Wednesday Bible Study: The seven churches part five

 

Rev 3:1  "And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: 'The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. "'I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. 

Rev 3:2  Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. 

Rev 3:3  Then remember how you received and heard, and keep, and repent. If, then, you do not watch, I will come upon you like a thief and you will not at all know what hour I come upon you. 

Rev 3:4  Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy. 

Rev 3:5  The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels. 

Rev 3:6  He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.' 

As per my usual, I did a lot of studying on the city of Sardis, and a lot of digesting commentators, to share this lesson.  And I found out I really didn't need to.

The commentators compare this lettered church to the 16th century on Protestant mainline- just as politically motivated and void of substance as the Catholic structure they had escaped.  They draw the comparison to what happened to Sardis itself way back in 547 BC.  You see, the city's army had been defeated in the field by the Persian overlord Cyrus; but the city itself was near impregnable, high on a mountain.  It got to a point Cyrus offered a bounty to anyone who could show him the secret way in and out that kept the city supplied.  One night, a dimwitted Sardian soldier dropped his helmet over the side.  Instead of yelling, "Hey Dimitrius, gimme a new lid!", he snuck down the secret path to retrieve it- in full view of a Persian soldier about to get very rich.  Thing was, even after this defeat, they still prided themselves on being unassailable- despite the fact the Romans did almost the same thing to them some 400 years later.

So I am seeing a church that thinks it's one thing when it's really another.  And knowing we're coming up on Laodicea, which is another example of the same thing, I wondered, "Then what's the difference?"

And God told me:  The difference is, Sardis as a church- and an example- is DEAD.  No hope, no escape, except for some individuals.  What makes them dead?  Better question, what makes one ALIVE.

For one thing, you need to be breathing.  The breath of a church is the Holy Spirit, and they were no longer drawing Him in.  No inspiration, no gifts, just another business.  Slap the name of Jesus Christ on us, and we're impregnable.  Until you're not.

Another sign of life is being able to consume- to eat.  Our food is the Word, the Word is the Bible.  They weren't reading the Scriptures, or the Letters.  Oh, they had them- just like I used to, in the back window of my car, for easy take out every Sunday, and sitting in the sun untouched the rest of the week.

Another, the ability to reproduce themselves.  Like Ephesus, they were NOT making new believers.  Heck, they barely believed themselves.

Finally, an ability to move, to work for the benefit of the organism.  When they went to church, they didn't serve, they didn't pray.  They just sat there, did their minimum to "get credit", and left.

Oh, and one more: The unique aspect of personality, of self-awareness.  There was already three temples for Caesar-worship, along with the largest Jewish synagogue on the planet at the time.  Don't like us?  Plenty of other birds out there.

So next question:  Why was Jesus even bothering with them?  Because, hidden in the carcass, were some who were still alive, still doing their part.  One of them was the Bishop Melito, a second-generation disciple of John, who even wrote to Marcus Aurelius as an equal.  He, more than most, raised the banner of celebrating Easter at the same time as the Jewish Passover.  That he lost this battle to Rome, who wanted the floating Sunday, shows that Sardis wasn't the only place where faith was dying out.  But for every Melito was a basilica full of "butts in the pews" looking at their watches to see how close to kickoff it was.

There is a key word in v3 that the ESV missed (and so I inserted the Literal Translation there)-  "...remember HOW you received and heard..."  This made me think of the words of Jesus:

Mat 13:20  And that sown on the stony places is this: the one hearing the Word, and immediately receiving it with joy, 

Mat 13:21  but has no root in himself, but is temporary, and tribulation, or persecution occurring because of the Word, he is at once offended. 

They had gladly received the Word long ago; but somehow, it never went deep.  They never kept the JOY of it!  "Aren't you worried about missing out on Heaven?" "Certainly not!  We are impregnable; Nothing can harm us."  Which reminds me of another Parable...

Luk 12:16  And He spoke a parable to them, saying, A certain rich man produced well from the land. 

