SDF: For Your Musical Consideration – Celtic Woman
December 11, 2006
I was having a hard time sleeping last night, so I started flipping thru the channels on the TV to try to find something that would catch my interest. I happened to stop on the PBS station for a minute (something I don’t usually do) and what I heard and saw completely captivated me.
I happen to really enjoy celtic music, and they were showing Celtic Woman – A New Journey: Live at Slane Castle, Ireland. I don’t know how I had managed to not hear of this group before, but these ladies are outstanding. Here is a video cut from their first PBS special, Celtic Woman, which was apparently on a couple of years ago and since then, they have been one of the most popular groups in the world.
They also have a Christmas CD out now, one that I am definitely adding to my “need to get” list. I still don’t know how I had managed to not hear of Celtic Woman before this, but I am definitely among the ranks of their fans now.
SteelerDirtFreak video pick – Allison Krauss – A Living Prayer
November 15, 2006
SteelerDirtFreak video pick – Rich Mullins – Creed
November 15, 2006
Without any other comment, here is Rich Mullins video of Creed
Speed-Racer
September 28, 2006
Howdy folks, Webbie Dude Paul here once again.
Y’all need to make sure you check out the new Photo Gallery page that I just added to The No Kool-Aid Zone. This past Saturday night our resident pundit climbed behind the wheel of a Pro-Stock race car at Sharon Speedway to compete in their annual Faster Pastor race.
I think you can tell from the photos that Byron rather enjoyed himself. This was his first time piloting a race car, and I do believe he gave a good accounting for himself. He was coming extremely strong on the last lap, and without question, he would have won with one more lap.
Here is the excerpt from the official Sharon Speedway press release:
Eight local pastors competed in the speedway’s second “Faster Pastor†race and put on quite a show for the crowd as well as their parishioners! Previous winner, Rev. Erv Urshitz, of McDonaldsville United Methodist Church in Canton, Ohio, drove Jaime Duncan’s #67 stock to victory. Pastor Jim Stewart of Orangeville Baptist Church started on the front row with Byron Harvey from Fellowship Community Church in Mercer, PA. Whipkey jumped to the early lead followed by Harvey. Urshitz started third and made his way to the lead by lap 3. Whipkey battled back to lead laps 4 thru 7, but Urshitz made a move on the final circuit to take the win. Whipkey finished
thirdsecond, followed by Harvey and Tom Stiver of Niles, Ohio’s Fairview United Methodist Church. Other pastors participating were Rev. Jim Koehler of Shekinah Church in Bristolville, Ohio, track chaplain Pastor Joe Nevin of Hartford Community Church and Rev. Rick Oaks of First United Methodist Church in Warren, Ohio.
When you view the Photo Page, make sure you use the slideshow button and arrows (at the bottom) to scroll thru the photos; due to a design issue, the thumbnails were forced to be too small to be useable. Also be aware that there seems to be an annoying stutter to the slideshow when using Internet Explorer, this problem does not occur if you are using either the FireFox or Opera browser.
By popular demand…
September 14, 2006
…and now you know where Byron got all his jokes….
The Unknown Comic!!
A Blast From The Past – One of Byron’s Heroes from 1977
September 14, 2006
One of the advantages of having known Byron for over 30 years now, is that I can share various blasts from the past…I’m sure at least a couple of readers of this blog will recall this 1977 hero of Byron’s…….
Gene Gene The Dancing Machine!!
UPDATE: What’s even better, that perhaps WebbieDude Paul, who posted this, doesn’t know, is that in 1989, when I was in Burbank as a contestant on Scrabble with Chuck Woolery (I won $13,500 over three shows; when I get that video digitized, I’ll bore my readers with it someday…), I actually saw Gene Gene. He was a stagehand at NBC Studios. We contestants were walking down a hallway with our contestant coordinator, and I looked and saw him, and asked the CC, who confirmed that yes, indeed, that was the real Gene Gene the Dancing Machine.
Needless to say, it was one of the highlights of my life…
Pick Me
August 30, 2006
Well, Byron has been gone for a few days, taking care of his fantasy football draft, among his other travels.
This set of videos just came into my possesion, unconfirmed reports say two of these were filmed with a hidden camera at Byron’s draft. You guess which one is Byron….
This phrase comes from the 1978 "Jonestown massacre" in which most members of the Peoples Temple cult, blindly following their leader Jim Jones, committed suicide by drinking cyanide-laced Kool-Aid.
Osborne: A Contrarian's Guide to Knowing God
Schlossberg: Idols For Destruction
