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Alarms and Surprises – Cork, Here I Come!
After two short train rides from Bangor I arrived into Dundalk about 5.30pm yesterday. Tired but in good form. I took a taxi to the Spirit Store with a very…
Read MoreThank you Bangor
Morning Ireland Tuesday morning, September 6th, 2016 Dublin airport- Belfast The sun rises over the eastern hills, casting an orange, then pink and purple hue on the blanket of clouds.…
Read MoreGuitar, suitcase, backpack? Tour Countdown
In Newark airport. Driving from Sunbury, PA back to Newark. Listened to the new Chris Michael album “Elvis Presley and Marlon Brando Scream Peace and Love into the Darkness” most…
Read MoreTour Countdown : I probably shouldn’t eat that?
Tour Countdown Continues: Leaving Ithaca for East Durham, our friends drove with us as as far as the town of Caroline, where we went for a quick hike at Roy…
Read MoreBig City Folk Festival This Weekend
“All music is folk music; I ain’t never heard no horse sing a song,” – Louis Armstrong Twice as efficient as the Olympics and with only half the doping— Big…
Read MoreDream Away Lodge
“9 people killed in Munich. 80 people killed in Kabul…..” I cannot take listening to election talk for another a few months. July 22nd, 2pm ish I am sitting on…
Read MoreWhere Were You When Ireland Beat Italy? Do Share!
The People’s President Michael D. Higgins This morning, I awoke with a magic realist, improbable, hope that Ireland could beat Italy. I mean we had done it before. Belgium…
Read MoreI Quite like New York
Saturday June 18th, 2016 Oh, Ireland 0- Belgium 3. Watching it on the computer with a slight delay while listening on the radio, every time I watched Ireland have a…
Read MoreIn the Confession Box with E.W. Harris
Confession Box Songs: Week 4 Last night Steve Goulding asked the very fair question, “The Confession Box? Is it small and judgmental?”, “Does it at least smell of…
Read MoreMurder, Music, Football
“What’s so funny about peace, love and understanding?” – Elvis Costello June 15th, 2016 She said. He said. C & T, incessant on the radio. The FBI investigates the shooter.…
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