Hot day in Birr

Mrs. P and I went up to Birr Castle Desmesne today. First time we'd been there in years and a hot day (by Irish standards) it was too...

I could wax lyrical about the beauty of the place, but maybe I'll just let these pictures do the waxing (oo, er...).

As it happens, Birr is usually one of the coldest places in Ireland in Wintertime...:-)

Regards,


djp

My Top 10 iPod tracks - 010609

1. (2) - '39 - Queen
2. (-) - Think - The 5 Royales
3. (5) - All My Friends Are Crazy - 500 Miles From Memphis
   
4. (4) - Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
5. (-) - Man Become Me - 31Knots
6. (-) - Sedition's Wish - 31Knots
7. (-) - Every Day - 60 Watt Kid
8. (6) - Filling In For Clowns - 7evenwords
9. (-) - Across The Fields - 10,000 Maniacs
10. (-) - Baby Cakes - 3 Of A Kind

Regards,


djp

Truly a worthy candidate for the title "Worst Album Of All Time"...

..."Children Of God" by Swans.

Hard to describe - not exactly metal, not exactly industrial, but quite possibly the worst possible combination of those two musical genres. And the singing - there have been great non-singers in popular music - Joe Strummer, Lou Reed, Leonard Cohen, Marc Almond, John Lydon and Morrissey spring instantly to mind. None of them were technically brilliant vocalists, but they all brought something worthwhile to the table. Not so Michael Gira. Lyrics seem to be terribly clichéd.

An album to avoid, but if you take perverse pleasure in avoiding my advice (as do 99.999% of the world's population), then you can find more information on Swans here...

...although I really wouldn't bother.

Regards,


djp

I tried, I really tried...

...but I just can't climb ladders anymore. The ladder is too shaky, the ground is too uneven, the wind is too high and I am not the young turk I used to be.

Guess I'm going to have to hit the classifieds and find some guy to clean my gutters for me...

Regards,


djp

Vector mildew

Just come back from matching Munster beat Ospreys in their last match of the Magners League. Match report here.

Before the match, the Munster Supporters Choir treated us to a few wonderful numbers, including, in honour of Ospreys, "Bread of Heaven". And while they were singing it and giving it socks, I couldn't help but think of this...:-)

Regards,


djp

Critter cadaver update

Looks like a female blackbird to me.

I always feel a little sad when Panther kills birds, especially blackbirds because they have a very musical song and the males are beautiful creatures.

But hey, Panther is only following his instinct...

Regards,


djp

And the ringtone for May 2009 is...

..."A to B" from the Futureheads' debut album. Nouveau post-punk at its finest...:-)

Regards,


djp

My Top 10 iPod tracks - 010509

1. (4) - Brighton Rock - Queen
2. (7) - '39 - Queen
3. (-) - Stone Cold Crazy - Queen
4. (-) - Don't Stop Me Now - Queen
5. (5) - All My Friends Are Crazy - 500 Miles To Memphis
6. (6) - Filling In For Clowns - 7evenwords
7. (-) - No Way Of Knowing - A. Tent
8. (-) - Tell It Like It Is - Aaron Neville
9. (-) - The Racing Rats - Editors
10. (-) - I've Just Told Mama Goodbye - Hank Williams

Regards,


djp