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About Me

I'm forty two....dam it. I had a white dog called Rusty who was squashed by Domnic Duck who regrets it to this day, I've stood underneath Niagra Falls looking outwards at the water coming down above me, I've walked on Cushendall Beach,saw Bob Dylan five times and he won't add me as a Myspace Friend,rode a camel in London, met three elephants on Grafton Street while arguing which stopped the arguement, shook John Prines hand, shook the hand of a Rolling Stone, a Beirut hostage and Suzanne Vega, had a cup of tea in John Steinbecks house,walked where the streets have no names, watched Cadburys Flakes being made, emailed George W Bush, played with a winner of the Eurovision Song Contest, jumped off Waterfoot Pier several times, walked down Glenarriff Glen through the fields in the dark, watched the Space Shuttle pass over my garden on a northern trajectory, seen rabbits in the wild,saw Waiting For Godot three times, saw Endgame once, came down Torr Head on skateboard, ate Chicken Fried Rice upside down at midnight on 31st December 1984, walked up the steps that Shirley Temple danced on while singing Good Ship Lolly Pop, lived on Cornflakes for a week, said "hello" to Gordon Brown,been in the same movie as Robert Lindsay, came 83rd in the Lurig Run, read Ulysees in eight years, wrote to Tina Turner, camped on Rathlin and Ballyshannon, swam in the open sea half way across to Scotland, leaned against the tallest tree in the British Isles, was given a tree as a present..........but I still haven't found what I'm looking for.

My Interests

The topography of Garron, folks songs and songs that tell stories. Scotland. The books of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Aboriginal culture,The unusual photograph, photographing the unusual, the unusual view, the unusual song story or circumstance. Dreamtime....

I'd like to meet:

The person who played the first musical note. Bob Dylan, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, The guy who played the lion in the Wizard of Oz, Phil Lynott.

Music:

Dougie MacLean, The Peatbog Faeries.wee Suzanne Vega, wee John Prine, The Bay City Rollers. Cara Dillon, Tom Russell, Tommy Sands, Colum Sands, The Sands Family, Bob Dylan. Sgt Pepper, Motorhead,

Movies:

The Hotel New Hampshire, Schindlers List, Deliverance, The Wizard of Oz, Dead Poets Society. The Quiet Man. Local Hero, Downfall.

Television:

I've got four - but - I don't watch it unless I have to for study purposes, I'm doing a thesis at the moment on Neighbours becoming good friends and a PHD on why evrybody walks into each others houses in Australia and nobody gets hurt. Dexter has caught my attention recently though...

Books:

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, You know who is a bit dated but good fun - Alistair MacLean. Ian Flemming, The Songman by Tommy Sands, Liam Clancy - memiors of an Irish Troubadour, John Peel Margrave of the Marshes. Oliver Sacks amazing book - Musicophilia.

Heroes:

My dad...

My Blog

Little Drummer Boy

So the little drummer boy, Ringo Starr has recorded a video plea asking fans to stop sending him things for signing after October 20th....poor guy. You should do what I do Ringo...just don't sign thin...
Posted by Feargal on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 03:42:00 PST

Fiddler on the Roof

Last night tiny woman - now seven years of age - went with me to our local school. As winter closes in the classrooms where boredom presides during the day resound with the faltering notes of rookie m...
Posted by Feargal on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 02:49:00 PST

Girls just want to have fun

So baby woman, born May 1st has in the last few weeks discovered that she can put her feet in her mouth, in fact, its become part of her daily ritual, after feeding and cleaning we have some time...
Posted by Feargal on Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:47:00 PST

Truely

I decided to let tiny woman hear a recording that I was given today of me giving an impromptu performance. I've recorded plently of things but nothing has made its way onto CD so far all of it is stor...
Posted by Feargal on Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:36:00 PST

Tell her about it

OK, tiny woman was asking me several questions while out in the car a few days ago, someone must, I mean must write the manual for parents of the future for children do take me by surprise. She asked ...
Posted by Feargal on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:27:00 PST

Be my be my baby

and baby woman hates the L shaped pool but likes the round one best....I..m sure the psychologists have an explanation for that..
Posted by Feargal on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:31:00 PST

Somewhere beyond the sea

I..m far from home. About a thousand or so miles I..d say. Tiny woman and me have been on all sorts of adventures, mainly all under water. I..ve also had a lot of time to catch up with her and answer ...
Posted by Feargal on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:22:00 PST

I only have eyes for you

Baby woman has just discovered that she has feet. She sits against the back of the sofa with her baby legs and baby feet spread in front of her. We watch her lean slightly forward as she wriggles one ...
Posted by Feargal on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:47:00 PST

Imagine

The 13th July 1985 was hotter than our usual irish summer day. The sea was smooth and I walked down to the small broken stone jetty where my friend was setting off to check his salmon nets. I didn't n...
Posted by Feargal on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:30:00 PST

Just My Imagination

I never thought I'd see the day when a movie would feature an army of trees ( made of wood ) that would over power a human army armed with swords and axe. When I was little the tree always came off wo...
Posted by Feargal on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:48:00 PST