7.05.2007
SHELLSHOCK ROCK
Returned a couple days ago from Belfast. The conversations I had there, on the docks of the Lagan, down in the Spaniard Bar, up in a loft recroding studio, in a black cab near Shankill Road, left me somewhat spinning at this city known mostly for its Troubles. I sensed great hope while there, but also decades of deep wounds too complicated to try and figure out over a long weekend.
In a couple days I am going to post some audio clips with a songwriter, Foy Vance, and a retired BBC crime journalist, Charlie Warmington.
Above is a cool old map rendering of the city center. Queens College is in the southern end, and the murals you may have heard about would be west. The Titanic was built up in the upper eastside where Sampson and Goliath now hover as giant yellow cranes should.
Returned a couple days ago from Belfast. The conversations I had there, on the docks of the Lagan, down in the Spaniard Bar, up in a loft recroding studio, in a black cab near Shankill Road, left me somewhat spinning at this city known mostly for its Troubles. I sensed great hope while there, but also decades of deep wounds too complicated to try and figure out over a long weekend.
In a couple days I am going to post some audio clips with a songwriter, Foy Vance, and a retired BBC crime journalist, Charlie Warmington.
Above is a cool old map rendering of the city center. Queens College is in the southern end, and the murals you may have heard about would be west. The Titanic was built up in the upper eastside where Sampson and Goliath now hover as giant yellow cranes should.
posted by TB at 17:41
