tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post5637994134343342981..comments2023-10-24T11:11:49.568+01:00Comments on There Are Places I Remember: Songs About Places: MmmGeoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10966328708258079467noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-12778462714623053042011-05-19T20:55:50.277+01:002011-05-19T20:55:50.277+01:00Hey Laura, I got the book you suggested on Life in...Hey Laura, I got the book you suggested on Life in a Northern Town column - The North of England Home Service. As a co-incidence, one of the main characters comes from Chatteris!Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10966328708258079467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-45459371129415855922011-05-18T03:43:30.415+01:002011-05-18T03:43:30.415+01:00I love the idea that each city has a soundscape. W...I love the idea that each city has a soundscape. When I visited New Delhi, I thought the soundscape was the Hindu temple bells. When I visited Chengdu, China, it was definitely street markets. I think Vancouver is the sound of train whistles - there are so many train crossings throughout that city.Daniellenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-77696543161950206202011-05-18T03:38:23.824+01:002011-05-18T03:38:23.824+01:00And this scientist, Sissel Tolaas, has explored th...And this scientist, Sissel Tolaas, has explored the smellscapes of different cities, from Paris and Vienna to Kansas City, using structured walks, interviews, and headspace technology: http://www.ediblegeography.com/talking-nose/. She explains: "Just as society is crisscrossed with symbolic and actual smell boundaries, so is the urban environment. The different smell spaces of the modern city are largely a product of zoning laws. These laws regulate the kinds of construction and sorts of activity that may go on in the different areas, and by so doing also regulate the distribution and circulation of smells." She has created a scratch and sniff map of Mexico, for example.Noelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-26631996154640753482011-05-18T03:34:21.046+01:002011-05-18T03:34:21.046+01:00The U.S. military is also mapping a city's sme...The U.S. military is also mapping a city's smells! - http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-11/darpa-wants-prevent-chemical-attacks-determining-your-citys-scentNoelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-81406977807400944012011-05-18T01:58:21.016+01:002011-05-18T01:58:21.016+01:00Mexico has actually started collected its sounds, ...Mexico has actually started collected its sounds, archiving them as soundscapes!<br /><br />http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-08-30-mexicosounds30_ST_N.htmTrentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-28839758822798239362011-05-18T00:45:33.769+01:002011-05-18T00:45:33.769+01:00I love the idea that a city has a soundscape - I&#...I love the idea that a city has a soundscape - I'd love to go on a "sound walk" around various cities, listening rather than looking.Simonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-12294070244234195592011-05-18T00:38:25.575+01:002011-05-18T00:38:25.575+01:00Wow!! Soul with some Irish thrown in - gorgeous mu...Wow!! Soul with some Irish thrown in - gorgeous music!Garricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-17160551542072322172011-05-18T00:37:25.533+01:002011-05-18T00:37:25.533+01:00Here's a video of her performing it (not in Du...Here's a video of her performing it (not in Dublin I don't think, but a great performance): www.youtube.com/watch?v=y35Zxy9_cD4<br /><br />Also, Geoff, I admired how you managed the problem of this not being technically a song with lyrics about Dublin.... I agree that it is a song with the SOUND of Dublin!Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10190486337916706104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-65858000858325836532011-05-18T00:35:27.176+01:002011-05-18T00:35:27.176+01:00I love this song - I only knew her song "Shin...I love this song - I only knew her song "Shine" but this one is so much better (and somehow the gospel theme does have an Irish/Dublin vibe!).Tiffanyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01945758814187026754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-40981412024570349892011-05-18T00:34:52.431+01:002011-05-18T00:34:52.431+01:00Amazing singer - Aretha Franklin meets Alicia Keys...Amazing singer - Aretha Franklin meets Alicia Keys !Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12345880035877836117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-44068989371241568562011-05-18T00:33:48.814+01:002011-05-18T00:33:48.814+01:00She's apparently been called “The Soul of Irel...She's apparently been called “The Soul of Ireland” - and I totally get why now.Juliannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-74694492796560137682011-05-17T22:26:56.120+01:002011-05-17T22:26:56.120+01:00This was an interesting blog. I was Ireland's ...This was an interesting blog. I was Ireland's first black mayor (in Portlaoise in 207). This year I'll have been in Ireland for 11 years. Over the last 11 years Ireland has changed a lot. At the beginning a land of emigration, now a land of immigration. People came here to study English, stayed for a couple of months and came back with an idyllic idea in their mind. Now the long-term immigration launches a new challenge, like going and seeing a friend who lives far away and being his guest for three days or becoming his neighbour. <br /><br />You may like my weekly radio show, Respecting Difference (http://www.midlandsradio.fm/Westmeath-Schedule.aspx), you can listen online, 7pm on Saturdays. <br /><br />Rotimi AdebariRotiminoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-6895874755121041392011-05-17T22:15:34.585+01:002011-05-17T22:15:34.585+01:00They are interesting quotes Geoff! My problem is j...They are interesting quotes Geoff! My problem is just that this overlooks actual black people in Ireland. Sure, they are only about 1 percent of the Republic, but still - anytime a group is described as "the blacks of" somewhere, you have to ask: really? Was that group's experience really that of black Africans during slavery, and doesn't describing them as "blacks" erase the presence of actual black people?Caoilfhionnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-49227069834932108732011-05-17T22:06:48.248+01:002011-05-17T22:06:48.248+01:00Here's the Dickens' Dublin song Geoff talk...Here's the Dickens' Dublin song Geoff talked about......<br />www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-6cvFzAdF4&<br />It includes an intro by her giving the background to the song, which is kind of cool.