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The Celtic Kitchen Party #644

New music and a new story from The Celtic Kitchen Party on Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #644.

Charlie Rutan, Sylvia Platypus, Moher, Piskey Led, Ryan Roubison, Railcar Graffiti, Wolf Loescher, Mark Kenneth, Chance the Arm, Tim Cummings, Pete Sutherland, Brad Kolodner, Jesse Ferguson, The Celtic Kitchen Party, The Celtic Kitchen Party, Shades of Green, The Muckers, The High Kings,The Elders, Ewen McIntosh

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26:50 - Chance the Arm "Black Is the Colour" from All in Good Time

31:02 - Tim Cummings, Pete Sutherland, Brad Kolodner "Chatterin' Horse • And I Wish'd I Hadn' a - Seen It" from The Birds' Flight

34:00 - Jesse Ferguson "The Flowers of the Forest" from The Bard of Cornwall

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The Celtic Kitchen Party Story of “Sandy’s Chanter”. You’ll find a very brief  but fun bonus story posted on Patreon for their song “Roll On Home”.

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45:03 - Shades of Green "Death and Black" from Conversations We Never Had

48:17 - The Muckers "Antarctica" from Whiskey Tango

51:12 - The High Kings "Where I Belong" from The Road Not Taken

54:34 - The Elders "Down at the Pub" from Well Alright Then

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59:51 - Ewen McIntosh "Auld Lang Syne" from Ma's Math Mo Chuimhn

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My name (artistic name) is Morghán and I am the lead vocalist of a fantasy folk music band from Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and I am, maybe, an Irish by heart (never been there  -  in this life  - , but simply love Ireland) and all the things about Celtic world. ❤️

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I tried signing up for your mailing list but got an error message saying the mailing list is not active.

My family and I live on the windswept isle of Whidbey upon the Salish Sea. I stumbled across your app in May after canceling my iTunes subscription and we are loving the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast. A few weeks ago, we enjoyed a couple of hours of the music as we pickled some pints of cucumbers (see attached photo).

My love of Celtic music goes back to my family's roots. My dad's kin are mostly from the Swiss Alps and Scandinavia, but my mom's family came from Scotland and Ireland to settle in the Pacific Northwest in the late 1800s. So, I grew up listening to Celtic folk tunes played by my parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles.

Then I began listening to a range of Celtic music as a teenager in the mid - 1990s. Of course, I enjoyed the explosion of modern Celtic music during this time with crossovers into New Age and Rock. Many purists deride this as faux Celtic but it didn't matter to me. I like the flitting of flutes, braggadocio of bagpipes, and harmony of harps. One of my favorite memories from back then, was going to an oversold a Colcannon show in Ellensburg, Washington and I was seated on the stage!

Since then, I accumulated an eclectic collection of Celtic tunes. During the pandemic I began looking through my older CDs and found "Celtic Legacy A Global Celtic Journey" by the Narada. It features are a number of groups from Ireland, Breton, Wales, and Scotland and the American Celtic diaspora. Then I noticed there a group stands out as bit different and it has become one of my favorites: Milladoiro.

They come from northwest Spain which I learned is a region rich but often overlooked in Celtic history. Indeed, research shows many cultural and genetic links between Ireland, Galicia, and the Basques.

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So, all this leads me to I wonder if you've ever done a show on global Celtic music? Perhaps you could feature some of those groups like Milladoiro that add a bit a different flavor to the Celtic tunes we love.

Go raibh míle maith agat! (May you have a thousand good things!)"

Pronunciation: guh rev mee - leh mah agut

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Thoughts on Tenthragon, Chapters 1-6

For @valiantarcher, who recently read this book, as promised. I had a lot of detailed thoughts, so I’m going to break this up into parts to avoid being overwhelming (for both you reading it and me translating long lists of incoherent notes into thoughts).

Spoilers ahead!

Chapter One

Savery makes efficient use of the first chapter to set up an atmosphere of uncertainty and terror. Thragoness is established as formidable and Paddy as unconsciously perceptive about the situation he was born into.

“...decide for yourself whether any sane man--sane means sensible, Paddy--would call his house Dragon’s Nest. It’s a hateful creature--all spikes and scales and curls and flames!” This leads the reader to suspect that the Tenthragons are not sane, or at the very least not normal.

Paddy’s behavior after coming to his new home--quiet, staring, no smiling, no laughing for a week--hints at his upbringing. This is a child who, even at this young age, has been mistreated.

The recurring motif of dual selves makes its first appearance in Paddy’s impression of his past life being lived by another boy. This is a coping mechanism, trying to dissociate himself from trauma.

This book is sometimes described as a “psychological fantasy.” Although nothing actually fantastical happens, Savery gives it the feel of such through association with dragons and fairy tales and legends.  Patric’s overactive imagination, which sees everything in fantastical terms, creates an uncertainty in his memories that will not only add to the terror but also explain how he will so easily conflate his father and Brendon: “The Sherrington children were never sure which of the stories were fiction and which were based on fact. The uncertainty invested with fantastic charm all that Paddy said: and they regarded Thragoness almost as a fairy house, a dwelling that had no real existence at all. It belonged to a vanished age--it was a place like Shalott or Lyonnesse or Camelot, wrapped about in silence and dim dreams.”

(I had to look up Lyonnesse. It’s a legendary kingdom in Cornwall that is supposed to have been sunk by the sea in a single night. Its connections to Arthurian legend and to Cornwall--where the Tenthragons originally came from--make it a fitting reference.)

The book Brendon gives Paddy doesn’t seem to be one that exists. I can’t find the Agravaine and the dragon story anywhere. Did Savery invent it for the story?