Luk 12:17  And he reasoned within himself, saying, What may I do, for I have nowhere I may gather my fruits? 

Luk 12:18  And he said, I will do this; I will tear down my barns and I will build larger; and I will gather there all my produce and my goods. 

Luk 12:19  And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years; take rest, eat, drink, and be glad. 

Luk 12:20  But God said to him, Fool! This night they demand your soul from you; and that which you prepared, to whom will it be? 

And night had fallen in Sardis.

So in the end, which modern day church is this?  None of them, and all of them.  My sister still goes to Catholic church, despite seeing things as I do.  I once asked her why, and she said along the lines of, "I just say my prayers and don't worry about the other stuff (i.e. Mary, the doctrines, etc)."  Another person stands in the balcony on Saturday night service, the better to sneak out during the Eucharist instead of staying to the finish.  This then is the church of are YOU paying attention?  Do you really care?  In the end, they actually were what they said they were- impregnable.  And thus, Jesus could not get in.

Uggh! I'm not eating that!

 

In my continuing boredom on Sunday nights attempt to increase and diversify my content, I went searching for something funny.  And wouldn't you know, even though I totally fat-fingered the typing, I came across a list on allrecipes (dot) com of the nation's most hated foods.  I said, "Why not?"  (the story, not the foods).  I found myself mostly agreeing to the list.

15- Mayonnaise

Couldn't spell that either, lol!  While I do try to avoid it, I won't scrape it off a sandwich anymore.  Which I did as a kid.

14- Pickles

I have often though how there must be a way to feed starving countries with all the pickles I've wasted and seen wasted over the years.  If they put them on a sandwich by accident, I give 'em to Misty.  She gives me a "Why did you do that?" look, and I feel bad.

13- Coconut

This list will have to try real hard to find something I dislike as much as this stuff.  Perhaps only tea ( were it a 'food') would rank lower for me.  I would have died on Gilligan's Island.

12- Cilantro

I honestly don't know if I've even had this or not.  From the description I just read, sounds disgusting.

11- Mushrooms

Blasphemy!  I love mushrooms!  I do know someone that can't stand them because of the texture.  But, she roots for Brad Keselowski, too, so...

10- Olives

I like the occasional black olive on pizza, and can put up somewhat with the green.  Alone?  Tend to doubt it.

9- Fennel

Again, I couldn't pick fennel out of a Guy Fieri line-up.  But again, what I have read is not exactly complimentary.  Frankly, I'd take a small cilantro and fennel sandwich over anything with even half of a caraway seed in it, but that's me.  And don't hold me to it.

8- Brussels Sprouts

Now there's something that will top coconut on my hate list!  I tried- not even melty cheese could help them, and I survive olives with melty cheese.

7- Capers

Yet another member of the "I really can't say" club. From what I just read, it might make the "try once" list, but after that I don't know...

6- Okra

All I know about this vegetable is Tim Taylor's "Okrahoma" joke.  But the article's first descriptive was "slimy", so....

5- Blue Cheese

I love cheese.  Thank you, no.  All this ever did for me was ruin an already too-hot chicken wing.  Gimme Garlic Parm and ranch, instead.

4- Beets

I remember mom's pickled beets from childhood.  Right up there with creamed carrots in Mom's PTSD inducing dinners.

3- Oysters

This one grows the list of, "Thankfully, I haven't had that yet".  I have been tempted, though.  Maybe one day.

2- Black Licorice

The top two are both "You knew it hadda be on the list" items.  I don't have the strong reaction a lot of people do, but definitely on my "only if I've no options" list.

And #1....

1- Anchovies

This I have had- just once.  If you like a salt block with a slight fishy taste, this is for you.  How one little fish could turn 3 slices of pizza too salty to eat is beyond me.

No, what would be MY top ten?  A few have already been mentioned...

1- Tea.  I never saw anything that a half-cup of sugar wouldn't improve.  Until this.

2- Any kind of melon.  Put it on my tongue, I gag.

3- Caraway seed anything.  I made Caraway seed sweet bread for a home ec class back in the day.  Big mistake.

