Where are the songs Pádraig missed in the last year? Let me know. Put the titles in the comments… 🙂
Anyhow.
It always had to be Plan B.
Even when I didn’t know. When no-one knew. Then.
Because Plan A, that’s the one where we were going to continue doing what we had been doing. What I did when my father died – I was in Cincinnati, he had told me to go, not to worry, on the way back I was sitting on the plane to Dublin when they opened up the doors again and put me on a different plane, to Frankfurt, far enough to take too long. What I did when my sister died – this time I stayed with her until the Sunday before the Monday she died, nothing was going to be the same, life was going to be different, everything was going to change, and then I slowly slipped back as if nothing had happened.
Pádraig was ok today but I want to do more with him because he can. Fun stuff. To put a smile onto our faces. Not the struggle-kind-of-stuff. The ‘I think he’s tiered’ kinda stuff. Not the choking kinda stuff. The routine stuff. Oh, how tired I am of routine! And how much I yearn for it.
Nothing will ever be the same. Never was going to be. In any case.
Did you know that Joni Mitchell wrote ‘Both Sides Now’ when she was just 21?
And I get the urge for going
When the meadow grass is turning brown
And summertime is falling down.
Today’s German Music Tip
Udo Lindenberg, Ich bin der König von Scheißegalien (2004, 1998). You can find the lyrics here, if you can find the song online, let me know – it must be Udo’s only song that is not available on the web…
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Plan B
What’s cold
Plan A
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Hospi-Tales 
Dear Reinhard,
I can’t think of any particular song, but I would like to suggest a book I’ve just read that I think would impress Padraig. Give me your address and I’ll send a copy over. It’s by Elias Canetti, “Die gerette Zunge”. It depicts language learning, an idea, your family and certainly Padraig can certainly relate to 😉 A prominent theme is also mother/father-son relationship, which Padraig did his BA thesis on. Contains Freudian references etc. Basically, perfect book for Padraig. I’m afraid there’s no Irish version, but will happily send over the German or an English version.
Best wishes,
Sean
Great, Sean. Thank you so much! Tonndorfer Hauptstraße 91, 22045 Hamburg! – You know, I never read his BA. Must do.
some of these aren’t new, but i dont think you have them on CD for him yet, and i think they are great, and he would probably like them – Sonique – feels so good. Dario G – sunchyme ..
this is a great one also .. its the soundtrack to a game, but it’s incredibly uplifiting, I think. Cian recommended it to me, so ill have to give him that one – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJiHDmyhE1A …
Myself and Claire went to a festival last summer. a very small one on Inis Oirr, and we met this young DJ who played such beautiful music – this is my favourite song of his, and I think Pádraig would like it too – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip77ybU8dzA
The Hot-house Flowers, Sí Do mhaimeó í is fantastic also..
HAIM are a great band. I think he would like their stuff.. all of their songs are very catchy and Pádraig is a hell of a man for a hook.
I’ll think of more !
Keep it coming, Andrew! Still correcting Fourth Year Projects and grading but I’ll keep track of this and put all the suggestions into a playlist and on CD! Brilliant, and thank you! – Keep thinking!