postcards

Zhu Yun is gone, deserted the family down. A man nothing to do, suddenly pulls out a previous diary of view. And see the contents, but it is scared little hop.
I actually also like to travel too square.How is this possible.I do not have to take him as a man do.
Look down, only to find the reasons, the time off to think of the mood. It was not like, just a good impression. And my adolescence, a girl in Love Hearts are ignorant, they thought it was like it.

A few random Dublin memories from over the years, on my first day here this time:

Our first time here was 1984, the band's second tour of Europe, back in the Reckoning days when that meant a few club shows where they could be arranged. SFX was the hall, and many Dublin friends over the years have told me they were there. Steve Wickham, with some ATL connection that resulted in him knowing Peter, opened with his band In Tua Nua, which showcased Steve's virtuosic violin-playing. We stayed on the O'Connell Street side of the Liffey. I called my grandmother Downs, who always kept up with family history and I asked her whether we must have Irish blood since I felt so at home here. And I bought her some Irish linen, which she had always raved about but had never actually been to Ireland.

Postcard From Dublin: File Under Scenic
(From June 2005)

In some ways, this entire tour, comprising 99 shows so far (since last October), has seemed like a succession of highlights—some tremendous shows, wonderful places to visit, friends new and old.

We are in the Departure Lounge of Dublin’s airport, getting ready for a lot of flying (to Cape Town), then a few days before our first-ever show in South Africa (Friday night in Cape Town). What a great weekend—it was Ireland after all. Belfast was the realization of a long-time desire to play that city, and the band and crowd certainly acted like it, with one of the most rocking sets that I can remember in Europe: loud, boisterous, energetic audience, intimate cool building (The Odyssey near the water)--very memorable.

Well the record is just about finished, with final mixing and sequencing winding down. This is a fun part of the process, where the band, Pat, and Jamie listen, discuss, absorb, and change--all with the goal of making the record ebb and flow in the best way possible. Last night, several sequences were tried out, tossed aside, and rejiggered, and the process will continue for a few more days. Then it will be time for Pat to master the entire disc, and everyone will break for the holidays before re-convening for the January trip to South America.

We are in the Departure Lounge of Dublin’s airport, getting ready for a lot of flying (to Cape Town), then a few days before our first-ever show in South Africa (Friday night in Cape Town). What a great weekend—it was Ireland after all. Belfast was the realization of a long-time desire to play that city, and the band and crowd certainly acted like it, with one of the most rocking sets that I can remember in Europe: loud, boisterous, energetic audience, intimate cool building (The Odyssey near the water)--very memorable.

Everyone has enjoyed spending a couple of months over here, working on the record, getting out in Dublin, and seeing friends.

The guys, Peter, Michael, and Mike, along with Pat and Jamie, are well into the next phase of recording of the next project. They are hard at work in Dublin, and the music sounds great.