4- Brussels sprouts.  See #8 above.

5- Creamed carrots.  As I refused to eat this stuff, or even have it placed on the table anywhere near me, this rating is by smell alone.

6- Muskmelon.  I wasn't going to put this separate, but God, the smell! Dad would bring one home, and I'd throw it in his beer fridge in the garage.

7- Sushi.  This is my texture thing.  Cold fish, hard pass.  Put shrimp cocktail here as well.

8- Veal.  Not as bad as all that, but the only time I had it, my appendix screamed "take meout!" within a half hour.

9- Blue cheese.  See #5 above.

10- Anything pickled.  Beets (see #4 above), eggs, cow's tongue, you name it.

M10 show week # 116

 

Leftovers.  An' not enough fer me!

That's just the way the ball bounces sometimes, my friend.  But let that not spoil your fun on this week's M10 show, bec-

Fun?  My stomach's growlin'!  

Go make a sandwich then, while I get things started with a two-debut M10, a really bad week for my top five of 1981 in Australia, and...

Ah'll fix yer fun.  Guess who just joined me in rock'n'roll Heaven?

I heard, Dickie Betts from the Allman Brothers Band.  We're all getting old...

Ah'm not, haw!

I'm not even sure that's funny, considering...  Anyway, my first debut is kind of one of those songs I don't know how it managed to drift into the shuffle, as it's from 2012, and from someone I know nothing about.  But, it's kind of got that just-starting-out M10 vibe, so here at ten is Frankie Rose...

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Ah din't unnerstand ANY of that!

Well, see, she... oh, never mind, it's like talking to Gilligan!  So let's move back to target year 1981, where we see Sheena Easton's Morning Train (9 to 5) at the top on Cashbox.  Called just 9 To 5 in Europe, it got the name change here because Dolly Parton was charting with another 9 To 5 at this point... in fact, it was a past #1 here, the current #1 in Canada (to be replaced by Sheena in 2 weeks!) and would get to #9 in Australia- while Morning Train would top their charts in 2 weeks.  However, Australia's top song this week in '81 got short shrift in North America, getting to #14 on US Mainstream rock, but that's it.  It was Adam and the Ants  with Antmusic, and like what I do know of his music, it must be an acquired taste that I never did acquire.

But fear not, Australia sticks it to me on MY top 5 of the week!  

5- April Wine, Just Between You And Me.  Moving into its peak spot of 21 here, I was surprised that this Canadian act only got to 22 there.  Not as surprised it didn't get Down Under.

4- Yarborough and Peoples, Don't Stop The Music.  It also moves into its peak of 17; this time it was Canada that ignored it, and Australia peaked it at 73.

3- Phil Collins, I Missed Again.  At 32 this week, Billboard peaked it at 19; the rest of y'all hit each end, peaking at #2 in Canada, but at 88 in Australia.

2- Juice Newton, Angel Of The Morning.  I loved this almost as much as the Merilee Rush original; moving 4 to #4 this week, it would get stuck at 2 behind Sheena here, top the charts in Canada, and get nowhere near Australia.

And that leaves my top song for the week- a song hitting its #11 peak in both Canada and the US, and managing a week's best #54 in Australia...

...James Taylor and JD Souther and Her Town Too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Boy, you wuz right, Australia left ya down with a thud!

It wouldn't be interesting to do if the hits were in the same place everywhere!  Next up, our second debut, more new Real Estate at #9...

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You got the rest of the ten, or are you starving to death?

Ah'm starvin'.  An' lazy as a result.

There you have it, number 944 on Elvis's list of excuses to be lazy!  Here's the rest of the list...

8- Up two for Shannon and the Clams and Moon Is In The Wrong Place.

7- Down 3 for Suki Waterhouse and Every Day's A Lesson In Humility.

6- Up one for Crow and Gabriel and Digging In The Dirt.

5- A big 4 spot jump for Bob Jr and Bethany Cosentino and Always (All The Time).

