Happy St. Pats

In honor of St.Patrick's Here are a few of my favorite Irish tunes (although not the best videos of them). The best thing about Irish music and Irish food is that it's not elitist. There is some that is better than others, but at the same time it's out there for everyone to interact with and to enjoy.   So I thought I'd post some less refined videos rather than posting all Dubliners and Pogues...

Yes, I'm a Huge U2 fan, but this is also a really good version of the Wild Irish Rover (bootlegged);


A shout out to my Protestant Irish ancestors 

(yes, my ancestors were the kill-joys of old Erin; it still counts);


Now this guy is singing one of the best pub songs ever. If you close your eyes and don't watch him it's good. If you watch him... well...  it reminds me of Bono from the I will follow video, in that he clearly will grow into his style but in the mean time it's awkwardly charming;

--May your troubles be less And your blessing be more And nothing but happiness Come through your door--

John the Baptist and Banquo

At the theater, I finally got around to sorting through the boxes I had previously simply labeled "Dead Things". I carefully transported sad droopy carcasses from disintegrating boxes into new sturdy ones... Once in their new homes of rest the furs filled their boxes with sad glass eyes peering out at me. I'm sorry little creatures, I'm just in charge of keeping you stored here...


The *best* part about clearing out the old box is getting to the bottom and finding this;

... two sad disembodied heads about the size of a walnut. Such is the glamor of my life in costumes.

U2 2009

Update; If you've stumbled across this via search engine, my actual review of the album can be found HERE

A month ago I put my netflix on hold in order to save for the U2 album that came out today. At 12:10 this morning I had already downloaded the new album with bonus tracks and movie from Anton Corbjin...
They are the musicians of my heart, they sing the songs I hear in my head... I love them...
because of that I'll probably be putting up a few posts about the new album this week...

however for those of you who aren't quite as die hard as I am and don't need all the bells and whistles, today (possibly only today) amazon.com is offering No Line on the Horizon as an MP3 download for only $3.99! If you liked All that You Can't Leave Behind, and/or How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, I can safely recommend the new one as well.

Here's the link to the amazon store;
U2's No Line on the Horizon

You'll need the amazon downloader, but that doesn't take up a lot of space on the computer and often the amazon downloads are cheaper than iTunes...