To date, the best cinematography, well produced, perfectly casted, adaptation of the Bible and life of Jesus that has ever come out! Both a must buy on dvd. I use to joke that it took a Portuguese Actor😉 (Diogo Morgado) to portray Jesus right, but that wouldn't be fair to Jim Caviezel's performance in The Passion of the Christ, who was terrific too.
According to Wikipedia, The Bibleis a television miniseriesbased on the Bible. It was produced by Roma Downey and Mark Burnett and was broadcast weekly between March 3 and 31, 2013 on the History Channel. It has since been adapted for release to theaters as a feature film, the 2014 American epic biblical dramaSon Of God.
Burnett, best known for producing prime-time hit reality shows (like Survivor), considers the scripted 10-hour series to be the "most important" project he has undertaken. The project was conceived by Burnett and Downey (From Touched By An Angel Series 1994-2003) after watching Cecil B. Demille's 1956 film The Ten Commandments for the first time since childhood.
The series is Mark Burnett's first scripted project.In addition to Burnett and Downey, executive producers include Richard Bedser and History's Dirk Hoogstra and Julian P. Hobbs.The first episode of the mini-series was seen by 13.1 million viewers, the largest cable television audience of 2013 to date.The second installment continued "to deliver blockbuster ratings" for the network, attracting 10.8 million viewers. The third installment on March 17, 2013, was once again the #1 show on all of Sunday night television with 10.9 million total viewers. The Bible has received more than 100 million cumulative views.
The series received three Emmy Award nominations for best miniseries, and sound editing and sound mixing on July 18, 2013.
Twenty seven years ago when I was living in Portland Oregon, there was a huge movement of the Spirit in the churches. It was a Revival! We haven't seen that since. Many believe it is necessary and must happen again to prepare the "Bride of Christ" for His Return, that there will be a harvest of souls, healings and miracles.
I Corinthians 12 (NKJV) states:
4 There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. 6 And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all:8 for to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, to another the word of knowledge through the same Spirit, 9 to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healings by the same Spirit, 10 to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. 11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.
My favorite story I like to tell, is when I was "Slain in the Spirit" in 1995. I was 18 years old. I went up to the altar and the college pastor laid hands on me and started praying. Soon enough, I fell backward onto the floor, and no one caught me! At the old church, there were hard wood floors. I had a headache for a week. I guess God was really trying to get through to me! There has unfortunately been a lot of controversy over the years about Charismatic churches. We have seen some bizarre and almost satanic behavior come out of some of the well known Evangelical churches, and it's a shame. The devil always tries to counterfeit. Let's talk about Pentecost. This occurred 50 days after Jesus Ascended to Heaven, after His Crucifixion. The 12 disciples were being prepared to go out into the world and begin their ministries.
Acts 2:
1When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Video Clip ~ Day Of Pentecost ~ The Bible Series
"Pentecost" according to Wikipedia:
In Judaism the Festival of Weeks (Hebrew: שבועות, romanized: Shavuot) is a harvest festival that is celebrated seven weeks and one day after the first day of Passover (the Feast of Unleavened Bread) in Deuteronomy 16:9 or seven weeks and one day after the Sabbath referred to in Leviticus 23:16.The Festival of Weeks is also called the feast of Harvest in Exodus 23:16 and the day of first fruits in Numbers 28:26.In Exodus 34:22 it is called the "firstfruits of the wheat harvest."The date for the "Feast of Weeks" originally came the day after seven full weeks following the first harvest of grain.In Jewish tradition the fiftieth day was known as the Festival of Weeks.The actual mention of fifty days comes from Leviticus 23:16.
