It seems that nearly every or two week I come across an article that announces the loss of jobs in the second most beautiful place I’ve ever visited. A plant closing will mean 67 people will lose their jobs, after 560 people were notified last week that they would be losing their jobs in Donegal with the closure of Hospira. I was thrilled to see that RTE has RSS feeds now. It will undoubtably become my primary source of Ireland news. Now if only Radio na Gaeltachta started podcasting
Celtic Music News Podcast.
In addition to IrishMusicPodcast, I’ve been enjoying the Celtic Music News Podcast. It has some edgier music on it, and the latest program, #34, was particularly excellent.
Slim pickings in London.
A slender house in London, measuring just over five feet at its narrowest and nine feet, 11 inches at its widest, is up for sale for more than $900,00.
Hawai’i storms back for Little League crown.
Congratulations to the youngers from ‘Ewa Beach on O’ahu for their tremendous accomplishment. They overcame a blown call by the homeplate umpire which could have cost them their composure and well-deserved victory, but persevered in what some already call the greatest game in Little League World Series history. Well done, lads.
Poor state of Irish music.
A letter to the editor of the Irish Independent (subscription required) laments the sorry state of Irish music, and a “widely-held ‘it’s Irish so it must be good’ mindset.” Ouch! And this writer says that they should make gardai learn Irish, a point of contention in many areas. Finally, a writer supports the idea that promotion of Irish is a duty of the State.
Football Dreams.
For some reason I tend not to remember many of my dreams; the only ones I do tend to happen when I wake up during them. I had one last night that involved the University of Hawai’i football team, and all I remember was a newspaper headline. UH Warriors 45, USC Trojans 17. I just had to document it here in case it comes true. Otherwise, it was just a dream
Planxty 2004 DVD.
I’ve been thoroughly enjoying my copy of Planxty’s DVD, recorded live in 2004 at Vicar Street. The production and sound are great, and musicianship amazing. While I have an affiliate account at Amazon.com, I will eschew pointing to them and instead point you to Dara Records site. Nearly every other site I found had it for much more than the $20 (plus $2 shipping) I got from Dara.
Podcasting on High Tech Hawai’i.
Hawai’i podcasters Todd Cochrane of GeekNewsCentral.com, Peter Kay and Ryan K. Ozawa, will appear on David Lassner’s “High Tech Hawai’i” program. It should be a blast; I’ve appeared on HTH about four times already. Unfortunately we don’t have cable in our area and I’ll have to wait until the program is available online.
John Roberts has no Irish.
Referring, of course, to his lack of knowledge of Irish language, not lack of ancestry. “US Supreme Court nominee John Roberts was concerned that an Irish language letterhead sent by President Reagan to the Irish ambassador might show secret support for the IRA.” I recommend Guinness therapy, in moderation of course!
Just testing.
Just a test post.