Saturday, September 4, 2010
New Stuff: Lost in Music
(cover art: Shonagh Rae)
My friend Edi recommneded this book depicting our lives as music connoisseurs and collectors most accurately.
Miniatures #22
I've already mentioned how much I get a kick out of British understatement. Recently Ursula spent the weekend with a friend of ours in London. Arriving at Heathrow and finding her way through the check-out she was uncertain which line she needed to stand in. She asked one of the officials standing around. He pointed to a line on the other side of the room and replied: "You may enjoy the queue over there."
First Lines: James Joyce - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming
down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road
met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo...
New Stuff: The Allman Brothers Band
Since my teens I've been a fan of the original Allman Brothers Band, but missed out on getting this album, I think it's their first release after Duane Almman's tragic death.
New Stuff: Graphic Novels
Graphic novels are a completely new genre to me, I actually didn't know about the term till just recently. I do have Craig Thompson's Blankets, but haven't read it yet. While In Dublin I came across this guide at Hodges & Figgis and decided to purchase it as soon as I get back home
New Stuff: John Zorn
Another to my my already fairly large John Zorn collection; his soundtracks are always worth a listening.
A Trip to Dublin #1
(my great-great-grandmother Margaret Farrell at the time of the marriage)
Last weekend I was in Dublin. The occasion was the celebration of my parents' 50th wedding anniversary. On my very first visit to Dublin in 1998 I had did some family geneaology and actually did find some valuable information. One finding was that my great-great-grandparents Bernard Farrell and Margaret Collins were married in the Rathmines church in 1866 just a few years before they emigrated to the USA with their first 3 children.
My parents decided to renew their marriage vows in remembrance of our Irish ancestors and arranged for the mass to be held in the Rathmines church inviting our whole family for this special occasion.
Friday, September 3, 2010
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