by Eric Sundrup, SJ | Dec 9, 2012 ~ Approx. 1 min
Brings me back to Gonzaga University campus where every dorm room with a turntable in 1981, along with Foreigner, Styx, Led Zeppelin and J. Geils albums also had Bing’s White Christmas in the stack. Never did solve the mystery of Bing’s disappearing and...
by Eric Sundrup, SJ | Dec 8, 2012 ~ Approx. 1 min
Not to sound all pedantic but so many Christmas Carols are about horses and sleighs but this song actually makes me imagine The Holy Family. That is something I don’t do enough during the Christmas season.
by Eric Sundrup, SJ | Dec 7, 2012 ~ Approx. 1 min
I love this song because it is soothing and uplifting all in one. I knew it as pachelbels canon, which was played at our wedding in the Fordham university chapel. We met a Fordham, a Jesuit institution, so this song would be most appropriate for your collection!
by Eric Sundrup, SJ | Dec 6, 2012 ~ Approx. 1 min
The reason that I really liked this as a kid was because Bing Crosby and David Bowie are standing next to each other, and that is weird. Yet the songs itself is emblematic of the world I live in, a place where I find this strange combination of the sacred and profane...
by Eric Sundrup, SJ | Dec 5, 2012 ~ Approx. 1 min
I love this version of the old classic first of all because it rocks! But also because it just seems to explode with joy, like they just can’t keep the Good News to themselves.
