Mindy Smith – wonderful artist
Friday, September 19, 2008
She is one of my most favorite female vocalists. I love to listen to live concert clips.
Sean
Rush on Colbert Report
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
My eighties band of note, Rush, was on the Colbert report recently and they played Tom Sawyer on Rock Band. Hilarious!
I love Rush. Yes, I was in high school in the eighties.
Sean
Natalie Merchant sustains me in those dark hours of the night
Thursday, June 12, 2008
A chuisle mo chroí!
Agus mise ag obair go crua late this week, gach hoíche. Buíochas le Dia ’s Natalie ’s 10,000 maniacs. Her soothing voice helps keep me going. Though lack of sleep working late each night seems to have resulted in my slipping in and out of the true language of my heart, Gaeilge.
Sean
Celtic Woman – Exciting Concert Tonight
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Tonight, 2008-03-30, the show featuring Celtic Woman singers, returns to Kansas City at the new Sprint Center. These are a couple of firsts for me. First time seeing Celtic Woman live and first time at the Sprint Center. The tickets were not cheap. Looking forward to it!
I love beautiful voices and the sweet sound of a fiddle. Hope we can go out to eat on the Plaza a bit before the concert.
Sean
Caoineadh na dTrí Mhuire – Irish traditional singing
Saturday, December 29, 2007
“O Peter, Apostle, have you seen my bright love?”
“I saw him just now in the hands of his enemies.”
The title of this song, “Caoineadh na dTrí Muire,” means “Keen (Lament) of the Three Marys,” but in fact it is about the sorrows of only one – the Virgin Mary – at the Crucifixion. “O who is that fine man on the tree of suffering?” “Can it be you do not know your son, little mother?”
Caoineadh na dTrí Mhuire
A Pheadair, a Aspail, a bhfaca tú mo Ghrá geal?
Ochón agus ochón ó!
Do chonaic mé ar ball é i lár a namhad
Ochón agus ochón ó!
Gabhaigí ‘leith, a dhá Mhuire, go gcaoine sibh mo Ghrá liom
Ochón agus ochón ó!
Céard tá le caoineadh ‘gainn muna gcaoinimid a chnámha
Ochón agus ochón ó!
O Peter, Apostle, have you seen my bright love?
Alas and woe to me!
I saw him just now in the hands of his enemies.
Alas and woe to me!
Come to me you two Marys (Mary Magdalene & Mary of Cleophas,) and mourne with me.
Alas and woe to me!
What have we to mourne without his bones?
Alas and woe to me!
Cé hé an fear breá sin ar Chrann na Páise?
Ochón agus ochón ó!
An é nach n-aithnír do Mhac, a Mháthair?
Ochón agus ochón ó!
An é sin an Maicín a d’iompair mé trí ráithe?
Ochón agus ochón ó!
Nó ‘n é sin an Maicín a rugadh sa stábla?
Ochón agus ochón ó!
Who is that fine man upon the passion tree?
Alas and woe to me!
It is your son, O Mother, don’t you recognize me?
Alas and woe to me!
Is that the wee babe I borne nine months in my womb?
Alas and woe to me!
That was born in a stable when no one would give us room?
Alas and woe to me!
Nó an é sin an Maicín a hoileadh in ucht Mháire?
Ochón agus ochón ó!
Éist a Mháthair is ná bí cráite
Ochón agus ochón ó!
‘S an é sin an casúr a bhuail Tríot na tairní
Ochón agus ochón ó!
Nó ‘n í sin an tsleá a chuaigh trí Do lár geal
Ochón agus ochón ó!
Is that the wee Son that was nourished at Mary’s breast?
Alas and woe to me!
Listen, mother, and do not be sorrowful.
Alas and woe to me!
And is that the hammer that drove the nails through You?
Alas and woe to me!
Or is that the spear that pierced Your pure heart through?
Alas and woe to me!
End of DRM in sight?
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Wal-mart shuts down video (WMV) downloads after a year in service
Sounds like the video download game isn’t as easy as the biggies make it out to be. Wal-Mart, whose download store has been open all of a year and a couple of weeks is already shutting down, apparently abandoning the effort after its tech partner HP discontinued whatever technology it was running the thing. Bonus for (former) Wal-Mart Video Downloads though: according to the FAQ, all downloaded videos are users’ to keep, and no one’s bound to keep the Wal-Mart Video Download Manager on their machine anymore. Of course, it’s still DRMed to hell, so short of stripping the copy protection, you’ll only be able to play “your” purchased videos with the machine on which you bought it — and nothing else.
Amazon starts dishing out DRM-free Warner Music MP3s
We’re not sure if Amazon’s forthcoming DRM-less Super Bowl promotion has anything to do with it or not, but the company has just announced that its finally brought Warner Music Group into its MP3 fold, with a slew of music from the label now available for download without any of those pesky restrictions. According to Dow Jones, the pair also plan to offer other “digital music products,” including album bundles with exclusive tracks, although details are few and far between beyond that. Still no word from Sony BMG on its intentions to go DRM-free (with Amazon or anyone else), but it sure looks like things are increasingly stacking up against them.
Traditional Irish Music in Kansas City
Monday, August 6, 2007
My sons have been taking Suzuki violin locally for some time. It is wonderful to see and hear the progress they are making. I just learned about the Kansas City School of Irish Music. Evidently the lessons are being held at the Irish Museum and Cultural Center in Union Station. Once I get a chance I will take the boys up there. I speak Irish and have wanted to offer Irish classes at some point as well.
Sean
