Once A Rebel!

So I’m on my way to Ireland to this fine place to be Exact [Photo] the Outrageously Beautiful Cushendall and that’s yours Truly Contemplating Tir Na Nog. So it will all be within a few miles of The Giants Causeway, Finn Mccoll, Carrick-A Rede Rope Bridge, Shane O’neills Grave, Ossians Grave, Roger Casements Memorial, Glenariff Glen, Rathlin Island, Empty Beaches and with a bit of Luck some Sun. add to that Family and Good Friends and I’m sorted for the Week.

On the way back it’s got to be a Visit to Belfasts Republican Plot in Milltown Cemetery To Honour our Heroic Dead among them the Immortal Bobby Sands, Kieran Doherty and Joe McDonnell and then a quick Ferry Ride to Scotland to round off a Splendid  Holiday...See you in 8 days time for Update!

They think that they have pacified Ireland. They think that they have purchased half of us and intimidated the other half. They think that they have foreseen everything, think that they have provided against everything; but the fools, the fools, the fools! - they have left us our Fenian dead, and while Ireland holds these graves, Ireland unfree shall never be at peace.

Patrick Pearse

Kathleen argey - Price Of Justice

No compromise Irish Republican Music with cover Depicting Tortured Prisoners. "Innocent Until Proven Irish" as the Brits would say!

1  Ireland Live On   

2  Patriot Game   

3  Freedom Walk   

4  Price Of Justice   

5  Where Is The Man   

6  Boys Of The Old Brigade   

7  Out Lads In Crumlin Jail   

8  Michael Gaugan   

9  Snipers Promise   

10 The Town I Loved So Well   

11 Kerry   

12 Only Our Rivers Run Free 

Living In The Past

Long Ball To No One!

As I have Mastered the Art of being a Loner I guess it’s time to Embark on the Pain Filled Arena of Relationships both Platonic and Sexual with a bit of Luck. The amount of Love and Respect People show me has quite frankly not been met half way by me and today 3 AA Members I have never met delivered me a Beautiful 4 Seater Settee and refused to take even Petrol Money. In the Past I did these type of Deeds all the time and know it Enriches the Soul but somewhere along the line I became Detached from the Herd and have been Limping along as Lion Bait for too many Years.

The Subconscious Logic that has been Revealed through Meditation has been along the Lines of if I don’t Feel I can’t be Hurt which Works up to a Point. That Point would be my Boys who I Love to bits but would Prefer to use Words like Respect, Admire, Trust etc etc instead of the L word.

So don’t be too hard on me or my Subconscious as it has Weighed up the Loss of my Youngest Brother Brendan, the Disappearance of my Second Youngest Brother Eamonn, The Loss of my Second Son Kieran Patrick and then there’s the Loss of Ruth and I suppose We just decided to Shut Up Shop Emotionally.

Tomorrow I’m off to Ireland to try and Offer Love and Support to the Living and maybe continue on the Road to Healing!

Ronettes - Ronettes Feat Veronica

Really do like the sound of 60's Girl Bands and the Ronettes are one of the Finest. Phil Spector Production back when he was a God and not a Serious Nutter but i suppose they go hand in hand really!

1 He Did It 2:26

2 Silhouettes 2:22

3 Good Girls 2:19

4 The Memory 2:33

5 You Bet I Would 2:06

6 I'm Gonna Quit While I'm Ahead 2:18

7 I'm On The Wagon 2:17

8 Recipe For Love 2:20

9 My Guiding Angel 2:37

10 I Want A Boy 2:07

11 What's So Sweet About Sweet Sixteen

Wall Of sound

Circus Is Leaving Town!

Scott McKenzie has Died and his Legacy “San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair)” will not be forgotten by yours truly as that Song always Reminds me of being a Child, so dig it out and give it a listen. On the Subject of Flowers the Dandelion Coffee Mission went well and turned out Easy to Accomplish. I dug the Roots, Washed them, Diced them, Roasted them [200 degrees] in the oven for about an hour and Ground them but the Jury is still out on the taste. All other Similar Projects like the Blackberry Jam Extravaganza will have to wait until I get back from Ireland as I need to get Organised for Thursdays Departure.

I’m off down to the Boneyard to say Hello to my Soul Sister Ruth who I still miss Every Day and then the Internet Café to Stock up on the Latest Music & Movies all Free to a Pirate like me!

Stephen Fretwell - Magpie

Described by Q Magazine as "Scunthorpe's Finest Export Ever". Fretwell described this as flattering but not something he actively encouraged. I don't know where Scunthorpe is but i recognise a great lyric as in

"Bad bad you and bad bad me

Is all we'll be left with anyway"

1. Do You Want To Come With? 

2. What's That You Say Little Girl 

3. Run 

4. Bad Bad You, Bad Bad Me 

5. Rose 

6. Lost Without You 

7. Emily 

8. Lines 

9. Play 

10. Brother 

11. New York 

12. Rain

13. If You Go

Hows Mrs Magpie

Going Back To My Roots!

I’ve always had a real Interest in Holistic and Natural Living and have a Diploma in Holistic Therapy, a HND in Health Therapies and a Degree in Health Promotion. Plus Gardening Skills, Food Preserving, Seed Collection, Foraging, Fishing and Actually Enjoy Waking up Outdoors in a Tent.  If you Add to those a Heart Felt Belief that when the Shit Hits the Fan which is Inevitable that Basic Skills are going too far out way the Skill Set of  for Example a Person in Media Studies or Perhaps a Chap in Marketing.

I Suppose Growing up in a War Zone helped Shape who I am and what I believe to be Important hence no X Factor, Soap Operas or Big Brother for me and the News is Filtered through my Cynical Eye to try and get to the Facts. I’m descent enough as a Person and made the Effort to go and Protest at the G20 in London against  Illegal Wars, Environmental Collapse, Capitalism and any Multitude of Worthy reasons which have not improved at all probably in Part Due to the less than 8,000 turn out of Protesters who bothered to make an Appearance in one of the Biggest Cities in the World.

So what’s all this Waffle Leading up to? God Knows! As all I know is that I have a lot of Free Time just now and am off to Fill a Couple of Hours Gathering Dandelion Roots to see if it can be made Simply enough into Coffee!