tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post5278350539236196012..comments2024-03-28T09:17:03.940+00:00Comments on AncientBriton: AbdicationAncientBritonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12357913998344777403noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-33202149535108782342014-09-29T16:17:51.499+01:002014-09-29T16:17:51.499+01:00With Moorhouse having been given the heave-ho it i...With Moorhouse having been given the heave-ho it is probably safe to say that guest choirs will be the staple diet at the 11 o'clock from now on.<br /><br />The question is (assuming they can afford to advertise for a new Organist and Master of the Choristers) what mug would be stupid enough to apply to come to Llandaff after the goings-on of the last few years?<br />There's already no men in the choir and by the time an advert is placed, a shortlist drawn up, interviews carried out and an appointment made, there will be no boys left.<br /><br />The Capon should resign in shame and disgrace and so should the quartet of Bazza's stooges-Jackson, Kirk, Masson & Smith-who made the choir redundant.<br />Sanctus Petrusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-27483055052890412022014-09-27T20:10:32.940+01:002014-09-27T20:10:32.940+01:00Prediction.
Another unexpected "guest" c...Prediction.<br />Another unexpected "guest" choir tomorrow at the 11 o'clock1662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-26780714970404086282014-09-27T19:22:34.681+01:002014-09-27T19:22:34.681+01:00The Book of Revelation?
The glove puppet wouldn&#...The Book of Revelation?<br /><br />The glove puppet wouldn't even know the price of a pint of milk in SPAR!Gabrielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-38244544939971060502014-09-27T19:18:31.336+01:002014-09-27T19:18:31.336+01:00I've just read page 9, so that's the truth...I've just read page 9, so that's the truth.<br />No Parish breakfasts until the new year.<br />Thanks for letting us 9 o'clockers know.9 o'clockernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-15933194029910766112014-09-27T17:38:40.544+01:002014-09-27T17:38:40.544+01:00Simple Simon, are you seriously suggesting that th...Simple Simon, are you seriously suggesting that the golf caddie actually thinks?<br />Have you seen this months letter in the latest edition of The Bell?<br />Sit yourself down in your favourite armchair, pour yourself a large glass of your favourite single malt, light your pipe, turn to pages 3 & 4 and consider the following gems of wisdom.<br /><br />"I was struck with the powerful sense that the whole Cathedral had literally fallen into silence – a place that is normally full of sound, during our worship or indeed during the day when there is chatter and activity, was completely still."<br />Fallen into silence.<br />A mostly empty Cathedral perhaps?<br />Full of sound.<br />Not from his Cathedral choir!<br />Chatter and activity.<br />More 'Sneak-a-Peek' bullsh*t?<br />Completely still.<br />Empty building?<br /><br />"The horror we see unfolding for many Christians in our world today leaves us dumbfounded."<br />Life in Llandaff under the Dark ++Lord?<br /><br />"It is right for us to realise that the church continues to be persecuted in its witness to Christ. Since through our belonging to Christ each of us belong to one another, it follows that if one person suffers, we all suffer – in a mystical way. Our communion with Christ joins us to all that he is and all that he holds; if we believe he has concern for our world in this and every age then his concern must also be ours. We are not dispassionate onlookers!"<br />Does Mystic Meg realise this applies equally to those who don't share Darth ++Insidious' views on priestesses and bishopesses, the new sh*te rite, intinction, gay marriage, assisted dying etc.<br /><br />"The Book Revelation is both the least read and perhaps the most misunderstood text in the whole of the Bible. John of Patmos, the writer, describes the battle between good and evil in the most graphic terms, by painting images of earthly and cosmic chaos."<br />The Church in Wales, the Diocese of Llandaff and Llandaff Cathedal are text book examples of earthly chaos!<br /><br />"it was a time of extreme crisis and critical danger for the church at the end of the first century AD."<br />Does that sound like Wales and Llandaff in 2014?<br /><br />"The fundamental purpose of the book was to encourage the people of God to stand firm. Again and again, throughout the centuries, Christians have had to resist claims made by earthly rulers who want to usurp the values of the God of love; Christians have had demands of obedience foisted upon them that compromise the loyalty of the Church to Christ."<br />Now he's getting there.<br />"Earthly rulers who want to usurp the values of the God of love."<br />Does that sound like ++Bazza and his oompah loompahs?<br /><br />"St John was right in seeing that the future belonged, not to the beast (worldly corrupted power), but to the lamb (to Jesus)"<br />Worldly corrupted power.<br />++Bazza and his 'discretionary' funds on tour with Swan Hellenic perhaps?<br /><br />"We live in the midst of a world that can be filthy"<br />The Cathedral kitchen?<br /><br />"yet in many places it is still beautiful;"<br />The crumbling Lady Chapel?<br /><br />"Our Harvest appeal this year will be collected in aid of the church in Iraq, in particular, the parish and people of St George’s Baghdad."<br />An entirely laudable and worthy cause but my donation will be made direct, just in case ++Bazza's sticky fingers are tempted to take a cut for his discretionary mission funds.<br /><br />Now turn to the foot of page 9.<br />The first Tuesday lunches have gone the same way as the Parish breakfasts and here is an admission that the Prebendal House kitchen facility has to be "reviewed" but it won't be "reviewed" until sometime in November.<br />A "review" is hardly a refurbishment.<br />All the "Christmas" concerts and school carol concerts in December may as well forget their mulled wine and mince pies!<br /><br />Let nothing you dismaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-78118144140356734832014-09-26T16:24:32.897+01:002014-09-26T16:24:32.897+01:00Variety is supposed to be the spice of life but no...Variety is supposed to be the spice of life but not in Llandaff. Nowadays, any tired old tripe will do.<br />And Bazza's golf caddie thinks the pew-sitters will increase their giving?<br />F in Long on 10th September.<br />F in Long on 1st October.<br />C in Hylton Stewart on 17th September.<br />C in Hylton Stewart on 8th October.<br /><br />If this rubbish is the Dean & Chapter's idea of maintaining their proud 130 year choral tradition then the buskers of Bath would be a significant improvement!Simple Simonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-27145435672559067412014-09-26T15:58:11.465+01:002014-09-26T15:58:11.465+01:00LP, your prediction was bang on!