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15992349400128489370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-13528573643863994272011-05-17T16:01:02.927+01:002011-05-17T16:01:02.927+01:00Re Caoilfhionn's comments, there was a line in...Re Caoilfhionn's comments, there was a line in The Commitments by Jimmy Rabbitte:"The Irish are the blacks of Europe, Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland, and the North Siders are the blacks of Dublin"Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10966328708258079467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-17879961809665039422011-05-17T12:08:03.284+01:002011-05-17T12:08:03.284+01:00I remember reading about that use of the Molly Mal...I remember reading about that use of the Molly Malone song. It was anti-war activists in the late 1960s I think. They would also start out with "The Sound of Music" - The hills are alive with the sound of ...SMASH THE BOURGEOISIE"!:)Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07138573821875872323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-3593863343702246372011-05-17T12:01:30.936+01:002011-05-17T12:01:30.936+01:00If you want to learn how to play Molly Malone, her...If you want to learn how to play Molly Malone, here is my easy video tutorial! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83Jw1SxzJKY<br /><br />BrianBriannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-15842548683446028312011-05-17T11:58:32.332+01:002011-05-17T11:58:32.332+01:00Actually, like “Danny Boy,” “Molly Malone” was not...Actually, like “Danny Boy,” “Molly Malone” was not written by an Irishman, but by a Scotsman, James Yorkston.Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129475788686123015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-46325081291604600572011-05-17T11:56:43.231+01:002011-05-17T11:56:43.231+01:00There are also protest songs sung at demonstration...There are also protest songs sung at demonstrations to just the tune of Molly Malone (I was at one in New York where we sang to the tune of Molly Malone: "In this New York City, it’s such a damn pity, They’re taking our children, to fight in the War" in March last year - to marking the 7th anniversary of the Iraq War - and actually that song was led by the Raging Grannies, http://www.raginggrannies.com/).M.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07615974799201593427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-33690839531205848832011-05-17T11:51:44.525+01:002011-05-17T11:51:44.525+01:00The post office is a bit disappointing nowadays as...The post office is a bit disappointing nowadays as a site to visit in Dublin. Up until 2005 a series of paintings in the main hall depicted the events of 1916, they were taken down when the interior was repainted.Camillenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-30142291446892596902011-05-17T11:48:45.571+01:002011-05-17T11:48:45.571+01:00You might enjoy my short documentary about Barney ...You might enjoy my short documentary about Barney McKenna: http://vimeo.com/13440253Petenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-74819009806003964452011-05-17T11:36:25.092+01:002011-05-17T11:36:25.092+01:00Oh dear, I confess this is EXACTLY how I expect Du...Oh dear, I confess this is EXACTLY how I expect Dubliners to look!!!! - http://i.ytimg.com/vi/jujqyVez2jw/0.jpgJosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04475708672247853519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-55231582184712431982011-05-17T11:34:47.081+01:002011-05-17T11:34:47.081+01:00Geoff, you're so good at making the blog well-...Geoff, you're so good at making the blog well-timed! This week Dublin is all over the news because of the Queen's visit (and the effigy beheaded of her, and the bomb they disarmed). And then Obama the week after!Sam Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08523013822784596338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-58708654427545300422011-05-17T11:32:05.247+01:002011-05-17T11:32:05.247+01:00I visited Ireland very recently (from the States)....I visited Ireland very recently (from the States). I perform in a 2-man group (a drag queen and me in a gay-themed revue). And in Dublin I realized that I felt more acceptance, generosity and love than I ever would have expected. It felt as though I had known people for years. That is simply how socially open and accommodating the Irish are. There really are no strangers. Just slip into the nearest pub, slide into a booth and join in on the conversation. They won't wonder who you are or ask you why you are there, they'll just slap you on the shoulder and ask "What'll ye have, mate?"<br /><br />Travelers always say "I am in love with the people here." I've never really liked many people in my life. I always joke that I have a heart of stone. I sometimes tell myself that I really don't need anyone at all. I actually taught myself to believe that I would be perfectly happy if I were the last man left alive on the planet. My new Irish friends showed me that I have been lying to myself for years. I am a social person. And I do like people. That part of me has always been there inside me.<br /><br />The difference might be the fact that in Ireland, when a new person walks into a room, an Irishman will immediately slide over and make room for him, no questions asked. In our country, when a new person walks into a room, we look at him in judgement, trying to decide whether or not he belongs with us.<br /><br />I suppose, however, that the Irish have a bit of an advantage in cases such as these. They do live on an island. Odds are, when ye walk in, they're gonna know ye!<br /><br />None of this relates to your theme really. I just wanted to encourage everyone to visit Dublin whenever they have a chance.Deweyhttp://www.wix.com/makmlaff/syr/suspiciouslystatuesque#!__wayburndidishownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3774690407548657707.post-29388040255156773102011-05-17T11:20:38.448+01:002011-05-17T11:20:38.448+01:00Hey there, this is interesting about the way we ex...Hey there, this is interesting about the way we expect Irish music to sound (and conversely how we don't expect black singers to have Irish accents). Contrasting this disconnect that Izibor and others are bridging, Irish people like to imagine quite often that they ARE all black. I'm Irish and want to dispel some myths among my fellow countrymen: Fact # 1 Irish people are not the black people of Europe, black people are. Fact # 2 The Irish did not build America and the British empire. They were built on slavery of Africans. Fact # 3 Irish people do not have ”soul” like Black people. Fact # 4 Irish people are a white fair skinned race that easily burns when exposed to long term sunshine. Being burnt is not the same as being black. Fact # 5 Irish people feel guilty and sympathy towards African Black people, so for decades they have sent missionaries to convert them and recently Bono to annoy them, but Irish people feeling guilty because of their famine history does not make them black people. (Unless they actually are Irish and black of course!). Ok, thanks!Caoilfhionnnoreply@blogger.com