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www.hoodrivernews.com Hood River News, Saturday, April 25, 2015 A5 EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK Hidden truths at 33-and1/3: listening to one LP record a day By KIRBY NEUMANN-REA News editor LP: I think it’s my favorite acronym. For you digital-agers, it stands for Long Playing, as in album, vinyl, record. More on that later. Last Saturday was “record store day” around the coun- try. As much as I wanted to, I didn’t make it to one. The last ones I visited were a few months back in Eugene: House of Records, and Skip’s, where I found a Long John Baldry (“Play That Boogie Woogie Man”) album I had long sought. Four bucks and it goes a lot farther than a pint of craft ale. The closest we come in Hood River is Good Karma and Adult Center Thrift Store. I have found some gems at both places, though I am in not so much a record- buying as record-playing mode these days. ■ In a town I lived in in the early 1980s, you could actual- ly buy vinyl in Safeway. I got hooked on record stores in college by going into Music Millennium and Crystalship in Portland. In the 1990s at Quimper Sound in Port Townsend, Wash. I spent a lot of time pe- rusing the used stacks, thumbing through the jackets finding that rarity or title to complete my collection of a favorite band. Circa 1990, CDs took over. Remember the ob- long packaging designed to hold up the six-inch CD in the 12-inch-deep LP racks? I re- member when Quimper, like all record stores, retooled with bins just a few inches deep to accommodate the CD jewelcases. But who even buys CDs anymore, and here I am talk- ing about vinyl? ■ In 2015 I am on a daily regi- men I call “LP365”: listening to one LP a day from my col- lection, starting with the dozens of records I haven’t listened to in years. Nearly four months into it, I have barely tapped that part of the list. My wife, Lorre, and I own on the order of 500 disks, including some multiple-disk sets of Dixieland, Big Band, and Classical we picked up from our parents. Between the two of us, upon marrying 28 years ago, we melded hun- dreds of records. By “record” I do mean LP. Call them discs or albums, fine, but the best term for vinyl is LP. (An LP is an album and a CD is an album, as in a gathering of songs, photos, drawings, whatever.) LP365 does not include CDs. Funny, CDs are encroaching obsolescence, but of course not to the extent that LPs al- ready have. Except that for now, at least, “vinyl is cool” and many indie, alt-whatever, and heavy metal acts have gone back to vinyl, but I re- gard that as either marketing or making a statement, or a little of both, and musicians should just let their music do the talking. No, my LP365 is an exer- cise in re-exploring my musi- cal roots. It gives light to records long-unlistened by me, yet the disks are cargo I have schlepped from Dallas to Port Townsend to Vancouver to Hood River over the course of my adult life. The house we moved into 14 years ago has a built-in LP cabinet and, kismet, our col- lection exactly filled the spaces. ■ So it is one LP a day. I also won’t bore you with the list, other than to say I started with the quintessential LP, “Sgt. Pepper,” and do look for coinciding events or other ways a specific album res- onates on a certain day. However, when I went to play “Revolver” on April 15 – “Cos he’s the Taxman …” I re- alized that’s one we have on CD. Full disclosure: CDs, al- bums and even some cas- settes are the full extent of my musical formats. I have never downloaded a digital file. MP3s and even CDs lack a vital dynamic you can only find in LPs and cassettes, which are organized by two distinct sides. I’ve long believed that most albums’ B side is the more in- teresting and challenging of the two, a dynamic that in our digital age is depriving music of something special. It was not just your “concept album” (confession: I love those things) that could have a kind of theme or a cohe- sion. I love the fact that some LPs were designed, as music and as physical objects, with two distinct sides: REM’s Dead Letter Office has a Post side and Script side, and the cover lists the songs in alpha- betical order. Joe Jackson’s “Night and Day” is labeled Day Side and Night Side; his “Big World” is