Paddy’s never getting past meeting the dragon in the story is foreshadowing. When he actually does meet “the dragon,” he has no idea what to expect, not knowing the whole story, which makes the encounter more fearsome.

Gervingham is not an actual place name, and neither are any other locations in this book. My best guess is that Thragoness is somewhere in South West England, likely close to Cornwall, but I don’t know enough about this area to say for certain.

Continuing the motif of uncertain stories--Mr. Sherrington’s doubtful account of Paddy’s past, which we will find out later is full of misinformation.

Paddy’s “flat, slow voice, as though he were repeating a lesson learned long since and now unexpectedly called to memory” when he says he needs to obey Brendon foreshadows what we will later learn: this is something his dreaded father told him.

Paddy is frequently associated with the color blue throughout the book. He comes to the Sherringtons in a blue rug and leaves in a blue car.

Brendon is described as unsettling, “so grave, so detached, so--so still.” As relatively stable as Brendon is compared to the rest of family, he has also been traumatized by his upbringing, which has affected his ability to emote and to connect with other people. He seems to have developed a coping mechanism of detachment.

“I liked young Tenthagon’s face. It may look as though it had been cut in marble, but children can turn even marble into flesh and blood. I dare say that if you were to see them both two years hence you would have cause to reconsider your opinions.” This line takes on new meaning by the end.

The Sherringtons remember Paddy as “a faint, pleasant memory of the past, tenderly remembered as a lost brother might have been.” Not only does this make us fear this child’s fate, but it also subtly connects him with the Tenthragon he most resembles: Robin, the first brother to die.

We never see (and hardly hear of) the Sherringtons again. The first chapter’s being from their POV sets up the Tenthragons from an outside perspective as not normal and potentially dangerous and creates some fear for Paddy’s future, before the narrative switches over to Paddy’s POV henceforth (with one notable exception).

Chapter Two

The Thragoness grounds, before they ever reach the house, are foreboding, and the illusion of a dividing ditch instead of a wall signals that this is a house where nothing is as it seems and unforeseen dangers lurk.

Thragoness is an E-shaped house, which was common in the Elizabethan era. The house might date from that time.

Mary’s harsh foreboding and commands leave Paddy in “unwonted fear” although his new room has “nothing alarming in it.” Fear for him from now on will be created frequently by others’ influence and his own imagination.

Foreshadowing in dragon pictures and a knight resembling Brendon!

Paddy’s conflating Brendon with his memories of his father is influenced by Mary’s scary portrayal of Brendon, despite being at odds with Brendon’s kindly persona. His switch to “grave and stern” sets up a pattern of Paddy’s never knowing what to expect from the adults around him.

Paddy’s reply to question of remembering parents is not given. Brendon’s hugging him suggests it was “No.”

I was unfamiliar with what a “gate-legged table” is. It’s a type of dropleaf table with sections that swing out like gates from the central portion of the table to prop up the leaves when folded out.

Another duality in another, kinder Mary. So far every adult that Paddy is meaningfully encountering at Thragoness seems to have two wildly-contrasting sides.

“Lord, I pray Thee keep / Watch about my sleep. / May I rest in Thee, / From all danger free.” I cannot find this poem in any other source. Did Savery invent it?

Chapter Three

There is a marked contrast between appealing contents of shop (sweets) and the unpleasant shopkeeper and what she sells to Mary. Meadowsweet is a plant known for its fragrance and its use as a flavoring or medicine. Using something meant to be pleasant as an instrument of punishment and cruelty points to the corruption still at work in the house.

Brendon was at the shop the day before “to buy pine candy for a visitor.” Paddy doesn’t realize it, but his cousin is going out of his way to provide good things for him and has not been at the shop to buy a switch.

The “old and wise” Sherratt children are contrasted with the “fat and rosy and dimpled” Sherringtons. There’s such a blight over this area that local children with no direct ties to the Tenthragons are unchildlike.

The reveal of Mary Janetta and Mary Anne, twins, fits with the theme of duality and hints at a challenge to Paddy’s concept of a sort of Jekyll-Hyde nature in everyone around him. Mary does not have two sides; there are two separate but related Marys--just as there are not really ”two Brendons, one for the day and one for bedtime” but two men of very different natures who happen to look similar.

Chocolate dragees (a suitable name, with its resemblance to “dragon”!) are a bite-sized candy with a hard outer shell, in this case with chocolate in the center. Something like M&Ms, more or less.

“His fear of Brendon went deeper than the mere dread of punishment; it was a habit of the soul.” The early effects of having the abusive Quentin as a father have been so deeply ingrained into Paddy that even though he has no distinct memory of his father, the fear associated with him is second nature.

Chapter Four

Thragonwell resembles Paddy’s imagined version because he’s almost but not quite remembering having been there before.

Duality is taken a step further with the Muskern triplets. I’m not exactly sure what the literary purpose of having three of them is, but their descriptors--like frightening “goblin creatures” and “dwarfishness”--dehumanize them and incorporate them into Paddy’s fantastical interpretation of the world as villainous creatures.

Thragonwell’s description, like Thragoness’s, creates mood. It’s lacking life, lacking sunshine.

“Paddy had heard no tales, but as she spoke the words a thrill ran through him as if some cold memory stirred and made a struggle to wake again to life.” It doesn’t seem likely that Sarah would have tormented Paddy in early childhood, but she is associated with his father and that is enough to awaken that trauma.

Why is Sarah Muskern so intent on terrorizing Paddy? He’s the son of her favorite, and she’s under no orders to punish him. Although Brendon insists that “Old Sarah was in quite a friendly mood,” she really does seem to be going out of her way to scare this child.