4- Slipping two for the former #1, Broken Bells and The Mall And Misery.

3- And holding for Big Thief with Not.

2- Surpirsingly dumped from her one-week run at the top, Kacey Musgraves and Cardinal.

And the new number one...

...Shannon and the Clams and Real Or Magic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We'll be back next time, an' there'll be food, ifn I have ta bring it!

I am NOT eating Bologna Casserole... I have enough digestive issues!

Wednesday Bible Study: The Seven Churches Part Four

 

Rev 2:18  "And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: 'The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze. 

Rev 2:19  "'I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first. 

Rev 2:20  But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teaching and seducing my servants to practice sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. 

Rev 2:21  I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality. 

Rev 2:22  Behold, I will throw her onto a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her I will throw into great tribulation, unless they repent of her works, 

Rev 2:23  and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works. 

Rev 2:24  But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not learned what some call the deep things of Satan, to you I say, I do not lay on you any other burden. 

Rev 2:25  Only hold fast what you have until I come. 

Rev 2:26  The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations, 

Rev 2:27  and he will rule them with a rod of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, even as I myself have received authority from my Father. 

Rev 2:28  And I will give him the morning star. 

Rev 2:29  He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.' 

This is a real 'us and them' story, but you need first to understand the nature of that story.  The big controversy in this fourth church is, "Who is 'that woman Jezebel'?"  To say that this has been a source of discussion is to put it mildly.  A perusal of the commentators on my e-Sword program reveals:

-3 believe this was an actual physical woman, known to this church at that time.

-2 believe it was a faction within that church.

-Because the word 'woman' is usually translated 'wife', 2 believe it is the pastor's wife.

- 2 call her the Roman church.  I think this is a low-hanging fruit, and I'll explain in a bit.

- One, honestly, basically says, "Who knows?"  But we need to.

While the Roman Catholic Church meets many of the requirements, and the hierarchy of it is certainly PART of the equation, they are NOT in my opinion the final answer.  To figure this out, let's look at a couple of passages my paper Bible linked me to.  First, the only other mention of Thyatira:

Act 16:14  One who heard us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul. 

See, Thyatira sold purple dye, but not THE purple dye- the expensive stuff made by the murels.  No, this was a plant based, less expensive dye- later known as Turkey Red.  Thyatira was producing a cheap, knock off dye- THAT is what is going on in this passage.  This is the Church Protestant- which the Catholics deride as divided, but Jesus says, "your latter works exceed the first. "  But, that church is married to a litany of false churches- the Catholic hierarchy with its Pope, the Orthodox with their icons, the UMC with their Civil War over LGBTQ- the list goes on.  But wait, there's more!  That second verse- about the deep things of Satan- linked led me to 2 Timothy:

2Ti 3:6  For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, 

2Ti 3:7  always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. 

2Ti 3:8  Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith. 

2Ti 3:9  But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men. 

"Always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth".  That is one side of the coin; but the other is this "Jannes and Jambres".  Did we miss a page?  No, this is the only place they are mentioned by name.  But we DO know them:

Exo 7:10  So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD commanded. Aaron cast down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. 

Exo 7:11  Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts. 

Exo 7:12  For each man cast down his staff, and they became serpents. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs. 

That was Jannes and Jambres, charlatans who did tricks to prove they had a god with them- till God overwhelmed them. This is what Christ means when he mentions 'the deep things of Satan'.  You see, Jezebel is ANY church that is not staying to the Word and Preaching the Gospel.

Part of our problem in understanding this is most of us try to combine Jezebel with Delilah, and get some sort of sexy seductress- and part of that comes from translators focusing on the sexual immorality and not on the spiritual harlotry that really makes God mad.  If you follow Jezebel's career, what you actually find is:  She had a lust for power, dominating her husband Ahab, who at some level knew better.  She was totally dedicated to a false set of beliefs.  She was vengeful, and uncaring of who got hurt in her way.  And the last thing she did before she died- she 'tarted herself up', putting on makeup and jewelry just before servants supporting Jehu threw her from the window.  We see examples of this behavior in the New Testament- John himself talks about one in his church- Diotrephes- in 3 John.

