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Parody & Original Songs of Loose Bruce Kerr as featured on the Dr. Demento & Jim Bohannon Shows
This podcast series explores the Gospel of Matthew as literature, as a story. I make the argument that the story is one of a nonviolent revolutionary peasant leader named Jesus or Joshua (depending on whether you transliterate from the Greek or the Hebrew). The story, therefore, is sociopolitically subversive. Not only is the story subversive in its content, it is also subversive in its form. It parodies an ancient genre of literature common among the upper classes.I will make the argument t ...
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Welcome to Trailerma, an animated series that both pays tribute to and gently mocks the art of the movie trailer ( and the world of movies as a whole). So turn out the lights and grab your popcorn- although not necessarily in that order, or you might bump into something- and enjoy.
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NonsenseMovieChat | nonsense film / movie / TV show Chat | occasional self-help parody and 'comedy' | mainstream and cult movies considered
NonsenseMovieChat is a podcast sometimes dedicated to finding self-help advice in popular and unpopular film and sometimes to aimless rubbish.
Jesus and his disciples travel north where a dead king is worshiped. Peter is declared to be the bedrock of the "church". . . or is he? Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)由Bert Newton
"HEAD FOR THE HILLS" (a post-pandemic song) VIDEO is now a full jazz band arrangement in April, 2021 of a song Loose Bruce Kerr composed in April, 2020. Who knew it would take a year before the vaccines started to help us toward an end to the pandemic? To celebrate that, here's the full arrangement and performance video. The song gives a bow to the…
"HEAD FOR THE HILLS" (a post-pandemic song) AUDIO is now a full jazz band arrangement in April, 2021 of a song Loose Bruce Kerr composed in April, 2020. Who knew it would take a year before the vaccines started to help us toward an end to the pandemic? To celebrate that, here's the full arrangement. The song gives a bow to the earlier pandemic in 1…
How do you resist oppression? Is nationalism ever right? Can a group be nationalist while at the same time collaborating with the imperial oppressor? Can a movement draw deep from it's own national heritage but still be transnational? Those are the questions that today's episode wrestles with through this second passage of Matthew 16. Support the s…
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Bible Study: Parody and Subversion in Matthew's Gospel
The Pharisees and Sadducees join forces to challenge Jesus, but Jesus isn't interested in their credential system. Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)由Bert Newton
The encounter with the Canaanite Woman in the last episode broke open a whole new frontier for the movement. The movement for a new society can now include all people. Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)由Bert Newton
A get-well-soon card to us all, Loose Bruce Kerr's latest parody of the Beatles, "The Long and Winding Road." Bruce sings live over his recording of his orchestral tracks, put together in his studio, "The Garage" in northern California. Bruce had a 20 year career in entertainment, performing and writing his songs and parodies (over 100 plays on the…
The story gives us a surprise twist. Is Jesus showing his humanity, or is he a really clever teacher? Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)由Bert Newton
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Bible Study: Parody and Subversion in Matthew's Gospel
When an oppressed people express their desires for liberation, they often do it by demonstrating zeal for their national culture and traditions. But oppressed people are often divided into factions, each accusing the other of not being sufficiently dedicated to the cause, not demonstrating sufficient zeal for the national traditions. That is what w…
This second sea crossing recalls both Israel's seminal story of liberation and the boastful thoughts of a Seleucid emperor. Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)由Bert Newton
The rich and the powerful party at the expense of the poor, but the common poor can create their own new society of abundance for all! Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)由Bert Newton
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Bible Study: Parody and Subversion in Matthew's Gospel
This is a long episode, but a very important one. In this episode, I make clear something that I have been saying throughout the series, that Jesus, as portrayed in Matthew, is opposed to the power of Temples and Priests (all of them, not just in Israel). This episode contains longer musical interludes (to break it up and give listeners time to abs…
This episode concludes a chapter in which Jesus speaks in riddles, revealing the hidden things, the wonderful secrets of the new society. Again, nothing is as it seems. Jesus attempts a great scribal reversal, making the peasants scribes, and leaving the scribal class on the outside, lacking understanding. This reversal is rejected...but wait...not…
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Bible Study: Parody and Subversion in Matthew's Gospel
