Monday, August 01, 2005
Happy August
Updates are becoming few and farbetween, not that Ive not ben keeping myself busy.
I was at George Clintons 64th birthday party, and not only got some cake, but sang a backing vocal...
Went to the the fantasic Irish Musem to see the crackin exhibition on Ernest Shekelton.....
Worked all Bank Holiday Weekend.....
But its more about what you learn! Im quickly seeing how Irish news works for example, by taking a terrible event, such as the 7/7 attatcks on London and only telling people how many Irish people where hurt. One headline in The Herald told the tale of an Irish man in London hit by dbris fo, the bus bomb, less was mentioned on the actual fatalities
The Shakelton exhibition also had typical traits, such as reminding us that Shakeelton was born in Ireland, despite the fact the man is just as classic an English man as George Orwell. Theyll claim him as thier own however, like thy do with Francis Bacon, bu extend this logic to the fact that Bono and Shane McGowan where born in England nd the local populus becomes irrate (As people tend to do when theyre wrong). The exhibition also tells how some of the crew where Irish, including one that went on the final rescue mission, and also mentions how many of the team nrecieevedd the polar mdal for thier advenues. It fails to menton that one of the Irish crew members was denied the medal by his leader because the big ponce fainted over a year into hte tale and just prior the fi nal push of having the cross an unmapped mountain range in fierce conditions with the screws from your now deconstructed boat being tthe only source of traction in your footware as you try and find a remote whaling plant. The pansy
I was at George Clintons 64th birthday party, and not only got some cake, but sang a backing vocal...
Went to the the fantasic Irish Musem to see the crackin exhibition on Ernest Shekelton.....
Worked all Bank Holiday Weekend.....
But its more about what you learn! Im quickly seeing how Irish news works for example, by taking a terrible event, such as the 7/7 attatcks on London and only telling people how many Irish people where hurt. One headline in The Herald told the tale of an Irish man in London hit by dbris fo, the bus bomb, less was mentioned on the actual fatalities
The Shakelton exhibition also had typical traits, such as reminding us that Shakeelton was born in Ireland, despite the fact the man is just as classic an English man as George Orwell. Theyll claim him as thier own however, like thy do with Francis Bacon, bu extend this logic to the fact that Bono and Shane McGowan where born in England nd the local populus becomes irrate (As people tend to do when theyre wrong). The exhibition also tells how some of the crew where Irish, including one that went on the final rescue mission, and also mentions how many of the team nrecieevedd the polar mdal for thier advenues. It fails to menton that one of the Irish crew members was denied the medal by his leader because the big ponce fainted over a year into hte tale and just prior the fi nal push of having the cross an unmapped mountain range in fierce conditions with the screws from your now deconstructed boat being tthe only source of traction in your footware as you try and find a remote whaling plant. The pansy