Another foreshadowing of where the plot’s going: Paddy believes the terrifying tales of someone bent on torturing him and doubts Brendon’s reliability, but Brendon proves himself reliable, if a bit disdainful (”Use your common sense a little more, Patric”).

“...she began to numerous allusions to the strange ways of life at Thragonwell, cloaking all she said in obscure and cloudy language, so that her hearer was terrified more by the surmises he was forced to make than by any definite statement of hers.” This story would have been very different if Paddy were not constantly left to the workings of his own imagination. The refusal or inability to communicate openly and honestly in terms a seven-year-old will understand is not protecting him from dangers but just creating more terror.

Chapter Five

The atmosphere of fear results in Paddy’s feeling he has to hide mishaps. This is not an environment that breeds honesty.

Paddy’s dream of Other Dragon’s Nest as a long room full of dancing with a dais and a dragon that closely resembles Hugh contains a lot of fairly accurate details that he shouldn’t have any way of knowing at this point. Is the dream prophetic somehow? Or did he somehow catch a glimpse and conflate it with a dream?

His actual first encounter with the dragon consists entirely of ominous noises, which conceals the dragon’s identity and heightens the terror (as long as he can’t see the dragon, it could be anything!). Paddy’s taking action to lock out the person calling for Brendon points to another, more final locking-out later on.

When Paddy tries to tell the truth about his encounter, Mary calls him a liar and accuses him of disobeying out of malice. This sets a precedent that influence his descent into deception later.

However, this scene also reveals to Paddy who Brendon really is, although conflicting information later will make him doubt it. He gets called by his diminutive for the first time. Brendon seems “less unapproachable” and “gentler, almost human,” and Paddy decides that this kinder persona is “the true Brendon [...] not the dreadful other one [...]”

Brendon also gets a chance to explain himself; he doesn’t know how to interact with his young nephew because he “was never a child.” Thus, the effects of the abuse he suffered are hurting not only him but the next generation. Nevertheless, he is taking active steps to break the pattern where he can. He frankly tells Paddy, “Come and tell me when you get into trouble, won’t you? I will not be hard on you.” But for a child already so fearful and distrustful of the world, these words are easy to disbelieve.

Paddy’s illness is likely strep throat or scarlet fever, either of which can lead to rheumatic fever, which he narrowly escapes.

All we know of Eann Tenthragon, Quentin’s father, is that he chose money instead of his inheritance, squandered it, and died. What happened to Quentin’s mother? (Also dead, but when and how?)

The story of the ring is told in an uncertain, shadowy manner, in keeping with the atmosphere of uncertainty and terror, leaving Paddy to question whether he made it up or not. The placement of this story relatively early in the text builds on the Gothic tone but also is important for the reader to know before meeting Hugh.

Quentin as “the Snake”--malicious people in this family become reptiles.

Brendon’s allowing Paddy a glimpse into the empty ballroom of Other Thragoness is a surprising risk for him to take! He’s probably counting on his brother’s limited mobility and likelihood of being downstairs to prevent an accidental meeting.

Chapter Six

The legend of the dwarf who made the chest contributes to the fairy-tale atmosphere.

Why is the old man disappointed when Brendon opts to buy the “unlucky” chest? The look Brendon exchanges with him suggests that the man knows it’s for Hugh. “You won’t be breaking the tradition,” Brendon tells him.

“After seven months of life in Thragoness he spoke almost as Brendon spoke, slowly, evenly. It was not a childlike manner of speech, and perhaps Brendon noticed this; for a troubled look crossed his face.” The atmosphere of fear is gradually crushing Paddy’s spirit and reawakening who he was when he came to the Sherringtons. Brendon is realizing that, despite his efforts, the pattern is beginning over again. Although, should he be surprised, considering how Mary treats Paddy (which he has witnessed)? You would think he’d put a stop to that, send her away, something. But is Mary’s behavior so normal to him after everything he’s been through that he isn’t piecing together just how harmful such treatment is to a sensitive, fearful child?

“Fairy music”--once again, the unreal quality, but here it serves as mysterious beauty rather than the stuff of nightmares.

Given Hugh’s comments later on which instruments the brothers play, it’s probably Brendon on the piano and Hugh on violin.

“It’s just like that poem about the bugles--you know the one, Prue--the poem about the purple glens and the castle on the mountain and the fairy horns...” Probably a reference to “Blow, Bugle, Blow” by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

The brothers’ music seems to be a joint creative outlet, reflective of their shared experiences. As Prue observes, “They’re partial to gloomy things for the most part, and times I’ve heard them play in a way that makes your blood run cold.” Understandable, considering what kind of life they’ve led.

The named pieces that the brothers play are Chopin’s Cradle Song (Berceuse), one of Schumann’s Nachtstucke (described as “mournfully sweet” with “deep repeated bell notes tolling forth amid the melodious rippling runs that accompanied them,” but I don’t know enough about music to say which of the pieces this best fits, so I’m linking the first, which is my best guess), Afton Water, and Luther’s Cradle Hymn (”Away in a Manger,” incorrectly attributed to Luther).

The quoted verse is from “Christmas Eve” by John Davidson.

The version of the poem linked above uses “anemones” rather than Savery’s “anomes,” which seems to be the correct word. Context seems to indicate that it refers to some musical instrument. Although I could trace a few sources using it in that light, its precise definition remains unclear.  Clarigolds are not marigolds, as Paddy misquotes later, but (according to the OED) a stringed musical instrument, also known as a clarichord or clavichord (a precursor of the modern piano).

