Welcome to the Wakefield Doctrine (the theory of clarks, scotts and rogers)
I never needed spiritual songs more than I have this week. A week ago the server on which I am hosted was under attack by a malicious hacker. SO FUN!!! My site was acting funny, then shut down all together on Wednesday. After the attack was over, my site was never the same. Long story short – there will be a why I hate hostmonster, bluehost, host gator post in the near future.
In order to fix the problem we (me and godaddy) actually had to move my site to a temporary URL until Hostmonster releases my domain, which they are taking their sweet time doing.
So here we are. I am holding my breath, hoping they won’t switch it off in the middle of our Party, but it seems pretty likely that it will happen. Cause that’s my luck this week.
And so, since this week you have been guided to create a mixtape on songs that are spiritual to you. I am going to use these songs that aren’t necessarily spiritual to everyone, but are to me, to help me through.
Give Me Strength to Weather This Storm
Well, this surely will be an interesting week, MizTape-wise. Our Host(s) Jen Kehl and Kristi McNichol have advised us to ‘think spiritual’ for this week’s MixTape. Given that I was taught from a time before I can remember that, in polite company, ‘one simply never discusses politics and religion’, I am in a bit of a quandary. I really enjoy our tunesome Tuesdays and yet, that pesky up-bringing thing. Well, as we say at the Wakefield Doctrine, if it walks like a nun and quacks like a minister, then it must be… (sorry, last minute deadline pressure got the better of me. The Wakefield Doctrine does have something to say about religion, seeing as you have already brought up the topic. When it comes to matters of the soul and deities and such, then: clarks are spiritual, rogers are religious and scotts… they pretty much decide on which sect has the hottest clergy and/or offer the most opportunity to get some…enlightenment.)
Alright! That takes cares of the mandatory, ‘hey-we’re-blog writers-and-music-fans-write-something-profound-insightful-or-failing-that-weirder-than anything’ Done…Done….(and)…Done!
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Caritas abundat in omnia – Hildegard von Bingen
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Elected – Alice Cooper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs6AExtcNEQ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Old Time Mix – Fred Hammond
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Let the Praise Begin – Fred Hammond
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Oh What a Night – Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDxhugRKZ8g~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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I want to change my name to Hildegard von Bingen now. That name is epic. I like that you included Alice. Good stuff Clark.
Linda
yeah… (” von Bingen…Hildegard von Bingen”)
Roger here, have a strong faith,but can’t say I’m too religious! Have a great rest of the week!
Michelle
..that’s why we have (a) secondary aspect! lol thanks, you too!
You had me forever with Alice Cooper
sold on the rest
Lance
(I liked finding such an ‘early Alice’ for this)… I trust the tie-in to religion and politics carried out of the Post, (of course, Frankie Valli is a bit tough to reconcile).
What a mix! I love it!
SAM
thank you, it was a fun list to put together
Very mixed! But I love that you Wakefielded it anyway :D Be fascinated to hear what a scott thinks of your statement…
Lizzi
well, I guess I should ask them… lol
Def didn’t expect to see Alice Cooper on a list this week! Surprise!
Melissa
very often I am surprised as the next person at what the ‘finished’ product actually is! …I did not start with Alice in mind, I think there was some reverb with the politics reference (which, in turn, showed up only in the final draft of the Post).
What an eclectic mix! I’m pretty Clark-ish, I think — but whatever I am, I like the Frankie Vali song the best.
Dana
Thank you… eclectic and clark(like worldviews) are pretty synonymous
Never expected to see Alice Cooper on this blog hop… ;)
Natalie!
why thank you! what a nice thing to say (to a clark, lol)
What an awesome list! Alice Cooper AND Franki Vali together? Perfect! Also, so sorry to hear about your major problems with Hostmonster this week. Jen was having the same issue (which you likely know). I’m with Bluehost and wondering what I should do. Ugh. Glad you have it almost partially resolved. And haha to McNichol. :D
Kristi
thought you would enjoy ‘Kristy’… that’s not your brand of cigarettes was/is it?
thanks for the Nina… very hot (damn! it’s spiritual week)…very inspiring lol
Nah dude I was all Marlboro. Reds, in fact! Nina is SO HOT. DAMN!!! I also wish miss smoky dark bars. Not sure they even exist any longer. Of course, I haven’t been OUT so they well may…sigh. But yeah. The spirit.
as a clark I think my transition to spirituality instead of religiocity occurred when Father Al who performed my first confession married my best friend, and I don’t mean he performed the ceremony..must have been a Scott
Your first choice was absolutely beautiful! I also really enjoyed the fourth one on the list – the Fred Hammond one – I’d never heard that one before. As for Oh What a Night – I love that song – though I don’t think I’d have ever thought of it spiritually.
Enjoy the rest of your week!
Louise
yeah, the two Fred vids were from the two live DVDs that we own (not directly, of course, from the tube) the first was from a Detroit concert…very excellent and the second was from a Las Vegas concert I believe, also good but not as good in terms of production qualities. the truth be known, OWaN was one of those songs that got stuck in my head and established itself as part of the fun that I have with Jen and Kristi each week.
OK, seriously? Oh what a night??!! Love it as a choice! You know we are the same, even though I picked the topic I am also uncomfortable talking religion so as you probably noticed my descriptions were vague…. I did need it though. And listening to everyone else’s mixes is helping too! Thank you!
Jen
well come on…try to remember (at least for some of us) those were totally religious experiences… if we base that on ‘likelihood of it happening in the first place’ lol
Wait?! Why does Kristi get to be the hot Kristi McNichols? Although I wouldn’t want to be her during her drug years… so, forget I said anything.
Jen
good point… but then again, for some reason, while I could picture Kristi with the Marlboros… you, I’m thinking either (the occasional) Lucky Strike or when on a health kick, some Virginia Slims
That Frankie Valli is quite possibly my most favoritest song EVER. The re-mix is even better.