on things Irish

Thanks to my editor for the lovely video below a couple, of the 'Parting Glass'...and for the mention of O'Donoghue's Opera, a gem about which I will blog more soon, since I seem to have been commissioned. In the meantime, I have been working on embroidered portraits, and the one pictured here (in reality about a foot and a half wide and 2 feet high) is of one of my greatest friends- Brian Christopher O'Leary Finbar Sullivan, who is in fact the man who introduced myself to O'Donoghue's Opera.

Department of Five Word Poems: vii.

187.

Clothes made out of cake.
-F. Keith Wahle

vii.

The winter of our discothèque.

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Robin Williamson sings Parting Glass

Miss Proinseas introduced us to a rediscovered 1960's short unfinished Irish film called O'Donoghue's Opera, starring Ronnie Drew & other well-bearded members of the Dubliners, which tells its tale accented by a heavy dosage of Irish songs. Because the movie is a bit difficult to understand for twenty-tweenage American ears, it was helpful to have Grainne interpret it when we watched. I would love it if she would do a minute-by-minute commentary for the blog when we post the videos. Or perhaps several us of can collaborate on an exegesis or exhumation of sorts. Anyway, that's all to come. In the meantime, the song "Parting Glass" is of course in the 'Opera' - one of Grainne's favorites - & I just found this beautiful video of the great Scottish bard Robin Williamson singing it.

Demon Arnophilia: Carly for California's Kinky Sheep Spot

Failed HP CEO, now turned cancer-survivin' California Republican senatorial candidate, Carly Fiorina has released the best paschal-themed political commercial of the 2010 primaries. (The sexy demon sheep appears in the last sixty seconds.) As a side note, I'll mention that I saw Mr Campbell speak a year ago, and I believe he is a deeply intelligent, sane politician (and a social liberal, as all successful Californian Republicans need to be, thank heavens.) He is almost certainly not a demon sheep, but let's let history be the judge.



PS. I recommend this mp3 podcast with second-by-second breakdown interpretation of the ad.

Sacred Massacre - Illuminated Poetry Book on Scribd

And here's another short illuminated nonsense poetry book: the poem "Sacred Massacre" (originally posted here) with panoramic photos taken by Miss Minnie Molly Mary. More books on scribd. I'm excited to see how these scribd books will look on tablet reading-devices like the iPad, &c. I was worried my landscape-shaped poetry books wouldn't look good on the Kindle, but damn! I'm betting they're going to rock the iPad.

Sacred Massacre - S. Sandrigon

Introducing: Department of Princess Drawings

Last night, while playing at mahjong & drinking Turkish Raki, some of the contributers to this website spearheaded an initiative to create a new Department of Princess Drawings. So, without further ado, introducing: the new Department of Princess Drawings. The first issuing is by Minnie Molly Mary.

Department of Five Word Poems: vi.

186.

Shoes made out of money.
-F. Keith Wahle

vi.

Timmy Tommy doesn't like that.

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Department of Five Word Poems: v.

142.

Big sillies attacked the villages.
-F. Keith Wahle

v.

Big sillies ate deadly snackies.

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