Strangers leaving pools of green vomit on sidewalk Parade screws up mid town traffic You look bad in Green Hearing Black 47 on the radio bagpipes hurt my ears Go on
Originally posted Tuesday, March 16, 2010 (2 years ago)
dudes. Seriously. Everyone is confusing Scotland and Ireland. Bagpipes=Scotland
Uilleann Pipes=Ireland
They are very different in terms of what they look like, sound like, type of music played on them, and how they are played.
Also, no one in Ireland dyes their drinks green. Or wears green. Or paints their self green. They just drink themselves silly! And maybe watch a parade. Maybe. But probably not. And they don't drink so much more than on any other day (usually)
What bugs me about this holiday is how Americans celebrate it. When most of them don't even have a clue about who St. Patrick is! Or any of the cool legends about him.
I remember back three years ago when I was living over there in Galway, and myself and a Canadian (both of us play traditional Irish music) played a gig playing trad tunes in an Irish bar for St. Paddy's day. It was filled with American tourists who thought they were getting the 'real' thing, watching real live Irish people play real live Irish music (woop-de-do), but we quietly giggled to ourselves because we were both from the American continent. HA!!!
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Not for nothing, but Galway is tiny - you could walk the entire city in 20 minutes. I'm sure those people could have just hit the next bar and found something more authentic.
"If music be the food of love, play on!" - Shakespeare
Originally posted Wednesday, March 17, 2010 (2 years ago)
Ugh, I hope the pub I stop at for a bite before class tonight is not stupid busy with drunkards and green beer. I might honor the day with a Irish cream ale instead of my usual pint of Alexander Keith's IPA.
Hey now, it's the 3rd biggest city in Ireland :). And probably more authentic than the two bigger cities.
Actually, the Irish trad musicians tend to avoid playing gigs on St. Paddy's day like the plague, all over the country. Too many drunk tourists who are likely to spill beer on or entirely break your instrument.
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Originally posted Friday, March 18, 2011 (1 year ago)
Edited on Friday, March 18, 2011 11:29 am (1 year ago)
Reason 105. This movie was released yesterday .
Dancer with ass crack excentuating pants, check
Michael Flately lording over the dance, check.
Sparkly belt buckle the spell out LORD OF THE DANCE, just in case you doubted his lording, check.
Weird jester like being with sequined dorky hate and flute, check.
Evil Darth Vader rip off bad guy in upper right corner , check.
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100 Reasons to Hate St Patricks Day
Strangers leaving pools of green vomit on sidewalk Parade screws up mid town traffic You look bad in Green Hearing Black 47 on the radio bagpipes hurt my ears Go on
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dudes. Seriously. Everyone is confusing Scotland and Ireland. Bagpipes=Scotland Uilleann Pipes=Ireland
They are very different in terms of what they look like, sound like, type of music played on them, and how they are played.
Also, no one in Ireland dyes their drinks green. Or wears green. Or paints their self green. They just drink themselves silly! And maybe watch a parade. Maybe. But probably not. And they don't drink so much more than on any other day (usually)
What bugs me about this holiday is how Americans celebrate it. When most of them don't even have a clue about who St. Patrick is! Or any of the cool legends about him.
I remember back three years ago when I was living over there in Galway, and myself and a Canadian (both of us play traditional Irish music) played a gig playing trad tunes in an Irish bar for St. Paddy's day. It was filled with American tourists who thought they were getting the 'real' thing, watching real live Irish people play real live Irish music (woop-de-do), but we quietly giggled to ourselves because we were both from the American continent. HA!!!
follow my adventures at www.AppalachianToAlpine.blogspot.com!
Reason 103: I have had the word Shillelagh stuck in my head all day.
Reason 104: My boyfriend is insisting we have at least one pint in a pub tonight since he unearthed and Irish relative in my family tree .
Not for nothing, but Galway is tiny - you could walk the entire city in 20 minutes. I'm sure those people could have just hit the next bar and found something more authentic.
"If music be the food of love, play on!" - Shakespeare
Ugh, I hope the pub I stop at for a bite before class tonight is not stupid busy with drunkards and green beer. I might honor the day with a Irish cream ale instead of my usual pint of Alexander Keith's IPA.
Hey now, it's the 3rd biggest city in Ireland :). And probably more authentic than the two bigger cities.
Actually, the Irish trad musicians tend to avoid playing gigs on St. Paddy's day like the plague, all over the country. Too many drunk tourists who are likely to spill beer on or entirely break your instrument.
follow my adventures at www.AppalachianToAlpine.blogspot.com!
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I am with those who say that they don't like the way it's celebrated in North America.
Luckily, I'm in Seoul now, and nobody even blinks at the holiday here.
Yet another reason. Record number of drunks arrested in Hoboken during their parade, urinating and fighting. link text.
(what number we on???)
New this year! Orange, white and green vuvuzelas. Thanks for nothing, South Africa World Cup.
Reason 105. This movie was released yesterday . Dancer with ass crack excentuating pants, check Michael Flately lording over the dance, check. Sparkly belt buckle the spell out LORD OF THE DANCE, just in case you doubted his lording, check. Weird jester like being with sequined dorky hate and flute, check. Evil Darth Vader rip off bad guy in upper right corner , check.
I hope the movie is as awesome as this poster!
Reason 106: It actually makes me hate the color green for a day.
Martinis do not contain vodka. —Rachel Maddow
Reason 107 I have explain to my boyfriend yet agin why I hate st Patrick's day!
HA!
I had to pull up this thread to show him all the reasons I'm not up for going out for corned beef and cabbage Saturday night
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