back in cork. after two daysish in belfast, a day in derry, and two swings through bits and pieces of dublin en route up and down. a bit more bus than i'd've liked in a five-day stretch, but pleasant buses they have here in ireland ( Read more... )

cork

at a singing circle over emmala's usual pub (look! new html!), i was stunned and delighted when the second song was 'plane wreck at los gatos'. it's been stuck in my head for weeks, after appearing in some spontaneous singing before i left the City. and hearing it folk-ified into irish was disconcerting and amazing and made me feel oddly at home ( Read more... )

this is just a quick first entry from the road - i'm still partly in transit (half my head seems still to be floating over greenland) and i've only been on the ground here for thirty hours or so ( Read more... )