The movement for the New Society is sneaky and spreads through the unwashed masses. Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)由Bert Newton
Jesus starts talking in riddles to hide the wonderful secrets of the new society from those who would destroy it, but the wise will understand. This episode and the next two regular episodes, numbers 33 and 34, explore the parables discourse of chapter 13 (which begins at the end of chapter 12). Through this discourse, Jesus trains his disciples to…
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Bible Study: Parody and Subversion in Matthew's Gospel
(Edited version) In this special episode, I interview Dr. Sebastien Doane, Professor of Biblical Studies at Laval University, in Quebec City, and author of Zombies, Unicorns, Cannibals; Strange Tales from the Bible (published by Paulist Press). We revisit episodes 1 (The Genealogy) and 4 (The Magi) of this podcast series in the light of Dr. Doane's…
"I AM THERE FOR YOU" is "Loose Bruce" Kerr's original song, a jazz-scat-big band sound. Bruce records his songs one instrument & vocal at a time, layering to get the final song. In this one, he sings, plays bass & piano "for real," then uses his synthesizer to compose & play each trombone, trumpet, saxophone, & set of drums, one drum or cymbal per …
Ever wonder what that parable of the 7 demons is about? Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)由Bert Newton
Jesus diagnoses the problem of demon possession differently than his upper class opponents. He finds the root cause of the problem not in the demon-possessed individual but in the situation of oppression. Special Music by Murry Hammond whose music can be found here. Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)…
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Bible Study: Parody and Subversion in Matthew's Gospel
Jesus defeats the elite wisdom men of the old society in public debate. Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)由Bert Newton
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Bible Study: Parody and Subversion in Matthew's Gospel
Jesus is the broker of God's wisdom to the people, a wisdom for a new society that is not oppressive. Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)由Bert Newton
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Bible Study: Parody and Subversion in Matthew's Gospel
Ever wonder about that parable about the children playing games in the marketplace? I unpack that one in this episode. Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)由Bert Newton
Just a clarifying thought that I had after I published the last episode... Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)由Bert Newton
Matthew has been showing how Jesus and his movement fulfill the visions of the prophets. In chapter 11, the fulfillment theme gets stated so forcefully that it becomes evident that Jesus does not merely fulfill the visions of the prophets but reinterprets them. This reinterpretation is part of a larger program of reinterpreting the world in a way t…
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Bible Study: Parody and Subversion in Matthew's Gospel
Jesus says that secrets will be revealed. Listen to this episode to learn what those secrets are! Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)由Bert Newton
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Bible Study: Parody and Subversion in Matthew's Gospel
What does Jesus mean when he says that his disciples will not finish their mission of going through the towns of Israel "before the Son of Man comes"? Listen to this episode to find out. Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)由Bert Newton
Jesus sends out an army of healers to retake Israel from those who have stolen it. Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)由Bert Newton
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Bible Study: Parody and Subversion in Matthew's Gospel
After having gathered in the lost - the tax/toll collectors and "sinners" - he suddenly gets called to a high status household, but on the way heals a marginalized woman suffering from menstrual bleeding. Chapters 8 and 9 have Jesus entering the worlds and lives of people who are very separate from each other: a leper, gentiles, women and men, soci…
Jesus has to explain why now is the time to party with the sinners. Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)由Bert Newton
"HOLD ME NOW" is a new song by Loose Bruce Kerr. While Bruce often does parodies, he also writes originals in various styles. This one's in the mold of old Sinatra or Andy Williams standards. Using multi-tracking (invented by his fellow townie of Waukesha, Wisconsin, Les Paul), Bruce adds horns, strings, drums, etc. by synth and plays the guitars, …
The campaign of healing takes the form of a meal with "sinners." Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)由Bert Newton
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Bible Study: Parody and Subversion in Matthew's Gospel
Who has the authority to forgive sins? Only God? Who has the authority to speak for God then? The ruling classes in antiquity used systems of temples, priests, and sacrifice to control the people. Jesus demonstrates to the people that they don't need any of that to have good standing before God and each other. Support the show (https://paypal.me/Pa…
