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Post by grumpy on Jul 2, 2011 21:10:44 GMT
Not quite the madeleine dipped in Yorkshire tea but reassuring nonetheless to sense that my memory isn't entirely a colander and that apparently forgotten experiences will occasionally evade the holes leading to oblivion's drain and float back to the memory's surface without any conscious effort at recall. I hadn't thought about this particular event in donkeys' years but this afternoon, as I was walking along the Headrow in Leeds past what used to be the old ginnel-like entrance to the City Varieties Music Hall, unbidden it came back to me and has had me in a state of near-euphoria for the last few hours: a gig I went to there back in 1990 or '91. It was the Breton harpist Alan Stivell and the highlight of the concert was his wonderful rendition of the Irish masterpiece, "She Moved Through the Fair". Just had to check if it was on YouTube when I got home: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5p67NsJsWo |
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Post by zoki on Jul 2, 2011 22:01:35 GMT
My Proustian moment  |
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Post by grumpy on Jul 3, 2011 6:40:22 GMT
I would have thought your moment pertains more to a different French author, Zoks.
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Post by zoki on Jul 3, 2011 9:38:13 GMT
A Marxist moment in my Beatles collection  |
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Post by zapatoo on Jul 3, 2011 9:59:36 GMT
A beatles moment in my Marxist collection:  |
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Post by I on Jul 3, 2011 10:01:31 GMT
He means the Marquis, Mr J.
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Post by zapatoo on Jul 3, 2011 10:20:30 GMT
One day, I'll get something right  |
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Post by zoki on Jul 3, 2011 10:35:13 GMT
A Blood and Fire Annual Meeting moment  |
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Post by grumpy on Jul 3, 2011 19:26:45 GMT
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Post by zoki on Jul 3, 2011 19:46:57 GMT
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Post by consciouspilot on Jul 6, 2011 21:29:27 GMT
Alain Stivell is a dieu round these parts...I have many of his folk, prog, Breton, freedom, harp, wax wonders!!
I hope to see him play this summer at a small festival in a village in the Auvergne.
Nice one Grumps
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Post by consciouspilot on Jul 6, 2011 21:32:47 GMT
That Chemins de terre record is great Grumps. Let me know if you want me to pick you up a copy here in France..I see it cheaply quite regularly. Pilot
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Post by consciouspilot on Jul 6, 2011 21:33:53 GMT
PS, I know that Rey is a HUGE Stivell fan.....Breton qu'il est....  |
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Post by grumpy on Jul 15, 2011 20:22:08 GMT
Just noticed your kind offer, Hugh, for which many thanks. However I know that my friend Maggie, who emigrated to Machynlleth three years ago to learn the Welsh harp, has a copy. In fact she was at that City Varieties gig too.
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