And the evil Christ speaks to John of is that we are 'married' to these false churches by the name "Christian".  This is a call for discernment- test everything with the Bible.  Some are just looking for power.  No coincidence that the biggest church in this country is one that espouses ignoring the Old Testament in the name of drawing younger, more open, members.  More members equal more money.  Which is why Jack Hibbs constantly prays, "Lord, make this church SMALLER, remove those you don't want here!"

Three quick final things I want to look at.  First, "No other burden."  But, this means you DO have the burden of being discerning, and checking everything.  If you do nothing else for Christ, He demands you know the REAL Christ.  Keep in mind the curses Christ proclaimed for those who, failing to understand, follow the Jezebel churches.

Second, "The one who conquers AND who keeps my works until the end".  All the other churches so far do not have that add-on to "he who conquers."  What works?  

Joh 6:28  Then they said to him, "What must we do, to be doing the works of God?" 

Joh 6:29  Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent." 

This indicates that the battle for this church is to stay faithful to the Christ preached by the Apostles.

Third, "The morning star."  Christ IS the Morning Star- he will give Himself to them.

Pictures

 Just Sunday and Monday this trip...

If you blow this one up, you'll see little white specks which were the little flowers blown of the tree passing at sub'light speeds in the wind

Hah, caught a white butterfly!

And another

We see a shadow go just overhead.  And then...

Hmm... it fell down the rest of the way...

"I'll drink anywhere..."

"...so long as Daddy doesn't mind crossing mud..."

Dutchman's Britches are out, yay!

Misty looking over the nascent Arboreal Ocean 

Brave discers in the wind

The purple and white violets are up

Oops, there went my hat

Duck in the back was climbing up, not falling off

We clambered down to get a better look at our little waterfall, some of us closer than others...

Soccerista season...

"Burf burf burf burf burf...."

Really warm out.  Maybe a little overdressed...

He was serenading us

Just in awe of God's colors

So they tried to cut it and failed...

Perhaps a more substantial chainsaw might be in order...

Blurry, but I got Woody

More serenading

Butterfly in flight!  10 points!

A to Z Mashup 2024 part two

 Well, hopefully I won't be so dumb as to have this part of my mash-up come out the same time as a picture post and get nothing but crickets...  I thought it was far funnier than everyone else did, apparently, but doesn't mean I won't keep trying.  Maybe Kurios I will shine on me on the second half... which, by the way, is about some of the delightful people running for President of the USA this fall.

M is for Marty Bryan Moss

Marty is apparently an Indiana boy, from Kokomo.  He has a rather extensive Facebook page, which unfortunately leads off with the announcement March 21st that...

I am greatful to concede to Donald J Trump who clinched the Republican Nomination. I wish him a true victory in November. However I can promise that I will be back to run again. That being said Trump has my vote.

Despite being a Trump fan, he has no problem with immigration- with stipulations:

I'm not saying I don't want anyone to come to live in America what I'm saying is I want you to come to America but I want you to do it legally I want you to knock on our door introduce yourself let us know. 

Not real good with periods in his writing; also, apparently not real good at crediting pictures, etc, used on social media- he posted a warning he got for several instances of posting others' "intellectual property".  This of course is the result of "evil leftists" trying to silence him.

N is for Dr Nader Akhlaghy

I have found many things about the Doctor tonight, but about all I understand is that he is a monotheist, really likes the Freemasons, runs for the Peace and Freedom Party, and his son Amirhossein is his running mate.  His linkedin page lists him as "World Prime Minister Finance And Banking (God Sky Earth)", whatever that means. 

 He intends to work for: "Making a rich people and immersed in happiness, blessings, magnanimity and spiritual freedom".

O is for Obioku Bassey Obotette

One of only 2 choices I had in the O's, Oboiku made the dean's list getting his Masters in Computer tech from Frostberg State, and runs a blog for fun and profit.

