Comments on: Stuck in my head http://www.trisweb.com/archives/2005/10/20/stuck-in-my-head/ programming, web, music and life Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:56:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Tristan http://www.trisweb.com/archives/2005/10/20/stuck-in-my-head/comment-page-1/#comment-19059 Tristan Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:15:28 +0000 http://www.trisweb.com/archives/2005/10/20/stuck-in-my-head/#comment-19059 Found it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vQSRGHJxcg Very good! Thanks! Found it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vQSRGHJxcg

Very good! Thanks!

]]> By: Thom Moore http://www.trisweb.com/archives/2005/10/20/stuck-in-my-head/comment-page-1/#comment-19058 Thom Moore Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:59:24 +0000 http://www.trisweb.com/archives/2005/10/20/stuck-in-my-head/#comment-19058 Actually, this is a little weird. My email is [address removed]. I meant to tell you about a Midnight Well you-tube video of me, Janie Cribbs, and Gerry O'Beirne playing The Scholar, from 1978. Nothing like as satisfying and enjoyable as Maura's version (very slow, almost lugubrious)but curiously ... authentic? I'll try to find the URL; for some reason it isn't on my history thingy. Actually, this is a little weird. My email is [address removed]. I meant to tell you about a Midnight Well you-tube video of me, Janie Cribbs, and Gerry O’Beirne playing The Scholar, from 1978. Nothing like as satisfying and enjoyable as Maura’s version (very slow, almost lugubrious)but curiously … authentic? I’ll try to find the URL; for some reason it isn’t on my history thingy.

]]> By: Tristan http://www.trisweb.com/archives/2005/10/20/stuck-in-my-head/comment-page-1/#comment-19057 Tristan Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:44:49 +0000 http://www.trisweb.com/archives/2005/10/20/stuck-in-my-head/#comment-19057 It was actually only Santa Barbara, but this is Amtrak remember -- it's a 7 hour drive but a 10 hour train trip, with delays it can be up to 14 hours. Excruciating to say the least. That's quite a story! I'll be happy to visit half those places or half the number of them -- or simply to visit Ireland. I've always wanted to, and I imagine I will before too long. California is beautiful though and I'm very happy to live here. Just wish the trains were better... Thanks again for your comments, have a great day! It was actually only Santa Barbara, but this is Amtrak remember — it’s a 7 hour drive but a 10 hour train trip, with delays it can be up to 14 hours. Excruciating to say the least.

That’s quite a story! I’ll be happy to visit half those places or half the number of them — or simply to visit Ireland. I’ve always wanted to, and I imagine I will before too long. California is beautiful though and I’m very happy to live here. Just wish the trains were better…

Thanks again for your comments, have a great day!

]]> By: Thom Moore http://www.trisweb.com/archives/2005/10/20/stuck-in-my-head/comment-page-1/#comment-19054 Thom Moore Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:26:58 +0000 http://www.trisweb.com/archives/2005/10/20/stuck-in-my-head/#comment-19054 12 hours? You must have been coming from San Diego? Riverside? El Centro? Mary Black has done some of my songs as well, including one called The Fog in Monterey. Speaking of the California coast, anyway. I'm originally from Sta. Catalina; grew up in Beirut, Lebanon, went to UCLA (65-71) then lived in Ireland (71-79) and worked in the San Fernando Valley (80-87) and the Travis AFB area (88-89) before moving to Russia (89-95) and then finally back to Ireland in 95, where I have been ever since. Mary Black's Carolina Rua was finished on board an Air Force transport during the INF treaty inspections in 1989, but it was about a girl in Monterey... 12 hours? You must have been coming from San Diego? Riverside? El Centro?
Mary Black has done some of my songs as well, including one called The Fog in Monterey. Speaking of the California coast, anyway. I’m originally from Sta. Catalina; grew up in Beirut, Lebanon, went to UCLA (65-71) then lived in Ireland (71-79) and worked in the San Fernando Valley (80-87) and the Travis AFB area (88-89) before moving to Russia (89-95) and then finally back to Ireland in 95, where I have been ever since.
Mary Black’s Carolina Rua was finished on board an Air Force transport during the INF treaty inspections in 1989, but it was about a girl in Monterey…

]]> By: Tristan http://www.trisweb.com/archives/2005/10/20/stuck-in-my-head/comment-page-1/#comment-19053 Tristan Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:22:19 +0000 http://www.trisweb.com/archives/2005/10/20/stuck-in-my-head/#comment-19053 Wow, thank you Thom, what an honor! To have that bit of background makes this song even more special to me, despite it being one of the most special songs I know. I related to it best thinking of going to college, where I would go up and down the California coast by car or plane - and sometimes by train. Berkeley was my Sligo, and home seemed so far away. The speed of the train was something else though - it always took twelve hours no matter how fast I wanted it to go. I'll listen to your other music my friend, thank you for stopping by and connecting. I appreciate it more than you can possibly know :) Wow, thank you Thom, what an honor! To have that bit of background makes this song even more special to me, despite it being one of the most special songs I know.

I related to it best thinking of going to college, where I would go up and down the California coast by car or plane - and sometimes by train. Berkeley was my Sligo, and home seemed so far away. The speed of the train was something else though - it always took twelve hours no matter how fast I wanted it to go.

I’ll listen to your other music my friend, thank you for stopping by and connecting. I appreciate it more than you can possibly know :)

]]> By: Thom Moore http://www.trisweb.com/archives/2005/10/20/stuck-in-my-head/comment-page-1/#comment-19052 Thom Moore Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:11:08 +0000 http://www.trisweb.com/archives/2005/10/20/stuck-in-my-head/#comment-19052 Better late than never: a lovely comment on a (fairly typical, I think) song of mine, written about my daughter, when I moved up to Dublin from Sligo in 1976 and left her in boarding school, the Ursulines of famous musical and historical note, where I hoped she would learn to play the harp, like Mary O'Hara and Maire Braonain (Clannad), who had both learned there. Maura O'Connell learned it from fellow Clareman Gerry O'Beirne, who was with me in the band Midnight Well at the time. Other songs of mine that she covered include Saw You Running, Send This Whisper, and some others that I can't recall. See http://www.broadjam.com/artists/artistindex.asp?artistID=3628 for other songs. Better late than never: a lovely comment on a (fairly typical, I think) song of mine, written about my daughter, when I moved up to Dublin from Sligo in 1976 and left her in boarding school, the Ursulines of famous musical and historical note, where I hoped she would learn to play the harp, like Mary O’Hara and Maire Braonain (Clannad), who had both learned there. Maura O’Connell learned it from fellow Clareman Gerry O’Beirne, who was with me in the band Midnight Well at the time. Other songs of mine that she covered include Saw You Running, Send This Whisper, and some others that I can’t recall. See http://www.broadjam.com/artists/artistindex.asp?artistID=3628 for other songs.

]]> By: John C. Randolph http://www.trisweb.com/archives/2005/10/20/stuck-in-my-head/comment-page-1/#comment-3900 John C. Randolph Tue, 11 Apr 2006 02:25:47 +0000 http://www.trisweb.com/archives/2005/10/20/stuck-in-my-head/#comment-3900 One nit to pick, I'm afraid: It's "Eyes as WIDE as silver dollars". BTW, thanks for mentioning the Maura O'Connel version. I just bought it from the iTMS. -jcr One nit to pick, I’m afraid: It’s “Eyes as WIDE as silver dollars”.

BTW, thanks for mentioning the Maura O’Connel version. I just bought it from the iTMS.

-jcr

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