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26.11.21 Aaron's on his way to the pub having not found Ben at home. He sees Paddy talking to Liv. Paddy tells Aaron Liv's just on her way to see her sponsor. Aaron scoffs for all the good that'll do, he doesn't have much faith in Liv at the moment.

Liv goes to the bus stop on her way hurt by Aaron's coldness.

Aaron and Paddy talk about Aaron's plans to move to Cornwall.

Soon Amy runs up the village and gives Aaron the devastating news Ben has been found dead at the HOP. Aaron struggles to comprehend it and rushes down the village to the HOP.

Liv too has heard the news.

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Never Let Me Go / T.H. x reader

R E Q U E S T: Hi! Saw that you’re taking requests and i was thinking maybe i could get some imagine? One where tom took his stress out on his girlfriend causing them to have this huge fight the night before they have to spend time with both of their families and of course, the whole family knows something’s wrong because both of them are not in the mood and the two mothers of both sides decides to talk to them separately and then making them make up? Thank youuuu in advance! Hope you can see this! 🥰

A/N: It’s been so long since I've actually sat down to right something so I hope this is half decent! Shoutout to @cumholland​ for reading through this and helping me out💖

W A R N I N G S: Kinda angsty, I guess you could interpret the ending as being a little suggestive *wiggles eyebrows*😂

W O R D • C O U N T: 2.8k

The silence in the car was killing you and you were 99.9% sure it was killing Tom too. The atmosphere was tense, even as you pretended to be busy counting the trees, but neither of you were planning on being the first to apologise, you’d gone all morning hardly uttering a word to each other and you weren’t about to give in and be nice to him, especially with the way he had treated you this morning. 

You’d both woken up when Tom’s alarm went off at 7:30. Usually, he’d wrap his arms around you and rest his chin on your shoulder, yet today there wasn’t even a “good morning darling” which, of course, stung. Tom rolled out of bed and you just pulled the covers up further, staring at the wardrobe as he got ready, you thought about turning over whilst he was picking his clothes out but then you realised just how petty that would be so you averted your gaze, the wall suddenly becoming much more interesting. 

“We’re leaving in an hour.” And with that, Tom had left the room, shutting the bedroom door behind him. You could feel the tears prickling your waterline, the first thing he’d said to you in over twelve hours and it couldn’t have sounded more bitter, like he didn’t want to go, especially not with you. You sighed, throwing back the covers and trudging into the bathroom, coming to stand in front of the mirror, staring at your reflection. Normally you'd be stood with a smile on your face, having just shared some loving moments with him before forcing yourselves to get up, you’d brush your teeth in a comfortable silence, sneaking side-eye glances at him that he would always, always catch, wiggling his eyes brows at you before turning to rest his back against the counter. This morning you brushed your teeth alone, sadness hanging in the air. 

You made the bed, picking up the stray cushions that were strewn across the floor, they’d usually get stacked neatly to one side before the two of you got into bed but not last night, last night you’d thrown them angrily, not caring where they landed just so long as you could curl up in bed and fall asleep before Tom came up. The sun was shining when you opened the curtains, a pleasant change from the gloom of yesterday, it gave you hope that you would still have a good weekend at the beach house, with both of your families, regardless of whether you and Tom were on speaking terms or not. 

Sifting through your side of the wardrobe you decided on your favourite red sundress, decorated with tiny daisies and frills underneath the bust, one of Tom’s favourite dresses, not that you were dressing for his pleasure. You grabbed your denim jacket from the back of the door and your small suitcase, taking one final glance at the picture of the two of you that sat on the desk, it was taken on a double date, you’d scooped some whipped cream from your milkshake onto the tip of his nose, his mouth hanging open and feigning shock, whilst you were caught mid laugh, you never laughed as hard as you did when you were with him.

You made your way downstairs, lingering on the middle steps. You still had twenty minutes left, did you really want to sit in an uncomfortable silence with your boyfriend? But you definitely needed a drink so you continued your decent, breezing right past Tom, who was watching the football highlights and into the kitchen. Coffee brewed, you sat at the kitchen table scrolling through instagram, pretty much losing track of time as you came to the end of your drink. You hadn’t had any breakfast and you knew that if you rushed to make something it would only piss Tom off even more, so you picked up a banana, you’d eat it in the car.

“You’re not eating that in my car.” He’d noticed the banana in your hand straight away, almost as if he was waiting to find something to start an argument about. You didn't even know whether to respond, at first you thought he was joking but when he walked out of the house, not even offering to take your bags, you knew you wouldn’t even be getting the chance to retaliate. That was enough to turn your sombre mood into that of a sour one and without even thinking twice you threw the banana through the kitchen door, straight at the unsuspecting washing machine.

And now here you were, driving to Cornwall, hungry and slightly angry, hangry. Tom had never really cared too much about you eating in his car just so long as you were careful and, considering you weren’t a child anymore, you generally did a really good job of keeping your food in your mouth and not anywhere else. Yes, Tom had gotten his car cleaned a couple of days ago but that had never meant you couldn’t eat a measly banana in there, he was doing it just to spite you and you hated it. When did the two of you ever get like this? Yeah you’d ‘bicker’ here and there but it never lasted more than ten minutes and always ended in an apology. 

About an hour into the trip you’d popped your headphones on. The quietness of the car was getting to be too much, so you’d decided that listening to some of your favourite songs would put you in a better mood, hopefully. It certainly helped to pass the time because before you knew it you’d pulled up to the row of beach houses and before you even had time to register that you were here, Tom was out of the car and already making his way inside with his bags, having tossed the car keys onto your lap, he obviously didn’t feel like waiting for you to struggle stuffing your headphones into your backpack. Your head fell back against the headrest, eyes closing so as to stop those pesky tears yet again, thinking about the time the two of you spent here last year. 