If nothing else, he has a neat logo...

P is for President Boddie

Honestly, how do you not vote for the guy named for the job?  He came in 6th in the California Democratic primary, losing to Joe Biden by a whisper thin margin of 2,771,860 votes.  " I bring my unique spirit, known as Dawson, a son of David, into the Democratic Party. Picture this: Uniting America and Israel under a new covenant, establishing Salem-peaceful coexistence for Israelis and Palestinians. No more orchestrated wars by the Antichrist; instead, let's echo Psalms 82:8, "Arise, 0 God, inherit all nations. But wait, there's more!"  But do we truly need more?  Who names their 'unique spirit', anyway?

Q is for Quartterrio Morgan

Well, if we can base it on there can't possibly be more than one guy with a name like that, our candidate from the American People's Freedom Party is a former alleged running back with Western Kentucky (where he never saw game action) and Appalachian State (from which he was booted for bad grades), whose only other noteworthy activity was abandoning a minor child.  If this name is more common that I thought, we are just out of luck on Q's.

R is for Ronaliseya Renea Stoudemire

This lady led me on a merry chase through various jobs, eviction notices, and real estate companies.  Right now, she appears to be working for a company that rents out the homes of travelling professionals, paying them rent while receiving rent from their clients that they place in the homes.  Or, there may be 2 Ronaliseya Stoudemires, I guess.

S is for Shear'Ree Shear'Ree

So he doubles the name for politics, as when he ran for President in 1996.  Outside of politics, the single-named Shear'Ree was the first man to bench press 700 lbs, back in 1982.  He has an extensive, if circular, website with the slogan, Building Stronger Communities Without Taxpayer Money!

Probably the website with the most links that I ever learned nothing from.

T is for Trime Clover Taveler

All you need to know here is this:

The dude's X avatar

And that he has a post about the solar eclipse path being a conspiracy.

U is for Ulrich Neujahr

All I got for this dude (the only U candidate) is that he shares his name with an artist that died in 1977 and has an article posted on linkedin titled, " Wind Industry Money Behind Media Misinformation About Whale Deaths."  Yeah, I saw that article claiming that wind turbines have never struck a flying whale...

V is for Van Kent

I was hoping for a Clark Kent relative (which I actually did find, lol), but this dude is another near-neighbor from Hickory Corners, Michigan.  He says: "I grow garlic and garden my own food keeps you healthy i love farming and Pontiac firebirds".  Also, he promises not to get rid of social security, "Like the D's and R's want to."  

W is for Dr Wisdom Zerit Teklay

Doctor W is "Philosopher and President of Wisdom World People Party".

He also has a pretty neat little logo there... also claims to be a visionary and healer, an Eritrean-American Polymath.  Amazon calls him, "Dr. Wisdom Zerit Teklay is a Leading Philosopher, Accomplished Author, Influential politician, Renowned Natural Medicine Nutritionist, Founder of Amazoxa Peace University."  Bonus, "His books are kid friendly."

X is for

Out of luck.  Xaviera Hollander did not register this year.

Y is for Yehanna Joan Malone

She was a write in for DC District Council once.  And, she filed a civil rights complaint in which the list of defendants included: Benjamin Netanyahu, Charles Rangel, Maxine Waters, Phil Gramm, Shela Jackson Lee, Trent Lott, and of course, Bill Clinton.  Whatever the case was- hiding behind that paywall- it was dismissed the same day, and two later attempts to re-open were denied.  On the bright side, she hasn't 'committed suicide' yet...

And finally...

Z is for...Zat's all folks!

Five candidates, one took me to an infected website, the other four no-can-finds.  See ya next time!

M10 show week #115

 

Before you even ask, dude, food's on the way...

Thank goo'ness, I'm starved!

I'd love to go into the dynamics of that one, but we do have a show to put on.  And we are moving the feature up to 1982- and I have a hard time fathoming that's 42 years ago- and I have a very strange anomaly with our debuts this week.

But, what're we eating?