No Cathedral Choi...LP, your prediction was bang on!<br />No Cathedral Choir music on the October music scheme.<br />Indeed, the only music listed is for the "Cathedral School Choral Scholars" (formerly the girls choir?) and the guest Choir at the end of October.<br /><br />So where's Wally?<br />Where are the Cathedral choirboys?<br />Have the Cathedral choirboys' scholarships been terminated?<br />What is being done about this latest shambles?<br />Why is the glove puppet and the Chapter silent on these matters?<br />Have they been silenced by Darth ++Insidious?Lux et Veritasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-26044379625661444482014-09-25T11:50:45.133+01:002014-09-25T11:50:45.133+01:00http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/24/bath-...http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/24/bath-abbey-choristers-break-silence-busker-row?utm_content=buffer63e02&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer<br /><br />If the men of the Bath Abbey Choir are thinking of packing it in, the golf caddie could book them to appear in Llandaff.<br /><br />On the other hand, the state of financial affairs and the shambles of a music department mean His ++Darkness is more likely to invite the buskers of Bath to set up camp outside the West door.<br />Llandaff Pewsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-55605771631202040222014-09-24T20:39:29.293+01:002014-09-24T20:39:29.293+01:00Don't forget the missing Director of Music and...Don't forget the missing Director of Music and the new game on The Green - "Where's Wally"Episkoposnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-23484025198738035302014-09-24T20:17:55.317+01:002014-09-24T20:17:55.317+01:00There was an even bigger comedy affair the previou...There was an even bigger comedy affair the previous weekend in Llandaff.<br />In defiance of Bazza's glove puppet announcing the closure of the kitchen in the South Wales Echo on September 5th, the usual crowd showed up and started cooking breakfast.<br />It appears that the 'Parish' congregation chose to ignore the wee man's edict and a right royal slanging match followed, involving the head verger and the Dean's warden, following which everybody was ordered out of the Prebendal house.<br /><br />The whiff of large scale revolt and rebellion is in the Llandaff air and the golf caddie and his dark master are apparently inviting individuals to attend 'meetings' without coffee and biscuits!<br /><br />Bath Abbey's biggest problem is noisy buskers.<br />(See http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-29315263 and http://www.classicfm.com/music-news/buskers-bath-abbey)<br /><br />It would never happen in Llandaff!<br />There's no choir, no Evensong, no tourists and no buskers!<br />Here's betting that the glove puppet wishes noisy buskers were his biggest problem in Llandaff.Gabrielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-62870586185915796982014-09-23T22:51:20.816+01:002014-09-23T22:51:20.816+01:00The weekend music at the Cathedral was a joke once...The weekend music at the Cathedral was a joke once more.<br />No Cathedral choir boys but an imported group of inexperienced burger flippers.<br /><br />Prediction for next month, no music on the music scheme.Llandaff Pewsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-39257149676734529592014-09-15T19:10:59.120+01:002014-09-15T19:10:59.120+01:00Perhaps Morrell is too busy fielding phone calls f...Perhaps Morrell is too busy fielding phone calls from Martin Shipton and writing up the latest lies from Darth ++Insidious?1662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-15722844245454814342014-09-14T21:38:22.227+01:002014-09-14T21:38:22.227+01:00Mrs Morrell is strangely quiet on the subjects of ...Mrs Morrell is strangely quiet on the subjects of the missing Director of Music and choirboys.<br />Wonder why that might be?Simple Simonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-62088984975636954402014-09-14T19:42:43.302+01:002014-09-14T19:42:43.302+01:00Um, instead of Messy Church, it would appear that ...Um, instead of Messy Church, it would appear that the mother church of His Darkness der Katastrophenerzbischof is in a right old mess. He just doesn't get it, doe he? Everything he touches falls apart. It is time for him to retire. It's a shame that his brother bishops on the Bench are such spineless, gutless, weak individuals. If ever there was a time for them to force his retirement it is in the next few days before the GB. Do us all favour and get rid on him now!Nice one Barry!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-58901224042677489462014-09-14T17:26:21.863+01:002014-09-14T17:26:21.863+01:00An old chum of mine calls me to tell me there'...An old chum of mine calls me to tell me there's an interesting email leaked to "The Blog" but by the time I get a chance to have a look, it seems to have disappeared.