Comments on: Fiddlers at Kelly’s http://stilgherrian.com/personal/fiddlers_at_kellys/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive le poisson rouge sauvages! Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:59:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/personal/fiddlers_at_kellys/#comment-9540 Stilgherrian Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:43:13 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/personal/fiddlers_at_kellys/#comment-9540 Well yes, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_corrs">The Corrs</a> would have been nice -- then again pretty much any Irish band would have been acceptable except <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U2">U2</a>. While I'm a big fan of Brian Eno, I will never forgive him for turning that obscure Dublin pub band into a global phenomenon -- and fuelling Bono's disturbingly large sense of self-importance. Two things to add: <ol> <li>I do love the fact that Irish folk culture has sustained itself in the face of modernisation, especially given Ireland's status as a high-tech work centre. Even the young lads and lasses knew the dances.</li> <li>The two violinists were only a small part of a larger jam session that eventually included another two violins, a mandolin, a banjo, flute, recorder, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhran">bodhrán</a>, Irish bagpipes and an 81yo accordion player from Galway named Kevin. They meet upstairs at Kelly's on King every Tuesday night, and at Scruffy Murphy's in Paddington on Sunday afternoons.</li> </ol> ’Pong is making noises about going back with a real camera so he can add to his portfolio of <a href="http://www.outtospace.com/portfolio/events.html">community pictures</a> and <a href="http://www.outtospace.com/portfolio/portrait.html">portraits</a>. Well yes, The Corrs would have been nice — then again pretty much any Irish band would have been acceptable except U2. While I’m a big fan of Brian Eno, I will never forgive him for turning that obscure Dublin pub band into a global phenomenon — and fuelling Bono’s disturbingly large sense of self-importance.

Two things to add:

  1. I do love the fact that Irish folk culture has sustained itself in the face of modernisation, especially given Ireland’s status as a high-tech work centre. Even the young lads and lasses knew the dances.
  2. The two violinists were only a small part of a larger jam session that eventually included another two violins, a mandolin, a banjo, flute, recorder, bodhrán, Irish bagpipes and an 81yo accordion player from Galway named Kevin. They meet upstairs at Kelly’s on King every Tuesday night, and at Scruffy Murphy’s in Paddington on Sunday afternoons.

’Pong is making noises about going back with a real camera so he can add to his portfolio of community pictures and portraits.

]]> By: Snarky Platypus http://stilgherrian.com/personal/fiddlers_at_kellys/#comment-9535 Snarky Platypus Tue, 15 Jan 2008 12:54:23 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/personal/fiddlers_at_kellys/#comment-9535 It would have been more impressive if it was voilá, THE CORRS, at your table. A quick look at their wiki reveals they are doing nothing worthwhile at the moment (raising children, solo careers -- pffffft). It would have been more impressive if it was voilá, THE CORRS, at your table. A quick look at their wiki reveals they are doing nothing worthwhile at the moment (raising children, solo careers — pffffft).

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