Just wait till it gets here, Buddy!  That strange anomaly works like this:  I have this song I have tried for 6 weeks now to squeeze into the top ten, and I finally did it- the same week that a very different song by the same act makes a big, big debut- the highest debut since August!  That first one, that I finally got in at #10, is hard sixties-psychedelic style, and the act is Shannon and the Clams...

The which?

Just hit the button...

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That video was flat weird...

And me ordering food for time-displaced dead Elvis is sane... anyway, let's hit up that feature!  Like I said, we go to 1982- about the limit of my patience with top 40 music, time wise.  This week, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts rule the charts in the US and Canada- I love Rock And Roll was in a five-out-of-six week run here, and 8 solid in Canada.  And, it would top the Australian charts in a month or so. Right now though, their topper was one I had to play to remember- a song called What About Me by Moving Pictures, which peaked here at #21- but was strangely absent from the Canadian chart!  And my top five, based on the fact that, while I don't have the records of it anymore, I was keeping a top ten at this point, and this should be pretty close to what it was...

5- Human League, Don't You Want Me, climbing this week 47 to 36.  This might even be a bit early, as I remember this song had to grow on me, but let's go with it.  Peaked 1 here, 2 Canada, 4 Australia.

**OBLIGATORY FOOD BREAK***

That weren't bad!  Who was it?

Basically the Buffalo Wild Wings burger dudes.  Pretty good!  Anyhow...

4- Bertie Higgins, Key Largo.  Climbing 9 to 8 this week, so probably falling from an earlier #1 perch.  Peaks: 7 here, 3 in Canada, 2 in Australia.

3- Stevie Nicks, Edge Of Seventeen.  Maybe a bit late on this one, it played for several weeks on Album Rock before it ever charted.  Moving from 21-19 where it peaked on Cashbox (went on to 11 on Billboard), 11 in Canada, and was the one single off that Stevie Nicks solo lp that did not chart in Australia.

2- 867-5309 (Jenny) by Tommy Tutone.  It was fighting for the top now, and moved up 26-21 on CB.  Peaks were 5 here, 2 in Canada, and 22 in Australia.  And my #1 for this week in '82?

1- Paul Davis, '65 Love Affair.  This was definitely top of my list at this point, I had become a big PD fan after I Go Crazy.  It moved up 23-16 on CB this week.  Peaks were 10 here, 11 in Canada, and 71 in Australia.

And now, coming in at #5, once again, Shannon and the Clams...

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Wow... the video might be a bit silly, but...

The song flat makes me cry.  One of those you hear it the first time and say, "Look out, who ever's at #1, you won't be there much longer...

(Sniffle...)

Okay, buddy, pick up the M10, wouldja?

Sure thing- ah mean, ya did feed me this week...

Hey, didja realize ya had another debut?

Oh crap, yes I did!  This guy's real name is Esteban Munoz, he's Chilean/Norwegian, and his gig is coming up with great instrumentals and then making lyrics with a guest singer.  He has a new lp called friends, from which I was just listening to a great track he did with Dent May, which I'm sure you'll get to here here soon.  But the song that debuts at #9- an instrumental track he dubbed "Coldplay on Acid"- became a song as he had a long talk one day with M10 star Bethany Cosentino.  So what name does he go by on the airwaves, you ask?  Here's Bob Jr. :

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Thank you, Mr Absent minded...

What can I say?  It's been a week from hell itself...

Now, where wuz I?

8- Amira Elfeky dips from 6 with A Dozen Roses...

7- Sheryl Crow an' Peter Gabriel up 2 with Digging In The Dirt...

6- Mr May with Jordana, Coasting On Fumes coasts down 3...

4- Back up one for Suki Waterhouse an' Every Day's A Lesson in Humility...

3- Up one for Big Thief an' Not...

2- Stepping down one, Broken Bells an' The Mall And Misery...

An' our new #1....

...Kacey Musgraves an' Cardinal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

See if she can hold off Shannon Shaw and her Clams next week!