Last year was your first time at the beach houses, having only been with Tom for four months, he’d invited you so that he could spend his time off with both you and his family, it had been the most amazing three days. You spent the evenings cuddled up next time him on an outdoor daybed, drinking wine and combing your fingers through his hair, having known just how jam-packed his schedule had been, it was nice to see him relax, enjoying the company of his family and even though he knew he’d be back to work soon he never dwelled on those thoughts. On your last evening in Cornwall you'd stayed awake until everyone else had gone to bed, staring up at the stars and finishing off the last of your rosé, he’d buried his face in your hair and whispered, “I love you.” 

You sighed, grabbing your bag from the footwell and opening the car door, you thought about getting your bags from the boot, but ultimately decided that you really couldn’t be bothered, all you wanted was to go and lie down, the bags could wait until later. With the car locked you made your way inside, your mum quick to pull you into a hug, seeing her face provided you with a sense of relief and you let out a sigh, feeling as though a weight had been lifted off of your shoulders. It was Nikki’s idea to have your family come down to Cornwall this year, she knew how much you were missing everyone since moving in with Tom, it was such a sweet gesture that you had cried when she told you she’d arranged everything with your mum. 

“What’s wrong?” your mum was sure to keep her voice down, making sure only you heard as she still held you in her arms.

“Nothing.” You mumbled.

“Come on, a mother can always tell when there’s something wrong with her child.” She wasn’t letting up but you really didn't have the energy to talk about it.

“Why don’t you ask him.” 

“Trouble in paradise?” She pulled away slightly but still kept one arm around your shoulder, both of you watching on as your dad was busy chatting with Tom and Dom.

“I guess you could say that.” You sighed, a deep sigh that came from the bottom of your lungs. You wanted to be stood with Tom, resting your head on his shoulder. You wished it was like last year, full of love, excitement and lust. Looks like the honeymoon period is over, huh?

Nikki’s voice cut through everyone's chatting as she stood with the keys to the houses, explaining who would be staying where along the row of beach houses. Harry, Sam and Paddy had their own place, next to them Nikki and Dom and your parents had decided to share a house and yours and Tom’s house was just a little walk away. No-one had really noticed that anything was wrong with either of you until Nikki had handed Tom the key to your place, watching as you approached him without a word, without even a smile and took the key out of his hands. You picked up his bags and headed for the front door, as much as you loved spending time with his family and as much as you missed yours, it was all a bit overwhelming and kind of painful, the majority of the people in the room were related to Tom, you really just needed to get out of there and catch your breath.

“Where are you going?” Tom’s voice followed you outside, closing the wooden door behind him as he stepped onto the path. 

“To our place.” There was more you wanted to say but kept it to yourself, you didn’t want to add more fuel to the fire. 

“Do you want me to come with you?” You did want him to, deep down but you couldn’t let him think everything had blown over just because you were in your little paradise. 

“No,” you weren’t looking at him, your eyes were focused on the beach, the soft waves that lapped against the shore, but you could practically see the frown on his face. It made you feel bad instantly. “I’m gonna go for a lie down, so there wouldn’t be much conversation anyway.” You looked back at him over your shoulder, forcing a half smile onto your face before heading to the house.  

•••

Tom had been trying to distract himself since you’d left, fiddling with his phone in his hands whilst he tried his best to pay attention to his brothers’ conversation about their game of golf last week, something he’d usually be very interested in but all he could think about is whether he should text you, make sure you’re ok. He looked up at the sunset, thinking back to last year when the two of you had no worries. You’d sit outside for hours and hours laughing and chatting and then he’d watch your face light up in awe at the pretty colours that spread across the sky, lifting your phone to capture a picture.

“Tom?” His mothers’ voice eventually caught his attention as she peered her head through the sliding glass doors, “can I borrow you for a second?” He stood up, sliding his phone into the pocket of his dark wash jeans, grabbing his beer from the table as he made his way inside, following his mum into the living room. He sat across from his mum and yours and he was pretty sure he knew where this was going. 

“What’s going on?” 

He sighed, sinking down further into his chair and pinching the bridge of his nose. “I-, I’ve been a dick,” he said with an even bigger sigh. “We had an argument last night, it’s my fault, I’d had a really shitty day at work and I took it out on her, which I know is no excuse and I don’t know, we were pretty horrible to each other.”

“And have you apologised?”

He shook his head, looking down, almost as if he was ashamed. His mum had always told him that no matter what, he should never go to bed on a argument and last night he did. Not only did he feel like he’d let you down but his mum as well and yours. “I guess I was just being too stubborn,” he scoffed, taking a swig of his beer, his eyes diverting to the kitchen.

“Tom,” your mum started, “if there’s anything I can tell you about her, it’s that she loves you more than anything, she never bloody shuts up about you!” that made him smile as he looked down, a compliment that filled his heart with warmth. “She’s told me a million times that all she ever wants is for you to hold her and never let go, she’s never said that about anyone,” your mum had tears in her eyes, “so please don’t let go, especially over something so trivial.” 

She was right, in the grand scheme of things it was trivial, sure both of you might’ve said some mean things but Tom knew it was definitely in the heat of the moment, he’d come in and taken his stress out on you, which wound you up, it was only fair you’d be angry but he missed you. Not talking to you all day or holding your hand or kissing you had really taken it’s toll on him, he felt ten times more stressed than he did yesterday. 

