The Bronx, but not in Citizens Bank Park.

Now one Wonders about the Listed Yankee Stadium III Distances-are they the REAL Distances or is that all for show, & perhaps deception, by possibly 15 Feet? Like how SHORT are those Distances?

7:57PM ET on FOX, Tomorrow. Radio is WPHT 1210, Philadelphia, if you DON't Want to hear Sterling & Suzyn or The Wit & "Wisdom" of Tim Mc Cavah.

2009-11-03T00:59:00.001-05:00

Game ended. Yankees lost.
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PHI:8
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Not far Down The Line On This Blog is MMM or 3K

2009-11-01T10:58:00.002-05:00

From The Red Sox To The Catholic Faith to other subjects:

3K is a heady # of articles, but even I get bored;

Mychal;

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As Explained To Me By An Irish Born-Woman

2009-11-01T10:22:00.003-05:00

The Festival called Halloween is of Irish Nature, not American. Halloween is All Hallows Eve There. In fact, according to the Old Celtic Calendar, this is the beginning of a New Year. But with Christianity it became All Hallows Eve, replete with Feasting and Bonfires:

Cut with the "Top O' The Morning To You"-It does NOT exist in Irish Culture.

TO those two Irish Ladies on Holiday-Slan Leat!

Mychal

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2009-10-30T04:56:00.001-04:00

Eh,. Charlie? Really ,.,',,...Gradyesque of u to start Pedro.

2009-10-27T18:40:00.001-04:00

HAPPY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 25 OF 2004, THE BOSTON RED SOX, THE COMEBACK KINGS OF SPORT.

2009-10-27T18:36:00.001-04:00

FUCK THE YANKEES!

Oh, Please! The Keen "Intellecshuals" Are Displaying Their "Nowlij" On That Forum Of The Airwaves Called "The FAN"

2009-10-25T05:50:00.003-04:00

It is Baseball's Post-Season. It is a time when Yankees Fans whine as much as Long Island Miracle Mile-Queens Boulevard Princesses & pontificate about a Team that Red Sox & Mets Fans know more about. After All, the latter two fan bases are actually genuine students of Baseball:

Funny about that cultural institution called WFAN 660-it attracts the LCD Fans, both of the Liquid Crystal Display and the Lowest Common Denominator, as Yankees Fans are celebrating their rendition of "The Feast Of The Assumption", where their team is assumed to be going to the '09 World Series, with Visions of Imported Beer dancing in their heads;

May their "Feast" be an empty one;

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"The Big Whistle" At Age 94

2009-10-25T05:32:00.002-04:00

Mr William Leroy Chadwick recently turned 94 in Cutchogue, in Suffolk County NY. While growing up, I viewed Rangers Hockey on Channel 9, then THE Big Sports Station in NYC.
Bill "The Big Whistle" Chadwick, was the 1st US Born NHL Hockey Official, 1st as a Linesman & then as the 1st US Born NHL Referee. He introduced the current NHL Hand Signals, now in use by Hockey Officials all over the world.
But, I'll always recall him working Rangers Games on WHN & WNBC with Marv Albert & on MSG Network Produced Rangers Games, with Jim Gordon.
Bill was partially blinded in Hockey Accidents. He also played Baseball in his young days, against such Baseball Luminaries as Phil Rizzuto and Sid Gordon.

Resquiscant In Pacem!

"Pakalakaha, They're Whispering All Over Turkey"

2009-10-25T05:16:00.002-04:00

On Thursday, the Comedic Mr Milton Supman, passed on at Calvary Hospital in The Bronx at Age 83:

You never heard of Milton Supman?

The Title of this post is a song heard on Milton's TV Show, in the 1960s on WNEW Channel 5-NY;

OK, his real name was Milton Supman & he made the live "Pie In The Face" his signature gag;

Soupy Sales, as we knew him, is Milton Supman;

I saw that 1/1/1965 telecast in regards to Soupy asking the kids to go to their parents wallets and pocketbooks, if they were asleep and to send him pictures of Abe Lincoln, George Washington & Andrew Jackson "& I'll Send You A Post Card From Puerto Rico." It was mostly Monopoly Money sent to him;

On his Radio 66-WNBC Show, he had a "School" run by "Vito", where "You better say Yes, because it's not nice to say No to a man named Vito."

Soupy? You'll be missed. Thanks For The Laughs!

"Phillips? GEORGE COSTANZA Would Make a Better GM or ESPN Analyst Than You"

2009-10-21T17:32:00.003-04:00

In August, '02 at Mets-Dodgers at Shea Stadium, with the team now in Wilpon Hands, I saw the Mets lose all their August Home Games:

My chant of derision was directed at the Mets GM, Steve Phillips. It went as follows;

"Phillips? George Costanza would make a better General Manager than you." It got a lot of laughs from the extremely frustrated Mets Fans;

As the 7th Inning Stretch Song, "Lazy Mary" was played, Joe Dolce would go "Second Stanza." I would yell "Mets General Manager George Costanza";
To be fair, the Winter Deal Phillips made looked top notch. He made it because, well, Fred Wilpon was panicking;

In 1998, Steve got caught makin whoopie with one Rosa Rodriguez at Shea Stadium, a Mets Employee. It's '09 & he got it on with a 22 Year Old Gal;

Twice cheating on his wife may get to be really-expensive this time around, as he played with an ESPN Production Assistant;

Where do the Mets and ESPN get these people?

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2009-10-17T16:22:00.001-04:00

It is cold outside, yet the air conditioning is running on futt full blast. Why is this the case?

It IS That Time Of Year-Barf Bags Anyone?

2009-10-14T11:03:00.004-04:00

The NLCS will begin tonight, with Phillies at Dodgers. Chip Caray(AWFUL) will be with Ron Darling.

The ALCS, tomorrow night, will be on FAWX, I mean FOX. Joe "Am I FUNNY Or What" Buck, will be teamed with the "Man From Memphis", "The Sophocles Of The Diamond", with 17+Mentions of Derek Jeter, Ad Infinitum, He who would give a description of a Pitcher's Ring Finger, The Man, The Myth, The Legend, Tim Mc Carver.

Earplugs, Anybody? I can't wait for the 1st Memorable Comment.

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Paps on tbs-NOT Funny

2009-10-12T18:44:00.002-04:00

He failed to pitch. He s--t the bed. He treated the LA A of A as if he was pitching to Omir Santos.

Theo? Have you been consulting with Steve Phillips? Omar Minaya? Jeffy The Wonder Moron? Brad Penny? John Smoltz? It goes on & on.

Barf!

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After Two Nights Of NESN on tbs, NOT VERY FUNNY

2009-10-10T02:20:00.003-04:00

OK, Announcer Boy Don Orsillo and Buck Martinez, with Buck being ONE of 26 Broadcast Partners for Mr Orsillo on NESN, while we awaited the Return of Gerald Peter Remy from his Illness, were fine these last two evenings, unlike the Pitching of Mr Jon Lester and Mr Josh Beckett, and the Nonexistent Offense:

I've heard of Vacations but this is ridiculous. Making John Lackey and Jerrold Weaver look like Cy Young, is Utterly DISGUSTING. 1 Run in TWO Nights means it's time for a big bat to come into play;

Fenway Park, NEXT STOP! It's time for some Home Cooking;

AWAKE FROM YOUR SLUMBER;

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PS: The Mets Fans are on board with us-WAKE UP!

2009-10-10T01:21:00.001-04:00

Game ended. Red Sox lost.
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LAA:4
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