Archive for Irish music
the unapologetic brilliance of Sinéad O’Connor
Posted in Statistics with tags Celtic music, child abuse, death notice, Ireland, Irish music, punk folk, Roman Catholic Church, Sinéad O'Connor on August 7, 2023 by xi'an
Dirty old times
Posted in Travel with tags Celtic music, Darryl Hunt, Dirty Old Town, Irish music, London, punk folk, The Pogues on August 10, 2022 by xi'an
The Pogues’ bassist, Darryl Hunt, passed away on Monday afternoon. Thanks to this unique band for merging punk energy with Celtic harmonies!
dreamed a dream by the old canal [jatp]
Posted in Kids, pictures, Running, Travel with tags Dublin, Eire, Ireland, Irish music, jatp, Liffey, morning run, The Dubliners, The Pogues on May 17, 2017 by xi'an
a most curious case of misaddressed mail
Posted in Books, Travel, University life with tags Cape Breton, FedEx, fiddle, Gainesville, Irish music, Naatalie MacMaster, Nova Scotia, Scotland, University of Florida on March 28, 2015 by xi'an
Today, I got two FedEx envelopes in the mail, both apparently from the same origin, namely UF Statistics department reimbursing my travel expenses. However, once both envelopes opened, I discovered that, while one was indeed containing my reimbursement cheque, the other one contained several huge cheques addressed to… a famous Nova Scotia fiddler, Natalie MacMaster, for concerts she gave recently in South East US, and with no possible connection with either me or the stats department! So I have no idea how those cheques came to me (before I returned them to their rightful recipient in Nova Scotia!). Complete mystery! The only possible link is that I just found Natalie MacMaster and her band played in Gainesville two weeks ago. Hence a potential scenario: at the local FedEx sorting centre, the envelope intended for Natalie MacMaster lost its label and someone took the second label from my then nearby envelope to avoid dealing with the issue… In any case, this gave me the opportunity to listen to pretty enticing Scottish music!