“Thank you,” he said quietly, to both mums, he truly appreciated their intervention. He had worried about whether he’d let his stubbornness take over, he’d wondered just how long it’d go on for, would he be sleeping next to you tonight? Or on the couch?

He pulled out his phone, he wanted you to come over here, spend time with everyone but he knew what he had to do first. He started typing out the message:

Please come over, we need to talk, miss you xx

•••

You’d been sitting at the kitchen table doing absolutely nothing but drinking a cup of tea when Tom’s text flashed up on your phone and you’d be lying if you said that you didn't smile at it. It was finally going to be over, you hoped. Surely you couldn’t argue anymore, right? You finished off the rest of your cup before slipping on your shoes and rummaging through Tom’s bag that you’d discarded on the couch earlier, pulling his pale blue hoodie out and shoving it on.

When you entered the house you were met with complete silence, you assumed everyone was in the garden but when you entered the kitchen you saw him sat there with his head in his hands. At the sound of your footsteps and your hand on his back he bolted up. “H-hey.” His voice was soft, you could tell he’d been crying. You let your hand trail from his back, down his arm and to his hand, letting him pull you gently into his lap, wrapping your arm around his neck as you perched. He looked up at you, his eyes red and puppy-like. “I’m so sorry darlin,” his voice broke slightly as he pulled at the strings of his hoodie, the smallest of smiles making it’s way onto his face as he noticed you were wearing his Suspicious Antwerp hoodie. 

“No I'm sorry, I should’ve just understood that you’d had a hard day and let it go.” You apologised.

“But how were you to know? I shouldn’t have had such an attitude on me,” he brushed some hair out of your face and kissed your cheek delicately “I love you and I don’t ever want to let go of you.” He mumbled, looking intently into your eyes. “Well, we’ve missed the sunset, so how about, we take this bottle of wine,” he leant forward and picked it up off the table, it was your favourite, “and have a bath? And I'll make it up to you, let you know just how sorry I really am.” His lips were pressed delicately against the skin under your ear, the hand that wasn’t holding the bottle of wine was rubbing soft circles on your skin under his hoodie.

“I love you more than you’ll ever know, please never let me go.”

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Everything to know about the ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel ‘House of the Dragon’

Will fan disappointment over the final season of “Game of Thrones” subsided enough by 2022 that the world will be ready to return to Westeros? HBO is banking on that outcome. The cable network has a “Game of Thrones” prequel series called “House of the Dragon” in production now.

“House of the Dragon” will expand the world of the megahit fantasy series, telling a story about the golden-haired, dragon-riding royals of House Targaryen – the family that produced Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) and Jon Snow (Kit Harington) – centuries before the events of “Game of Thrones.” It’s based on “Fire & Blood,” a novel by George R.R. Martin that was written as a companion to his “A Song of Ice and Fire” series. The first season will be 10 episodes long. It’s the first project to make it to series out of a number of “Game of Thrones” spin-offs HBO has in development. Back in 2019, HBO actually shot a pilot for a “Game of Thrones” prequel set to star Naomi Watts. But the network decided not to move forward with that one. The day the series was scrapped, “House of the Dragon” was announced.

When does ‘House of the Dragon’ premiere?

“House of the Dragon” will start airing on HBO and streaming on HBO Max in 2022. No specific premiere date has been set yet. The show recently began production in Cornwall, England, according to Watchers on the Wall, and will also film in London, Spain, and California, per Productionlist.

Who’s in the ‘House of the Dragon’ cast?

The prequel has a strong cast with a higher number of recognizable names than “Game of Thrones” had in Season 1. HBO has announced much of the show’s main cast already.

Paddy Considine – who’s most recently known for “The Outsider” but to us will always be the dad from Jim Sheridan’s “In America” – will play King Viserys Targaryen, a good man whose decency makes him perhaps ill-suited for the task of ruling Westeros. He was chosen by the Great Council of the lords of Westeros to be the king after his grandfather Jaeharys Targaryn died.

“Sound of Metal” star Olivia Cooke plays Alicent Hightower, the beautiful, politically adept, and ambitious daughter of Otto Hightower (“Notting Hill” actor Rhys Ifans), the Hand of the King.

Emma D’arcy (Amazon’s short-lived horror-comedy “Truth Seekers”) plays Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen. Rhaenyra is the king’s first born, but she’s not a man, so the Iron Throne is not her birthright — even though she has pure Valyrian blood and is a dragonrider.

“The Crown” and “Doctor Who” star Matt Smith will play Prince Daemon Targaryen, King Viserys’ younger brother and the heir to the throne. He’s a dragonrider and a brave warrior, but he’s unstable and has a cruel streak a mile wide. Otto Hightower really, really doesn’t want him to be next in line.

“Doctor Who” actor Steve Toussaint is Lord Corlys Velaryon, also known as “the Sea Snake.” He’s leader of House Velaryon, a rival house to House Targaryen, and the greatest seaman in the history of Westeros. He’s married to Princess Rhaenys Velaryon (“Nurse Jackie” co-star Eve Best), a Targaryen dragonrider who was passed over by the Great Council for the monarchy in favor of her cousin Viserys because he’s a man and she isn’t.

“Ex Machina” actress Sonoya Mizuno plays Mysaria, a former slave who has worked her way up to becoming Prince Daemon’s most trusted advisor.  

And “The Serpent” star Fabien Frankel will play Ser Criston Cole, a common-born Dornish swordsman (remember Dorne? That’s where Oberyn Martell [Pedro Pascal] was from). He’s climbing his way up in the Westerosi social order thanks to his skill with the blade. Later, he’s known as “Criston the Kingmaker” after he plays a pivotal role in one of the story’s most important moments, according to Inverse.

Who’s working behind the scenes?