<br />Has the malign influence of His ++Darkness had anything to do with this?Lux et Veritasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-31794763358263111062014-09-14T17:18:06.434+01:002014-09-14T17:18:06.434+01:00So in Llandaff at the moment, there is no kitchen,...So in Llandaff at the moment, there is no kitchen, there are no Parish breakfasts, there are no rehearsals or services being sung by the choirboys, there is no sign of the Musical Director with no explanation for his absence and the golf caddie is away on holiday.<br /><br />Crisis?<br /><br />What crisis?Gabrielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-10227779934254644942014-09-14T10:04:40.994+01:002014-09-14T10:04:40.994+01:00@Episkopos, Llandaff couldn't afford to place ...@Episkopos, Llandaff couldn't afford to place an advert in The Church Times.Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-81381326985887342372014-09-13T23:03:33.153+01:002014-09-13T23:03:33.153+01:00A net gain of £48k to the Cathedral school is an u...A net gain of £48k to the Cathedral school is an underestimate!<br />If no boys were provided from both Years 4 and 5, then there was also a saving (of (£6k per boy) for the Year 5 spaces when they were in Year 4. The total 'saving' would therefore be £72k.<br /><br />Far from supporting the Cathedral Choir, on the face of it, it would appear that the Headmaster has been betting against the survival of the Choir and increasing the school profits thereby.<br /><br />Another snout in another trough?<br />Llandaff Pewsternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-45812308296109390242014-09-13T22:52:52.622+01:002014-09-13T22:52:52.622+01:00http://jobs.churchtimes.co.uk/jobs/2014/7904/direc...http://jobs.churchtimes.co.uk/jobs/2014/7904/director-of-music-in-wales-jn007954.aspx<br /><br />Here's the Church Times advert for St Woolos.<br /><br />Llandaff next week?Episkoposnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-83518386976832331422014-09-13T16:18:51.979+01:002014-09-13T16:18:51.979+01:00I understand that Moorhouse isn't the only Cat...I understand that Moorhouse isn't the only Cathedral Organist in Wales to disappear.<br />Apparently Newport Cathedral now has a vacancy too!Urbannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-3425984424456073442014-09-13T01:21:12.698+01:002014-09-13T01:21:12.698+01:00I would not rely on the fact that there is no appa...I would not rely on the fact that there is no apparent vacancy for a woman bishop to be consecrated - if no vacancy arises then ++Barry will create (a new) one!<br /> Isn't that why he is squirrelling away as much as possible of anyone's budget ? For eg that bit from the choir? The latest,I hear is a massive increase in the rent for the rugby ground adjacent to the cathedral.<br />Why not a new female Provincial Assistant -I am sure every diocese could do with a hand.Simple soulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-54130029687238998352014-09-12T21:38:25.885+01:002014-09-12T21:38:25.885+01:00This weeks rumours are that Moorhouse hasn't s...This weeks rumours are that Moorhouse hasn't shown up for work this week, the boys have not been rehearsed and will not be singing this weekend, the Cathedral Office is in turmoil and a guest choir has had to be engaged to cover up the latest Llandaff shambles.<br /><br />The golf caddy has reportedly buggered off to Ireland and the poor long suffering Canon in Residence is having to keep the show on the road once more!<br /><br />Has Moorhouse has done a runner?<br /><br />The Cathedral School girls choir, aka 'The Consort', have been renamed as 'Schola Cantorum' (it's well known that Moorhouse hated the girls choir) and are now appearing in the Cathedral on Mondays once more.<br /><br />One detects "l'eau de Bazza" again.<br /><br />Poor LlandaffHere we go againnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-76116929540260535322014-09-12T18:30:05.424+01:002014-09-12T18:30:05.424+01:00James, there is no uncertainty at all amongst the ...James, there is no uncertainty at all amongst the 'old & bold' traditionalists who have been around long enough to know better.<br />Darth ++Insidious and his coven are leading the CinW to oblivion.<br />Teilonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-13360114677425784712014-09-12T18:23:10.617+01:002014-09-12T18:23:10.617+01:00None whatsoever, so I hear.
I wonder if -Wolf had...None whatsoever, so I hear.<br /><br />I wonder if -Wolf had suggestions for the Dark Lord about dealing with plummeting attendances?Simple Simonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4019954714374602353.post-9913077810433259332014-09-12T18:04:02.235+01:002014-09-12T18:04:02.235+01:00LP, as much as I am inclined to agree with you abo...LP, as much as I am inclined to agree with you about making ones' voice heard, when it comes to His ++Darkness, one old adage comes to mind.<br /><br />"There's none so deaf as those who don't want to hear".<br /><br />There's no-one more deaf in our poor Church in Wales as bully boy Bazza.<br />Llandaff Pewsternoreply@blogger.com