During the Hellenistic period, the ancient harvest festival also became a day of renewing the Noahic covenant, described in Genesis 9:8-17, which is established between God and "all flesh that is upon the earth".By this time, some Jews were already living in Diaspora. According to Acts 2:5-11 there were Jews from "every nation under heaven" in Jerusalem, possibly visiting the city as pilgrims during Pentecost. In particular the hoi epidemountes (οἱ ἐπιδημοῦντες) are identified as "visitors" to Jerusalem from Rome. This group of visitors includes both Jews and "proselytes" (προσήλυτος, prosēlytos); sometimes translated as "converts to Judaism", proselyte referred to non-Jews who adhered fully to the Mosaic laws, including circumcision.The list of places represented in the biblical text includes
After the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD offerings could no longer be brought to the Temple and the focus of the festival shifted from agriculture to the Israelites receiving the Torah (the Five Books of Moses or the Law at Sinai). It became customary to gather at synagogue, stay up all night learning Torah, and reading from the Torah the Ten Commandments and the Israelites acceptance of and promise to live by the Torah.
During that time of Renewal and Revival in the Northwest, there was great Worship music that came out. It began with Vineyard Music Canada.
"Light The Fire Again" ~ Vineyard Music
"His Banner Over Me" ~ Vineyard Music
"The River Is Here" ~ Vineyard Music
"We're Going Up To The High Places" ~ Ron Kenoly
"Mourning Into Dancing" ~ Ron Kenoly
"Ancient Of Days" ~ Ron Kenoly
Shalom Jerusalem ~ Paul Wilbur LIVE 1995
Habakkuk 2:2-3
Write the vision
And makeitplain on tablets,
That he may run who reads it.
For the vision is yet for an appointed time;
But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.
Though it tarries, wait for it;
Because it will surely come,
It will not tarry.
(*Bonus: My first documentary, filmed in Portland in 2001. "Probability" ~ Islam, Judaism, Christianity and the World After September 11th )
The Next U.S. Midterm Election (for Senate & House of Representatives - "Congress") is November 8, 2022. The Next Blood Moon (and second lunar eclipse of the year) will Occur on the Same Morning of the 8th!
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I have filmed the Total Solar Eclipse of 2017, the Total Lunar Eclipse of 2018, and the Three Supermoons of 2019. Zooming in on the footage this time was interesting, because this Blood Moon looked very different than the ones before. Whenever there is a lot of pixelation, that is "energy" of some kind, and there are "faces/entities" in that energy. It is interesting that there was less significant activity in the solar system in 2020 and 2021 during the height of the Pandemic.
I would also like to discuss in the future, this sudden fascination Hollywood has with Mars, but need to research more first.
This is some bizarre footage of just that:
Joel Chapter 2 States (NKJV):
28 And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.
29 And also on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days.
30 And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth: Blood and fire and pillars of smoke.
31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
32 And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord Shall be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance, as the Lord has said, among the remnant whom the Lord calls.
Lance Wallnau on the Blood Moon:
Election Information:
(Senators represent their entire states, but members of the House represent individual districts. The number of districts in each state is determined by a state's population. Each state has a minimum of one representative in Congress.)
I have now heard the dynamic and captivating soul vocals of Mariza in concert 3 times. At Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Orange County, Green Music Center at Sonoma State, and at SF Jazz in San Francisco. My mother's parents were from the Portuguese Island of Graciosa in the Azores. They immigrated to the U.S. and arrived at Ellis Island in N.Y. and became citizens, later settling in California. My mom introduced me to Fado, that was made popular world wide by the legendary Amalia Rodrigues. The most significant moment at Mariza's concert for me, was the first time I heard her Live, and she closed the show by singing "Summertime" in English. I cried my eyes out!
Let me start by introducing you to Fado, which I consider the ultimate expression of the "blues" music genre.
Fado (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfaðu]; "destiny, fate") is a music genre that can be traced to the 1820s in Lisbon, Portugal, but probably has much earlier origins. Fado historian and scholar Rui Vieira Nery states that "the only reliable information on the history of fado was orally transmitted and goes back to the 1820s and 1830s at best. But even that information was frequently modified within the generational transmission process that made it reach us today."