“House of the Dragon” is co-created by “A Song of Ice and Fire” and “Blood & Fire” author George R.R. Martin and Ryan Condal, previously best known for creating the sci-fi series “Colony.”

Condal and Miguel Sapochnik – director of some of “Game of Thrones’” biggest episodes, including “Hardhome,” “The Battle of the Bastards,” and “The Long Night” – will be co-showrunners. Along with Martin, Condal, and Sapochnik, executive producers include Vince Gerardis, Ron Schmidt, and writer Sara Lee Hess.

Sapochnik will direct the pilot and additional episodes. Other directors include Clare Kilner, Geeta V. Patel, and Greg Yaitanes, the latter of whom also gets a co-executive producer credit. According to Insider, the show’s writing staff reportedly includes “Colony” writer Wes Tooke, “Watchmen” writer Claire Kiechel, and Ti Mikkel, who has worked as Martin’s writer’s assistant.

“Game of Thrones” and “Westworld” composer Ramin Djawadi will provide the score.

What will ‘House of the Dragon’ be about?

“House of the Dragon” is set 300 years before the events of “Game of Thrones” and “tells the story of House Targaryen,” according to HBO’s simple plot description. More specifically, it’s about a period of internal strife in House Targaryen that set the table for the house’s decline, which was complete by the time of “Game of Thrones.”

“Fire & Blood” is a faux-history book covering the reigns of many Targaryen monarchs, and “House of the Dragon” seems to be adapting only one section, which is about the reign of King Viserys I and the Targaryen civil war called the “Dance of Dragons.” At the start of the story, Viserys has no male heir, so the Targaryen next in line for the Iron Throne is his brother Daemon, who has inherited the infamous Targaryen madness (“It is said that whenever a Targaryen is born, the gods toss a coin in the air…”). Viserys doesn’t want Daemon to be king, he wants his daughter, Rhaenyra. When Viserys officially names her as his successor, it leads to infighting and backstabbing that over the course of years develops into the “Dance of Dragons,” where Rhaenyra fights her half-brother Aegon II – Viserys’ son with his second wife, Alicent Hightower – for the throne. But that comes later, and Aegon hasn’t been cast yet. Season 1 will likely be a lot of setting up of the larger conflict to come, like Season 1 of “Thrones” was.

Will there be dragons in the ‘House of the Dragon’?

You know it! In fact, there will probably be even more dragons than there were on “Game of Thrones,” because dragons had not yet gone extinct and all the great Targaryens had a fire-breather of their own.

On the show, there will likely be at least four: Daemon’s Caraxes, known as “the Blood Wyrm” for his red color and fearsomeness; Rhaenyra’s Syrax; Rhaenys’ Meleys, one of the fastest dragons in Westeros; and Aegon’s golden dragon Sunfyre. And there will probably be more as the series goes on and the Dance of Dragons begins.

HBO released some dragon concept art last year. The “House of the Dragon” dragons seem like they’ll look a little different than their “Game of Thrones” counterparts – a little sleeker and more colorful, if this concept art holds true.

Will Travis Fimmel be in the ‘House of the Dragon’?

Fans of “Vikings” were ecstatic last year when a rumor emerged that Travis Fimmel – best known for his role as Norse hero Ragnar Lothbrok on History and Amazon’s beloved historical drama – was being considered for the role of Daemon Targaryen. However, that rumor didn’t pan out, as Matt Smith is playing Daemon. Travis Fimmel is currently on another HBO Max show, the weird sci-fi series “Raised by Wolves.”

Who will play Daemon Targaryen in the ‘House of the Dragon’?

Daemon Targaryen, a fan-favorite character from “Fire & Blood” due to his swaggering, swashbuckling time spent away from King’s Landing forging his own destiny after being denied by his brother Viserys, will be played by Matt Smith, an actor already well-known to audiences for his roles in two British institutions.

Smith played the Eleventh Doctor on the long-running science fiction series “Doctor Who” from 2010 to 2013. He’s the youngest Doctor ever. He’s also known for playing Prince Philip in the first two seasons of “The Crown.”

As the Doctor, he was famous for his swoopy brown hair, so it’s quite striking to see him with his blond Targaryen wig.

How did Daemon Targaryen die?

Spoiler warning! In “Fire & Blood,” Daemon met his end during a dragon battle at Harrenhal, a castle that appeared many times on “Game of Thrones,” including the time Jaime Lannister (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) saved Brienne of Tarth (Gwendoline Christie) from the bear pit.

During the Dance of Dragons, Daemon flew to Harrenhal on Caraxes, and waited for his nephew Aemond, Viserys and Alicent’s second son, to come fight him. Aemond showed up with his tremendously powerful dragon Vhagar, and they had a spectacular aerial fight that ended with the deaths of all four participants when the dragons plummeted from the sky into the Gods Eye lake. No one could have survived a crash of such speed and force, but Daemon’s body was never recovered, so there are stories that he survived and went to live out his days in peace elsewhere.

Some version of this fight will probably happen on “House of the Dragon,” but not until late in the show.

- Gold Derby 

[oinoslogo]

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[celtfather]

St. Patrick's Day 2023, Part 1

Happy St Patrick’s Day. This is Part 1 of your St Paddy’s Day celebration music from the Irish & Celtic Music Podcast #597. Part 2 will be out on St Patrick's Day.