a double album but with only three sides of recorded music, a quirk I have always loved. (On that album is the song “Hometown,” with the line “We never leave the past be- hind/we just accumulate,” words that define my adher- ence to vinyl.) NEIGHBORS Sweet Pea, Helping Hands Cameron Teems, RNC- OB, Family Birth Center, P r ov i d e n c e H o o d R ive r Memorial Hospital, reports that 27 new baby blankets were collected during the center’s Sweet Pea Project blanket drive. The blankets will be given to parents who have lost a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death as a memor- ial keepsake. “Thank you so much for all of you who brought blankets for this special project,” said Teems. “Your gifts will be so special and meaningful to the families who receive them. Thank you so much!” ■ Helping Hands Honors community event: Helping Hands Against Violence will celebrate the honorary commitment of its commu- nity partners on May 14, 6 p.m. at Springhouse Cellar Winery. Free admission; all ages welcome. More info at 541- 386-4808. The other joy of LPs was the album covers – a lost art in the new age. Gerry Raffer- ty’s albums contained a dif- ferent painting by the artist John Patrick Byrne and you can peruse the images for the 42 minutes it takes the album to play and see more new things. Bruce Springsteen goes with and without coat on the front and back of “Tunnel of Love” and Jethro Tull’s “Songs of the Wood” shows Ian Anderson seated in a clearing, next to a stump that is a turntable playing a record, a fact that might not be as obvious on a CD cover, though I have only seen the LP covers. And it is the covers of cer- tain albums that stand as artistic icons and symbols of our age: Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers, with the jean- s’ zipper built in, (a nice an- swer to) Springsteen’s back- side on “Born in the USA”, W ORSHIP D IRECTORY ASSEMBLIES OF GOD RIVER OF LIFE ASSEMBLY Pastor Terry Abbott 979 Tucker Rd. Hood River, OR 97031 541-386-3656 www.river-of-life-assembly.org For details check the current bulletin on our website riveroflifeassembly@gmail.com Service Schedule Sunday 8:30 a.m. Early Worship Celebration 10:00 a.m. Coffee, Conversation & Refreshments 10:30 a.m. Worship Celebration & KidzChurch, K-6th* 6:00 p.m. Discipleship Classes (choose from three topics)* Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Royal Rangers & Mpact Girls Club (K-6th)* Connect Groups for Adults (several groups to choose from) Thursday 6:30 p.m. Youth Group 7-12th 7:00 p.m. Connect Group Upper Valley *Childcare provided at the church for those attending VALLEY WORSHIP CENTER 5780 Hwy 35, Mt. Hood/Prkdl Rev. Don & LaRonna Howell Sundays Bible Classes 9:45 am Coffee & Fellowship 10:30 am Worship Celebration 10:45 am Dinner & Service 6:00 pm www.valleyworshipcenter.org valleyworshipcenter.pastor@ gmail.com or (541) 352-7269 BAPTIST 1st BAPTIST CHURCH of ODELL 3081 Odell Hwy Pastor Rick Plank 541-354-1863 Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Morning Service 11 a.m. Evening Service 6 p.m. Wednesday Service 6 p.m. GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH 1280 W. Jewett • White Salmon Worship Service 9:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Jr/Sr. High Youth • Small Groups (call for times & location) Pastor Mark Hoeffner (509) 493-2597 www.gracews.org ! K O O L This size ad in the HRN 9 times for only $175 50 ! Call Kirsten at 541-386-1234 CONCEAL CARRY CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT CLASS CLASS PERMIT Oregon Oregon- Apr. 18th - (valid 35-states) Washington-Utah Jan. 5 pm Utah 1pm 7th or · 6pm Best Western: Red 1419 W Main Ground McMinnville Lion: 2535 St., NE Battle Cumulus Ave April 28 • 1 pm & 6 pm Utah/OR/WA: $80.00 or Oregon only: $45 The Dalles Civic Auditorium OR / Utah: (Valid in WA) $80 or Oregon only: $45 FirearmTrainingNW.com FirearmTrainingNW@gmail.com 360-921-2071 Peter Gabriel’s minimalist “So”, the man-on-fire “Wish You Were Here” by Pink Floyd, Dave Brubeck’s “Take Five” cool-jazz abstract, “Who’s Next” and the band having peed on a monolith, and, of course, the richly de- tailed “Sgt. Pepper,” the like of which shall never be bet- tered or repeated as “album art”. Not sure where the rest of LP365 will