Although the origins are difficult to trace, today fado is commonly regarded as simply a form of song which can be about anything, but must follow a certain traditional structure. In popular belief, fado is a form of music characterized by mournful tunes and lyrics, often about the sea or the life of the poor, and infused with a sentiment of resignation, fate and melancholy. This is loosely captured by the Portuguese word saudade, or longing, symbolizing a feeling of loss (a permanent, irreparable loss and its consequent lifelong damage). This is similar to the character of several musical genres in Portuguese ex-colonies such as morna from Cape Verde, which may be historically linked to fado in its earlier form and have retained its rhythmic heritage. This connection to the music of a historic Portuguese urban and maritime proletariat (sailors, bohemians, dock workers, port traders, fishwives and other working-class people) can also be found in Brazilian modinha and Indonesian kroncong, although all these music genres subsequently developed their own independent traditions.
The word fado possibly comes from the Latin word fatum -"fate", "death" or "utterance". The word is linked to the music genre itself, although both meanings are approximately the same in the two languages. Nevertheless, many songs play on the double meaning, such as the Amália Rodrigues song "Com que voz", which includes the lyric "Com que voz chorarei meu triste fado" ("With what voice should I lament my sad fate/sing my sad fado?").
The English-Latin term vates, the Scandinavian fata ("to compose music") and the French name fatiste (also meaning "poet") have been associated with the term fadista.
History
Fado appeared during the early 19th century in Lisbon, and is believed to have its origins in the port districts such as Alfama, Mouraria and Bairro Alto. There are numerous theories about the origin of fado. Some trace its origins or influences to the Medieval "cantigas de amigo" (song of a friend), some ancient Moorish influence and the chants of Africans sailing at sea, but none is conclusive. It possibly evolved and formed, from a mixture of several older musical genres.
Fado performers in the middle of the 19th century were mainly from the urban working-class, namely sailors, bohemians and courtesans, who not only sang, but also danced and beat the fado. During the second half of the 19th century, the dance rhythms would eventually fade away, and the performers became merely singers (fadistas).
The 19th century's most renowned fadista was Maria Severa. More recently Amália Rodrigues, known as the "Rainha do Fado" ("Queen of Fado") was most influential in popularizing fado worldwide.Fado performances today may be accompanied by a string quartet or a full orchestra.
Musicological aspects
Fado typically employs the Dorian mode or Ionian mode (natural major), sometimes switching between the two during a melody or verse change. A particular stylistic trait of fado is the use of rubato, where the music pauses at the end of a phrase and the singer holds the note for dramatic effect. The music uses double time rhythm and triple time (waltz style).
MARIZA's Background
Marisa dos Reis NunesComIH (born 16 December 1973), known professionally as Mariza (Portuguese pronunciation: [mɐˈɾizɐ]), is a Portuguese fado singer.
Mariza was born in Lourenço Marques, Portuguese Mozambique, to a Portuguese father, José Brandão Nunes, and a Mozambican mother, Isabel Nunes. When she was three years old, her family moved to Metropolitan Portugal, and she was raised in Lisbon's historic quarters of Mouraria and Alfama. While very young she began singing in a wide variety of musical styles, including gospel, soul and jazz. Her father strongly encouraged her to adopt fado; he felt that participating in the traditional music would grant her greater acceptance in the Portuguese community. Mariza has sold over 1 million records worldwide.
In 1999, fado's most famous and beloved interpreter, Amália Rodrigues died. In the public remembrance and mourning that followed, fado regained much of its previous popularity, and Mariza was asked to perform a broadcast tribute to Rodrigues' memory, which caused her friends to begin urging her to record an album of fado music. She did so, and in 2001 Fado em Mim was released. It sold an astounding 100,000 copies (4,000 copies of a fado disc would have been considered successful). After this the record company made the disc available worldwide, and sales eventually topped 140,000 copies.
One of Mariza's hit songs, Transparente is a tribute to her African grandmother.