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Bible Study: Parody and Subversion in Matthew's Gospel
Jesus crosses to "the other side" and encounters the demons of empire. Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)由Bert Newton
The third detailed healing: Jesus crosses the gender divide and continues his campaign of healing. Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)由Bert Newton
In this episode, I make a mistake in the recording. See if you can catch it...you don't have to be a Bible Scholar, you just need to be paying attention. I only caught it after it was all done; there is no way to fix it, and I don't have the time or energy to go back and correct it, so let's make it a game. If you find it, let me know on the Facebo…
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Loose Bruce Kerr's Parody/Original Song Podcast
"THE WRECK OF THE GOOD BOMBA CHARGER" (Live Video, 1981) by Loose Bruce Kerr. In 1981 I was performing my regular seasonal gig on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands at Sparky's Waterfront Saloon. A boat that moved passengers between the Caribbean islands down there was called the "Bomba Charger," held about 24 or so, pretty bare bones. But it go…
Jesus usurps the power and authority of the priests. Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)由Bert Newton
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Jesus provides a prayer for his movement rooted in peasant realities of hunger, debt, and the threat of legal prosecution as well as the ancient story of the Exodus liberation. Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)由Bert Newton
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Episode 12: The Peasant Economy of Mutual Aid versus The Empire's Economy of Patronage, Matthew 6:1-4, 16-34
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Jesus lifts up the mutual aid economy of the peasants and tears down the patronage system of the empire. Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)由Bert Newton
What's the big deal about taking Oaths? Also, women in Nigeria in 2002 used a tactic that Matthew's Jesus prescribes. Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)由Bert Newton
"HEAD FOR THE HILLS" is Loose Bruce Kerr's latest song, a post-pandemic one and an original that takes its flavor from the 1920's songs his parents taught him growing up in Wisconsin. Bruce plays the uke he learned on and inherited from his father, Ken (a Martin uke). His mother sang 20's & 30's songs while cooking and his dad played uke and whistl…
"HEAD FOR THE HILLS" is Loose Bruce Kerr's latest song, a post-pandemic one and an original that takes its flavor from the 1920's songs his parents taught him growing up in Wisconsin. Bruce plays the uke he learned on and inherited from his father, Ken (a Martin uke). His mother sang 20's & 30's songs while cooking and his dad played uke and whistl…
"GORBY" (audio mp3) is Loose Bruce Kerr's original satire/parody from 1990 on the occasion of the about-to-disintegrate Soviet Union's premier's visit to Stanford U in California's Bay Area. Bruce lived 8 mins away so it was only logical he drove there with his guitar & tape deck around his neck playing his pre-recorded background tracks, mounted C…
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Bible Study: Parody and Subversion in Matthew's Gospel
Jesus attempts to build a strong movement, urging solidarity between peasants and curtailing male sexual abuse of and power over women. Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)由Bert Newton
Jesus begins laying out his new law or teaching for the new Society. This new teaching inverts the male honor code of the first century Mediterranean World. Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)由Bert Newton
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Bible Study: Parody and Subversion in Matthew's Gospel
Jesus' campaign of healing provides an alternative to more conventional military campaigns (parody?) and signals the dawning of a new society. Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)由Bert Newton
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Bible Study: Parody and Subversion in Matthew's Gospel
Jesus takes up John's work of leading a movement for The New Society (Kingdom of Heaven). Matthew's imagery reminds the reader of the setting of this story in the Roman Empire. Jesus liberates his disciples from bondage to the empire, setting them free to join the movement. Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubversion?locale.x=en_US)…
In this episode, we follow Jesus through his "vision quest," as he retraces his people's journey in the wilderness through a time of testing/temptation. Jesus has to prove what sort of Messiah or "Son of God" he will be. Please leave comments at the Facebook page (click on the Facebook icon at the top) Support the show (https://paypal.me/ParodySubv…
Hot off the presses, for all us stay-at-homies, here's "THE 12 DAYS OF LOCKDOWN" (Audio version) to the tune of "The 12 Days of Christmas." With thanks to good friend, Ward Wildanger for suggesting the title and I get off my butt while sequestered like the rest of us, and do something with it. Enjoy! Loose Bruce Kerr is a songwriter (Dr. Demento Sh…