take me, but it is a comment on Sgt. Pepper, my Jan. 1 LP, that defines my purpose: David Michaelis wrote in “American Specta- tor” in 1997, on the album’s 20th anniversary: “This album as different, more complicated. It was no longer just a release of youthful energy: there was an elegiac tone in both the words and music, and that was what made me feel I was en- titled to their hidden truths.” BELMONT DRIVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH 4200 Belmont Road 541-386-4201 Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Sunday evening Bible study 6:00 p.m. Wednesday evening Bible study 6:00 p.m. PARKDALE BAPTIST 6310 Dee Hwy., 541-352-6515 Bobby Joe Beauchamp, Pastor Sunday School, 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship, 11 a.m. Evening Worship, 6 p.m. Wednesday Study, 6 p.m. TUCKER ROAD BAPTIST Pastor Dean E. Kelly, Jr. 1455 Tucker Road Hood River, OR 97031 541-386-1049 – Sundays – Bible Study, All Ages, 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 11:00 a.m. Evening Worship 6 p.m. – Wednesdays – Prayer Meeting 6 p.m. CATHOLIC ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH 1501 Belmont, Hood River Saturday Sacrament of Reconciliation in English/Spanish 4-5 p.m. Saturday Mass in English 5:30 p.m. Mass in Spanish 7 p.m. Sunday Mass in Spanish 8 a.m. Mass in English 10 a.m. Mass in Spanish 1 p.m. Holiday Masses 7 a.m., 12:10 p.m., 7 p.m. Daily Mass 7:30 a.m. Father Ronald M. Maag, Pastor, 541-386-3373 CHRISTIAN & MISSIONARY ALLIANCE HOOD RIVER ALLIANCE “You’re Always Welcome!” 2650 W. Montello St. 541-386-2812 www.hoodriveralliance.org Steve Grace, Senior Pastor John Blosser, Associate Pastor Tina Graves, Youth Pastor Emily Blosser, Worship Pastor Sunday Morning 2 Worship Services 9 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. Monday Night Senior Youth Group Tuesday Night Celebrate Recovery Group, 6:15 p.m. (Contact Person: John Blosser 507-820-0871) Wednesday Night Junior Youth Group Nightly Activities Small group Bible studies through the week. La Iglesia Esperanza Y Vida Sabado 6 p.m. Spanish Service Saturday at 6 p.m. Tony Estey, Pastor Llame para un orario completo 541-806-2691 CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY 701 Washington St. The Dalles, OR 97058 Sunday Service 10 a.m. Wednesday Service 7 p.m. CHURCH OF CHRIST HOOD RIVER CHURCH OF CHRIST 1512 Tucker Road Cody Singleton - Minister 9:45 Bible Classes 10:45 Services 541-386-2782 Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 p.m. ODELL CHURCH OF CHRIST 3784 Summit Drive Worship 10:30 a.m. 541-354-3127 COVENANT CHRISTIAN COVENANT HOOD RIVER Pastor Fritz Stranz 455 Frankton Rd. Hood River, OR 97031 Sunday Service 10:00 a.m. Wednesday Youth & KIDZ 6:30 p.m. 541.386.8805 covenanthr.org DISCIPLES OF CHRIST HOOD RIVER VALLEY CHRISTIAN CHURCH Interim Pastor Myrna Phillips 975 Indian Creek Road 541-386-2608 hoodrivervalleychristianchurch.com – Sunday – 9:30 a.m. Classes for all ages 10:30 a.m. Worship & Children Worship & Wonder 5:00 p.m. Youth meetings Call for information on other pro- grams for children, youth and adults Childcare provided for all activities EPISCOPAL ST. MARK THE EVANGELIST 11th & Eugene Rev. Anna Carmichael Sunday Holy Eucharist at 8 and 10 a.m. Child Care at 10 a.m. Wednesday Holy Eucharist at 11:30 a.m Everyone is welcome. For more information, call: St. Mark’s Office 541-386-2077 HOUSE OF RECORDS, Eugene, and a Richard Thompson favorite. Photo by Kirby Neumann-Rea LDS CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS 18th & May, Hood River ALL ARE WELCOME! Hood River Ward Sacrament Meeting 10 a.m. Sunday School 11:20 a.m. Priesthood/Relief Society 12:10 p.m. Grupo en Español Hora Sacramental (Traducida) 10 a.m. Escuela Dominical (Clase en Español) 11:20 a.m. Sacerdocio y Sociedad de Socorro (En Ingles) 12:10 p.m. LUTHERAN CONCORDIA EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELS Evangelical Lutheran Synod 11th & Pine • Hood River 541-386-4004 or 541-298-8385 Pastor Jesse Jacobsen Sunday School & Bible Class 8:00 a.m. Divine Service 9:00 a.m. Office Hours: Wednesday www.concordiahoodriver.org IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH 305 9th St. 386-3046 Pastor Jeff Mueller www.ImmanuelHR.org Sunday Morning Schedule Adult Bible Class 8:45 a.m. Worship Service 10:00 a.m. Children’s Church 10:00 a.m. Nursery Care 9:45 a.m.