Anyone who wishes to frolic with the devil cannot rejoice with Christ.
– St. Peter Chrysologus

Main Entry:
3. frolic
Function:
noun
Date:
1616

1: a playful or mischievous action 2 a: an occasion or scene of fun : party b: fun, merriment

from the Rankin gig on July 18th...from left 2 right
m3 - keys, donnie g - bass, jamie - drums, mr. bentley - gtr, my Father manny lopez - trpt

and now George "Po-Boy" Rankin

my good friend Jay Foote from back in the IC days has been touring with Daine Birch...he's playing the bass and singing background vocals...he was on Dave Letterman last nite so check him out!!! FYI his brother Alex is playing guitar and also on the tour!!! GO FOOTE'S!!!!

I love U Jay!!!!!

besides performing with We Funk @ Camp Euforia and visiting with some friends from my Iowa City days 2morrow, i will also b leading a band 4 a show featuring a hometown boy named George Rankin...sort of a balledier who also sings the blues...will def take video @ sound...

and speaking of the blues, check me out from early 08 summer with Blueskillet...
UGOTTHEPEACH

God Love U

US President Makes 1st Visit to Vatican

"Benedict XVI gave to the U.S. president a copy of his recently published encyclical, "Caritas in Veritate," and a copy of the 2009 letter of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith "Dignitas Personae" (The Dignity of a Person), which deals with questions of bioethics."

New Encyclical People!!!

ENCYCLICAL LETTER
CARITAS IN VERITATE
OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF
BENEDICT XVI

being a stay-at-home dad can b rough...like the other day 4 instance

Ok children of God...
things r back 2 semi-normal 4 the a minute...

Fr. Stan was cool...he said "Hi" 2 all of u...

Fun City was fun!!!

here is a new vid from June 20...

Just got a call from Fr. Stan 2 come 2 NY this week 2 help on some of the new project he's got coming out...so i'm flying out wednesday and then a HUGE weekend with family and music and love...my Grandpo Lopez who i am named after will b celebrating his 80th Birthday!!! so my aunt Rita is throwing a big FIESTA!!! and i got super fun gigs lined up with friends and family this weekend...as well as a rehearsal with a P-FUNK tribute band 4 a show @ Camp Euforia...taking lots of pics and vids...so please pray 4 me and my family

well...it has been a year this coming weekend since i traveled 2 Poland 4 the Song Of Songs Festival...but until now the performance has been kept in the vault...so 2 celebrate this special blessing, here is the complete show streamed on Poland radio...

manuel3 Full performance @ Song Of Songs June 28th, 2008

thnx 2 DJ Jedi 4 hosting
thnx 2 Poland 4 love

final vid of this past weekend's gigs...

ended the weekend on Flag Day playing a fundraiser 4 Honor Flight of the Quad Cities...a local chapter of the Honor Flight Network which flies America's veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit the memorials...

vid #3