By the time Mariza's second album, Fado Curvo, was released in 2003, she was considered a member of the New Fado movement, with a voice reminiscent of traditional divas of the musical form such as Rodrigues. Her interpretations of fado standards brought her rapid international recognition, leading to her being the recipient, in March 2003, of BBC Radio 3's award for Best European Artist in World Music. Her British television debut was on Later with Jools Holland. For the Olympic Games of Athens 2004 she sang "A Thousand Years," as a duet with Sting. It was released on the official pop album of the Athens Olympics, Unity, on which fado is sung in English and Portuguese.
Mariza performing in Cambridge, England in 2004
In 2004 Mariza won an EBBA Award. Every year the European Border Breakers Awards (EBBA) recognize the success of ten emerging artists or groups who reached audiences outside their own countries with their first internationally released album in the past year.
Mariza's third album, Transparente, was recorded in Brazil and released in 2005. She performed at Live 8; she sang at the Eden Project in Cornwall, after which she has been invited to concerts and events worldwide to promote Portuguese culture, from Australia to Finland, the United States and Argentina. That album eventually reached Top Ten in countries which include The Netherlands, Spain and Finland. Mariza, who lives in the upmarket Alcântara dockside area of Lisbon, has received many awards from countries such as Denmark, Australia, Canada, Germany, UK, Guinea-Bissau and Equatorial Guinea.
Her album released in 2007 Concerto em Lisboa received a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Folk Album. The following year, she again released an album, Terra which also was nominated for Best Folk Album at the Latin Grammy Awards. This album continued to mix a variety of genres, containing basic fado influenced by jazz, flamenco, Latin and African sounds.
In 2010, Mariza was featured in the pilot episode of the PBS music series, Sound Tracks: Music Without Borders, singing the "global hit" -- "Minh' Alma." In 2010, Mariza released the album Fado Tradicional, returning to the roots of Fado, but also interpreting the music in Mariza's unique style.
Beginning on 28 February 2011 the airline TAP Portugal began airing its "TAP With Arms Wide Open" (TAP de Braços Abertos) campaign, featuring its new slogan. Three singers, Mariza, the Brazilian singer Roberta de Sá, and the Angolan singer Paulo Flores starred in a music video with the song "Arms Wide Open."
Mariza performed alongside Ana Moura as the opening act of the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 held in Lisbon, Portugal, singing Barco Negro.
"Barco Negro"
"Meu Fado Meu"
"Oiça Lá ó Senhor Vinho"
My Cover of The Girl From Ipanema "Garota De Ipanema". I wrote this out phonetically, so the pronunciation isn't totally accurate at all, but I tried!
Maria Severa, the original Fadista:
Festa in Thorton, CA
Ramana Vieira ~ "Fado Acoriano"
Interesting article on the First Settlers of the Azores? The Vikings in 700 A.D.
Those were some of the happiest times of my life, camping out at the annual three-day music and art festival in Sonoma County, CA. I don't know why it ended, but it ended with a bang, with The Flaming Lips interactive performance. We heard awe-inspiring headliners like Matisyahu, Lauryn Hill, India Arie, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Cake, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Steel Pulse, and discovered new bands like G. Love & Special Sauce and Dehli 2 Dublin. Sunday morning performances by The Blind Boys of Alabama and legend Mavis Staples of The Staple Singers.
"Time Of Your Song" Matisyahu LIVE at Harmony 2009
"There's Hope" India Arie LIVE at Harmony 2009
"That Thing" Lauryn Hill LIVE at Harmony 2010
"I Wanna Give You Some Love" Lauryn Hill LIVE at Harmony 2010
"Greyhound Bus" Michael Franti LIVE at Harmony 2011
"Do You Realize??" The Flaming Lips, Closing Night 2011
"Tommy" ~ Dehli 2 Dublin
"Harmonizin" ~ Dehli 2 Dublin
"S.O.S." ~ Dehli 2 Dublin
"The Happy Track" ~ Dehli 2 Dublin "I-76" ~ G. Love & Special Sauce
"Peace, Love and Happiness" ~ G. Love & Special Sauce