–11:15 a.m. Small Groups All Week Check our web page above for all the details Sr. High Youth Group Saturdays @ 6:30 p.m. Middle School Youth Group Fridays @ 3:30 p.m. “It’s all about RELATIONSHIPS!” Please join us! METHODIST/LUTHERAN ASBURY OUR REDEEMER PARTNERSHIP Pastor David King 1140 Tucker Road 541-386-3993 9:00 a.m. Traditional Worship 10-10:30 a.m. Fellowship Time 10:30 a.m. Celebration Worship 10:30 a.m. Christian Education Everyone is welcome! NAZARENE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Joel & Mindy Alsworth, pastors 2168 Belmont Drive Church Office: 541-386-2604 Fax: 541-386-2064 9 a.m.-Noon Church Web site: www.hrnaz.org Sunday Worship Service – 9:30 a.m. Christian Education/Sunday School (for all ages) – 11 a.m. Monday-Thursday Home Group Studies Tuesday: 6:30 a.m. Men’s Prayer Time 8 a.m. Ladies Breakfast Downtown 6:30 p.m. Youth Group PARKDALE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 4th & Van Nuys (by grade school) Services Carl Casey, Pastor Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship 11 a.m. Evening Worship 6 p.m. Ladies’ Bible Study, Mon. 9:30 a.m. Call 541-352-6913 or 541-490-6673 for further details. NON-DENOMINATIONAL BIBLE FELLOWSHIP Senior Center 2010 Sterling Place Sundays 10 a.m. “Love Jesus, Love People” For more information contact John: 541-354-2495 or Don: 541-231-3482 www.hoodriver-biblefellowship.org FAITH BIBLE CHURCH 1889 Belmont, 541-386-3557 www.fbchoodriver.org Pastor Bruce Parker – Sunday – Sunday School (all ages) 9:15 a.m. Worship Service 10:30 a.m.-12:00 Expository preaching Childcare provided 10:30 a.m. We offer youth and small groups. Call for times and locations. SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY BIBLE CHURCH 8th & Pacific, Hood River Tommy Moon, Pastor Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. svbchr.org PRESBYTERIAN PARKDALE COMMUNITY CHURCH 4910 Baseline Drive 541-352-7747 Sunday School, 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship, 10:45 a.m. Rev. Mark N. Willems, Pastor QUAKER RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS Mountain View Worship Group meets First and Third Sundays of the month at 10 a.m. at 700 Union St. (the old Episcopal Church) Everyone is welcome. Contact Jeff Hunter, 541-490-6006 JeffHunter1859@gmail.com for directions and information. SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 13th & Oak, 541-386-3220 Ron Hart, Pastor 9:30 a.m. Bible Study 11 a.m. Worship Service Spanish Services meet at 1100 22nd St. UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST MID-COLUMBIA UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP Sunday Worship and Children’s Program 10 a.m. at the Rockford Grange 4262 Barrett Drive, Hood River Classes, Groups & Community Service Rev. Judy Zimmerman Info: (541) 241-6771 or www.mcuuf.org We Are A Welcoming Congregation. UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY CHURCH UCC Heart of Downtown at 4th & State Worship at 10:30 a.m. riversideucc.com Doubters welcome An “Open & Affirming” congregation Rev. Vicky A. Stifter, 541-386-1412 BETHEL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST Inclusive - Welcoming - Peace & Justice Rev. Kelly Ryan 480 East Jewett Blvd. (509) 493-1747 White Salmon Morning Family Worship & Sunday School 10 a.m. www.bethelwhitesalmon.org UNITED METHODIST PINE GROVE/ODELL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 3422 Odell Hwy., Odell; 541-354-1063 Christy Matson, Lay Preacher 2415 Eastside Road, Pine Grove Sunday Worship Schedule Adult Sunday 8:45 a.m. Worship 10 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. Sept.-June at Odell Building July & Aug. at Pine Grove Building Everyone is Welcome THE VINEYARD “A COMMUNITY OF CHURCHES” VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP OF HOOD RIVER “Come as you are!” Pastor Denny & Sue Anderson Assoc. Pastor Dave Turner Youth Pastor Carrie Turner Sunday Worship Celebration Coffee & Fellowship 9:30 a.m. Worship 9:45 Youth Group - Wednesdays 6:15 Grades 6-12 AWANAS - Thursdays 6:30 Ages 3 through 6th grade Home Groups - Thursdays 6:30 www.vcfhr.org. 508 9th St. (Across from Children’s Park) 541-386-7070