Cantrip, Wild Blue Yonder, The Out of Kilters, Wolf Loescher & Mark Kenneth, The Celtic Kitchen Party, Poitín, The Elders, Mary Beth Carty, Jesse Ferguson, Mad Maudlin, Seán Heely, Rambling Sailors, The Bow Tides, Kinnfolk, The Chieftains, Tan and Sober Gentlemen, The Haar, Altan, Banshee in the Kitchen, Wakefire, Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira

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0:02 - Intro: Mary Beth Carty

0:15 - Cantrip "Duncan Johnstone" from Undark

6:28 - WELCOME

8:37 - Wild Blue Yonder "LAST RUN OF THE WHITE HORSE" from single

13:17 - The Out of Kilters "Fifty Shades of Beer" from Hot Potatoes

16:24 - Wolf Loescher & Mark Kenneth "Charlie’s Cadence (2/4 Pipe Marches)" from Loescher+Kenneth

19:59 - The Celtic Kitchen Party "The Temperance Song" from Last Call

23:33 - Poitín "The Knife In The Bread" from One For The Road

27:36 - The Elders "Red Sun" from Well Alright Then

32:34 - FEEDBACK

38:13 - Mary Beth Carty Feedback and Intro

40:03 - Mary Beth Carty "Lake Ainslie to Millburn" from Crossing the Causeway

43:54 - Jesse Ferguson "The River Driver" from The Bard of Cornwall

46:11 - Mad Maudlin "Empty Chairs" from Empty Chairs

50:14 - Seán Heely "Nights in Kerry" from Edge of the Bow

54:08 - Rambling Sailors "The Wellerman" from Tales From the White Horse

58:01 - The Bow Tides "The Baton Set" from Sailing On

1:02:04 - Kinnfolk "Loch Lomond" from The Knotted Circle

1:05:21 - THANKS

1:08:48 - The Chieftains "Ril Mhór Bhaile an Chalaidh (Great Reel of Baile an Chalaidh)" from Bear's Sonic Journals: The Foxhunt  -  Live In San Francisco 1976

1:11:10 - Tan and Sober Gentlemen "Banks Of The Roses" from Regressive Folk Music

1:13:48 - The Haar "Danny Boy" from Where Old Ghosts Meet

1:19:10 - Altan "The House Carpenter (Gypsy Davy)" from The Widening Gyre

1:23:35 - Banshee in the Kitchen "The Last Pint" from The Last Pint  -  Not

1:27:43 - Wakefire "Johnny Jump Up" from Meaning of Life

1:31:49 - CLOSING

1:33:06 - Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira "Johnny McGill" from All It Brings

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Tim Hughes from Madison WI replied: "1. Usually walking the dog or jogging. 2. Celebrating my birthday on the 17th with a party. 3. Blasting Celtic music on my Bose speaker and singing Welsh with the North American Welsh Choir"

Darlene replied about St Patrick's Day: “Cooking dinner. Cooking Corn beef ,listening to you."

Sarah Preston Britto emailed: "Hi MArc  -   This year we are attending the St Patrick's Day parade in New York City."

michael winchester replied: "Unfortunately I'll be working but really like listening to the show. Makes the hours fly by. Thanks for all your hard work keeping us entertained!"

Jonathan Dowell replied: "St. Pat's?  Listening to local Celtic groups.  Celtic music accounts for about 90% of what I listen to, Mediaeval & Rennaisance making up most of the rest."

Jim Burns replied: "What are your doing for St Patrick's Day? Having friends over to celebrate, listen to music and have adult beverages". He says he'll be celebrating with "The 3 P’s  -  Parades, parties and pubs."

Rodger Hara emailed: "Hey Marc, Karl Kumli and I are doing a 2.5 hour show on KGNU in Boulder on Friday morning.  It’s during our Spring fund drive, so we’ll be doing a lot of pitching.  Karl has his ready list and I’ve attached mine fyi.

I have a show on Wednesday night and will be playing an interview with Kyf Brewer with the Barleyjuice Band from Pennsylvania and playing a few new tunes from Daori Farrell, the High Kings, Doolin’, Barleyjuice and Martin Hayes.

I hope that you have a great time and fun shows."

Eric Guarin (gwa - reen) emailed a question: "Hi Mark, over time the Podcast has included bands from literally all over playing a pretty wide variety of music. Some of it strays quite far from trad pub music - I'm not complaining, it's all great, but it does make me wonder: How do you decide what to play and if it is "Celtic" enough? Cheers,"

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Sticky Fingers Reminds Us They’re “Not Done Yet” Ahead of Spring Tour

Sticky Fingers, the progressive love child of Arctic Monkeys and The Clash, is ready to hit the ground running with their new single “Not Done Yet,” a tease at what their new album Yours To Keep will offer us.

Coming off a two-year hiatus, the band, composed of Dylan Frost (vocals, guitar), Seamus Coyle (lead guitar), Paddy Cornwall (bass), Beaker Best (drums) and Freddy Crabs (keys) remind us that they are not only infectious but constantly evolving.

The five artists planted their roots as a band in Newtown, Australia. Continuously rejected from the Newtown Fest festival, the band took matters into their own hands and built a nine-foot-tall crate facing the festival from their friend’s backyard. Garnering an abundance of attention, the band was finally invited to perform at the festival and showcased themselves as a promising up-and-coming act. And well, the rest is history.

Blurring the lines between reggae and indie rock, the Australian band makes us itch for denim days, laying underneath the sun sipping on a refreshing lemonade. Groove inducing, “Not Done Yet” is a luminous representation of their progressive nature. Melancholic and simple in instrumentation but complex in lyrical structure, the band has us wanting them continuously on replay.

With the release of their new album slated for February 8th, the band is set to kick off their North American tour in March. Be sure not to miss out on the opportunity to catch them live on their upcoming Ones To Watch-presented tour, as they are bound to reach new heights this year.

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